Rules and Procedures: 1. Entering Classroom: Enter classroom quietly and appropriately (no running, horseplaying, pushing/shoving,yelling, no chewing gum or eating food). Sit in your assigned seat and begin working on copying the warmup. Students must be seated in their assigned seats when the bell rings in order to be counted on time. 2. Instruction: give teacher your full attention. Do not talk when teacher is talking. Raise hand for comments and questions. Please wait to be recognized by the teacher before you begin speaking. Do not start assignments until teacher gives you symbol to begin. You may not ask to go to the bathroom or your locker during this time. 3. Groupwork: You will be assigned a team and a role for each team. No side-bar conversations during team activities. All team members must be focused on the task at hand. 4. Prompts: If i raise my hand, you are to stop talking, face me, and raise your hand until everyone in the classroom has stopped talking and I lower my hand. NO EXCEPTIONS 5: End of Class: I will inform you of when it is time to leave. Clean up your desk and make sure there are no papers or materials on the ground. 6. Bathroom/locker time: You may not use the restroom or go to your locker within the first and last 5 minutes of class. Business should be tended to before you arrive. If you do need to use the restroom during class, do not ask during class instruction time. You must present your agenda to be signed in order to leave the room. If you do not have your agenda, you may not leave. 7. Food/drinks: No food or drinks other than water are to be consumed during class. This includes candy. 8. Submitting assignments: All assignments are to be submitted at the beginning of class or when they are requested by the teacher. Any assignment submitted at the end of class or when all other assignments have been collected will be considered late