LIFE

1. Welcome Welcome LIFE Welcome Welcome Hunter Huss High School Ms. Brooks Living Independently Through Financial Education Welcome

2. Topics to Be Covered • Who’s Who • Classroom Policies • Objectives/Goals • Tests and Grading • Supplies • Pledge • Summary

3. Ms. Brooks Teen Living & LIFE Room E107 Available after school From 2:45 until 3:15 Available by request

4. ? Who are you? ? ? • What do you like to do? • Hobbies? • Sports? • What did you do over the summer? • Favorite food? • Craziest place you have ever been? • Nick names • Grade • Where do you want to go to college? • Pet peeves? • Favorite car? • TV Show • Vacation spot? ? ?

5. P P P What do I need to know and do to be a P P Success in LIFE?

6. P Just remember the 5 P’s P P • Be Prompt. • Be Prepared. • Be Polite. • Be Productive. • Be Positive. P P

7. P Rules P P • Be prompt. You are expected to arrive in class and begin working prior to the sounding of the bell. You begin class, not the bell. • Be prepared. You are expected to arrive in class with all necessary materials each day. You will not be allowed to return to your locker for textbook , notebook, paper or pencil. Bring all materials each day to class. P P

8. P Rules P P • Be polite. You are expected to demonstrate respect for yourself and others. This includes school property. • Be productive. You are expected to work during the entire class period, completing all the class assignments in class. P P

9. P Rules P P • Be positive. You are expected to demonstrate a positive attitude in class. We will be working together for a common goal – to help you succeed in LIFE. Make the most of our time together by having a good attitude. P P

10. Ms. Brooks Classroom Procedures

11. After Returning from Absence • Check the Classnotes book or from a partner for what we did in class. • Look for missed work behind each dated sheet. • Remember you have 5 days to complete missed work. • It is your responsibility to get makeup work completed.

12. Food and Drink • All drinks must have a lid on them. • Trash must be disposed of at the end of class. • If you make a mess you must clean it up. • This is not a right, it is a privilege. You abuse it… you lose it.

13. Signal for Attention GIVE ME FIVE When the teacher raises their hand, raise yours and… • Eyes on the speaker • Quiet • Be still • Hands Free (put things down) • Listen

14. Fire Emergency Plan • Exit classroom quickly and quietly. • Turn to the left and exit the building to the tennis courts. • Ms. Brooks will check the roll as soon as we are all gathered. • Wait quietly for more instructions. • You may leave your personal belongings in the room. Ms. Brooks will be the last to exit and will lock the door behind her.

15. Heating and Air • Please do not complain! • Please do not interrupt instructional time to question the room temperature. • Ms. Brooks will control the temperature as necessary. • You may bring in a blanket and store it in the classroom.

16. Windows • Please do not touch the windows or blinds. • Please do not interrupt instruction to comment on light or temperature. • Ms. Brooks will open and close blinds and windows as necessary.

17. Computer Equipment Please do not touch and computer equipment without Ms. Brooks Permission. Thank you!

18. Pencil Sharpener • You may sharpen pencils before class, during opening activity, or during transition time without asking permission. • Please do not rise and sharpen during any instruction time or performance.

19. Dismissal at end of Period • Wait for Ms. Brooks to give instructions to pack up. • Please remain in your seat until after the bell. • Ms. Brooks will dismiss the class.

20. Announcements • All talking and activity will pause. • Please direct your attention to the speaker or television and remain quiet.

21. Language • Inappropriate language and conversation will not be tolerated in this classroom. It is against school policy! • This includes cursing, as well as conversation about drugs, alcohol, sex, guns, etc. • If you refuse to abide by this policy, you will be written up on a management form. Get the point?

22. Turning in Assignments • Follow all teacher instructions when passing in assignments. • Be sure all loose papers are securely attached in your ISN. What falls out will not be graded. • Your name must be in the top right hand corner of the assignment.

23. Visitors and Guest Speakers • Please be quiet, polite and respectful. • Remember, you are a direct representation of Hunter Huss and of my class.

24. Bathroom • You may have two bathroom passes each six weeks. • You may not go to the restroom during the first 30 minutes and the last 30 minutes of class. • Bathroom visits may not last any longer than 5 minutes. • You must use the restroom on E hall. • Sign the front of your two Restroom Coupons.

25. Tardy • You must sign in (Name, Date, Offense, Contact Number) on the tardy clipboard located by the door. • Name will be recorded on the board, and you must serve your time within 5 days. • If time is not served, you will be referred to the office.

26. Cell phones, MP3 players, Gaming Devices… • Absolutely none, nada, zero, zilch, I don’t care if it’s you momma calling you are allowed in class! • If I see them… • Student will surrender the device until the end of class. Parent contact. • Student will surrender the device until the end of the day. Parent contact. • Student will surrender the device and will have to pick it up from their principal. Parent contact.

27. Rewards • Praise on a daily basis • Positive calls home – random • The joy of learning – daily

28. Consequences • You will receive a verbal warning • 15 minutes after school detention and parental contact • 30 minutes after school detention and office referral • You will be immediately sent to the office

29. ? ? ? In detail… ? ? Objectives and goals

30. ? What is LIFE? ? ? • This course is designed to increase financial literacy among high school juniors and seniors and prepare them to be successful managers of their personal, family, and environmental resources. Students learn to manage resources through authentic applications that are relevant to their lives --- e.g., spending plans, cost analyses, strategic career plans, comparison shopping, individual and family scenarios, and product care demonstrations. ? ?

31. Planning Spending • Analyze factors to consider when spending. • Differentiate needs, wants, and types of resources. • Analyze values to set priorities and goals and make decisions. • Analyze steps in financial planning. • Interpret the rationale for creating a financial plan. • Implement steps in a planning process to aid in financial planning. • Organize a realistic spending plan.

32. Planning a Career • Analyze careers. • Interpret personal skills and qualities that influence career choice and success. • Analyze careers using career guidance resources. • Apply skills and qualities that contribute to workplace success. • Understand the roles of professionalism and responsible behavior in the workplace. • Apply effective job-seeking skills.

33. Managing as a Family Member • Understand the functions of the family. • Exemplify the responsibilities of family members. • Summarize the rewards of being a family member. • Analyze the family as an economic unit. • Interpret the family as an earning unit and as a spending unit. • Organize typical incomes and expenditures at each stage of the family life cycle.

34. Making Smart Decisions • Understand shopping skills. • Recognize options in deciding where to shop. • Interpret consumer information found on product labels. • Exemplify advertising methods and relevant consumer credit legislation. • Apply payment options. • Compare advantages/disadvantages of payment options. • Implement comparison shopping to make a purchasing decision.

35. Managing Assets • Apply practices for distributing assets. • Compare practices in saving, investing, and managing assets. • Implement procedures to complete income tax forms. • Apply ways to protect resources. • Infer needs for life, health, auto, and homeowner’s insurance. • Summarize ways to protect the environment and conserve natural resources. • Implement procedures to care for one’s possessions.

36. Using Consumer Resources • Apply procedures to identify actual costs of purchases. • Summarize the roles of scarcity, trade-offs, and opportunity costs. • Summarize the relationship between supply and demand and prices. • Apply cost analysis steps to determine the actual cost of a planned purchase. • Apply consumer rights and responsibilities. • Recognize the rights and responsibilities of consumers. • Implement procedures for reporting problems with purchases.

37. ? ? ? Wow… That’s a lot of stuff to learn! ? ? How will I be graded?

38. Testing • Test after completion of each objective • Two benchmarks • One VOCAT/EOC Tests are accumulative

39. Grading – 3 Grading Periods • ISN • 40% • Tests • 30% • Quizzes • 15% • Class Participation • 15% • The Forth grading period is an Accumulative Final that counts 25% of your grade.

40. ? ? ? Supplies ? ? What do I need for class?

41. Supplies Needed by you! Provided by me! Textbook Calculator Tape & Glue Scissors • 1” 3 ring binder with paper • THURSDAY! • Pencils or pens • Colored pencils or markers

42. I Will My Pledge to Students I Will • I will trust you until you give me reason to do otherwise. • I will respect you and work with you to solve problems. • I will promptly correct and offer feedback on your work. • I will work with you to meet learning goals. • I will offer extra help and alternative assessments should you require them. I Will I Will I Will

43. ! Summary ! ! • Does anyone have questions or things that are important in making this class a successful one? • Rules, procedures, and consequences need to be filled out and signed by you and me – needs to be kept in ISN for reference. • Please fill out the student information sheet. Take home the contact information sheet, to be filled out and signed by your parent or guardian. • Your pledge. ! !

44. Interactive Student Notebooks Ms. Hageman

45. Materials • 3 Subject Spiral Notebook • Writing instruments – pen, pencil • Tape, scissors, glue, colored pencils

46. Page set up • Left page • Opening Activity • Student Output • Shows understanding and creativity • Right page • Student Input • Given information • Class notes, discussion notes, graphic organizers…

47. What happens if I am absent? • If you are absent, it is your responsibility to get notes from the missed lecture. You are to come to me to see what other activities you may have missed.

48. How they will be graded

49. Cover • Personalize the cover to your notebook – so we know it’s yours. • Pictures, magazines, letters… make a collage that describes who you are. • Only thing I ask is that, bare minimum, it must have your name on it.

50. Author Page • Create a page about yourself at the front of your notebooks. The author page could include a photograph and personal information such as age, height, favorite foods, what you like to do in your spare time, family members… • Personalizing the notebooks helps me get to know you a little better.