Class Guidelines

"Be Prompt, Be Prepared, Be Pleasant and Participate"


Required Materials:
• Bring your course text book to class everyday.
• Bring a Graphing calculator (TI-84 silver edition) to class everyday.
• Bring only a pencil for written work


Home Work:
• Homework is assigned regularly and you are expected to complete on time.
• Homework will be checked regularly. Assignments submitted late or incomplete will affect your final grade.
• Homework is 5% of your grade.
• You will be able to get your homework for the week in class on Mondays or from Wicknet.

Class Notes:
• You are expected to maintain a Math notebook – notes will be reviewed frequently.
• Problems which are solved on the smartboard should be carefully noted.

Grading:
• Tests and quizzes will be assigned at least two days in advance.
• Mental math tests will be administered each Trimester and will count for 5% of your grade.
• Any tests missed because of absence must be made up promptly upon return to school. A general rule will be that a student will be given as many days to make up a test or other work as he was out of school.
• Your quarter grade will be a weighted average of tests, quizzes, mental math, homework. Tests ( 60% ), Quizzes ( 30% ), Mental arithmetic ( 5% ), HW ( 5% )

Plagiarism Statement:
• You are not allowed to store formulas and procedures on your calculator in tests.
• If a student is found to have cheated on any type of assessment, he will receive a 'zero' grade on that assessment.

To avoid disruptions and distractions:
• Raise your hand and think first before answering
• Be considerate of others and listen carefully.