ALGEBRAOPEN HOUSE 2011

Peggy Rice

Certified Middle School Math Certified High School Math National Board Certified Taught at NBMS since 1998 Before taught at Asheville Middle

HIGH SCHOOL COURSE

EOC/25% of grade 20 day rule Follow with Geometry or Geometry

Honors 10 absences-5 per semester 1 hour of class to get counted

CONNECTED MATH

Connects strands Connects subject areas Connects to real life situations Connects to earlier investigations and

develops deeper understandings

GOALS

To develop researchers To develop communicators To develop free thinkers

TOPICS INCLUDED

Linear Relationships Quadratic Relationships Exponential Relationships Exploring polynomials and how to use

them to solve problems by factoring

AREAS OF DIFFICULTY LAST YEAR

Properties of powers Factoring

HOMEWORK

Monday through Thursday Will evidence thinking When stuck

www.PHSchool.com Write what is known Consult notes and class work Write questions

Listed on my website Tutoring by request

GRADING

Homework 20% Class work/Participation 20% Quizzes 20% Tests40%

CALCULATORS

Where can they be found? Need one for homework If it is a hardship

OPPORTUNITIES FOR COMPETITION

Math Counts AMC8/AMC10 Algebra Team at Western Carolina

BRIDGE INVESTIGATIONS