Mustang Night Mrs. Lori Limon Geometry and Connect 3 Math Agenda Who is Mrs. Limon? Curriculum Effective Grading Practices Absences Calculators Providing.

Mustang NightMrs. Lori Limon

Geometry and Connect 3 Math

Agenda

• Who is Mrs. Limon? • Curriculum• Effective Grading Practices• Absences• Calculators• Providing Support at Home

Mrs. Lori Limon

• From Middletown, Ohio• Bachelor’s of Science in Secondary

Education, Ohio University ~ Athens, Ohio• Master’s Degree, City University ~ Seattle,

Washington• Principal Licensure Program, Colorado

State University ~ Fort Collins, Colorado• Married with Four Children

The Limon Family

Geometry Curriculum

Tools of Geometry Transformations Parallel and Perpendicular Lines Reasoning and Proof Congruency Triangle Relationships Quadrilaterals Similarity Measurement & Modeling Right Triangles and Trigonometry Probability Circles, Arcs, and Sectors

Conn. 3 is Student-Centered Students are discovering the concepts in groups through

investigations, facilitated by the teacher Students form their own personal connection to the material and

therefore retain it and understand how to apply it

What this means for you, as Parents Homework Help

DO have your student write down questions DO ask your student open-ended questions to facilitate their learning Do not provide Algorithms Do not let your student overwork or stress out

Connected 3 Curriculum

Connected 3 Curriculum

Tools of Algebra Pythagorean Theorem Transformations Scatter Plots Linear Relationships Systems of Equations Exponents

Connected 3 Everyday

Becoming a master student Project based learning Enrichment Study Hall Literacy across all content areas Support for math

Effective Grading Practices

Practice (Formatives):

These assessments are given as part of the instructional process, and they provide information needed to adjust teaching and learning while they are happening

Retakes may be accepted or required by the teacher until proficiency is met or until the summative assessment has been given Counts as 30% of overall grade

Types of Practice (Formatives): some homework, daily quizzes, unit quizzes, basic skills

Effective Grading Practices

Summative Assessments:

These assessments are given periodically to determine at a particular point in time what students know and are able to do

Summative assessments are an independent summary of the learning and retakes are not permitted

Counts as 70% of the overall grade

Types of Summative Assessments: unit tests, math mate tests, projects

Effective Grading Practices

Homework:

Homework is given as part of the instructional process, and it provides information needed to adjust teaching and learning while they are happening

Retakes may be accepted or required by the teacher until proficiency is met or until the summative assessment has been given Counts as 0% of overall grade

Practice Retakes (Formatives) At teacher discretion

Retakes must be completed on their own time (ELO), not during class time

All prior homework must be completed and turned in before a student can retake a formative

Student must fix and clarify (make corrections) on the original formative and turned in with evidence of learning

Students must get a parent signature on the original formative before a retake

Retakes have to be completed before the unit summative assessment

Extra Credit will not be offered

Absences

Due to block scheduling, missing one day is equivalent to missing 2 classes of a traditional 45 minute class

Students are responsible to make up missed work

The student is expected to check the whiteboard in my classroom, the Google calendar, my wikispace, or may ask peers to get missed work http://kin.psdschools.org

Math assignments will be posted on my wikispace: mustang-math.wikispaces.com

Calculators

• TI 83 or 84 Plus (Graphing) ~ Geometry• TI 30 or 34 (Scientific) ~ Connect 3• Locations to purchase calculators:

• Office Depot• Staples• Wal-Mart• Pawn Shops ($70.00)

Thank You

Ways to communicate with Mrs. Limon:

Phone: (970) 488-5469

Email: [email protected]

Address: 3002 E. Trilby Road Fort Collins, CO 80528