1. Happy New Year! Welcome Back! Pick up half-sheet as you enter. Find your assigned seat. Complete both sides of questionnaire.

2. Composition Notebook Outline Mrs. Dolezal’s Math Classes Spring, 2012

3. Where could math take you? College Degree Earned Most Advanced High School Math Class Taken

4. Tools Needed Pencils (no pens for homework) Colored Pen (aside from black and blue) Highlighter ID Glue Stick, Tape Scientific Calculator –TI-30SX Multi-line Display Suggested for Geometry –Graphing TI-84Plus or TI-89-Pre-AP Alg 5/Trig Composition Notebook

5. . Notebook Setup Guide ON THE FRONT COVER Your FIRST and LAST Name Biology Dr. Johnson Rm. 7 Also, please place your initials (or other identifying mark) on the 3 sides. Notebook Setup Guide ON THE FRONT COVER Your FIRST and LAST Name (ID #) Class (such as Geometry or Trig) Mrs. Dolezal – Room 1205 Also, place your name on the 3 sides of the notebook.

6. Materials Composition Notebook Glue Stick Tape Pen (for labeling notebook and pages) Handouts: AIMS Reference Sheet Trig Reference Sheets (Trig class) Grade Graph Welcome newsletter Quarter Calendar Student Tickets

7. Grade Graph I Glue Grade Graph on first sheet. Label this Page I. TAPE First, tape “tickets

8. IIb Table of Contents AIMS Reference Sheet...Inside Cover Grade Graph..................... I Table of Contents................ IIa,b,c,d Syllabus....................... III Newsletters.................... IVa,b,c,d Calendar....................... V Vocabulary.....................VIa,b,c,d Bell Work.....................VIIa-t Websites and Resources......... VIIIa,b Listing lesson topics begins here. and continues with a new number for each lesson. Lessons taking multiple pages for notes will be labeled with a, b, c, etc. Assignments will be included with the lesson page numbers (e.g. 4c has the assignment from the topic having notes on Page 4.) IIa Table of Contents (continued) Label the next sheet “Page IIb” for additional content.

9. IIdIIc Table of Contents (continued) Label the next sheet “Page IIc” for additional content. Label the next sheet “Page IId” for additional content.

10. IV Course Syllabus February’s newsletter will go here. III Newsletters

11. IVcIVb Newsletters (March) Newsletters (April)

12. VIVd Newsletters (May) Calendar Tape Quarter Calendar on next sheet. Label this Page V. The topics covered in this course are tentatively assigned on the calendar.

13. VIbVIa Vocabulary Vocabulary continued on next 3 pages.

14. VIdVIc Vocabulary (continued)

15. VI-a VI-b Bell Work 1/9 or 1/10– Questionnaire Label bell work on pages VII-a to VII-t. There will be 19 pages. We will be drawing lines to divide each page by the number of classes that week.

16. IX Websites & Resources VIIIa www.cguhsd.org spartansmath.wikispaces.com Khanacademy.org Tenmarks.com (last name, ####) Thatquiz.net (Quiz id supplied each time.) Mathxlforschool.com www.facebook.com/ search for “Pre-AP Algebra 5/Trig VGHS“ OR “Geometry (Dolezal) – VGHS” VIIIb Websites & Resources (cont.)

17. I TAPE Tape “tickets” into back cover. Using ink, write your name on each. Trig classes will tape their trig tables and reference pages onto the back pages of their notebooks.

18. Ticket Uses missing assignment replaced with “EX” on due date (cannot be late) ability to use agenda pass without spending time after class forgive a tardy borrow pencil, pen, or highlighter from teacher

19. Work bell-to-bell. Assigned seats are changed frequently (every 3 – 6 weeks). Follow directions on the white board as you enter. Have your composition notebook and pencil on your desk. Have purses and bags under your table. Warm-ups will appear on the board or the screen. No cell phones or MP3 players.

20. Go Back to Welcome Practice Problems Students are expected to complete assignments. Points are earned for each question with the correct answer with work shown. Late work will not be accepted. In the case of an excused absence, students will have one class period to complete the work assigned on the day of the absence.

21. Grading Assessments Retesting available to geometry students. –done outside class time –within two weeks of original testing date –all homework for that unit completed –maximum score on a retest is 80% Quizzes are unannounced. They may not be made up after the date given, but may be taken in advance, before/after school on the day of the quiz. If absent for a quiz, abs recorded which is an exempt marking. Projects assigned at most once per quarter.

22. Grading Miscellaneous participation in classroom activities, warm-ups/ bell work, and practice time preparation and bringing required supplies composition notebook checks

23. Grading Final and Exit Exams If you have perfect attendance (no tardies, only “S” or “O” absences) and a B or better, you will be eligible to take the exit/final exam early

24. Grading Grading Scale: 90% – 100% A 80% – 89.9%B 70% – 79.9%C < 70%F There is no extra credit.

25. tardies will be given tardy students will face the school consequences plus make up the time tardy after class passes from the office will be honored tickets can be surrendered to use an agenda pass other requests for passes will require the student to stay triple the amount of time gone after the class has ended students absent more than 10 minutes during the class (either tardy or checked out early) will receive an absence for that day Tardies and Passes

27. This is to be signed and taped into your composition notebook by Friday, January 13.