7th Grade Information for Mrs. Milling’s class

Keep this in your binder forever!

 

Class rules:

1.                               Show respect (for all peers, teachers, and any other adults who may be present)

2.       Be prepared (bring all books, materials, and homework to class at the assigned time)

3.       Keep hands, feet, and objects to yourself

4.       Allow others the right to learn

5.       Adhere to the economic/management structure of the classroom

 

Additional 7TH grade rules that apply to ALL classes:

 

  1. Follow all Binder Reminder rules and regulations
  2. No hats in class, male or female
  3. No personal items:  toys, stuffed animals, etc.
  4. No eating; NO GUM
  5. No note passing
  6. Homework is LATE if not done upon initial entry into the classroom
  7. When tardy bell rings, you must be seated at desk
  8. All papers must have your first and last name, either A.M. or P.M., and the subject
  9. Anything to be graded must be in blue or black ink and in your neatest handwriting as demonstrated and practiced in class
  10. Use school appropriate language on campus
  11. Students must have a teacher-approved novel or other reading material in class daily to read during unstructured spare time and for silent reading

Organization:

Your binder must be sectioned in the following way:

1. Class Rules/lists
2. Spelling/Vocabulary
3. Grammar
4. Writing  (Ex. essays, short stories, poems)
5. Literature (Ex. any work having to do with novels we read)
6. Social Studies  (Ex. notes, worksheets)
7. Geography (Ex.  Daily Geography worksheets, maps)

ü      NOTE:  ALWAYS PUT COMPLETED HOMEWORK IN APPROPRIATE SECTION

ü      It is very important that you have the sections set up in this way so your work is easy to find.  I will grade your binder for organization and will be giving homework quizzes, which will affect the effort and homework portion of your grades.

ü      Keep ALL your old work at home in folders that are divided into different classes until you receive your last report card in July.  This will protect you when I make a mistake!

 

 

Supply List:

 

Although some items will be provided in the classroom, they tend to deteriorate, get misplaced or used up rather quickly when being used by 65-70 students.  Because of budget cuts, we have only $250 per teacher to spend on supplies and copies for the year.  If you could supply the following, you would always have what you need!  (The starred items* are the most important!)

You must have the following supplies with you at all times:

1.       Silent reading book.  Make sure you find books that you are interested in reading because you will be spending some time with them. If you need help finding a book, please see the librarian or me.

2.       pencil box or 3-hole plastic pencil pouch which contains: 

3.       at least two blue or black pens

4.       at least one red pen  

5.       at least one green pen

6.       at least two sharpened #2 pencil or mechanical pencils with lead

7.       eraser

8.       small covered pencil sharpener

9.       extra lead if using mechanical pencil

10.   at least three different colored highlighters

11.   colored pencils for maps

12.   colored markers for notes

13.   a small pair of scissors

14.   a ruler

  1. one box of Kleenex—because of budget cuts, this would be a huge help!

16.   a large 3-ring binder (at least 2”)

17.   a journal or notebook of your choosing for reading log & daily journaling

18.   dividers (5) 

19.   lined binder paper

20.   Binder Reminder

21.   Book cover for your lit book (this will be kept at school)

**This list is not carved in stone. I may have you add to it later.

***Your name needs to be on all your personal possessions***

 

Please have these items by __________________.

Thank you.  If you have a problem with purchasing these items, please have your parent write a note, and we will see what we can do.

 

Citizenship grade:

1.       See the citizenship grade rubric at http://www.pusd.info/pusdmvms/misc/rubric.pdf

2.       Everyone starts with good citizenship.

3.       Exceptional actions over and above expected behavior increase your grade.

4.       Inappropriate behavior and being unprepared both decrease your grade.

Effort Grade:

Your effort is determined by the number of assignments that are turned in, the quality of each assignment, and your effort in class all around (academically, socially, organizationally, etc.).

 

7th Grade Grading Expectations:

I assign a certain number of points for each assignment according to how much time and effort they each require. You can easily figure out your % grade by dividing the number of points you earned by the total possible for that assignment.

Example: You received 40 points on your project.
The assignment was worth 50 points =    40 = 80%
                                                           50

A= 90-100% Well Above Average

B= 80-89% Above Average

C= 70-79% Average (this means you are working at grade level)

D= 60-69% Below Average

F= 59% and below Unsatisfactory

Since one of the goals of our seventh grade team is to promote student responsibility, no late work will receive full credit unless the student has an excused absence from being ill.

It is the responsibility of the student to contact me (during break, lunch, before or after school) when he or she returns to schedule due dates for make-up work and missing tests. If missing work is not made up, it will be recorded as a zero.

Any work done for an OCIS (Off Campus Independent Study) must be turned in the day you return to school.

If you know you are going to be going on a field trip for another class and will miss school, see me before the trip and you will be asked to turn it in the day you get back from the trip.

If you are out ill and are not too ill, it is your responsibility to contact a study partner and turn in the work on the day following your absence.

Certain assignments that are assigned more that five days in advance of the due date will only receive 70% credit of the earned grade if turned in one day late.
After that, it will receive 60% of the grade earned until the next grading period.  This is for unexcused absences/reasons.

Any work that has no name will go in the black wire tray at the front of the room. If the owner does not claim it by the end of the week, it will go in the trash, and will be given no credit.

Plagiarism (very important!):

See the academic honesty policy on the Mesa Verde website

Plagiarism is using another person's words as your own.  This also goes for copying another person's tests, class work, or homework, lending another student your work, or working with others on an individual project.

The best way to avoid plagiarism is to read information about the subject, then put away the source and write about what you read. That way it will be in your own words.

If you need to quote a source, make sure you place quotation marks before and after the quote you want to use.

Help with citing your sources:

Below I have listed the way you should give credit to your sources, and we will have lessons in class about how to give credit. (Please take note of all the punctuation-commas, periods, semi colons, quotes, etc.)

a book with one author 
Last name, first name.  Title.  Place published: Publisher, 
date published.

a book with two or three authors
Last name, first name and first name and last name.  Title.  
place published:  Publisher, date published.

a book with more than three authors or editors
Last name, first name, et al.,eds.  Title.  Place published: 
Publisher, date published.

Encyclopedia article
Last name, first name.  "Title of article."  Title of Encyclopedia.  
Date published.

Note:  If the article is followed by the author's initials and not their whole name, check in the index of authors for the author's full name (This is usually found in the front of each volume)  If it is unsigned, give the title first.

Signed newspaper article
Last name, first name.  "Title of article."  Title of newspaper 
Full date of article, section: page #.

Unsigned newspaper article
"Title of article."  Editorial.  Title of newspaper  Full date 
of newspaper, section# : page #.

website
Title of website, Author's name, date website created or updated,
                 <full web address>.

Thank you for reading this carefully.

Refer to this throughout the year if you have questions or problems.