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Newman
Math
Brier Terrace Middle School 22200 Brier Road Brier, WA 98036 Phone: 425-431-4119 E-mail: newmank@edmonds.wednet.edu Study Club Monday, Wednesday, Thursday and
Friday Grading Policy The grading below reflect the expectations of the middle school for Math 7 and high school for Geometry. Students will have as many days as they were absent, plus one, to make up excused absence late work. On projects and bigger assignments, late work will lose 10% for every day it is late. Other late work will not receive credit.
Grading Scale A = 93-100% A- = 90-92% B+ = 87-89% B = 83-86% B- = 80-82% C+ = 77-79% C = 73-76% C- = 70-72% D = 60%-66% F = 0-59% Please Note: The D range changed on the grading scale since the original letter. Category Weight
Participation = 10% Participation points will be awarded based on in class activities. We will have a warm-up activity each day as part of participation.
Homework = 20% Homework will be assigned every day but Thursday. Each night, students should follow this checklist. · Review the concepts from that day’s class. · Add vocabulary to their spiral from that day’s class. · Complete the homework assignment. Students will be expected to check homework and ask questions in class. Each day, the students will turn in their homework and I will select problems to give feedback on. Students will receive scores for homework as follows. 10 points – homework is complete and all problems are correct. 9 points – homework is complete and all but one or two problems are correct. 8 points – homework is complete and all but three or four problems are correct. 7 points – homework is complete and a few problems are correct. 5 points – homework is incomplete. 0 points – homework is not turned in. Scores will appear in the grade book as a weekly score with notes on missing or absent assignments.
Spirals = (Geometry-15%, Math 7-25%) Spirals will be graded over the weekends. Students will turn in their warm-ups, notes and vocabulary for the week on Friday and I will return the graded set to them on Monday. These sets should be stored in the student’s binder until the end of the unit at which time the student may store them in the file cabinet in the classroom.
Tests/Quizzes/Projects = 45% Tests will be taken at the end of each unit. Students will be given class time and homework time to study. If a student does poorly on a test, they may retake the test once during study club in the same trimester as the test was given. I will keep the higher of the two scores. Quizzes will happen once or twice during a unit. If a student does poorly on a quiz, they may rewrite the problems that they missed and receive half credit for those problems. Project guidelines will be established with student input as each project arises.
Final Exam = (Geometry Only 10%) The final exams will happen once per trimester and cover the material from the entire year, up to that point.
Extra Credit Extra credit opportunities will happen at least once per trimester. Any extra credit given during the year will be allotted points as it is assigned. Extra credit will always be above and beyond the normal curriculum. Supplies Please make sure that your student has the supplies listed in the student planner. We have a class set of graphing calculators that we will use throughout the year. In high school, students may need a graphing calculator of their own, for now a scientific calculator is sufficient. Webpage Homework assignments, calendars, and important information can be found on the web at http://teacher.edmonds.wednet.edu/brierterrace/knewman/index.php
2009-2010 Class Rules Follow the 5 Ps
Prompt
Prepared
Polite Proud Productive
General Rules Listen and don’t talk when someone else is talking. Take notes during class. Take good care of your textbook. Respect the classroom materials and the possessions of others. Clean up after yourself. Raise your hand to speak. Respect one another’s space. Say please and thank you. Stay on task and focused. Stop talking when the phone rings or the intercom comes on. List of No No Leaning in chairs No Swearing No Cheating No Throwing No Cell Phones No Yelling
Always Remember Work hard & Have fun! Consequences Misbehavior: Students will receive 3 warnings for inappropriate behavior before being assigned a detention. 1st Warning – May be verbal or just eye contact. 2nd Warning- Verbal 3rd Warning- Student will be asked to step outside for a moment After school detention or lunch detention will be given after these warnings. For any severe problems Ms. Newman may assign a detention or give a referral without warning. Tardiness: 1st Tardy- Ms. Newman will verbally notify the student of the tardy 2nd Tardy- Ms. Newman will verbally notify the student that this is their last tardy before detention 3rd Tardy- 1 Lunch detention and parents will be contacted 4th Tardy- 2 Lunch detentions and parents will be contacted 5th Tardy- 3 Lunch detentions and parents will be contacted Beyond 5 there will need to be a conference with appropriate members to decide the next action. At the trimester the tardy total will be reset.
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