Class expectations:

• Respect yourself
• Respect others
• Respect property
• Put your best effort forth on EVERYTHING
• Arrive on time to class

Daily Materials:

• Binder
• Notebook
• Correcting pen (anything but blue or black)
• Pencil
• Book
• Other materials as needed

Grading policies:

Total Grade:

• 5% Class participation
• 10% Notebook (first 2 quarters)
• 30% Homework (40% for quarters 3 and 4)
• 55% Tests, quizzes, and projects

Grading Scale:

• 90 - 92%  A-      93 - 99% A       100%  A+
• 80 - 82%  B-      83 - 87% B       88 - 89% B+
• 70 - 72%  C-      73 - 77% C       78 - 79% C+
• 60 - 62%  D-      63 - 67% D       68 - 69% D+
• 59 - below F

Homework policy:

Each assignment is worth 10 points and broken down in this way:

• 1 point- Name/Date/Period
• 1 point- Use pencil
• 1 point- Write out problem
• 3 points- Show work
• 3 points- Correct work (ALL problems that were incorrect)
• 1 point- Colored pen to correct (no blue or black ink!)

**you can expect homework EVERY night :)**

Overview of curriculum:

• Blue Book-  Integers, Order of Operations, Intro to Algebra, Decimals, Number Sense, Fractions, Geometry, Ratio, Proportion, Percent, and Probability
• Red Book-  Order of Operations and Properties, Integers, 1 and 2 step equations, Factors and Fractions, Rationals, Ratio, Proportion, and Percent, Geometry, Polynomials, and Probability

My Mission:

My mission this year is for you all to be successful!  I not only want your brains to grow, but I want you to grow as a "whole" person.  I expect you all to feel better about yourself by the time you leave my class.  You will feel important and responsibility as well as develop quality lifelong characteristics.