Back to School Expectations

Legacy ELA

Miss Miles
Room #106
Team Legacy

1. You will put your backpack and belongings at your seat.

2. You will grab your ELA supplies you need from the shelf.

3. Once back at your seat, you will begin your warm-up activity on the

board under “Warm-Up”.

4. You will complete ALL of the directions that are listed under “Warm-Up”.
5. If there is any extra time, you may read a book or work on Exact Path

Raising your
hand is vital
for everyone
to be able to
be heard and
understood
in our class.

Wait until I dismiss you to pack up and get up or…
The class will owe me time and be released late.

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7:38-8:16am

Homeroom Activities

Mod 1

8:19-9:02am

Class Block 1

Mod 2

9:02-9:45am

Mod 3

9:45-10:28am

Class Block 2

Mod 4

10:31-11:14am

Mod 5

11:14-11:57am

Class Block 3

Mod 6

11:57-12:40pm

Mod 7 (Lunch)

12:43-1:13pm

Lunch

Mod 8

1:16-1:59pm

Encore (PE, Computer, Music, Art, Tech Ed, Health)

Mod 9

2:02-2:45pm

Some things you will use…

One 1in. binder

● Major Assignments:

○ Performance Assessments, Projects, Tests, Quizzes, TDAs, etc.
○ Accepted until the end of the marking period. (20+ points)

● Intermediate Assignments:

○ TDA/Essay Writing Build-Ups, Study Island and Exact Path Assignments,

Reading Comprehension Building, etc. (worth 10-20 points)

○ Accepted until the end of the marking period.

● Minor Assignments:

○ Check-Ins, Quick Checks, Activate Your Brain, Skill Practice, and other

Small Class Assignments. (below 10 points)

○ Accepted until the end of the chapter/unit.

Listen and follow
directions the
First time they

are given.

Raise your hand
before speaking
or leaving your
seat (*getting a tissue is

exempted*)

Respect your
classmates AND
all school staff.

Keep your hands,
feet, and objects

to yourself.

Be mindful of
others and all

opinions. Keep our

space positive.

● Infractions for breaking school rules and expectations:

○ #1 - Warning
○ #2 - Warning
○ #3 - Phone Call Home
○ #4 - Office Referral, Detention
○ #5 - Warning
○ #6 - Warning
○ #7 - Phone Call Home
○ #8 - Office Referral and ISS (in school suspension)

●Whispers (you cannot feel your throat vibrate).

●Working on assignments with ability to ask classmates for help.

●Peaceful work environment.

●Partner Voices (elementary calls it 12 inch voices)

●Only the people at your table can hear your conversation.

●Ideal partner working environment.

●Presenting Voice (speech level voice).

●Giving a presentation or answering a question in class.

●Able to be understood and heard by everyone in the class.

Be sure that your pencils are sharpened and ready to go at

the beginning of class.

Students should not be getting up during a whole group

lesson to sharpen their pencils.

No colored pencils in the electric sharpener!

“Sometimes the road less traveled, is less traveled for a

reason.”

Who Said It?

Robert Frost or Jerry Seinfeld

Multiple Choice

Who Said it?

“Sometimes the road less traveled, is less traveled for a reason.”

• Robert Frost

• Jerry Seinfeld

“Today I don’t feel like doing anything. I just want to lay in my

bed.”

Who Said It?

Justin Bieber or Bruno Mars

Multiple Choice

Who Said it?

“Today I don’t feel like doing anything. I just want to lay in my bed.”

• Justin Beiber

• Bruno Mars

“Do you want to build a snowman?”

Who Said It?

Anna or Elsa

Multiple Choice

Who Said it?

“Do you want to build a snowman?”

• Anna

• Elsa

“That’s one small step for man, one giant leap for mankind.”

Who Said It?

Elon Musk or Neil Armstrong

Multiple Choice

Who Said it?

“That’s one small step for man, one giant leap for mankind.”

• Elon Musk

• Neil Armstrong

“We’ve all got both light and dark inside us. What matters is the

part we choose to act on. That’s who we really are.”

Who Said It?

Albus Dumbledore or Sirius Black

Multiple Choice

Who Said it?

“We’ve all got both light and dark inside us. What matters is the part we choose to act on. That’s who we really are.”

• Albus Dumbledore

• Sirius Black

1. Ask permission (not in the middle of a lesson)

2. Sign out on your yellow pass and the door form.

3. Upon return, you must sign back in on the door form.

Your yellow pass is your pass to go places in the building

you need to go. It should last you the first month

If you lose or misplace your pass, you can

trade-in an infraction to receive another pass.

Our school has a strict NO Cellphone policy.
This means smart watches and Airpods too

If your phone is taken:
● Confiscated and taken to office
● Warning for 1st offense

○ Confiscated more than once can result in:

■ Phone Call Home
■ Detention
■ ISS

Chromebooks should always be charged and ready to go

before Mod 1.

If you forget your Chromebook:
● Cell phone will be “borrowed” while Chromebook/charger is

being borrowed.
○ If you do not have a cell phone, your backpack will be “borrowed.”
○ If you do not have your backpack, you shoe

will be “borrowed.”

● Cell phone will not be returned until Chromebook/

charger is returned.

There should not be any food or drinks (this excludes water) in

the classroom.

There will be times that candy or food will be given out on

certain occasions.

Always check the Weekly Agenda located on Schoology for the

work completed in class.

Students have same amount of days they were absent to

make up assignments.

Late work form MUST be

completed with the name of

assignment from PowerSchool
Then go to Schoology and send

a message to the teacher
whose class you owe the

assignment.

On-time assignments are

always grade first.

Exact Path 30 Minute Challenge:

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You will have 1 week to complete 30 minutes in the designated Exact Path learning
path.
➢

Begins on Monday and lasts until Sunday before 12am. (change for 3rd marking period)

➢

Worth 5 pts: Grading for the challenge will be put in on Monday morning.

■6-11 Minutes = 1 point

■12-17 Minutes = 2 points

■18-23 Minutes = 3 points

■24-29 Minutes = 4 points

■30+ Minutes = 5 points

Independent Reading:

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There should be an independent reading chapter book with you for every class.

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This book will be taken out and read after finishing assignments early and other
designated reading times.

Exact Path

● Check the floor around your

desk and/or table group.

● Check the top of the desk for

any papers/garbage.

● Make sure ALL ELA supplies are

returned to their proper place.

● Push in your chair.
● DO NOT line up at the door.