Life Skills Grade 8:

Ms. Supprise

CLASS MATERIALS

1.Life Skills Folder

2.Pen/Pencil

CLASS EXPECTATIONS

  1. Report to class on time! (Before the late bell rings) being late affects your daily grade
  2. Take responsibility for any class work missed
  3. Help keep the classroom neat and clean – respect school property…this is NOT my classroom
  4. Life Skills discussions can be on sensitive health topics
  5. Treat everyone with kindness and respect
  6. One person speaks at a time.
  7. Class discussions end in class

GRADING:

50%,25%,25% breakdown for grade8 life skills

50% of your grade will be called your DAILY GRADE.~

* Arrive on-time with class materials, engage in class activity - note taking, problem solving, class discussion, role play, written assignments, etc…

25 % of your grade will be based on tests and projects. The PSA (Public Service Announcement) project is a major grade for this class.

25% of your grade will be folder, homework, quizzes etc.

8th grade life skills covers the following topics: Obesity and nutrition, healthyvs. unhealthy relationships, friends, family, dating relationships, abusive relationships and teen dating violence, mental illness, stress, depression, gender issues, sexual harassment, teen sexuality, abstinence, teen pregnancy, contraception, sexually transmitted infections, AIDs/HIV.

Make sure your health folder is clearly labeled “Life Skills” with your name, day/class period on it.~ Remember to put your name on all materials given to you.~ If a paper is passed in without identification then you may not get credit for it.

You must ALWAYS bring your Life Skills folder and a pen/pencil to class.~ It is important that you keep ALL papers given to you in your folder.

Absences, although they canbe unavoidable, greatly effect what you are learning in class.~ If you miss a class then it is your responsibility to make up the work you are missing.~ You will have one week to make up any missing lessons.~ If lessons are not made up then you will not get credit for it. Please utilize my webpage where I will put all assignments that you might miss:

Disclaimer: Life skills/Health only meets ONCE per week and if we have a snow day or a half-day or MCAS we miss a class and it could be weeks before I see you again! 

I understand it is hard to remember assignments for a class that meets only once in a 6 day cycle but with your agenda book and my website I am confident you will have no problem being ALL OVER IT Remember my homework policy is as long as I have it in my mailbox, hand, or in my email inbox by midnight on the day it is due I will accept it. Please, utilize my website as it will have all the class materials.

Extra credit is always available! All you need to do is find an article in a newspaper or magazine about a topic relating to health and copy that article and write a one page review of what you learned from this article.

Please sign and bring back to class next class as your first homework assignment!

I, ______have read this expectation sheet and am ready to learn in life skills this year 

I,______parent/guardian of the above student also have read this expectation sheet and understand what is expected of this student this year in life skills 