SOCIAL STUDIES CLASSROOM PROCEDURES AND POLICY
Class Time
o Enter classroom quietly.
o Sharpen pencils
o Pick up textbook, journal, and notebook from shelves. o
o Quietly take your seat.
o Begin working the daily warm-up.
o Turn in your homework when requested by the teacher.
o Lesson/Activity
o If you finish your class work before the end of the period, read your library book,
or select a book or magazine from the social studies classroom library to read.
Dismissal
o The teacher will announce when class is over.
o Pick trash up from floor and throw away.
o Return textbook, journal, and notebook to shelf.
o Leave class quietly and proceed to your next class.
Quiet Please
o When the teacher's hand goes up, or the bell rings:
o Freeze
o Turn and face the teacher.
o Pay attention and keep your eyes on the teacher.
o Be ready for instruction. I will have something to say.
Hall Passes
o A hall pass is required to leave the SS classroom during the class period.
o Four hall passes are issued at the beginning of each nine week grading period.
o Unused hall passes may be turned in at the end of the grading period for extra credit.
o Each unused pass is worth 10 extra credit points.
o This is the only extra credit offered in social studies.
Headings
All student papers must have a heading formatted as follows:
o Mark your assigned student class number in the top right corner of the page. (ex. 1A1)
o Write the following in the top left corner of the page.
o First Name / Last name
o Subject - Period (ex. Texas History 1A)
o Date
o Title centered on the first line of paper. (ex. P121 Q1-2-3)
Journaling
All students will maintain their daily journal in a 100 page composition book.
o Each entry must have a heading, including a title.
o Number each item or question.
o Write in complete sentences.
o Restate the question in your answer.
o Journals will be turned in at a minimum of once a grading period.
o Your journal is for social studies use only! Do not use it for drawing, writing notes to your friends,
another class, or for any other purpose.
DO NOT TEAR ANY PAGES FROM YOUR JOURNAL Homework/Assignment Policy
o It is expected that all assignments and projects be handed in on time.
o Assignments are due at the beginning of the class period.
o If homework is handed in after the assignment is collected, it will be considered one day late.
o Late homework will result in your grade being reduced.
o One day late -10%
o Two days late -20%
o Three days late -50%
o Four or more days late, NO CREDIT
o Late assignments/homework may result in additional negative consequences.
o Seventh grade students may expect a combined average from all classes of 70 minutes of homework
nightly.
o Eighth grade students may expect a combined average from all classes of 80 minutes of homework
nightly.
o ECH students may expect a combined average from all classes of 90 to 120 minutes of homework
nightly.
Make-up Work
o It is the Student's responsibility to make up work after an absence.
o Make-up work may be found on the agenda page of our class website.
o Handouts may be available on line and can also be found in the handout folder by the classroom door.
o Students will have one day for each day of absence to make up assignments.
o Special arrangements may be made for extended absence.
o Late make-up work will be penalized (see above).
o Work that is assigned when students are present must be turned in on the first day they return from
being absent.
o Students on field trips or other school sanctioned activities must have their assignments ready when
they return to class.
o All tests assigned before student was absent must be taken on the first day back to school, before or
after the school day, not during class time.
Grading Policy
