CLASSROOM RULES FOR
Mr. Adams Room 237
1. RESPECT AND RESPONSIBILITY!!!!!!!! Respect yourself, your classmates,
your teacher, and any other individual who may come into our class.
Learning is your responsibility first and foremost. Therefore, BE PRESENT,
ON TIME, PREPARED, AND READY TO LEARN. Being on the block schedule means
your attendance in class is even more vital to your success.
2. Before the tardy bell rings, be in your assigned seat, quiet, and ready
for class. Please have your pencils sharpened, pens, notebooks, and books
handy at your desk when the bell rings. Not being in your seat when the
bell rings is a tardy. MORNING DETENTIONS will be assigned for tardies to
our class.
3. Upon entering the room, be sure to look on the chalkboard or overhead
for possible journal entries or assignments that you need to tend to
immediately. We will have board work daily to review materials we have
discussed previously or prepare us for the current day’s topic.
4. Being able to communicate with the written word is one of the most
important skills you will learn in life and we will practice it frequently
through journals, papers, and project work.
5. Listen to instructions and assignments prior to beginning work.
Listening attentively to begin with will save us both time and energy.
6. All papers and projects are to be written in blue or black ink. I will
not accept papers torn from composition notebooks. In addition, all
assignments are due on the designated dates. Late papers or projects will
receive lower grades. CERTAIN MAJOR PROJECTS WILL NOT BE ACCEPTED LATE.
7. Make-up work is your responsibility. If you miss class, you are
responsible for getting the notes or assignments from your classmates or
myself. Please do not interrupt a class by asking what you missed the
previous days. You may see me before or after class to schedule time to get
the missed assignments. Make-up assignments should be turned in no later
than 7 school days after the missed day of school. Missed tests should
also be made up within 7 days.
8. An absence the day before the test is not an excuse to miss a test. You
need to look over your notes every night. In addition, tests will be
announced in advance. Quizzes, however, may be given at any time.
9. Cheating is not tolerated. If one appears to be cheating, the
possibility they are cheating is high. Therefore, do not put yourself in a
position that suggests wrong-doing is occurring.
10. “I Don’t Know” as a response is not acceptable in our classroom. You
may ask me more questions to assist you in getting to the correct response
or ask for a minute to find the answer. We will think in our class and not
look for the easy way out.
11. This is a Social Studies class. Only Social Studies should be done in
this class. I will keep any work not related to our class, including notes,
being done in our class.
12. I will dismiss the class at the end of the period, not the bell.
Please remain in your seat until I have dismissed you.
13. Supplies necessary include: three-ring binder, loose leaf lined paper,
pens(black or blue), pencils, index cards(3x5, 4x6), and your book(issued by
me). Please bring these materials everyday to class. These are your tools
for building your knowledge of our course.
14. Notebooks may be collected each nine-weeks and will count as a test
grade. Your notebook should have a section for all tests and quizzes,
journals, and notes-including daily work.
15. Access to your textbook is available on line or by disc. Please inform
me if you wish to use either resource.