Talk directly with the person, not about the person, if there is a problem.
Respect each person's right to learn.
Match speaking to the situation, do not visit during roll
call and lunch count. Raise your hand to speak during lectures. While working
together and
during discussions, make sure that you are speaking about physics or chemistry.
2. Respect others' possessions and our school building.
Use equipment appropriately and as instructed.
Follow lab safety procedures.
Return equipment to the correct location, let the teacher know if anything
is broken.
3. Be present and on time.
Be sitting in your seat quietly with supplies ready when the bell rings.
Being tardy for first period requires you to serve a half hour for me as
well as counting towards your four allowed tardies per semester.
Be here every day possible, participating in class provides you with the
best understanding of the subject.
If you will be gone, let me know as far in advance as possible. I will
gather your make-up work.
If you are unexpectedly gone, you will find your make-up work taped to
your locker unless you have made other arrangements for it.
When you return to class, be ready to hand in the assignment you would
have handed in while you were gone. You will have one day for each day that
you were absent to hand in the new work assigned during your absence.
4. Be neat.
Assignments will be done in pencil and the work and answer corrected in
ink, if needed.
Assignments will be headed with your name, physics or chemistry
number, date, and the assignment.
On mathematical problems, all work must be shown. This usually means stating
the knowns, the unknown, the equation which links them together, solving
the equation for the unknown, substituting in numbers, the answer with the
correct number of significant digits and its label.
5. Try hard.
Give your best effort to learn. I'll give my best effort to help you learn.
Be ready to volunteer answers, questions, explanations, examples in small
and large group settings.
Expect to be frustrated, but do not expect to stay frustrated, try again,
reread your notes or your book, work with a partner, ask for help.
I am in the physics and chemistry room all eight
period. I teach chemistry 1st, 2nd, 3rd, and 8th hours. I teach physics
4th and 7th hours. I eat lunch the first part of 5th hour. My prep periods
are the rest of 5th and 6th hours. I'm usually
in my
room
or just
outside
its
door
from
7:00
am
to
4:00 pm.
Secondary
staff
meetings
are usually
from 7:45 to 8:15 on Friday in the high school library. My school e-mail
address is <mdrees@ikm-manning.k12.ia.us>. My home phone is 1-712-669-3454.
6. Be positive.
Accept decisions of school or group.
Deal with adverse situations in the most appropriate way.
Change what you can control, if needed, accept what you cannot.
7. Be prepared.
Bring a pencil; an eraser; notebook paper without rough
edges; a folder to keep assignments to turn in, returned assignments, and
notes for the unit;
a calculator capable of dealing with scientific notation, trigonometric functions,
and square roots; a free reading book or assignment for another class; and
your planner each day. Chemistry students will need goggles for most labs.
You will be told on which days you will need additional supplies.
Have your assignment completed neatly with the appropriate
heading and be ready to check and then to hand in according to your physics
or chemistry number when it is due.
Note dates of upcoming projects, quizzes, and tests in your planner so
you can prepare in advance. Take advantage of class reviews and suggestions
for studying.