1. Welcome to Parents’ Night!!
Algebra 2 w/Trigonometry
5th, 7th & 8th
Mrs. Shana Fox
STEM ADL
STEM

2. About Me Undergraduate degree in Mathematics Education from ISU in ‘03
Master’s degree in Mathematics Education from NIU in ’07
Type 75 (administrative) Certificate completed in ‘12
15th year teaching at CG
Courses I’ve Taught: Alg 1, Geom, Alg 2, Pre-Calc, Honors Pre-Calc, AP Calculus AB
STEM Assistant Division Leader (ADL)

3. Summative vs. Formative
Formative – “for learning”
HW, quizzes, class activities
20% of each semester grade
Summative – “show me what you’ve learned”
Chapter tests
70% of each semester grade
Final Exam
10% of each semester grade

4. HW is KEY!
Strong correlation between doing HW & being successful in a course.
Students who don’t do the homework typically don’t do well on quizzes/tests.
HW = practice, knowing what questions still need to be asked, knowing if you still need a little extra help, etc.
HW is assigned most nights to practice and prepare for tests (summative evaluations).

5. Extra Help: Before School During the Day After School
7am in the Math Office
During the Day
Math Center – math teacher every period
My free periods: 1st, & 6th
After School
Math Help in the Math Office – Mondays & Wednesdays
Homework Club in the Media Center – Tuesdays & Thursdays; math teacher

6. Test Retake Policy
To be eligible, the student must have all work for the current chapter turned in by test day.
The student will meet with me to determine an appropriate re-learning task to complete.
The student will need to complete the re-learning task before re-taking a similar version of the original test.
All of this needs to be completed by 3pm of the 5th school day after going over the test in class.
The re-take grade WILL REPLACE the original score, whether it’s better or worse than the original.

7. SAT Test Junior Year Formatting is different than ACT
Calculator vs. Non-Calculator questions
We will practice these types of questions this year!

8. What Course is Next Year?
Pre-Calculus
Probability & Statistics