1. Ms. Curtis Ms. Skellington 614
Welcome to Math 1!
Ms. Curtis
Ms. Skellington
614

2. Student Information Sheet & Workbook
Put your name on your Module 1 Workbook
Fill out the top section
Please have your parents fill out the bottom section in the box!
Start working on the survey on the back. The more comments the better!

3. Video Release Form
PLEASE have your parents sign the video release form! It is REQUIRED and this is extremely important because we WILL be filming some of our classes!!
Turn these in no later than Monday Jan. 29th!

4. Attendance Introduce yourself:
Name (including what you go by if it is different)
What is your favorite ice cream flavor?
What was your favorite class from 1st semester?

5. Syllabus What are we talking about this year? Sequences
Linear and Exponential Functions
Features of Functions
Equations/Inequalities
Systems of Equations/Inequalities
Quadratic Functions
Geometry
Data and Statistics

6. Supplies We will keep a notebook with a Table of Contents
You will get a new workbook for every module.
Please bring a pencil!
We have graph paper, colored pencils, highlighters, glue, tape, staplers, and scissors, but you may want your own!
Calculator: TI-83+, TI-84+, or something similar.
We have a class set and you will be assigned a calculator, but we HIGHLY encourage you to purchase one. You will need your own in future math classes.

7. Syllabus Questions When can you come for tutoring?
After school on Tuesday, Wednesday, or Thursday. The tutoring schedule is on the class website and syllabus.
When is Open House?
Thursday February 8, 2018 at 6:00 - 7:30 p.m.
How much do unit assessments count towards your final grade?
50%. That’s a lot!
Other than taking a quiz in class, what else might count as a quiz grade?
A task from the module book may be assigned as a “project” which will count as a quiz grade
Where can you go to get make-up work when you are absent?
The purple binder!
Ms. Curtis’ website
Borrow a friend’s notebook or Ms. Curtis or Ms. Skellington’s notebook

8. Procedures Turn in tray by window
Sharpen and ask for pencils before class begins
Hall pass for bathroom breaks - CAN NOT GO 1st 10 minutes or last 10 minutes (school policy)

9. BYOD
When the sign flips to green, you may use your device for classwork
Sign up for Remind! @math1fv
Find Ms. Curtis’ website Math1Curtis.weebly.com
Find the NC Math 1 Student Support Site (Directions with syllabus)
When the sign flips to red, you may NOT use your device anymore
If you need to charge your phone - plug it in the BACK WALL and DO NOT go get it until either the end of class or we use it for an activity.

10. Four Corners!

11. Four Corners A: I have 0 siblings B: I have 1 sibling
C: I have 2 siblings
D: I have 3 or more siblings

12. Four Corners A: I have 0 pets B: I have 1 pet C: I have 2 pets
D: I have 3 or more pets

13. Four Corners A: I have 0 buttons on my clothes
B: I have 1-2 buttons on my clothes
C: I have 3-4 buttons on my clothes
D: I have 5 or more buttons on my clothes

14. Four Corners A: I went to Fuquay-Varina Middle
B: I went to West Lake Middle
C: I went to Holly Grove Middle
D: I went to a different middle school

15. Four Corners A: It takes me 0-5 minutes to get to school
B: It takes me 6-10 minutes to get to school
C: It takes me minutes to get to school
D: It takes me 21 minutes or more to get to school

16. Four Corners A: I love math, it’s my favorite subject, I’m good at it!
B: I like math OK, it’s not my favorite, but I’m pretty good at it
C: I like math OK, it’s not my favorite because I’m not good at it
D: I HATE MATH!!!!!

17. Back to your seats!

18. Group Roles Starter Challenger Architect Finisher
Asks questions that will guide the group to start a task
Challenger
Asks questions that will check for accuracy, and make sure the tasks questions are being answered correctly.
Architect
Asks questions about different ways to model the math in the tasks - tables, graphs, equations, diagrams, stories.
Finisher
Asks questions to see if the questions within the task have all been answered. Decides who will share and how to explain.

19. Group Roles Green: Starter Yellow: Challenger Blue: Architect
You will NOT always have the same group role
For today: Pick up the card that matches the color of your seat.
Green: Starter
Yellow: Challenger
Blue: Architect
Red: Finisher

20. What do you observe?

21. What changes do you observe?

22. Homework GET VIDEO RELEASE FORM SIGNED. THIS IS VERY IMPORTANT!!
Finish student information sheet and survey
Have parents finish info sheet too
Go over syllabus with your parents
Workbook pages: 6 & 7
Videos to go with pages: “Set” and “Go”

23. Any Questions? Schedules? Where to go next?
About Ms. Curtis or Ms. Skellington?
About math class?