1. Mustang Night Mrs. Lori Limon Geometry and Connect 3 Math Agenda Who is Mrs. Limon? Curriculum Effective Grading Practices Absences Calculators Providing Support at Home

2. Mrs. Lori Limon From Middletown, Ohio Bachelor’s of Science in Secondary Education, Ohio University ~ Athens, Ohio Master’s Degree, City University ~ Seattle, Washington Principal Licensure Program, Colorado State University ~ Fort Collins, Colorado Married with Four Children

3. The Limon Family

4. Geometry Curriculum Tools of Geometry Transformations Parallel and Perpendicular Lines Reasoning and Proof Congruency Triangle Relationships Quadrilaterals Similarity Measurement & Modeling Right Triangles and Trigonometry Probability Circles, Arcs, and Sectors

5. Conn. 3 is Student-Centered Students are discovering the concepts in groups through investigations, facilitated by the teacher Students form their own personal connection to the material and therefore retain it and understand how to apply it What this means for you, as Parents Homework Help DO have your student write down questions DO ask your student open-ended questions to facilitate their learning Do Not provide Algorithms Do Not let your student overwork or stress out Connected 3 Curriculum

6. Tools of Algebra Pythagorean Theorem Transformations Scatter Plots Linear Relationships Systems of Equations Exponents

7. Effective Grading Practices Formative Assessments: These assessments are given as part of the instructional process, and they provide information needed to adjust teaching and learning while they are happening Retakes may be accepted or required by the teacher until proficiency is met or until the summative assessment has been given Counts as 30% of overall grade Types of Formative Assessments: Homework quizzes, unit quizzes, basic skills

8. Effective Grading Practices Summative Assessments: These assessments are given periodically to determine at a particular point in time what students know and are able to do Summative assessments are an independent summary of the learning and retakes are not permitted Counts as 70% of the overall grade Types of Summative Assessments: Unit Tests, Math Mate Tests, Projects, (TCAP, Maps)

9. Formative Assessments Retakes At teacher discretion Retakes must be completed on their own time (ELO), not during class time All prior homework must be completed and turned in before a student can retake a formative Student must fix and clarify (make corrections) on the original formative and turned in with evidence of learning Students must get a parent signature on the original formative before a retake Retakes have to be completed before the unit summative assessment Extra Credit will not be offered

10. Absences  Due to block scheduling, missing one day is equivalent to missing 2 classes of a traditional 45 minute class  Students are responsible to make up missed work  The student is expected to check the whiteboard in my classroom, the Google calendar, my wikispace, or may ask peers to get missed work http://kin.psdschools.org http://kin.psdschools.org  Math assignments will be posted on my wikispace: mustang-math.wikispaces.com

11. Calculators TI 83 or 84 Plus (Graphing) ~ Geometry TI 30 or 34 (Scientific) ~ Connect 3 Locations to purchase calculators: Office Depot Staples Wal-Mart Pawn Shops ($70.00)

12. Thank You Ways to communicate with Mrs. Limon: Phone: (970) 488-5469 Email: llimon@psdschool.orgllimon@psdschool.org Address: 3002 E. Trilby Road Fort Collins, CO 80528