1. Open House – Fall 2017
Honors Math 3 Welcome!!

2. Disclaimer
All of this information will be sent home with your child on the first day

3. Mrs. McGeorge Sign up for Remind: To: 81010 Text:@hmath3f17
Education: BS Math/ MAT
Contact Information
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16 years experience
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4. Teacher Expectations Be Courteous. Be Prepared. Be Active. Be Honest.
Take Responsibility for YOUR Actions!

5. Supplies 3 Ring Binder Notebook Paper Graph paper
PENCILS! (no ink pens…)
GRAPHING CALCULATOR!!!!
TI-83 or higher

6. Textbook
Green Algebra and Trigonometry Text-McDougal Littell/Houghton Mifflin
ISBN —can buy on Amazon but not required
Only available in class—homework from text will be on printouts sent home each night.

7. Honors Math 3 Topics
Solving Equations and Inequalities (Absolute value, linear, radicals, compositions)
Graphing Functions (Transformations and Toolkit Functions, Inverses)
Exponential and Log Functions
Polynomial Functions
Modeling and Reasoning with Geometry
Rational Functions
Trigonometry
Statistics

8. Homework/Daily work Includes class work and homework
Homework is assigned DAILY!
Homework is announced in
class and distributed on a calendar.
Homework answers
Reviewed daily in class
Homework Grading Policy
Due at the BEGINNING of the next class
Late homework NOT accepted
Graded on completion not accuracy
Includes drawing a picture, showing mathematical work, writing a meaningful question, etc

9. Quizzes/Minor Assessments
Include group work, labs, and projects
Announced
In class
On Calendar
Website/Remind
Usually one or two
per unit
Calculator Active

10. Tests/Major Assessments
Announced
In class
On Calendar
Website/Remind
One per unit
Quarter Tests—teacher made
Final—NCFE

11. How to Study for Math! To study for math, you must DO math!
“looking over” notes/homework/quizzes is not enough
Students should rework problems from the following:
Notes
Homework
Warm ups
Quizzes
Review Sheet

12. Grading Policy Grading scale: Quarter Semester A 90-100 B 80-89
Homework/Classwork – 10%
Quizzes/other minor assessments – 20%
Tests – 70%
Semester
1st Quarter – 40%
2nd Quarter – 40%
Final – 20%
Grading scale: A
B 80-89
C 70-79
D 60-69
F 59 and below

13. Grading Homework graded for completeness daily
Please allow 48 hours for major assignments
All classes on Powerschools/HomeBase

14. Important Dates 1st Quarter Interim 1st Quarter Ends
9/27/17
1st Quarter Ends
10/30/17
1st Quarter Report Cards
11/3/17
2nd Quarter Interim
12/6/17
2nd Quarter Ends
1/19/18
2nd Quarter Report Cards
2/2/18

15. Absentee Policy Policy in Handbook Homework Classwork Quizzes or Tests
Calendar/Website/Remind
Friends
Classwork
Quizzes or Tests
2 weeks from date of
assignment to make it up
Posted on calendar

16. Cell Phones
Cell phones should not be out during lessons and class work—they are a huge distraction!!
Cell phones WILL NOT be allowed out for any reason during a quiz or a test.
A visible cell phone during a quiz or test will result in a failing grade.
Includes after a student has finished their own assessment.

17. Cheating/Plagarism Policy
Any student caught sharing their work with other students or caught copying another student’s work will be given a failing grade.
Includes taking pictures of an assignment and copying
Formal policy in LRHS handbook

18. Extra Help Smart Lunch I will alert students to scheduling conflicts
Mondays: Period 1
Tuesdays: Period 2
Wednesdays: Period 3
Thursdays: Period 4
Fridays: Any class
I will alert students to scheduling conflicts

19. Donations Tissues Colored Paper Hand sanitizer Lysol Wipes
AAA batteries
THANK YOU!!

20. Questions?
Welcome to Honors
Math 3!