Responsibilities

            Students

                        Develop a Christ centered life

                        Create a positive classroom environment which fosters 

                        self esteem

                        Participate in classroom activities

Complete all assigned work on time

            Parents

Communicate with Mr. Scarpino monthly focusing on the student’s education

                        Support and encourage student to advocate for him / her self

                        Assist student with appropriate help on school projects

Teacher

                        Model Christ like behavior at all times

                        Create a positive classroom environment which fosters self

                        esteem

                        Develop and execute appropriate educational activities

Communicate with parents monthly focusing on the student’s

education

Homework

            Students may have up to one hour of homework each night.  They should know how to complete the homework without parent help.

                        All students need to complete the ACR reading requirements

                        each quarter.

                        All students read one assigned novel per quarter.

                        All students must memorize the preposition and helping verb

                        lists.

Grades

Assignments not worth a C grade are marked redo. Both the original work and the redone work must be turned in together. The highest grade a student can earn on redone work is a C.

Exemplary student work earns a keeper grade, valued at more than an A.

Keeper work is displayed as a model for students to emulate.

Thursdays are cumulative test days in spelling, vocabulary, grammar, diagramming, and math.

Students take weekly diagnostic reading tests.

Discipline  

Students are expected to act in a Christ like manner. They must respect and encourage each other.  Non appropriate student behavior is discussed with the student privately and an appropriate consequence occurs. Parents are immediately informed of serious behavior violations.            

Helping verb list 

BE                   HAVE              SHALL            MAY               COULD

AM                  HAS                WILL               CAN                WOULD

IS                     HAD                                        MUST             SHOULD

ARE                 DO                                          MIGHT

WAS               DOES

WERE             DID

BEING

BEEN                                     

Preposition List   Sung to the tune of Yankee Doodle

WITH   ON   FOR  AFTER   AT   BY   IN

AGAINST   INSTEAD   OF   NEAR   BETWEEN

THROUGH   OVER   UP   ACCORDING   TO

AROUND   ABOUT   BEYOND   INTO

UNTIL   WITHIN   WITHOUT   UPON

FROM   ABOVE   ACROSS   ALONG

TOWARD    BEFORE   BEHIND   BELOW

BENEATH   BESIDE     DURING   UNDER