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Mathematics – Dean Schlicter
Class Expectations:
Here’s the one rule you need to remember:
Do the right thing.
It's very important to attend class. There’s a high positive correlation between attendance and success in school. Obviously if you are very sick, coming to school is a bad idea but, otherwise, you should be here. If you are absent, you are expected to check online to see what you’ve missed before coming back to school (and to begin working on it). This will provide you the best opportunity to be successful.
If at all possible, don’t be tardy. Being late under normal circumstances is disrespectful to your classmates, your teacher, and yourself, and it makes it more difficult for you to be successful in our class, so please don’t be late.
In the unlikely event that attendance or tardies become an issue, then we will have a conversation and an appropriate plan will be developed to fix the problem. According to school policy, you are allowed to have three absences. On your fourth absence, you will be dropped.
Grades
I believe that there is a difference between assessment and grading. Assessment is less about assigning a grade and more about getting better at what we can do. Not all of your work will be graded, but all work is used to assess your learning.
Your grade will be comprised of the following three weighted categories:
25% Preparation (includes, but is not limited to, homework, in-class activities, blog posts)
50% Skills Assessment (assessment over individual skills - more below)
25% Summative Assessment* (common Final Exam and math journal)
Your overall grade will be computed from the weights given to those categories using the standard grading scale (A: 90-100%, B: 80-89%, C: 70-79%, D: 60-69%, F: 59% and below).
Each assessment will be scored using the following scale:
5.0 = Demonstrates thorough understanding
4.5 = High level of understanding, but with small errors
3.5 = Demonstrates understanding, but with significant gaps
3.0 = Shows some understanding, but insufficient to be successful
2.5 = Attempts the problem
Thank you for taking the time to thoughtfully consider these expectations, and I’m looking forward to our time together.
Do the right thing.
It's very important to attend class. There’s a high positive correlation between attendance and success in school. Obviously if you are very sick, coming to school is a bad idea but, otherwise, you should be here. If you are absent, you are expected to check online to see what you’ve missed before coming back to school (and to begin working on it). This will provide you the best opportunity to be successful.
If at all possible, don’t be tardy. Being late under normal circumstances is disrespectful to your classmates, your teacher, and yourself, and it makes it more difficult for you to be successful in our class, so please don’t be late.
In the unlikely event that attendance or tardies become an issue, then we will have a conversation and an appropriate plan will be developed to fix the problem. According to school policy, you are allowed to have three absences. On your fourth absence, you will be dropped.
Grades
I believe that there is a difference between assessment and grading. Assessment is less about assigning a grade and more about getting better at what we can do. Not all of your work will be graded, but all work is used to assess your learning.
Your grade will be comprised of the following three weighted categories:
25% Preparation (includes, but is not limited to, homework, in-class activities, blog posts)
50% Skills Assessment (assessment over individual skills - more below)
25% Summative Assessment* (common Final Exam and math journal)
Your overall grade will be computed from the weights given to those categories using the standard grading scale (A: 90-100%, B: 80-89%, C: 70-79%, D: 60-69%, F: 59% and below).
Each assessment will be scored using the following scale:
5.0 = Demonstrates thorough understanding
4.5 = High level of understanding, but with small errors
3.5 = Demonstrates understanding, but with significant gaps
3.0 = Shows some understanding, but insufficient to be successful
2.5 = Attempts the problem
Thank you for taking the time to thoughtfully consider these expectations, and I’m looking forward to our time together.
Standards for Math Practices
1. Make sense of problems and persevere in solving them.
2. Reason abstractly and quantitatively.
3. Construct viable arguments and critique the reasoning of others.
4. Model with mathematics.
5. Use appropriate tools strategically.
6. Attend to precision.
7. Look for and make use of structure.
8. Look for and express regularity in repeated reasoning.
1. Make sense of problems and persevere in solving them.
2. Reason abstractly and quantitatively.
3. Construct viable arguments and critique the reasoning of others.
4. Model with mathematics.
5. Use appropriate tools strategically.
6. Attend to precision.
7. Look for and make use of structure.
8. Look for and express regularity in repeated reasoning.