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onors: (H)Students have a sheet with the assignments given by unit. I do not post these.
REGULAR ASSIGNMENTS
Assignments are in the book and/or on worksheets (wks).
They can find the assignment for the day at the end of their notes for the day.
The book can be axcessed on line at[Link] www.PHSchool.com
CHECK BOOK RECOMMENDATION AT THE BOTTOM OF THIS PAGE.
Homework: every night. It is started in class and finished at home.
Grading: Regulars - - 40% assignments; 10% participation;
40% tests and quizzes; 10% skills test
Honors - - 40% assignments
60% tests and quizzes
This changes for honors second semester to 25%/ 75%.
For all classes, quizzes are worth 25 points. 4 quizzes make a test.
I am available almost every day after school for help. If you want help in the morning just ask me the day before so I can make arrangements to let you in the building.
FUN MATH WEB SITES
www.mathpower.com math help
www.mathcounts.org great site if you love word problems
www.pbskids.org click on cyberchase and then click on games
There are several great ones for 7th graders.
Double the Donuts: demonstrates powers of 2
Point of View: EXCELLENT practice for identifying 3 - D objects on TAKS
Space Ship Builder: demonstrates relationships between area and perimeter.
Let me know if you find another game you like.
www.aaamath.com GREAT GIVES A LESSON ON THE TOPIC OF YOUR CHOICE AND THEN PRACTICE
[Link]www.math .com Great practice section
www.coolmath.com games and instruction
[Link]www.free.ed.gov
BOOK: I HIGHLY RECOMMEND: When We're in Public, Pretend You Don't Know Me by Susan Borowitz. The subtitle is: Surviving Your Daughter's Adolescence So You Don't Look Like an Idiot and She Still Talks to You..
I wish the book had been written when my daughter was in junior high. I think it would have eliminated several very loud interactions. It is an easy read and sometimes laugh-out-loud funny. I bet you will swear that in at least one example (maybe more) someone was secretly taping you and your child.
Understanding the individual is the key to being able to control the individual.
I have never raised a boy, but I have taught them; so I think the parents of boys would also benefit from this book.
It is a paperback book by Warner Books --- $12.95.
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