1. Welcome ! 6 th Grade OCR Math

2. Mrs. Tara Stepanian Bachelors Degree - Muhlenberg College Masters Degree - The College of Saint Elizabeth Certificates –Special Education K-12 –Elementary K-8 –Middle School Math 5-8 –Middle School Science 5-8 –HQT in Language Arts K-8 Family has resided in LHT for over 30 years

3. Course Highlights Fractions –Adding –Subtracting –Multiplying –Dividing Geometry Measurement Decimals –Multiplying –Dividing –Changing to a fraction

4. Homework Given Monday – Thursday Reinforce concepts learned in school Should not take hours (10 - 20 min) Periodically collected for a grade Checked for completion Accepted late, but with point reduction Posted on the website –www.longhill.orgwww.longhill.org

5. Expectations Of Students Prepared –Assignment pad, homework, notebook, folder, pencil Open Mind –EVERYONE can do math Respectful –Great job so far! Of Parents Work together as a team Communicate –Positive and negative Model the usefulness of Math –Change –Checkbook

6. Grading The following percentages will be used to calculate student’s marking period grades. –35% Tests –25% Projects –20% Quizzes –15% Homework &Preparedness –5% Participation NOTE: A weekly Signed Papers Folder will be sent home. This is due back to school on Wednesday of each week. Failure to do so will result in lunch detention.

7. Incentives Homework Passes Bathroom Passes We will have a weekly goal to work toward to earn incentives. The goal will be posted on the calendar on my website.

8. Survey Please complete survey and return to me –Mail –E-mail –With student

9. Thank you! I am looking forward to a great year!