Thursday

Agenda for Today

Attendance

Planners

Lunch tickets

Collect Kleenex

Schedule problems/ questions

Locker issues

Welcome to homeroom!

Math for the week of August 21-22

Thursday: Class supplies- Spiral NotebookPencil- ALL TESTS will be done in pencilPaper bag for textbook coverStudent workbookScientific CalculatorEarbuds

Friday: Expectations

Friday- Expectations

Day To DayStuff

Lesson Expectations

Activity Day followed by a Lesson Day

You take an active role in your learningTaking notesGive your best effort on example

problemsSharing ideas with others and the

class (even mistakes are ok)

Calculators

Located

Must be put away before you will be allowed to leave

Only tool that can be used on quizzes and tests

Cell Phones

Put them on the corner of your desk

Make sure they are turned to silent

You may use them on assignments

You may NOT use them on quizzes or tests

Bell Work

Every day you will have a bell work problem to answer in your notebook

Expectation is that you give your best effort and are willing to share you results

Class Notes

Students are expected to bring a notebook and student workbook everyday to class to take notes in.

All notes should be labeled with the date and the lesson topic. The notes should be organized and readable. The vocabulary, instructions and examples for each day should be included in your notes.

Homework ExpectationsAt the end of most days, you will be asked

to complete a homework assignment for independent practice over the skills/concepts presented. Failure to Prepare is Preparing to

Fail!Assignments should be done right after the

notes on the same page in the notebook.If you are absent, you need to take

responsibility and find out what you missed. It is also your responsibility to complete the practice assigned.

Exit Tickets

Will be given at the conclusion of each lesson

Work the problems out in your notebook and submit in Socrative

2-3 exit tickets will go in the grade book a week to let both you and your parents know where your understanding is

These will not be included in your overall grade.

End of class procedures

I will dismiss youRemain seated and working the whole

time

All calculators must be returned

8th Hour make sure trash is pick up and desks are back in order

GradingInformation

Quizzes

You will have quizzes throughout the units that will be announced.

The quizzes are feedback for you to know what you know and what you still need to learn.

The quizzes will be entered into the grade book.

They will not affect your grade.

Assessments Graded on an A,B,C,D,Il,I scaleStudents are allowed to retake a unit testFirst retake will be done in class after a

relearning opportunity You only have to retake the standard that

you did not masterThe front page of every assessment will

have a table section numbers and title, I can statements, mastered and not mastered – You are expected to fill this out and take with you for review.

Test will be included in your final grade

How do you earn an A?

You must show mastery on every testEarn an A on at least one test throughout

the trimesterThere will be a page of A work questions on

every test

Questions

Math homework for the week of August 25th

Monday: Expectations

Tuesday: Textbooks and

Wednesday:

Thursday:

Friday:

Chromebooks

Used during bell work and closed when finished

Used when submitting exit tickets

During homework work time

Otherwise they should be closed!

Bookmark Websites

Socrativehttp://b.socrative.com/login/student/

Class websitelcmath8.weebly.com

Online bookwww.bigideasmath.com/students/

Blue book (Regular Pathway)

Twitter@lcmath8

Online text book

Here are the in steps to access your online book:Go to https://www.bigideasmath.com/students/

Choose your program: Common Core 2014

Username: PowerSchool Login

Password: 123321

Click the login button 

Change your password to your PowerSchool password

Key Features

Study Help - Graphic organizers

Flashcards of the vocabulary

Lesson Tutorials - walks you through how to do a problem

Interactive Activities – (depending upon the unit of study)

Game Closet

Review Options – Fair Game Review, Skill Review and Basic Skills Handbook

Quick Check – Self Grading Quiz

Classroom Matrix

Classroom Layout

Calculators

Colored pencils / markers

Pencils – Return at the end of class

Highlighters

Extra paper and notebooks

Kleenexes

Round table

My desk area

Expectation Sheet

Please take home and share the information

Have your guardians fill out the form that is located on the website

Tuesday

Textbook Expectations

Keep it covered.

Don’t keep your notebook in the front cover unless you want to pay $10 to have it rebound at the end of the year.

It comes to class with you every day.

Don’t write it in.

Take care of it.

Be careful with how you put it in your locker.

Textbooks Put your first and last name on the inside cover of

your textbook.

Go to the class website and fill out check out form located under the home tab

Covering the textbook

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CQpq1s1ZfL8