1. 1.On smart phone or laptop: please go to http://goo.gl/j2de8s to fill out your contact info. See if anyone else needs to use laptop when you are finished http://goo.gl/j2de8s 2.After submitting, please click link to go back to the survey (for next class period). 3.Course information sheets are by the front door, if you’d like one. My email: megan.nijor@mvla.netmegan.nijor@mvla.net Algebra 2 – Teacher: Megan Nijor Welcome to Back to School Night!

2.  Assignment Log  Reading Log  Class Website (access thru LAHS website)  What’s each day like?  My Goals/Common Core  How is my student’s grade calculated?  What if they’re absent/late work?  Getting help/Tutorial Center Agenda

3.  Ask to see your student’s assignment log!  HW is checked every day and Assignment Log is stamped, but not recorded on SIS.  On day of test Assignment Log is collected and then entered into SIS.  Late HWs are submitted on the day of the test. They are not checked throughout the unit. Assignment Log

4.  Literacy in all subjects is an important goal at LAHS.  Will be assigned to read a short section from the math textbook approx. once a week  Students will pay attention to their reading process (noting when they hit roadblocks) and interacting with the text (asking questions, making predictions) by completing a two-column reading log. Reading Log

5. Class Website

6. Calendar and Answer Keys  Click on date, then on assignment

7. Class Routine Assignment Log (and Reading Log) stamped, time to discuss questions – completeness (should check answers online) Lesson: Opener / Notes / Now You Try Daily homework is assigned

8.  The way to solve a problem (in math and in life) isn’t always immediately apparent (unfortunately).  I want my students to become more comfortable with this feeling and not shut down when introduced to something new. My Goals and Common Core

9.  Have collaborative time in class to work through problems and talk through the material with their classmates (and me).  Assigning problems that require thinking instead of just repeating the same procedure over and over (we do both types).  Including “new” problems on quizzes and tests so students have to apply their skills in a way they haven’t seen before. Preparing for Common Core

10.  Tests 55%  Quizzes 15%  Homework/classwork 10%  Final exam20% (Semester 80%, Final Exam 20%) Grading

11. Absent  HW accepted for full credit if done by next class.  Missed quizzes will be assigned a score based on the performance on the chapter test (for quick turn around). Late Work  Late homework is accepted for partial credit (up to 80%) and is due on the day of the test. Retakes  Must work with a tutor for 30 min doing test corrections (form will be given and available on website).  Can retake each chapter test once, with a maximum score of 75%. Absent/Late work/Retakes

12.  Mrs. Nijor – every Tuesday during Tutorial period.  By appointment before school and after school (sometimes lunch).  Megan.Nijor@mvla.net  Tutorial center – tutors available every period (and after school) to help. Funded by the MVLA Foundation (Thank you!) Getting Help

13. Tutorial Center

14. Topics include: Linear relations Sequences and Series Systems of equations Quadratic relations and functions Powers and roots Complex numbers Exponents and logarithms Polynomials Sequences and series

15. Thank you!  Thank you to the MVLA High School Foundation!  I am looking forward to working with and getting to know your student.  Thank you for coming!  Kleenex donations would be extremely appreciated!