Transcript Mrs. Irene Clemmer Room 164

Welcome!
Please take a 3 by 5 card and fill out the following
information for me:
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Your CHILD’s name
YOUR name(s)
Home phone, Cell phone, Work phone
E-mail
What is the best time to reach you (7:30 am and 3:30 pm)?
Which is the best number to use?
Do you prefer e-mail or phone calls?
Is there anything you want me to know about your child that
would help me as I work with him/her this year?
Mrs. Irene Clemmer
Room 144
Geometry &
Finite Math X/A
Algebra 2 X
Phone: (610) 240-1000 voice mail 2785
Email: [email protected]
Background
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B.A. (Math) - Wheaton College (Illinois)
M.A. (Teaching Math) – Villanova University
Teaching at Conestoga since Sept. 2000
Ten years as an “at home mom”
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Math tutoring
Good Samaritan Day School
Previous teaching experience
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Delaware County Christian School (1982-90)
Wheaton Academy (Illinois) (1980-82)
Personal
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Student in T/E school district for K-8
VF Elementary and VF Jr. High
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Moved to Birmingham, Michigan during 8th grade
(so I know how hard it can be to be “the new kid”)
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Youngest of 4 –
my sister and 2 brothers are ‘Stoga grads
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Married for 24 years
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Proud mom of 2 boys (18 & 20)
- sophomore at Gordon College near Boston
- senior at Great Valley High School
(so I know what it means to parent teens!!)
Homework
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Follows syllabus distributed at start of each unit
(sometimes modified)
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Expect it every night - even weekends
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Work must be shown , diagrams drawn
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Checked periodically by:
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Spot checks
Homework quizzes
Turn in it
Grace is given for special reasons
Grading
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Total points earned / total points possible
Tests – usually 100 points
Quizzes – usually 40 – 60 points
Homework –
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Spot checks , turn in – 4 pts. per check
HW quizzes – varies, usually 5-10 pts.
Turn in special HW – usually 10 – 20 pts.
Extra credit of various forms
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Sudoku
Other practice
Geometry Topics
Unit 1
Unit 2
Unit 3
Unit 4
Unit 5
Unit 6
Unit 7
Unit 8
Unit 9
Tools of Geometry, Reasoning and Proof
Parallel and Perpendicular Lines
Congruent Triangles and Relationships in Triangles
Quadrilaterals
Proportions and Similarity
Right Triangles
Circles
Areas of Polygons and Circles
Surface Areas and Volumes
Finite Math Topics
Unit 1:
Unit 2:
Unit 3:
Unit 4:
Unit 5:
Unit 6:
Unit 7:
Unit 8:
Unit 9:
Sequences and Series
Permutations and Combinations
Probability
Statistics
Graphing Linear Equations / Linear Regression
Matrices
Factoring
Radicals
Right Triangle Trigonometry
Topics
Covered
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Geometry
and Finite
Math X/A
Topics Covered in Algebra 2 X
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Unit 1 – Equations, Inequalities, and Linear Graphing
Unit 2 – Functions
Unit 3 – Linear Systems
Unit 4 – Quadratic Functions
Unit 5 – Polynomial Functions
Unit 6 – Exponents, Radicals, and Additional Function Topics
Unit 7 – Exponential and Logarithmic Functions
Unit 8 – Rational Expressions and Equations
Unit 9 – Conic Sections
Unit 10 – Sequences and Series
Unit 11 – Trigonometry
HELP!!!
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Mrs. Clemmer is available:
in room 127 – periods 1 and 7
in room 144 – after school most days until 3:15
Math Aide is available:
in room 150B
Monday – Friday
ALL DAY!!
(NHS) Stoga Tutoring –
times areTBD, in room 122A
Websites
Textbook’s CD (Geometry)
Thanks for coming!