8th grade Math Syllabus: 2017-2018 School Year

[Pages:4]8th grade Math Syllabus:

2017-2018 School Year

Ms. Clarkson

Email: christine.clarkson@

Class Website:

Text Blast Sign-up: text the message @msclarkson to the phone number: 81010

Room: 407 Voice mail: 623-445-7863

Curriculum Arizona's College and Career Ready Standards (AZCCRS) can be found at:

Online Math Book & Websites for help:

Big Ideas Math (Houghton Mifflin-Harcourt Publishers)



o Click the blue rectangle that says "looking for easy access materials?" o On the middle of the page, find "Looking for Free Easy Access Home Edition?" then click

YES o On the middle of the page, find "CHOOSE YOUR PROGRAM" and click "Common Core

2014" and GO o Click the regular pathways blue edition Big Ideas Math book (BLUE with airplane on the

cover) Khan Academy:

o Search for the topic you need help with and it will give you videos to teach you and then practice activities.

o Set up an account and it will give you a short 10-question pretest to assess your level. It will then build you lessons on what you need to work on.

o Lessons are from basic counting kindergarten work up through calculus Learn Zillion:

o Quality lessons and videos IXL math:

o Practice questions from kinder through geometry

Tutoring

Daily during homeroom time and on Tuesday mornings from 8:00-8:30am unless I have a meeting to attend

8th grade Math Grading Policy: Weighted per Quarter Chapter Tests 45% Open note quizzes 35% Homework, Classwork, and any other work 20% NO extra credit

Quarter 1:

August 7 - October 13

Chapter 1: Equations

1 quiz 1 chapter test

Chapter 2: Transformations

2 quizzes 1 chapter test

Chapter 3: Angles and Triangles

1 quiz 1 chapter test

2017-2018 Curriculum Plan (subject to change)

Quarter 2:

Quarter 3:

Quarter 4:

Oct 16 ? December 22

January 8 ? March 16

March 19 ? May 21

Chapter 10: Exponents and Scientific Notation

2 quizzes 1 chapter test

Chapter 4: Linear Equations

3 quizzes 1 chapter test

Chapter 6: Functions

2 quizzes 1 chapter test

Chapter 7: Real Number System & Pythagorean Theorem

2 quizzes 1 chapter test

Chapter 8: Volume

1 quiz 1 chapter test

Chapter 9: Data Analysis

2 quizzes 1 chapter test

Chapter 5: Systems of Linear Equations

2 quizzes 1 chapter test

Tests/Quizzes

o Chapter tests are given at the end of each chapter. Work must be shown and completed on all tests to earn full credit. No notes are allowed. Calculators are allowed on most tests. Students need to supply their own calculators.

o Quizzes are shorter and given usually once a week. Notes and calculators are allowed on quizzes. Work must be shown and completed on all quizzes to earn full credit.

o Test/Quiz dates are always announced in advance (check the website). No pop quizzes are ever given.

Test Corrections

You may choose ONE test or quiz each quarter to fix. You have one week after receiving your graded test back to work on test corrections and resubmit. You have to show all the completed homework to me prior to working on the test correction. Directions on how to complete test corrections are listed on my website and in my classroom.

Homework

All work must be shown to receive full credit. Homework should not take more than 45 minutes to complete. If your child is taking longer than 45 minutes, please sign the homework with a short note letting me know they worked and they will earn full credit for that assignment. Students have a calendar of homework assignments, and they are also posted on the 8th grade math website. If you are absent, it is your responsibility to check the website to see what you need to complete.

Late Homework: Homework that is NOT DONE will be put into PowerSchools as a ZERO grade, and listed as "missing" until turned in. You have 3 school days in order to turn in missing work for reduced credit.

I do not take every homework assignment as a grade; it is collected randomly. Keep in mind that homework is a COMPLETION GRADE. The homework is not graded for correct answers, as it is considered practice. Rather, it shows how often your child is COMPLETING their math homework.

Homework is graded as follows:

5 points ? every question is complete, all work is shown for every problem

3 points ? student forgot to do a few questions, or no work is shown for a few problems

1 point ? student didn't complete half of the homework or more, or student only wrote down answers for the homework, no work shown

0 points ? homework was not turned in

*If a student gets a 0 or a 1, they may show all their work and turn it in again within 3 school days to get the 3 point grade.

Cheating

Sunset Ridge has a zero tolerance policy for any type of cheating in any class. Cheating is not only just copying work from another student or source, but cheating is also giving your work to another student to copy. If a student is caught cheating, you will lose all credit on the assignment resulting in a zero and get an office referral. You cannot make up the assignment.

Make-Up Work

According to Sunset Ridge policy, students will receive two days for every excused missed day to make up their in-class work. Make-up work is the responsibility of the student.

Ms. Clarkson's 8th Grade Math Class Student & Parent Agreement: 2017-2018

To indicate that you have received and understand this Math course syllabus, please sign below and return. Date _____________________________________ Print Student Name: ______________________________________________________________ Student Signature: ________________________________________________________________ Class Period Math ___________________

Print Parent Name: _______________________________________________________________ Parent Signature: ________________________________________________________________

Parent Emails: (please print neatly) I send out grade level newsletters, so please write down all email addresses NEATLY for all family members who would like to receive the newsletters with reminders about what is going on in 8th grade. Mom email: _________________________________________________________________________ Dad email: __________________________________________________________________________ Step-parents/guardians, etc email addresses: _______________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________________ Parent Cell Phone Numbers: ____________________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________________

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