1. Entering the classroom
→ When you enter the classroom, read the “Start Up Directions” and then please move to your assigned table group.
→ Once at your seat, begin working on your Start Up Question for the day.

2. Walking around the classroom
→ If Mr. Mustonen, or anyone else, is presenting/talking in front of the class, please stay in your seat.
→ You may leave your seat if Mr. Mustonen gives you permission to do so.

3. Asking Questions
→ If you have a question, please raise your hand and wait for your turn to speak.
→ If Mr. Mustonen is giving directions, please wait until the directions are finished before asking a question.
→ Please try and keep questions on-topic.

4. Materials for class
→ You will *always* need to bring a pencil, your Social Studies folder, and your Journal to class.
→ Please also bring any HW, books, or other materials listed on the board.

5. Journals
→ Most classwork will be glued in a spiral or composition Notebook. This will be called your Journal
→ You may leave your Journal in class on your Core’s shelf in the Journal cabinet. You may also bring your Journal home, but it is your responsibility.
→ These Journals will not be collected. You can use them to study from for quizzes and tests.

6. Number Tables
→ Each table group has a specific number assigned to it. You may sit at any seat at the table, but you must sit at your assigned table.
→ We will rotate tables every four weeks.
→ Mr. Mustonen reserves the right to change your seats whenever he feels the need to.

7. Leaving the classroom
→ Only two people are allowed outside of the classroom at a time.
→ To leave the classroom you must: 1. Ask Mr. Mustonen for permission 2. Fill out your planner 3. Bring your planner with you

8. Objectives
→ We will always have two objectives in our class: a Content Objective and a Languages Objective.
→ These are the goals we want to accomplish by the end of the lesson.
→ Our Content Objective will be about Social Studies and our Language Objective will be about reading, writing, or speaking skills.

9. Classroom Library
→ You may “check out” books from our classroom library before class, after class, or if you finish your classwork early.
→ You must write your name, the title of the book, and the date you checked the book out.
→ When you return the book, write the date you returned the book. Books are due back in two weeks.

10. Buzzfeed
→ This board is about the most recent buzzzz in our classroom.
→ Check here to see our weekly agenda, homework assignments, due dates, and other info!
→ If a due date or target date changes, I will make an announcement before pointing it out.

11. Textbook Cabinet
→ This cabinet contains your textbooks for this class. You will be assigned a textbook number for each book.
→ You will not take textbooks home.
→ Any work that requires the textbook will be completed in class.

12. Journal Cabinet
→ This cabinet is where 1st, 2nd, and 3rd Cores may keep their Journals. 4th Core’s Journals are in the back cabinet.
→ Your Journal is your responsibility. If you lose it, then you must re-do each entry.
→ Journal entries and a Table of Contents will be posted on our class blog.

13. Work to Beeee Proud of
→ Classwork, homework, projects, or any other assignment hanging here is of exceptional quality.
→ Only one of your assignments will be displayed on this board, but everyone has a chance to have their work on the board.

14. Parking Lot
→ If you have a question that we were not able to answer, did not have time to get to, or just forgot to ask, leave it on a sticky note on our Parking Lot.
→ I will check the Parking Lot at the end of each day.
→ Please write your name and hour on the back of the sticky note.

15. Bee-utiful Word Wall
→ The words on our Word Wall are words you need to know. We will have gone over them in class.
→ They are labled with the date that we learned them. For example: “Insubordination(9-6)”.

16. Supply Station
→ Here you can find supplies like colored pencils, glue sticks, scissors, pens, highlighters, and pencils.
→ These are yours to use for class use. Whatever is lost, destroyed, used, or taken will not be replaced.
→ You are sharing these with other classes. Please be gentle!

17. Turn-In Trays
→ If you have classwork or homework, turn them into these trays based on your hour.
→ I will empty these trays at the end of each day.

18. Missing Work/Notes Storage
→ If you miss a day in class then it is your responsibility to check the missing work/notes storage.
→ If you have questions about the work/notes, ask Mr. Mustonen before class, if you finish your work, or after class.
→ At the end of the Card Marking, all items in the Missing Work/Notes Storage are recycled.

19. Busy Hives
→ If you find any news stories that relate to Social Studies or something we talked about in class, bring them in! I’ll hang them up here.
→ Think of it like our “Current Events” board.

20. Mr. Mustonen’s Desk
→ Like a cat, Mr. Mustonen is very territorial, so please use the supplies at the Supply Station.
→ If you would like to borrow something off his desk, please ask for permission.
→ There is a line on the floor behind his desk. Please stay behind the line.

21. Volume Levels
→ The Conversation Clip on our Volume Levels chart shows what the correct volume level at the moment.
→ The levels are:
1-Silence is expected; individual work
2-Whisper voice
3-Conversation voice; used in group work
4-Teacher voice; used in presentations
5-Yelling, shrieking, loud noises; rarely allowed