Honors Math 3 - Open House Fall 2018

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 [email protected] 870-4250 mathwithmcgeorge.

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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

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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!