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Open House – Fall 2018
Disclaimer All of this information will be sent home
with your child on the first day.
Mrs. McGeorge
Education: BS Math/ MAT
Contact Information dmcgeorge@wcpss.net 870-4250 mathwithmcgeorge.
weebly.com 18 years experience
Sign up for Remind:To: 81010 Text:@mcghmath3
Supplies 3 Ring Binder—lots of handouts Notebook Paper/Spiral Notebook Graph paper PENCILS! (no ink pens for assessments) GRAPHING CALCULATOR!!!!
TI-83/84+
Textbook
Green Algebra and Trigonometry Text-McDougal Littell/Houghton Mifflin
ISBN 0-395-58536-8—can buy on Amazon but not required
Only available in class—homework from text will be on printouts sent home each night.
Honors Math 3 Topics Solving Equations and Inequalities (Absolute
value, linear, radicals, compositions) Graphing Functions (Transformations and
Toolkit Functions, Inverses) Exponential and Log Functions Polynomial Functions Modeling and Reasoning with Geometry
(Quadrilaterals and Circles) Rational Functions Trigonometry Statistics
Homework/Daily work Includes class work and homework
Homework is assigned DAILY!
Homework is announced in class and distributed on a calendar.
Homework answers Reviewed daily in class
Homework Grading Policy Due at the BEGINNING of the next class Late homework NOT accepted Graded on completion not accuracy
Includes drawing a picture, showing mathematical work, writing a meaningful question, etc
Quizzes Announced
In class On Calendar Website/Remind
Usually one or two per unit Mostly Calculator Active
Tests
Announced In class On Calendar Website/Remind
One per unit Quarter Tests—teacher made Final—EOC
How to Study for Math! To study for math, you must DO math!
“looking over” notes/homework/quizzes is not enough
Students should rework problems from the following:
Notes
Homework
Warm ups
Quizzes
Review Sheet
Grading Policy Quarter
Homework/Classwork – 10% Quizzes/other minor assessments – 20% Tests – 70%
Semester 1st Quarter – 40% 2nd Quarter – 40% Final – 20%
Grading scale: A 90-100 B 80-89 C 70-79 D 60-69 F 59 and below
Grading Homework graded for completeness daily Please allow 48 hours for major
assignments. Please monitor your child’s progress in
Powerschools!!
Important Dates 1st Quarter Interim
9/26/18
1st Quarter Report Cards 11/9/18
2nd Quarter Interim 12/5/18
2nd Quarter Report Cards 2/1/19
Absentee Policy Policy in Handbook Homework
Calendar/Website/Remind Friends
Classwork Quizzes or Tests
2 weeks from date of assignment to make it up
Posted on calendar
Cell Phones Cell phones should not be out during lessons
and class work—they are a huge distraction!! Cell phone pouches will be arriving soon!!
Cell phones WILL NOT be allowed out for any reason during a quiz or a test.
A visible cell phone during a quiz or test will result in a failing grade.
This includes after a student has finished their own assessment.
Cheating/Plagarism Policy
Any student caught sharing their work with other students or caught copying another student’s work will be given a failing grade.
Includes taking pictures of an assignment and copying.
Formal policy in LRHS handbook.
Extra Help
Smart Lunch Tuesdays: Period 2 A Lunch Thursdays: Period 4 A Lunch Other days by appointment.
(See LRHS SMART lunch policy)
I will alert students to scheduling conflicts.
Donations
Tissues!!!!Dry Erase markers HighlightersBright Colored PaperAAA batteriesTHANK YOU!!
Questions?
Welcome to Honors Math 3!
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