Rules/Procedures/Course Descriptions
Classroom Rules and Procedures for 2023-24
Mrs. Schlageter - Room 403
Phone – 715-861-6947 ext. 1121
Email - [email protected]
Lesson Plans/Assignments - http://nschlageter.weebly.com
Welcome to Math Class!
Because this is a classroom of learning for all students, the following rules and policies will be enforced in this classroom:
Classroom Rules
I have three general classroom rules. I expect that your behavior, statements, and actions will meet these three criteria at all times.
1. Be respectful.
2. Be responsible.
3. Be a person that values learning.
Disruptions in this learning environment will result in a discipline referral and the school handbook will apply.
Grading Scale
93-100 A 88-89 B+ 78-79 C+ 68-69 D+
90-92 A- 83-87 B 73-77 C 63-67 D
80-82 B- 70-72 C- 60-62 D-
Grading Categories
Major = 80% (Tests, Quizzes, Projects)
Minor = 20% (Homework - In class or out)
Assignments will receive full credit on the due date and 60% if completed late but turned in before the retake date. All other late assignments will receive no credit.
Retakes
You will have only one retake opportunity on tests or quizzes. The retake will be averaged with the original assessment and will replace the original grade in the gradebook. Retakes will not be available during the last 3 days of the grading period.
*Exception - Advanced Algebra students must receive an 80% or higher on a Checkpoint/Benchmark Quizzes or no credit will be given. They will be allowed to retake Checkpoint/Benchmark Quizzes as many times as necessary and receive full credit.
Supplies
When you come to class, you are expected to bring your textbook, binder/folder, writing instrument, paper, completed assignments, graph paper and calculator. Cell phones will not be used for calculators.
Classroom Procedures and Expectations
If you need assistance with an assignment or have a question, do not hesitate to speak with me. Your first option would be to schedule Chief Time with me. I am also available most days after school from 3:25-4:00, before school from 7:30-1st bell, and by appointment. I am always more than willing to help. Otherwise contact me by phone at school or via email at [email protected]. I check my email regularly.
Homework Help
Students can receive homework help at www.cpm.org. However, you shouldn’t just copy information from that website. You need to use it as a resource to help you master the understanding of the concepts, so you can be successful on tests and quizzes as well.
Course Descriptions and Learning Targets:
Math 7: On a daily basis, students in Core Connections, Course 2 use problem-solving strategies, questioning, investigating, analyzing critically, gathering and constructing evidence, and communicating rigorous arguments justifying their thinking.
Students will be able to:
Math 8: On a daily basis, students in Core Connections, Course 3 use problem-solving strategies, questioning, investigating, analyzing critically, gathering and constructing evidence, and communicating rigorous arguments justifying their thinking. Under teacher guidance, students learn in collaboration with others while sharing information, expertise, and ideas. The course helps students to develop multiple strategies to solve problems and to recognize the connections between concepts.
Students will be able to:
Algebra: Algebra aims to deepen and extend student understanding built in previous courses by focusing on developing fluency with solving linear equations, inequalities, and systems. These skills are extended to solving quadratic equations, exploring linear, quadratic, and exponential functions graphically, numerically, symbolically, and as sequences, and by using regression techniques to analyze the fit of models to distributions of data.
Students will be able to:
Geometry: Geometry is the study of the properties, measurement, and relationships of points, lines, angles, surfaces, and solids. The course focuses on solving equations in real life situations through manipulation and graphing.
Students will be competent in the following area:
Advanced Algebra:
Students will be able to:
1. Find connections between multiple representations of functions
2. Make transformations of different function families
3. Find zeros of polynomials and connect them to graphs and equations of polynomials
4. Model periodic phenomena with trigonometry
5. Understand the role of randomness and the normal distribution in making statistical conclusions
6. Daily use problem-solving strategies, questioning, investigating, analyzing critically, gathering and constructing evidence, and communicating rigorous arguments justifying their thinking.
Math for Tech Trades:
Math for Technical Trades is an applied technical math course. The course includes arithmetic, measurement calculation, formula manipulation, basic geometry, right triangle trigonometry, and interpretation of visual displays of data, with an emphasis on contextualized technical applications.
Students will be able to:
Math Recovery:
Math Recovery is a class for students who need more exposure to Algebra and Geometry concepts to meet the requirements of high school graduation.
Mrs. Schlageter - Room 403
Phone – 715-861-6947 ext. 1121
Email - [email protected]
Lesson Plans/Assignments - http://nschlageter.weebly.com
Welcome to Math Class!
Because this is a classroom of learning for all students, the following rules and policies will be enforced in this classroom:
Classroom Rules
I have three general classroom rules. I expect that your behavior, statements, and actions will meet these three criteria at all times.
1. Be respectful.
2. Be responsible.
3. Be a person that values learning.
Disruptions in this learning environment will result in a discipline referral and the school handbook will apply.
Grading Scale
93-100 A 88-89 B+ 78-79 C+ 68-69 D+
90-92 A- 83-87 B 73-77 C 63-67 D
80-82 B- 70-72 C- 60-62 D-
Grading Categories
Major = 80% (Tests, Quizzes, Projects)
Minor = 20% (Homework - In class or out)
Assignments will receive full credit on the due date and 60% if completed late but turned in before the retake date. All other late assignments will receive no credit.
Retakes
You will have only one retake opportunity on tests or quizzes. The retake will be averaged with the original assessment and will replace the original grade in the gradebook. Retakes will not be available during the last 3 days of the grading period.
*Exception - Advanced Algebra students must receive an 80% or higher on a Checkpoint/Benchmark Quizzes or no credit will be given. They will be allowed to retake Checkpoint/Benchmark Quizzes as many times as necessary and receive full credit.
Supplies
When you come to class, you are expected to bring your textbook, binder/folder, writing instrument, paper, completed assignments, graph paper and calculator. Cell phones will not be used for calculators.
Classroom Procedures and Expectations
- You are responsible for the condition of your assigned textbooks. Damage to textbooks, computers, or classroom equipment will result in a fee.
- Extra credit is not an option. Carefully completing all assignments and submitting them on time is an option.
- Students are required to show their thinking in order to receive full credit on assignments and assessments. I do not just want answers. I want to know how they arrived at their answers.
- Students are responsible for getting all missed assignments due to an excused absence. If students wish to pre-arrange an absence, they should get all worksheets and assignments before the absence. Students must be prepared for the next class: all assignments are due and all tests must be taken as scheduled.
- Students are expected to initiate discussion, listen with courtesy, and participate effectively as a whole class or a collaborative group.
- It is each student’s job to avoid the act and appearance of cheating. Cheating will result in a zero and an office referral.
- Backpacks, and electronic devices are not allowed in the classroom. This is done to limit classroom distractions and subsequent disciplinary referrals. Cell phones must be placed in the crate during class---they are not to be in your pocket or on you.
- Act like a mature young adult. Interfering with your learning or the learning of others is not acceptable behavior. Procedures outlined in the student handbook will be followed.
- Students are expected to complete assignments by the start of the scheduled class period and fully prepare for the scheduled tests.
If you need assistance with an assignment or have a question, do not hesitate to speak with me. Your first option would be to schedule Chief Time with me. I am also available most days after school from 3:25-4:00, before school from 7:30-1st bell, and by appointment. I am always more than willing to help. Otherwise contact me by phone at school or via email at [email protected]. I check my email regularly.
Homework Help
Students can receive homework help at www.cpm.org. However, you shouldn’t just copy information from that website. You need to use it as a resource to help you master the understanding of the concepts, so you can be successful on tests and quizzes as well.
Course Descriptions and Learning Targets:
Math 7: On a daily basis, students in Core Connections, Course 2 use problem-solving strategies, questioning, investigating, analyzing critically, gathering and constructing evidence, and communicating rigorous arguments justifying their thinking.
Students will be able to:
- Use integers and complete operations with integers and rational numbers, including using the Order of Operations.
- Use diagrams and equal ratios to represent part-whole relationships.
- Use percents and scale factors to determine percent increase or decrease, discounts, and markups.
- Use variable expressions to represent quantities in contextual problems.
- Simplify variable expressions by combining like terms and using the Distributive Property.
- Solve linear equations, including those with fractional coefficients and those with no solutions or infinitely many solutions.
- Solve and graph one-variable inequalities.
- Compare experimental and theoretical probabilities.
- Distinguish between dependent and independent events and calculate the probability of compound independent events.
- Represent probabilities of multiple events using systemic lists, area models, or tree diagrams.
- Design, conduct, and analyze surveys.
- Collect and compare data and describe the distribution of sets of data.
- Solve distance, rate, and time problems.
- Compare ratios and calculate unit rates.
- Recognize and solve problems involving proportional relationships.
- Recognize and use the properties of similar figures and scale factors to solve problems.
- Describe angles, angle pairs, and their measures.
- Compute area and perimeter of standard and compound shapes.
- Compute the volume of a variety of solids.
Math 8: On a daily basis, students in Core Connections, Course 3 use problem-solving strategies, questioning, investigating, analyzing critically, gathering and constructing evidence, and communicating rigorous arguments justifying their thinking. Under teacher guidance, students learn in collaboration with others while sharing information, expertise, and ideas. The course helps students to develop multiple strategies to solve problems and to recognize the connections between concepts.
Students will be able to:
- Represent a linear function with a graph, table, rule, and context and create any representation when provided by one of the others.
- Solve systems of equations by using tables and graphs.
- Symbolically manipulate expressions to solve problems including those with fractional coefficients.
- Solve contextual word problems using multiple strategies, including making tables, looking for patterns, drawing diagrams, and creating a table of guesses to assist with writing and solving a variable equation.
- Describe various geometric transformations on a coordinate grid.
- Represent data using scatterplots and describe associations.
- Collect and analyze data and make predictions based on the trend of the data.
- Compare ratios and calculate unit rates and slope ratios.
- Analyze the slope of a line graphically, numerically, and contextually.
- Recognize and solve problems involving proportional relationships.
- Graph and analyze non-linear functions.
- Recognize and use the properties of similar figures to solve problems.
- Use the Pythagorean Theorem and its converse to solve problems in two and three dimensions.
- Use square roots and cube roots.
- Represent and simplify expressions using positive and negative exponents.
- Represent and compare large and small numbers using standard and scientific notation.
- Perform operations with numbers represented in scientific notation.
- Use the relationships between angles created by parallel lines with transversals and the Triangle Angle Sum Theorem to solve problems.
- Compute the volume of a variety of solids.
Algebra: Algebra aims to deepen and extend student understanding built in previous courses by focusing on developing fluency with solving linear equations, inequalities, and systems. These skills are extended to solving quadratic equations, exploring linear, quadratic, and exponential functions graphically, numerically, symbolically, and as sequences, and by using regression techniques to analyze the fit of models to distributions of data.
Students will be able to:
- Representations of linear, quadratic, and exponential relationships using graphs, tables, equations, and contexts.
- Symbolic manipulation of expressions in order to solve problems, such as factoring, distributing, multiplying polynomials, expanding exponential expressions, etc.
- Analysis of the slope of a line multiple ways, including graphically, numerically, contextually (as a rate of change), and algebraically.
- Solving equations and inequalities using a variety of strategies, including rewriting (such as factoring, distributing, or completing the square), undoing (such as extracting the square root or subtracting a term from both sides of an equation), and looking inside (such as determining the possible values of the argument of an absolute value expression).
- Solving systems of two equations and inequalities with two variables using a variety of strategies, both graphically and algebraically.
- Representations of arithmetic and geometric sequences, including tables, graphs, and explicit or recursive formulas.
- Use of exponential models to solve problems, and to compare to linear models.
- Investigation of a variety of functions including square root, cube root, absolute value, piecewise-defined, step, and simple inverse functions.
- Use of function notation.
- Statistical analysis of two-variable data, including determining regression lines, correlation coefficients, and creating residual plots.
- The differences between association and causation, and interpretation of correlation in context.
- Comparison of distributions of one-variable data.
Geometry: Geometry is the study of the properties, measurement, and relationships of points, lines, angles, surfaces, and solids. The course focuses on solving equations in real life situations through manipulation and graphing.
Students will be competent in the following area:
- Geometric transformations (reflection, rotation, translation, dilation) and symmetry.
- Relationships between figures (such as similarity and congruence) in terms of rigid motions and similarity transformations.
- Properties of plane figures.
- Proofs of geometric theorems (investigating patterns to make conjectures, and formally proving them).
- Using coordinates to prove geometric theorems.
- Modeling with geometry.
- Measurements of plane figures (such as area, perimeter, and angle measure).
- Theorems about circles, including arc lengths and areas of sectors.
- Measurements of three-dimensional solids (such as volume and surface area).
- Tools for analyzing and measuring right triangles, general triangles, and complex shapes (such as the Pythagorean Theorem, trigonometric ratios, and the Laws of Sines and Cosines).
- Geometric constructions (with compass and straightedge).
- Using algebra to formulate and solve equations arising from geometric situations.
- Probability (independence and conditional probability, compound events, expected value, and permutations and combinations).
Advanced Algebra:
Students will be able to:
1. Find connections between multiple representations of functions
2. Make transformations of different function families
3. Find zeros of polynomials and connect them to graphs and equations of polynomials
4. Model periodic phenomena with trigonometry
5. Understand the role of randomness and the normal distribution in making statistical conclusions
6. Daily use problem-solving strategies, questioning, investigating, analyzing critically, gathering and constructing evidence, and communicating rigorous arguments justifying their thinking.
Math for Tech Trades:
Math for Technical Trades is an applied technical math course. The course includes arithmetic, measurement calculation, formula manipulation, basic geometry, right triangle trigonometry, and interpretation of visual displays of data, with an emphasis on contextualized technical applications.
Students will be able to:
- Calculate arithmetic operations involving integers and decimals
- Calculate arithmetic operations involving fractions
- Analyze data and units in measurement systems
- Solve algebraic equations
- Determine properties of geometric figures
- Apply the Pythagorean Theorem and Trigonometric Relationships
- Solve contextualized problems
Math Recovery:
Math Recovery is a class for students who need more exposure to Algebra and Geometry concepts to meet the requirements of high school graduation.