Welcome to Parents’ Night!! Algebra 2 w/Trigonometry 5th, 7th & 8th Mrs. Shana Fox STEM ADL STEM

About Me Undergraduate degree in Mathematics Education from ISU in ‘03 Master’s degree in Mathematics Education from NIU in ’07 Type 75 (administrative) Certificate completed in ‘12 15th year teaching at CG Courses I’ve Taught: Alg 1, Geom, Alg 2, Pre-Calc, Honors Pre-Calc, AP Calculus AB STEM Assistant Division Leader (ADL)

Summative vs. Formative Formative – “for learning” HW, quizzes, class activities 20% of each semester grade Summative – “show me what you’ve learned” Chapter tests 70% of each semester grade Final Exam 10% of each semester grade

HW is KEY! Strong correlation between doing HW & being successful in a course. Students who don’t do the homework typically don’t do well on quizzes/tests. HW = practice, knowing what questions still need to be asked, knowing if you still need a little extra help, etc. HW is assigned most nights to practice and prepare for tests (summative evaluations).

Extra Help: Before School During the Day After School 7am in the Math Office During the Day Math Center – math teacher every period My free periods: 1st, & 6th After School Math Help in the Math Office – Mondays & Wednesdays Homework Club in the Media Center – Tuesdays & Thursdays; math teacher

Test Retake Policy To be eligible, the student must have all work for the current chapter turned in by test day. The student will meet with me to determine an appropriate re-learning task to complete. The student will need to complete the re-learning task before re-taking a similar version of the original test. All of this needs to be completed by 3pm of the 5th school day after going over the test in class. The re-take grade WILL REPLACE the original score, whether it’s better or worse than the original.

SAT Test Junior Year Formatting is different than ACT Calculator vs. Non-Calculator questions We will practice these types of questions this year!

What Course is Next Year? Pre-Calculus Probability & Statistics