1. Mr. Underwood – White team

2.  Family ◦ Wife – Kim (Southern’s PE teacher) ◦ Children – Jacob (7 th grade at Southern); Bryn and Reagan (5 th grade at Cornwall Terrace)  Education ◦ Undergraduate – Kent State University ◦ Graduate – Alvernia University  Experience ◦ Amanda Stoudt Elementary (Reading SD) ◦ Lincoln Park Elementary ◦ Southern Middle School  Extras ◦ Enjoy outdoor activities – exercising, camping, biking ◦ Coaching – Wilson HS baseball team; Southern MS basketball

3.  Envision – access entire curriculum online ◦ Textbook, workbook, and binder  Binder – organized by tabs  Vocabulary, Classwork, Spiral Reviews, Tests, Writing ◦ Spiral Reviews – in packet form for entire Topic – due the day before the test ◦ Most topics of general math are covered  Displaying data, fractions, decimals, geometry, simple algebra, probability, rates and ratios  Grading ◦ Tests – 50%; Long-term assignments (Spiral Reviews and Study Island) – 35%; Homework – 15%

4.  Usually given each night  Homework is reviewed the next day in class  All homework has a point value ◦ Nightly – 1 point ◦ Graded – based upon the number of questions  If incomplete – then 0 points are received  May not turn in late homework for credit  Used toward the opportunity to retake a topic test

5. Go to Wilson Southern’s web site to access Homework Hotline found on right side menu bar. Once on the Hotline, click on 6 th grade and then scroll down to your child’s math class to see that night’s homework.

6.  Your child will be allowed a one-time retake test within a two week cycle if his or her score is less than a 93% on a unit test. ◦ Your child must complete all homework assignments prior to Topic test retake.  A retake is required of any student scoring below a 63%. ◦ Additional remediation time is required outside of class.  It is the responsibility of the student to contact me to arrange a retake’s date and time.  Retakes are not offered during regular math class.  The higher score will count toward the quarter grade, with a 93% maximum.

7.  Remediation ◦ Definition - The correction of something not right ◦ 3 activity periods in a 6 day cycle  Based upon 5 th grade PSSA scores and Study Island benchmark test, students are placed into one of those classes for PSSA prep  Extra review of new concepts, math facts, PSSA prep  Additional Help ◦ Students can ask me for additional help outside of class time when my schedule allows it. ◦ Academic tutoring is available in library after school until 4:00.

8. Skyward allows you to keep an up to date account on how your child(ren) are performing in school. You will be given a username and password.

9. Study Island is an internet- based remediation and enrichment program for all ages. Each child has a SI account with which to utilize. We use SI to assist with the Everyday Math curriculum, assess learning through benchmark testing, and practice 6 th grade math topic assignments. If students fail to complete assignment by due date, an afterschool “Academic Success” time will be required. www.studyisland.com

10. The Khan Academy is another internet-based program for learning. This is a 21 st Century self-learning environment where students pick and learn topics at their own pace. I use videos from this site during my instruction. You must have a Google account in order to access the site, fortunately, each of your children have one through Wilson.Khan Academy Google account (ex.): 2012jonjamd@share.wilsonsd.org