New Year Expectations Review

​Welcome to 2025!

Class Expectations Review

Let's make this year even better!

New Year, New You!

We will review some basic expectations and set the tone for a successful second half of your 6th grade year in math and/or world studies!

Open Ended

What did you do during the break?

Poll

Rate your effort level in math last semester.

• 0 - I didn't try at all.

• 1 - I tried a little.

• 2 - I worked hard some of the time.

• 3 - I really worked hard for the most part.

• 4 - I truly gave my best effort throughout the semester.

Poll

Which one of these helps motivate you the most to succeed in this class?

• Being able to know that you did your best and gave all you had

• Wanting to make your family proud of you and caring about them

• Wanting to do well in or enjoying math (or world studies)

• Being prepared for your future classes

• Being prepared for your future jobs

Poll

Which one of these was the greatest challenge or obstacle for you during 1st semester in this class?

• Apathy (not caring)

• Being unprepared (tired, no Chromebook, not pencil, not ready to learn)

• Being absent or tardy

• Working hard and doing longer or multi-step problems

• Letting yourself get distracted or playing/talking with others

Poll

Which of these, if any, did you do on a regular basis during 1st semester?

Select ALL boxes, if any, that describe your habits during 1st semester.

• Completed much of the IXL homework at home

• Came to class each day with a charged Chromebook and a pencil or pen

• Paid attention during the lessons in class and wrote down all the examples

• Worked hard and wrote down all the steps you could during independent work opportunities (starter, on your own questions, assignments)

• Did a retake quiz or finished a missing quiz outside of class time

To succeed in this class:

• Come to class each day and arrive on time.

• Come with a charged Chromebook and a pencil

• Come rested, focused, and ready to learn.

• Take responsibility for your learning.

• Check for understanding, ask questions, and participate.

• Pay attention during the examples and explanations.

• Give your best effort at all times. Waste no class time.

• Complete the quizzes, study, and keep trying.

• Use the homework opportunities.

Set Yourself Up for Success - Entering Class

• Come right into class. Don't hang out or wait in the hallways.

• Take one starter from the shelf and go right to your desk.

• Make sure you have your Charged Chromebook and a pencil or pen.

• Write down your first and last name, the date, and class period.

• Do the best you can. Stay focused on your work.

• Remember to use the restroom, go to your locker, etc. between classes, before school, during lunch, or after school.

Set Yourself Up for Success - During Class

• During the starter review, fix or finish each answer. Show the steps!

• During the lesson, pay attention, write down each example fully, ask questions, participate, and give your best effort.

• Use independent practice opportunities to try problems on your own, step by step.

• During independent work time, try on your own, write down the steps to work out problems, read, and use the lesson notes.

Set Yourself Up for Success - End of Class

• Use all of the class time. Don't clean up until directed by Mr. Prince.

• Wasting even 2 minutes a day turns into 6 hours wasted per year (in just one class)!

• Make sure you pack up all your items.

• Check your desk area. Grab all your papers. Leave no trace.

How to Interact with Others

• Be respectful of all other students' learning.

• Set an example of positive learning behavior.

• Use kind, uplifting words. Build others up.

• Assume the best of others.

• Be respectful in your interactions with your teacher, Mr. Prince.

• Help create an environment in which everyone feels safe to learn, to try, and has the best chance of success.

Where Your Grade Comes From

• Your final Focus grade is an average of your quiz scores for each standard we cover during a quarter.

• I give you three attempts per standard.

• Missing quizzes show as M and count as a 0.

• Quizzes on which you didn't try or cheated show as a 0 and count as a 0.

• If you try but miss all questions, you get a 1. If you get them all correct, you get a 4, with all else in between 1 and 4.

• Remember to provide your scratch paper evidence for quizzes.