This year I decided I wanted to create my own classroom rules or code of conduct to fit the type of classroom environment I want to create for my students. I tried having my class create rule or jobs last year, but it didn't really work all that well. There were things that my students did or didn't do that drove me crazy last year so I created these rules to help fix some of those behaviors. When looking for inspiration on Pinterest I found this "Classroom Rules- The 5 P's" idea and I really liked it. I adjusted it a little to fit my needs and I added the Big I because helping my students learn to take initiative is a huge goal of mine. So below is the poster size version of my classroom rules! Let me know what you think.
So now that I had created new rules from my classroom, I wanted to reformat and adjust my classroom syllabi. Most middle and high school syllabi are 2-4 pages (one sided) if there even is one. Mine last year was 5-6 pages long (one-sided). I think my students (and other teachers probably) thought I went a little overboard. Even so, to me a syllabus is a place where all of the classroom policies and information about a class are located. I wanted my students to know up front what my expectations and policies were so that there were no surprises later. I didn't want my students to be able to say...
"Oh I didn't know about that" or "That's not fair, you let him do ______."
I still believe this about my syllabus for this coming school year. It still contains all of the information I think they need to know to be prepared for my class. However, I've condensed my explanations and made it more visually interesting. I also took out some policies that I didn't use or had changed my mind about during my first year of teaching.
I got this idea about making my syllabus more visually interesting from Jackie at Room 213. She had a post about making a digital syllabus and it included a FREE template. So I used her fantastic template and made it my own by changing colors, fonts, and adding my own information. I am so grateful to her for sharing such a wonderful free resource!
So without further ado, here is my Health 9 Syllabus for this year.
If you would like to learn how to embed PDFs from Google Drive like I have done above, click the "Read More" below!
How to Embed PDFs from Google Drive
There are two different ways to embed PDFs, option 1 and option 2. If you like the way I have my document embedded above, you like option 2. I like it because it has the pop-out option and zoom feature. Option 1 does not have either of those features, but it does the job. If you like option 1 watch this short video I made by clicking on the linked URL text http://screencast.com/t/csfZWcA6L0. Otherwise if you like option 2, here is the code you will need to use: <iframe src="https://docs.google.com/viewer?srcid=[put your file id here]&pid=explorer&efh=false&a=v&chrome=false&embedded=true" width="580px" height="480px"></iframe>
The bolded text is the only things we need to adjust when using this code. First we need to get our document's ID. How we do that is to first open the PDF. Once you have it open you will see the pop-out button in the top right corner of your screen.
It will automatically open a new tab with your PDF. The highlighted text in the image below is the document above's ID. I just copied it and then pasted it into the [put your file id here] area of the embed code.
After that, all I had left to do was adjust the width and height of my document to fit. If you would like to know more information click the button below. So the final code of my classroom rules looks like this: <iframe src="https://docs.google.com/viewer?srcid=0BzGtM2ITvUjJZ1lmdWFmUXJVamc&pid=explorer&efh=false&a=v&chrome=false&embedded=true" width="730px" height="380px"></iframe>
2 Comments
leah
8/12/2015 04:32:50 am
Can I get an editable copy of your syllabus?
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Ms. Tensen
8/16/2015 01:24:31 pm
Hello Leah!
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AuthorI teach 7-9 Health Education & Computer 7 in rural southwestern Minnesota. I love using technology in my classroom and teaching students about how to live healthy and informed lives.
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