1. Find the desk with your Name Tag and sit.
Put the Name Tag on.
Do not touch anything else on your desk!
No Conversations are allowed.
Read the Rest of this Power Point.

2. Welcome to Team Thundering Thoroughbreds

3. Goal
Students learn the Routines, Procedures, Expectations of the School , Team and Class.

4. Today’s schedule 7:30-9:20 Homeroom/Core 1 9:20 Electives Core 2
Bathroom Break
11:36-12:05 Lunch

5. Meet your Math Teacher Name: Mr. Vincent Pienaar
Nationality: South Africa
Experience:
24 years of teaching experience in Math.
5 years in the USA as an Cultural Exchange Teacher, teaching Math at West Lee Middle School.
1 year in the England as Math Teacher.
6 years as an Administrator in South Africa - Principal of an Elementary School

6. Homeroom Schedule Lunch Ticket Manila Folder on desk
Blue striped – Staple in front of agenda
Pink – home to be corrected if wrong
Lunch Ticket
Manila Folder on desk
Checklist on front
Back no later than Friday 8/29/2008
Lockers/Combination
Bathroom (Break Procedures)
Route to electives

7. HOMEROOM AGENDA Student Handbook Back of the agenda Hall Pass Page 1
Fill in with pen!
Hall Pass
Name both sides-No bathroom break without hall pass!
Student Handbook
Page 1
Important Information
Page 2
SanLee Focus
Page 6
Calendar + Schedule

8. Student Handbook Page 7 Correct the 7th Grade team names Attendance
Absentee – Letter from parent
Page
8 Arrival & Departure
Page 10
Permission to print photo
Page 11 Academic Information
Parent Conferences
Progress Reports 4½
Homework
Honor Rolls
Grades Report Cards
Page 14
Dress Code

9. Students Handbook Page 16 Page 17 Lockers Student use of phone
Time at Lockers 3 Minutes
Locker Number in Front of the Agenda
Student use of phone
(Never answer phone!)
Preventing Theft
School dances
Page 17
Behavioral Expectations

10. Student Handbook
Page 18, 19, 20 & 21
School Code of Conduct

11. General If sick (throwing up) Leave the class without notice.
Accident – Tell Teacher immediately
Fire/Code Red - Immediate referral
Homework in Agenda everyday
Lunch Detention
Bathroom Monitors X2
Cafeteria X2

12. This happens everyday in Math
Class room procedure/routine
(Starts when you enter my classroom)
Sit down and take out your agenda, homework, journal, pencils and pens.
NO TALKING ALLOWED AT THIS TIME
Sharpen pencils if necessary.
Write down your homework-Verbatim. This is your ticket out of my class. It WILL be checked every single day before you leave!
Start immediately with the Bell ringer. Either from the smart board or on a handout. This will usually be a quiz on the previous day’s lesson and will consist of between 3-6 questions.It will be graded and put into the grade book immediately after completion.
You have only 10 minutes for all of the above.

13. This happens everyday in Math
Have your homework from the previous day ready, so that we can check and grade it .
After the homework has been graded put it in the appropriate homework box:
Very Important–
You are responsible for putting your homework in the homework box. Homework will be graded every single day and put in the grade book.
You should have your Journal ready. Teaching of the new lesson will start immediately after the previous activity.
During the lesson you will write a Journal. See: JOURNAL OUTLAY
You will receive a class work assignment after completion of the lesson.
This class work assignment must be completed before you leave my classroom.

14. This happens everyday in Math
You will receive your homework assignment 5 minutes before the end of the period.
It’s your responsibility to ensure that you have the homework assignment. Write your name immediately on this assignment.
Every Friday you will receive a Week by Week Essentials. After you finish your classroom assignment you may work on your Week by Week Essential.
At the end of the period I will check if your homework is written in your agenda. Then I will allow you to go to the next class.

15. Your Math Grade consists of…
40% - Tests
30% - Homework Assignments
10% - Bell Ringer(5 Minute Check)
10% - Week by Week Essentials (Fridays)
10% - Journal (Every Day during Lesson Presentation)

16. Homework
Homework will be on my voic after 4 pm in the afternoon. Call the school and press V. Pienaar’s extension 6572
Homework will be on my You will also find lesson plans, videos of lesson and assignments on Website. Comments/Notes are permitted on website.
Homework, on whiteboard, should be copied into agenda every day.

17. Progress Reports
Every Thursday (except 2 weeks before/after official Progress Reports/Reports cards are due) you will receive a Progress Report
It will be in the stapled in your agenda.
Parents/guardians have to sign it and return it to class on Fridays.

18. How to hand in assignments?
Assignments are to be turned in on a Daily Bases.
Usually somebody will collect the assignments and put in the appropriate box.
Students, individually, can put their assignments in the appropriate box if so desired.

19. What if I am absent?
If Parents/Guardians inform the school of long term absents the Core Teachers will leave the homework at the front office for them to pick up - Remember website – Math
Students who are absent should get the assignment from the “Extra Assignment Box” and put the completed work in the appropriate box

20. What do I need for Math Class?
Students must bring their…
Agenda,
3-Ring notebook,
Pencils,
Pens (Black),
…to class every day.
The 3-ring binder dividers are:
Homework Assignments,
Warm-Up,
Week-by-Week Essential.

21. In General
All tests must be signed by parent/guardian and student may correct for half credit. Corrections should always be done on a separate sheet of loose-leaf paper and show all work.
Homework is assigned every night and occasionally on weekends
Students may do corrections on completed assignments that receive a grade less than 85% for partial credit.
Up to three (3) late assignments will be accepted each nine (9) weeks for a maximum grade of 70%. The late assignment is due the next school day. In emergencies when homework cannot be completed, a note from a parent/guardian the day the assignment is due, will allow the student to turn in the assignment one day late for full credit
Week by Week Essentials are given on Fridays and are due the following Friday. They are problem solving grade level review questions for the End of Grade Test that are completed only by the students. (Here is your chance for extra credit)
Journals are completed every day during a new lesson. (See Journal Guidelines for more information.) Journals can be used to help you with the bell ringer in the beginning of a lesson