1. WELCOME TO MRS. KIM’S PRE-ALGEBRA 2015 - 2016

2. WHAT WE WILL LEARN THIS YEAR Unit 1 The Number System and Exponents Unit 2 Analyzing Functions and Equations Unit 3 Geometry Unit 4 Statistics and Probability

3. WHAT DO WE DO EVERYDAY? Warm-up Homework and Agenda Book Check Warm-up review, Homework review Lesson Independent Practice or Group Activity Closure Receive Homework and pack up!

4. WHAT DO WE DO WEEKLY? Graded Classwork Group Activity, Independent Practice & Warm-up Assessment Mini Quiz, Quiz, Unit Test Check Points! Skills Review (Rational Numbers, Operations, Simplifying Expressions, Solving Equations)

5. HOW ARE WE LEARNING MATH? We use the Standards of Mathematical Practice 1.Make sense of problems and persevere in solving them 2.Reason abstractly and quantitatively 3.Construct viable arguments and critique the reasoning of others 4.Model with mathematics 5.Use appropriate tools strategically 6.Attend to precision 7.Look for and make use of structure 8.Look for and express regularity and repeated reasoning..

6. GRADING POLICY AND OTHER POLICY CHANGES Homework 10% Graded Classwork 35% Assessments 55%

7. WHAT MATERIALS DO WE NEED? Students need the following daily PENCILS, please!!!! Glue Stick Red Pen Highlighter Students need the following at home. Ruler, Protractor, Calculator (TI-84 Plus will be recommended for Algebra)

8. WHERE ARE WE HEADING? In ALGEBRA next year: Reasoning with Expressions and Equations Linear and Exponential Relationships Quadratic Functions and Modeling Descriptive Statistics Modeling with Other Functions

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10. HOW CAN PARENTS FIND MORE INFORMATION ABOUT WHAT WE ARE LEARNING? http://hcpssfamilymath.weebly.com

11. LET’S WORK TOGETHER! Please contact me with any questions or concerns. soojung_kim@hcpss.org 410-313-1506