As a math educator, I would like to let you know about some of the procedures we will be using in my classroom on a daily basis. Although all of the areas of the curriculum are important to the growth and development of your child, math is one area that needs special attention. By sixth grade, students are expected to know their addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division facts. If they do not, their progress will be greatly hindered. Please work with your child if they have not memorized the facts. Students will especially need to know their multiplication facts because we will be spending much time on fractions and decimals.
You also need to know that your child may have either John Nawrot or Marcie Hanks for a math teacher instead of me. Although we are teaching the same curriculum to all the children, our styles may vary. We hope to have the math class in place by Monday the second week of school.
I will be giving a test the first day of school to determine your child’s needs. Your child will be using the Prentice Hall Course II book. I will teach and monitor your child’s progress to provide your child with the best opportunity for building their math skills. Last year if your child was in 5th grade at CCA, he/she used the Saxon textbook for math. At the 6th grade level, Prentice Hall is a challenging curriculum, but it is organized in chapters for clarity and consistency. Please anticipate an adjustment period in the first quarter due to these changes.
It is vital that your child completes all classroom and homework assignments on time, as they will be graded. I will provide answers to the homework assignments on the overhead projector the next day for your child to review and make corrections after checking to ensure he/she has completed the assignment. Points will be given daily for each completed homework assignment, and points will not be awarded for homework assignments not completed or missing, affecting the overall grade.
After 4 or 5 lessons in the book, a quiz will be given as an assessment tool. A test will be given after each of the twelve chapters, as well as at the end of the quarter and half way through the year. These assessment tools will determine whether or not your child is progressing adequately. He/she will also receive cumulative reviews after each chapter. Sample tests can be found on line for your child to take, and I strongly encourage them to do so. The website address for these tools is www.phschool.com. The book has web codes that can be entered onto the homepage.
Please let me know if you have any questions about math. Thank you, and I look forward to working with your child in math this year.
Mrs. Kreh
I will be giving a test the first day of school to determine your child’s needs. Your child will be using the Prentice Hall Course II book. I will teach and monitor your child’s progress to provide your child with the best opportunity for building their math skills. Last year if your child was in 5th grade at CCA, he/she used the Saxon textbook for math. At the 6th grade level, Prentice Hall is a challenging curriculum, but it is organized in chapters for clarity and consistency. Please anticipate an adjustment period in the first quarter due to these changes.
It is vital that your child completes all classroom and homework assignments on time, as they will be graded. I will provide answers to the homework assignments on the overhead projector the next day for your child to review and make corrections after checking to ensure he/she has completed the assignment. Points will be given daily for each completed homework assignment, and points will not be awarded for homework assignments not completed or missing, affecting the overall grade.
After 4 or 5 lessons in the book, a quiz will be given as an assessment tool. A test will be given after each of the twelve chapters, as well as at the end of the quarter and half way through the year. These assessment tools will determine whether or not your child is progressing adequately. He/she will also receive cumulative reviews after each chapter. Sample tests can be found on line for your child to take, and I strongly encourage them to do so. The website address for these tools is www.phschool.com. The book has web codes that can be entered onto the homepage.
Please let me know if you have any questions about math. Thank you, and I look forward to working with your child in math this year.
Mrs. Kreh
0 comments:
Post a Comment