Welcome to Back to School NightConnections-Lynn Bowers

• Find your child’s roster• Look for classroom number B or C• Activities for the week• Enjoy the evening!

Back To School Night2013

Lynn Bowers6th Grade Math TeacherCo-Department Chair

Contact Information• Best way to contact me is through

emaillbowers@wssd.org

• Phone number 610-892-3470 ext 7232

Mark your calendars!!!SHMS Math Night

Learn more about the Math in Focus ProgramWednesday, September

25th7:00pm

Auditorium

Register for Math Night

Parent email blast• Welcome email – to all classes• Hotmail Accounts – issues?• Monthly Updates – for individual

classes• Hallway – to fix email accounts• Stress – UGH!!!! - Sleep

Classroom Routine• Write HW in agenda book• Warm Up• Check HW • Begin CW• Baskets• Work Station• Missing Class

Classroom Supplies• 3 Ring Binder (1”-2”)• Dividers• Loose leaf and Graph Paper• Covered Textbook• Pencil Pouch that includes pencils,

erasers, and a basic four function calculator

SHMS 6th grade Grading Policy• Tests: 40% • Quizzes: 30% (both announced and

unannounced)• Homework: 15% Homework is given

typically Monday-Thursday night. Sometimes it is checked for completion and other times checked for accuracy. Homework questions will be addressed in class if students had a problem with their assignment.

• Other: 15%

Homework• For information on homework or

upcoming assignments, my website is updated daily. However, all assignments are written on the board in the classroom, and is expected to be in your agenda before leaving the room.

Need Help?• We are available for help after school

on Monday, Tuesday and Thursday.

• Mondays, Tuesdays and Thursdays, the 8th grade honors students as well as high school tutors are available in room C232(Mrs. Bowers) for additional support.

Additional Information• Portal

• Tissues – Thank you!

• Donations: Cleaners/Wipes/Soap

Thank you for coming!!

Enjoy your evening!

Looking forward to a wonderful year!!

Common Core State Standards (CCSS)

• Focus – Move away from “mile wide, inch deep” curricula; Narrow scope of content

• Coherence – Build on solid conceptual understanding; Think across grades & link to major topics within grade

• Rigor – Conceptual understanding; Procedural skills & fluency; Problem solving

Mathematical Practices1. Make sense of problems & persevere

in solving them2. Reason abstractly & quantitatively3. Construct viable arguments & critique

the reasoning of others4. Model with mathematics5. Use appropriate tools strategically6. Attend to precision7. Look for & make use of structure8. Look for & express regularity in

repeated reasoning

SHMS Math Mission StatementThe mission of the SHMS mathematics program is to:

1. Inspire intellectual curiosity and aesthetic appreciation of mathematics as a body of knowledge

2. Promote critical thinking and problem solving skills to solve real world problems

3. Develop computational fluency and understanding of mathematical algorithms in order to apply known facts to unknown situations

4. Encourage students to be active participants in a life-long learning process as independent thinkers

Problem Solving in Math in Focus