Welcome to Math STAR 9

• Mrs. Rolyne Butler• Semester One

Math 9 STAR

• Success• Through• Active• Results

• What is success? • What are our options?• What are our goals?• How do we achieve these goals?

Course Outline• The course combines elements of both Grade 9 and 10 curriculum and we

will be covering the following concepts• Review of Basic Skills – Operations with Signed Numbers and Fractions,

Basic Exponents• Statistics – Measures of Centre and Dispersion, Graphical Displays• Graphing Points and Lines• Solving Linear Equations• Factoring Quadratic Equations• Exponents• Mark Breakdown• Journal Writing – 1 or 2 times per week 20%• Assignments and Quizzes – 3 times per week

20%• Tests – once a week 20%• Projects – at least 2 or 3 during the term 20%• Exam 20%• I am available for extra help at lunchtime (except when I am on duty),

before school and after school (by appointment).

Mrs. Butler’s Contact Info

• Home telephone is 648-0286

• Email is butlemar@nbed.nb.ca

• Wikispaces where class notes will be added and most assignments until Oct http://butlersmath.wikispaces.com/

• Edline after Oct 1st

Student Information

To be passed in on a sheet of looseleaf.• Student Name• Student Number• Student Age as of September 2, 2008• Date of Birth• Student Home Address and Telephone

Number• Name, Work Telephone, Place/Time of

Work of Mom, Dad or Guardian• Name of Last Math Course Taken, Name of

Last Math Teacher, Mark Earned on Last Math Course

First Journal: September 2

3 Paragraphs of at Least 4 Sentences on each of the following:

• Summertime• Feelings About School and Math• Plans After High School

First Project – Math in Current Events

• Look through newspapers and magazines for articles of interest that involve numbers, money…etc.

• Write a short paragraph about the article, the date it was written and why it interests you

• Paste the article and your paragraph on 1 or 2 sheets of construction paper

• Put your name on it and pass it in

• Do this for at least 5 articles

First Unit – Review of Basic Skills• Operations with Signed Integers• Operations with Fractions

Classroom Policies

• Attendance• Tardiness• Respect for each other• Behaviour training lessons

Wednesday to Monday