1. Welcome!
You may complete the parent survey if you wish to tell me a little more about your child.

2. 7th and 8th Grade Math Teacher
Back To School Night 2016
Mrs. Jennifer Kuwahara
7th and 8th Grade Math Teacher
“24” Math Club Advisor

3. B.A. in Psychology and English Literature
M.S. in Education
P.A. Teacher Certification,
Math 7-12

4. Contact Information
Best way to contact me is through
Phone number: ext. 7114

5. Remind
I will be using this text-based app to communicate to the whole class by sending reminders about upcoming test, quizzes or assignments
Visit my webpage for directions on how to sign up (can use text or )

6. On Line Resources: my.hrw.com
Math 7 Username: jdevlin109 Password: a4a9u
Math 8 Enriched Math 8 Username: filir Password: x5j4r

7. Teacher Web Page Daily homework assignments (secondary resource)
Required Materials
Information about the Math curriculum
Department Re-Test Procedures
Miscellaneous Class Notes & Answers (includes PDF’s of worksheets your child may be missing).

8. Classroom Expectations
Be respectful of your classmates and your teacher
Raise your hand when you want to speak
Contribute to class discussion positively
Be an active participant in the classroom
NO cell phones or headphones

9. Classroom Supplies 3 Ring Binder (1.5”-2”) Spiral notebook and folder
Loose leaf and Graph Paper (always good to have)
Covered Textbook
Pencil Pouch that includes pencils, erasers, calculator, ruler, and colored pencils, pens, or highlighters

10. Required Calculators
For 7th grade Math: For 8th grade Math: TI-30XIIS TI-83Plus or TI-84 Please consider donating Dry Erase Markers for your student’s use! We use individual white boards that help enhance student learning.

11. Classroom Routine Write HW in agenda book Warm Up
Check HW from previous night (group/partner review)
Begin Guided Instruction/Group Activity
Independent Practice
Begin Homework (if time)

12. SHMS Math Dept. Grading Policy
Tests: 40%
Quizzes: 30% (both announced and unannounced)
Homework: 15% Homework is given typically Monday- Thursday night. Homework is checked daily. Homework questions will be addressed in class if students had a problem with their assignment.
Other: 15% (warm-ups, graded HW, performance tasks, Enrichment Packets)

13. Math 7
Challenge by Choice – black diamond, blue and green leveled assessments
No penalty for challenging yourself  - can always take a re- quiz or re-test at appropriate level
Students who would like to be considered for Enriched Math 8 should be taking black diamond assessments and completing Enrichment Packets.

14. Enriched Math 8 Challenge
*Challenge problems are assigned from the text book and/or Extra Practice
*Identified and designed by the publisher to be more difficult
*included in daily homework assignments
Enrichment
*Enrichment activities are extensions of content which require deeper levels of thinking and problem solving
*Identified and designed by the publisher to be more difficult
*Enrichment packets are assigned with each Chapter

15. Assignments Homework given most days Monday-Thursday.
Daily homework assignments are worth 2 points each and are checked daily. The week’s HW will be graded out of 8 points.
Homework is posted on the side board daily.
Warm Ups are collected at the end of each week.
Graded HW assignments will be assigned throughout the marking period – these are graded based on accuracy.
Quizzes are given throughout a chapter (2-3 days prior notice).
Chapter Tests are given at the end of each Chapter. (at least 1 week notice).

16. Parent Placement Letters/ Department Placement Criteria
We are in the final stages of finalizing the Parent Placement Letters and Department Placement Criteria documents.
You can expect them by the end of the week.

17. Test Corrections
Test corrections must be analyzed according to an error analysis sheet. Corrections are worth 2 percentage points.
Any student who scores below a 75% on a Chapter Test will have the opportunity to take a re-test (within 1 week), on which they can earn a maximum score of 75%.

18. Need Help?
We are available for help after school on Mondays, Thursdays, and every other Tuesday.
High School tutors will be available after school on Mondays and Thursdays beginning the week of 10/2.
Peer tutors are also available after school

19. Pennsylvania State Standards
Focus – Move away from “mile wide, inch deep” curricula; Narrow scope of content
Coherence – Build on solid conceptual understanding; Think across grades & link to major topics within grade
Rigor – Conceptual understanding; Procedural skills & fluency; Problem solving

20. Mathematical Practices
Make sense of problems & persevere in solving them
Reason abstractly & quantitatively
Construct viable arguments & critique the reasoning of others
Model with mathematics
Use appropriate tools strategically
Attend to precision
Look for & make use of structure
Look for & express regularity in repeated reasoning

21. SHMS Math Mission Statement
The mission of the SHMS mathematics program is to:
Inspire intellectual curiosity and aesthetic appreciation of mathematics as a body of knowledge
Promote critical thinking and problem solving skills to solve real world problems
Develop computational fluency and understanding of mathematical algorithms in order to apply known facts to unknown situations
Encourage students to be active participants in a life-long learning process as independent thinkers

22. Problem Solving in Math in Focus

23. Looking forward to a wonderful year!!
Thank you for coming!!
Enjoy your evening!
Looking forward to a wonderful year!!