Policies

//**__Expectativas de la Clase/ Class Expectations__**//
 * Students and Teacher will work hard and put forth maximum effort to achieve their greatest potential.
 * Students and Teacher will come to class prepared and ready to work.
 * Students and Teacher will be positive, polite, respectful, and professional at all times.
 * Students and Teacher will abide by the three Rs: Respect, Responsibility, and Reciprocity.
 * Students and Teacher will communicate in Spanish as often as possible.

//**__Las Reglas/ Rules__**//
 * 1) Always do your absolute best.
 * 2) Follow directions the first time given.
 * 3) Come to class ready to learn and prepared with all required materials.
 * 4) Be respectful and courteous of others with your words and actions.
 * 5) Class time is for class activities.
 * 6) Raise your hand when you want to say something.

__Consequences to your Actions__ //Postive:// You LEARN! Verbal praise Positive phone call, note or email to parent/ guardian Extra time tacked on to preferred activity time on Fridays or class rewards Name posted on las Estrellas board

//Negative:// Warning… THEN Student- Teacher Conference... THEN Negative phone call or email to parent/ guardian and referral to the Dean of Students… THEN Detention and Parent- Teacher conference… THEN Administrative/ Disciplinary action

*Fighting and physical altercations are grounds for automatic administrative action*

**//__Notas/ Grading__//** Progress reports are issued regularly so that students and parents know what is required of them and what grades are missing

//__Grading System__//

Unit Tests……………………………………………….….…………………………....100

Class Work .............................................................................................10- 20

Homework Packets ......................................................................................40

Quizzes…...............….………………………………….…………………………20- 30

Projects/ Assignments……………………………….….……………………...…50- 100

Exit/ Entrance Tickets…………………………………...………………………………10

Culminating Project at end of year……...………………...…………………………TBD

Weekly Citizenship and Class Participation.............................……….............. 35

> **__Assignment Due Dates__** > Students must hand in work on the day it is due. The final grade will drop 10 points each day it is late, as per the AABR Student Handbook. NO EXCEPTIONS. NO EXCUSES. > > **__Binder Tests/ Pruebas de Carpeta__** > Occassionally we will have Binder Tests to make sure that students are keeping notes and worksheets organized and are coming to class prepared. They will be random and will be taken instead of a quiz. I will set up a power point with a question that changes every 30 seconds. In order for you to get the question in the time allotted, you must keep your notebook well organized. It is easy to pass this quiz, but you must come to class prepared, take good notes, and keep an organized binder. In order to discourage cheating, I may randomly collect binders and any test that is found to have a correct question but the wrong or missing information in the binder, that student receives a zero. > > **__Tarea/ Homework:__** > Constant practice is essential to learning a foreign language. Homework is assigned as a packet on a weekly basis so that students can practice and further what they have learned in class. Assigning homework in this way teaches students responsibility and helps prepare them for the rigors of college. > > **__Class Participation__** > Citizenship and Class participation is mandatory in this class and is graded on 10 points per day. In order for a student to get the full 10 points, students must arrive to class on time, regularly volunteer answers, consistently come to class prepared and on time, work diligently, follow directions, be courteous and respectful to teacher and classmates, take care of school property, etc. Students fail if they sleep during class or don’t pay attention, are disruptive, come to class consistently unprepared and/ or are late without a signed pass, rarely/ never volunteer answers, do not follow directions, do work for other classes, etc. Students who arrive late without a pass from a teacher will receive 5 points off of their grade. Students who receive a verbal warning for talking or being disruptive in class will receive 5 points off of their grade. If a student receives a second warning with a student- teacher conference, that is an additional 5 points off of their grade. Participation is calculated into a weekly score for a total of 40 points per week. > > ===__Cheating__=== > Cheating is strictly prohibited and will not be tolerated under any circumstance. If I find a student(s) to be cheating on a quiz or assignment, then I will confiscate the work of all students involved and they will be given a zero for the assignment. Copying from another student, working on homework "together" or "helping" another student is also considered cheating in this class and warrants a zero on the assignment.

__Tardanza y Ausencia/ Tardiness and Absence__ Students receive 15 points for daily attendance. Attendance is taken during the Esponja activity immediately when students arrive in class. Those who arrive after I have taken attendance without a signed pass from a teacher will be marked as late and will receive 10 points for their attendance grade. **Cutting class** is unacceptable and will not be tolerated. Students will receive a zero for the class period they cut. **Frequent class- cutting** will result in a Student- Teacher conference, a phone call/ email home and further administrative action.
 * __Absence__: If a student is absent, their attendance grade will not be penalized. STUDENTS ARE RESPONSIBLE for keeping up with missed assignments. They are responsible for getting notes from a class mate and must pick up any assignments or worksheets from the absent student bin. The sheets will also be made available on this site when appropriate. For each day a student was absent, s/he gets one extra day to complete the missing work/ For example, if you were absent on a Tuesday and return to class on Wednesday, you must turn in the work on Thursday. If you were absent on Tuesday and return to class on Thursday, the missing work must be handed in on Monday. It is the student’s responsibility to obtain and complete any missed work in the stated timeline. Late assignments will be processed according to the Late Assignments scale mentioned above. Being late to class three times in one week will result in a Friday detention. Please refer to the student handbook for more information.
 * __Missing tests/ quizzes:__ Students who are absent from class on the day of a test/ quiz must make it up the day they return. If they do not, they will receive a zero. NO EXCEPTIONS.