CURRICULUM OVERVIEW

Number operations, linear relationships, solving multi step problems, square roots, linear inequalities, distance and midpoint formulas, proportions, using appropriate units of measurement, data analysis and lines of best fit, probability.

MATERIALS NEEDED

Three ring binder, notebook paper, pencils, no pens, colored pencils, protractor, 6 inch straight edge, safety compass, scientific calculator (provided). A version of the TI-73 is downloadable from the internet.

ABSENT WORK

Absent work is assignments given or handed in on days a student is not in school. If you are present on a day that an assignment was given, but absent on the day it was handed in, the assignment is due the next day you are in class. If you get behind because of absences you and I can set a reasonable date for missed work to be completed. That will be the new due date for your assignments to be turned in.  Most assignments are found   on my website.

LATE WORK

Late work is any assignment that is not handed in on the due date even though you were in class the day it was assigned and the day it was due. Missed work is not accepted at all.  If a student has “goofed off” in class and desires to “turn things around” I will be willing to meet with the student and the parent to make a contract between the three of us to allow the student to improve their situation in class.

GRADING SCALE

Grades are based on weighted grades.  Letter grades are computed by the following percentages based upon points accumulated in weight categories. 

CLASSROOM WORK 

Notes (5%) – Please take notes during class room discussion and keep in a notebook for reference.  Notes are very helpful on text and worksheet assignments. Notes cannot be used on quizzes, but can be used on tests.

Text Assignments (10%) - Text assignments are problem sets from different areas of the book. Text assignments will be graded in class and turned in for points. Some days you will correct your own on other days you will trade with a class mate. If you want your text assignments back come to room 218 after school to pick them up.

Worksheets (30%) – Worksheets are handouts that I design with problems that deal more deeply with the Math Standards on State Core Curriculum. Worksheets are checked in class. Each page is worth 25 points.   Zero credit is given for correct answers without the justifying work. Worksheets are downloaded on the internet Websites above. 

Quizzes (55%) – Quizzes are given every two Sections of a chapter.  They usually have 4 to 6 problems and are worth 50 points.  You cannot use notes to help on a quiz. You are allowed one retake on a quiz.

Extra Credit – Extra Credit is earned by have no missing assignments. Grade printouts are given to students to take home and have parents look at them and sign them. The student brings them back to me signed by a parent with an active phone number and points are earned as follows:

CLASSROOM EXPECTATIONS

1. Be in your seat before the tardy bell rings or you are tardy.
2. Be prepared with class materials.
3. Bring water. No food, candy, gum, soda pop allowed in class.
4. Be respectful. Vulgar, lewd, obscene language, gestures or pictures are NOT appropriate.
5. Be engaged in classroom activity. If you expect to become good at anything you must practice, practice, and practice.
6. Be quiet. When I am talking be quiet and attentive. You can visit semi quietly and help each other with the work when I am not talking.
7. Stay in your seat unless I have given you explicit permission to get out.
8. Use a hall pass. If you do not have your hall pass, you do not leave the room.
9. Do your own work. Copying work is cheating. Group discussion and working together is not. If you cheat you recieve a 0 on the assignment and a 1 in citizenship.
10. Respect your self, each other, and one another’s property. Obey the school rules.

CONSEQUENCES

First Level of Involvement - Think Time - After a student disrupts the classroom two times; they go to a Think Time partner room. The student fills out a form which describes how he/she is going to change his/her behavior to focus on learning. Reduced Citizenship

Second Level of Involvement - Parent Contact - Teacher will contact the parent/guardian when a student has earned two Think Time Referrals. Student recieves a Teacher ASD.

Third Level of Involvement - After-School Detention – If a student earns three Think Times he or she will be required to attend an after-school detention and parent teacher conference will be scheduled through the counseling center.