completing all assignments to the best ofthe lesson, ask questions about homework at the beginning...
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1 The goal of this class Help you develop 2 things... A 'toolbox' of math facts and procedures that work for specific kinds of problems. General problem solving ability the ability to solve new kinds of problems you've never encountered before.
Transcript of completing all assignments to the best ofthe lesson, ask questions about homework at the beginning...
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The goal of this class
Help you develop 2 things...
A 'toolbox' of math facts and procedures that work for specific kinds of problems.
General problem solving ability the ability to solve new kinds of problems you've never encountered before.
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The goal of this class
The goal is more than just getting the correct answer.
The goal is to fully understand why a solution is appropriate to solve a problem.
'Answers only' are never okay. Always show work that demonstrates your problem solving process. I'm grading your thought process, not just your answer.
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How to succeed in this class
Math is not a spectator sport. You can only get good at problem solving by practicing solving problems.
You will have many opportunities to practice: problems that are part of lessons in class, homework problems, warmups, etc.
Take every opportunity to practice by completing all assignments to the best ofyour ability.
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chapter test
chapter test
chapter test
chapter test
semesterfinal exam
The 'hot air' that keeps you afloat is:• Keeping up on homework• Asking questions if you don't understand
Steady progress is the goal...
How to succeed in this class
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How to succeed in this class
Don't be afraid to be wrong. Mistakes are a normal part of learning.
The only time you should not make mistakes is on chapter tests and the final. Every other thing we do is practice and a part of the learning process.
Ask questions as soon as you don't understand something. Ask questions during the lesson, ask questions about homework at the beginning of class the next day.
Students somehow have the idea that if you ask questions, it means you are dumb, but the opposite is true. The smartest students, who do best in class, are the ones who ask questions.
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How to succeed in this class
Ways to get help if you don't understand something:
• Ask questions.
• Tutoring Free to any student in math office, C114, before and after school every school day. You can ask any math teacher for help, but I am almost always available. If you don't see me, ask to walk back to my desk I always leave a sign on my desk saying where I am (sometimes I tutor in a classroom, especially before school.)
• Relearning videos on my website.
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Classroom Environment
Four main ideas:
1) Respect is expected.
2) I'm only asking you to do the same things I require of myself.
3) Don't do things which disrupt our learning environment.
4) All school rules apply.
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Classroom Environment
Attendance
• Try not to miss class, we do something important every day.
• After 10 absences in a semester, the administration questions whether you can get credit for the class. Stay away from this limit if possible.
• Up to 20 minutes late tardy• More than 20 minutes late unexcused absence
• I track tardies if it becomes a problem, I contact parents, then escalate if needed.
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Classroom Environment
Bathroom
• Only 1 person can be out of the room at a time.
• Must get the wooden bathroom pass from me.
• No leaving during first and last 10 minutes (school policy)
• When we are covering something new, please do not leave unless it is an emergency.
• Do not plan on going to the bathroom every day in this class. You should usually be able to handle your bathroom needs before/after school and during lunch.
• Return within 10 minutes. If I notice that you are gone for more than 10 minutes, I will change your attendance status to 'unexcused absence'.
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Classroom Environment
Electronics
• Electronics should never be out unless I specifically tell you it is okay. (Backpacks need to be on the floor, not on the desk or in your lap.)
• If I see it, I take it, and put it on teacher desk. You can get it at the end of class if I forget to give it back to you.
• If it happens frequently, I'll call parents, referrals if needed.
• If you are using electronics, you are not participating in class.
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Classroom Environment
Leave the classroom as you found it
• Part of respecting the next class is not to leave the classroom in poor condition.
• Please do not write on desks.
• Please pick up trash around your area.
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How your grade is determined
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How your grade is determined
PointsEverything is graded with points (no curving or weighting).
80% from Assessments of your knowledge• Chapter tests (100 pts each, 50% of your grade)• Midchapter quizzes (~30 pts each, 15% of your grade)• Daily Quickquizzes (4 pts each, 15% of your grade)
20% from Participation and Completiononly work• Homework (3 pts each, 15% of your grade)• Class participation slips (30 pts per quarter, 5% of your grade)
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Homework
• Homework is your main way to practice what you are learning.
• Like a 'quiz' you give yourself to see if you understand.
• Homework is not something to rush through and 'just get it done' for points.
• Sometimes, there will be time in class to work on homework...think of it as part of our inclass work required (no 'I just like to do it at home')
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Homework
• Homework assignment is checked at the beginning of next class while class works on warm up problem.
• If you are absent, you must remind me to check your older homework at the beginning of the next class you attend.
• Graded for completion, not correctness.
• All problems must be attempted. Work must be shown (answers only not acceptable).
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Homework
Homework grading:
3 pts = On time, all problems attempted, work shown leading to an answer.
1 pt = Late (up to 1 week), or partially complete, or answersonly with no work shown.
0 pts = More than 1 week late.
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Homework
When you have questions about homework problems, bring them the next day.
As soon as you enter the classroom, write the numbers of homework problems you have questions about on the whiteboards.
Other students if you know how to solve these questions, write your solution including your work and any required diagrams, and include your name. Presenting a possible solution/approach = a trip to the 'goodie jar'.
I will answer any homework questions other students have not been able to answer.
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Participation in Class
You cannot learn math by watching others do math. Participation is crucial for success.
In our class, I want to encourage open sharing of ideas and solutions, whether they are correct or incorrect.
In fact, participation is 5% of your grade for each quarter.
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Participation in ClassThe 'goodie jar'• I expect people to share answers to verbal questions freely and frequently. But when students volunteer to come to the board to write a solution and explain their thinking to the class, students can select one item from the 'goodie jar'.
• The idea/solution does not have to be correct, but does have to show genuine, reasonable thinking about the problem.
• You don't have to always go to the board by yourself, frequently I will ask pairs of people to work on problems. If two people present together, they must both be involved in the presentation of the solution.
• What's in the goodie jar? Candy and 'share your thinking' slips of paper.
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Participation in Class
The 5% class participation grade:
• Earn credit for participation by collecting the 'share your thinking' slips of paper from the goodie jar.
You must collect at least 30 points in class participation 'share your thinking' slips each quarter so each quarter you must participate and earn at least 3 slips from the goodie jar. Additional slips give you extra credit.
'Share your thinking' slips of paper convert to points on a sliding scale:• 1st 'share your thinking' slip = 15 points.• 2nd 'share your thinking' slip = 10 points.• 3rd 'share your thinking' slip = 5 points.• 4th or more slips = 1/2 point each (extra credit, limit 10 additional slips per quarter).
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Participation in Class
Ways to share ideas for the goodie jar
• Give an answer with an explanation for a question I ask during a lesson.
• Answer another student's homework question on the board.
• During pair/group work, share your group's solution on the board.
• Warm up problem solution come to the board and explain the warm up problem.
• Problem of the week present a solution to the problem of the week.
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Other assignments
Warm ups
• Displayed at the beginning of most classes, work on warm up while I check homework.
• You can explain a warm up problem solution on the board for the goodie jar.
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Other assignments
Problem of the Week
• Found on class page on my website.
• Interesting, challenging problems that really help build your general problem solving skills.
• Present your solution to the class for the 'goodie jar'.
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Other assignments (Honors Algebra 34 only)
WebWork
• WebWork is an online homework system, and is part of required homework.
• For some chapters, there is a WebWork online homework one set of questions for the entire chapter, that counts as one additional homework assignment for the chapter.
• WebWork grading: expectation is that all problems are attempted (at least one solution submit on each problem) and about 2/3 of the problems are correct. 03 points depending upon how close your submission is to this goal.
• Each chapter's WebWork has a due date, usually a few days before the chapter test.
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Tests and Quizzes
Chapter Tests
• Major milestones: you are expected to have used lessons, homework, quizzes, etc. to fully understand the chapter's material by the date of the chapter test.
• Review materials provided (packet, worksheets, or problems from textbook).
• Chapter tests are 50% of quarter grade.
• If you are absent: makeup in the math office (C114) before/after school within 1 week, or I will pick a day to have you makeup the test in class.
• No retakes for chapter tests.
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Tests and Quizzes
Midchapter quizzes
• On material covered so far in chapter. Main purpose is to help you (and I) see what to focus on in review for the test.
• Midchapter quizzes will cover basic ideas as well as more complicated topics, and are 15% of quarter grade.
• If you are absent: makeup in the math office (C114) before/after school within 2 days, or I will pick a day to have you makeup the quiz in class.
• If you score below 80%, you can choose to retake a midchapter quiz after you've come to tutoring with me so we can go over what you missed.
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Tests and Quizzes
Daily quickquizzes
• Given frequently (just about every day), are given after homework question time, are very quick, usually 5 min (10 max). 'You either know it or you don't'
• Quickquizzes cover basic, main ideas from lessons taught at least 2 days before the quickquiz.
• Each quiz is only 4 pts, but all together will make up about 15% of quarter grade.
• All students take the quickquiz of the day and any missed quizzes from days past even if you were not here when the material was taught.
• If you score below 80%, you can choose to retake a quickquiz after you've come to tutoring with me so we can go over what you missed.
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Tests and Quizzes
Daily quickquizzes 'Why do I have to take it even if I wasn't here for the lesson?'
• If you miss a class, that lesson in no longer available to you, so you will have to learn the material for that day in some other way:
• Read the textbook, get the homework online, try it and bring questions to class.• Ask your friends who were in class for help.• Come to tutoring in the math office before/after school.• Watch the online videos from the links in the 'reteaching' section on my website.
• You are going to have to learn the material in an alternative way anyway. I'm just requiring that you do this right away, so you'll not get behind when you return to school.
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Class Notes
One of our goals in this class is to help you develop a complete 'toolbox' of math facts and procedures, and it is helpful to write these things down for reference.
Notes are great for:• Quickly remembering an idea while doing homework.• Studying for chapter tests.• Studying for the comprehensive semester final exam.• Reference next year when you will no longer have your textbook.
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Class Notes
While I do not require you to take notes, I strongly suggest that you take notes and keep them in a 3 ring binder or notebook.
To help, I post blank notes on my website each weekend (by Sunday afternoon) for the upcoming week. The notes for the entire week are in a single pdf file which you can print at home.
These blank notes contain everything that is displayed on the smartboard and you just need to fill in what I write. It makes note taking much faster with less writing, and helps organize your notes.
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Calculators (Honors Algebra 34):
• Required! Bring to school every day. You will use it during class, for homework and on tests.
• Minimum: TI83 or higher, graphing, matrices.
• Recommended: TI83, TI83 plus, TI84, TI84 plus (I will use a TI84 plus for demonstrations)
• TI89, TInspire okay, but we will not use the extra functions, and key layout is different than our demonstrations.
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Calculators (Geometry):
• Optional, but suggested. • AIMS does not allow calculators, but PARCC does.• Calculators can be used on all assignments, quizzes, and tests, BUT:
• No phones, ipods, or tablets on quizzes or tests (must use standalone calculators).• No sharing of calculators on quizzes or tests.
• What kind of calculator should I get? 2 ways to go...
1) Buy a cheap calculator (Walmart, Target, dollar store) that only does arithmetic.2) Buy the calculator you're going to need for next year. Algebra 34 requires a full graphing calculators (Ti83/Ti84 recommended Ti84 is used in all class demonstrations) $90 to $120 at Target, Walmart, Staples, OfficeMax. Often on sale during back to school period.
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