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Please come in and take any seat.

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Dear Parents and Guardians,

It is with great pleasure that I welcome you to this year’s Back to School Night.

This is a special night, and I enjoy meeting you and sharing what we’re doing in the classroom.

I know how busy we all are, so I really appreciate the effort to be here at the end of the day.

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Back to School Night Agenda

+ Who Is Mr. L?

+ Philosophy of Teaching Mathematics+ Standards Focus

+ Structure of Class – Daily Scenario+ Class Items

+ What Your Child Will Learn

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Who Is Mr. L?

BA and MST in mathematics

All levels from 7th grade through JC

Co-author of 12 books for teachers

Trainer of other teachers

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Philosophy of Teaching Mathematics

ALL children can learn mathematics

Math class should be fun and engagingBasics through challenging questionsProjects and alternative assessmentSkill improvement over time

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Standards Focus

25 Alg 1 Standards- 22 Geom Standards-25 Alg 2 StandardsLots of multiple choice testing

Preparation for “high stakes tests”

CAHSEE, STAR, SAT, AP, ELM, etc.

Course final exam

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Structure of Class – Daily Scenario

Warmup – quiet & on task

Homework questions

Lesson with interactive demos

Practice or activity

Culminating question to cement learning

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The Texas Instruments T I-83+ & T I-84 are the USA’s most popular graphing calculators. Students will be trained on the TI-83+ in class: computing, graphing, solving equations, and programming.

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Students will be trained on classroom computers.

Projects will be assigned during the year; this allows students to experience mathematics in a different way and express themselves artistically.

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Class Items

Tool numbers

Rulers & scissors

Calculator competency

Computer competency

Structured & on task & quiet = success

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mrlsmath.com for syllabus and class info

Let’s do a little surfing.

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mrlsmath.com for syllabus and class info

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What Your Child Will Learn

Read & focus

Think clearly

Math writing = deep understanding

Independent thinking

Success here leading to future success

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Mathematics understanding increases with writing. We will have frequent short “E-Z Writes”.

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Students have an assignment each day: A1, A2, A3, . . .

Check the answers in the back of the book.

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Frequent quizzes.

Are you prepared ?

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Combo Class structure

Fall Spring

9th Alg 1

10th

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Fall Spring

9th Alg 1 Alg 2,part 1

10th

Combo Class structure

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Combo Class structure

Fall Spring

9th Alg 1 Alg 2,part 1

10th Geom

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Combo Class structure

Fall Spring

9th Alg 1 Alg 2,part 1

10th Geom Alg 2,part 2

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STAR test results

for Algebra 1 freshmenStatewide average: 2% advanced

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STAR test results

for Algebra 1 freshmenStatewide average: 2% advanced

Combo Class: 52% advanced (06-07)

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STAR test results

for Algebra 1 freshmenStatewide average: 2% advanced

Combo Class: 52% advanced (06-07)

Combo Class: 70% advanced (07-08)

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STAR test results

for Algebra 1 freshmenStatewide average: 2% advanced

Combo Class: 52% advanced (06-07)

Combo Class: 70% advanced (07-08)

Combo Class: 83% advanced (08-09)

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I want to train students to be lifelong learners and enjoy learning. Then they can be successful anywhere.

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At the end of the year What I want students to say about me

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• Mr. L cares about me as a person

Mr. L cares about me learning math

Mr. L knows how to teach me math

• Then I know I’ve been successful

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Thanks for coming

I’m looking forward to another great year!

Drive carefully.