Transcript Welcome to the 6th Grade Yellow Team

Welcome to the
Grade
Yellow Team
And Room 238
th
6
100 Point Club
• Everyone starts with 100 points
• Points are lost for signing Discipline Log. Most
infractions are 2-5 points
• Must have 60 pts. at end of 9-weeks to attend
the 100 Pt. Club celebration
• Points start over at beginning of each quarter
Agenda Passes
• All agendas have a page with 5 passes for each
9-week grading period
• Passes primarily used for restroom and locker
• Use all five passes and points are taken away
to get things out of lockers
• Encourage your kids to be as organized as
possible!!!!!!!!
Electronics Policy
• Cell phones should be
OFF & AWAY
• E-readers are fine as
long as they’re for
reading
• Tablets are o.k for
research in school
• Morning detention for
those breaking rules
Contacting Me/Us
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Email [email protected]
Voicemail-not quick to respond
Team time M, T, Th, F from 1:00-1:50
No team meetings on Wednesdays
Facebook- MSC Yellow Team
Things to Bring EVERY DAY
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Pencil
Math notebook
Loose leaf paper
Dry erase marker
Math book
Math Homework Policy
• Expect HW 3 nights per week. None Fridays
• Missing homework = name in “book” and a
zero in the gradebook
• Turn HW in next day with no grade penalty
• Turn in 2 or more days late = loss of 10%
• Missing HW can be turned in until the last
week of a grading period
• No reminders will be given--RESPONSIBLE
Grading Procedures
• HW = 30% Tests = 70%
• All HW can be redone
once to get 100%
• Tests can be redone
ONCE for ½ credit
• Late work still loses 10%
• Papers with % grade on
them are in gradebook
• Papers with # wrong are
not in gradebook
Topics We Will Cover
• Operations with
decimals and fractions
• Percents
• Integers
• Ratios and proportions
• Evaluating expressions
• Solving one-step
equations
• Graphing and
analysis
• Geometry-2D and 3D
figures
• Measurement-U.S
and metric systems
• Conversions
Topics We Will Cover-Honors
• Some review-EL
• Operations with
integers
• Rational numbers
• Solving basic and
multistep equations
• Solving inequalities
• Ratios, proportions,
percents
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Scale drawings/models
Calculating interest
Mult/div. monomials
Pythagorean Theorem
Angle relationships
Area, volume, and
surface area
• Graphs and statistics
• Probability
Getting HELP
• Mr. Q’s website for notes/videos
• Rose Hulman HW Helpline
877-ASK-ROSE
• Khan Academy website
• Facebook questions
• Extra credit
Honors Grade Expectations
• Students enrolled in Honors classes are expected to
maintain grades of 73% (C) or better throughout
their enrollment in the classes.
• If a student receives a 70-72% (C-) or lower at the
end of the first, second, or fourth nine weeks
grading period, he/she will be moved down a course
level at the start of the following grading period.
• If a student receives a 70-72% (C-) or lower at the
end of the third nine weeks grading period, he/she
will remain in the class through the school year, but
moved down a course level at the start of the next
school year.
Things to Remember
• Don’t be a helicopter parent. You
can’t come to their rescue forever.
• Teachers have no reason to lie about
what happens in school.
• Be patient.
• We are here for your children.
Contact us with any questions.