Welcome to Common Core Math!

Get Ready to Learn…

PLANNERSWrite home learning and content objective everyday

(UNDERLINED PART)! It should be the first thing you do! This will count as a grade at the end of each trimester.

SAMPLE PLANNERHow it should look…

Warm-up

1) Fold your card in half.

2) Write your first name and first initial of your last name.

Example: JOE B.

3) Decorate SILENTLY (color pencils are in the box).

Write in your planner!

ROCK, PAPER, SCISSORSFind a partner – SOMEONE you don’t know!

Best 2 out of 3.

Winners will play winners.

Learning about Math through:TRYINGExperimentsDiscussionQuestionsReflectionProblem Solving

New StandardsCommon Core

Math Practice Standards

DISCUSSION/COLLABORATION

Student Centered

Growth/Fixed Mindset

This means…I will not just tell you how to do the math.

You will need to TRY, TRY, and TRY again.

You will need to not give up.

You will need to THINK.

BE independent!

Thinking…

Keep Moving Forward!

This means…You will need to COLLABORATE kindly with others

(social contract).

Volume control.

Leave social talk for lunch.

Collaborative Time, Solo Time, Teacher Time

You will be speaking in front of others about the math you are doing.

Different “Times”Teacher Time Collab Time Solo Time

• Giving Instructions

• Examples

• Notes

No talking at all.

• Investigations

• Projects

• Group Problems

Math talking.Low Volume.

• Tests

• Quizzes

• Performance Tasks

• Warm-ups

• Independent Activities

No talking at all.

How I Will Get Your Attention..

I say “Three….Two….One”You get quiet.

I raise my handYou raise your hand when you see other

people raising their hands.You get quiet.

How You Get My Attention..

Yellow Card

This means…Always, always, always SHOW YOUR THINKING.

No thinking = no full credit.

Math Notebook (MNB)EVERYTHING we do will be done in this book.

Need it EVERY single day.

Must make up if absent.

MNB checks will happen throughout the year for participation points.

SHOW SAMPLE MNB.

This means…You will need to treat supplies with care.

Glue usage.Yellow cards.

You will be conducting experiments in math. No horseplay.FOLLOW directions.

3 subject spiral notebook (MNB) – A MUST!

Pencils – A MUST!

Expo Markers (No Yellow or Red)

Protractor

GLUE

A positive attitude

Classroom Website/Instagram

NIS

FOLLOW ME at math8.wescott

Clean-up

1) Clean up your materials.

2) Pack up your bag.

3) Sit in your chair and WAIT to be dismissed.

What do you need to be doing?

1)

2) Take out what you need. Put your backpack behind/under your chair.

3) Take out the piece of scratch paper from your group box.

Write in your planner!

Warm-up 8/12

On your scratch paper, write down everything you remember from the presentation from yesterday!

*BE READY TO SHARE OUT*

Write in your planner!

What do you Remember? What does PSI mean?

What is my classroom motto? What is one of the Math Practice Standards?

What is the difference between collaboration time, teacher time, and solo time?

What do you do if you need to use the restroom? How will I get your attention?

What kind of voices do we use in here? What do you need to bring to me when you go to the

restroom/water? What items need to come to class EVERYDAY? What does “persevere” in mathematics mean? How can you find what should go in the MNB?

Where could you find what you missed if you are absent?

Assessments 65%Tests at the end of each unitQuizzes

Home Learning 10%Home learning due on timeZAP!

Participation 25%CollaborationMNB ChecksWorking during class time

EXTRA CREDIT

WILL NOT BE

OFFERED!!!!

Assessments (65%)HUGE part of your grade.

Get help when needed BEFORE the assessments (TUTORING).

STUDY and PRACTICE before a test/quiz.

Use the STUDY GUIDE.

Re-takes can be taken on any quiz, but you must fill out an application. If you need to re-take, you MUST attend tutoring and you MUST correct your assessment.

Home Learning (10%)

Home Learning is assigned most nights.

What is the point of HL? PRACTICE for assessments.

Home Learning WILL be graded. You must CORRECT missed problems for full credit.

Home Learning Check System (MUST BE READY) Line by wall = have the HL. Have HL out! Line by the grass = no HL. Have planner out! ZAP!

Grade your HL and correct in class!

ZAP ProceduresA circle in your planner means you need to report to

ZAP the next week.

Unzap Monday and Friday before school ONLY.

CHECK YOUR PLANNER to see if you are zapped. No excuses!

Posted on the white board.

MUST write in planner each day.

On Instagram (math8.wescott)

Participation (25%)

Classroom Discussion

Working through Investigations

MNB Checks

Planner Checks

GRADES

Found on Q.

Parent Portal.

Posted on Wall.

Classroom ParticipationACTIVE PARTICIPATION

Listening – SLANT S = Sit up straightL = Lean forwardA = Act interested and you will become interestedN = Nod your head, so I know you’re listeningT = Track your teacher with your eyes

Asking QuestionsAnswering QuestionsOn TaskActively Involved

YOU are still responsible to make up the class investigations and any missing assignments.

CHECK THE ABSENT WALL TO SEE WHAT YOU MISSED!

Absences = missing out on class collaboration. Please be here.

Classroom Values

Classroom Values

Classroom Values

Rewards/Consequences

CONSEQUENCES – one for EVERY action.

Consequences for negative actions:WarningDetentionParent Phone CallReferral/Time-out Determined

by Behavior

Citations

Tardies

Dress Code

Cell Phones

Gum

Food

This is a learning environment, so I expect professional language. Profanity will result in a language essay. Second offense = detentions.

Rewards/ConsequencesREWARDS

Tickets are handed out for: being prepared, winning class competitions, behavior, answering, staying on task.

Tickets are handed out AT RANDOM. If you say, “I did not get a ticket,” then you will not get a ticket.

Tickets can be entered in a drawing, which will happen every 2 weeks. If your ticket is drawn, you get to choose a reward coupon. If your ticket is not drawn, it will be thrown out after the raffle.

You can add up to 4 tickets on to quizzes for one point of extra credit.

Around the Room Phone

Values

Hand Signals

Home Learning/content objective

Weekly Agenda

Absent Wall

Pencil Sharpener/Pencils/Sign Out

Grades

4 Questions

Where's Waldo?

Your Work

Social Contracts (Words to Live By)

Rewards Coupons

Group Folders

Troubleshooting Middle School

Scratch Paper

Extra Copies

What I expect of you…Follow our class values.

ALWAYS try your best.

Ask for help when you need it.

Complete your home learning.

Study for tests and quizzes.

Don’t say “I CAN’T” because you CAN.

Hand out SYLLABUS

Parent signature: DUE Friday!!

Clean-up

1) Clean up your materials.

2) Pack up your bag.

3) Sit in your chair and WAIT to be dismissed.