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Class Information
8th Grade Math/7th Grade Math
Lyn Davies
2007-2008
Room B118
Office Hours: 9:20-10:30 M-F
E_mail: lyn_davies@dpsk12.org
Phone: (720) 424-1700 ext 1760
Materials
Lined paper
Graph paper
Pencil or black pen
4 function calculator (TI 83 Calculator is recommended but not required)
dry erase marker
Policies and Procedures
Be respectful.
**Extreme behavior problems will
be dealt with immediately. This includes any behavior that is
disruptive to the point where learning cannot continue.*
DSA has a school wide policy on non-extreme behavior management that I will
follow. If not in the student handbook it will be copied and
posted on my DSA web page.
Tardies:
➢ Any unexcused tardy in excess of 10 minutes will
result in failure to earn 3 of 10 possible daily participation points.
➢ Any unexcused tardy in excess of 30 minutes will result in failure to earn all 10 participation points.
➢ 3 tardies result in parent notification.
➢ 4 tardies result in notification to the administration with details such as length of tardies.
➢ 5 tardies or more will result in office referral.
Absence:
➢ Work missed during an UNEXCUSED absence may not be made up.
➢ Work missed during an EXCUSED absence must be made
up within 2 school days of students return to class. (DPS Policy)
➢ When class is missed for SCHOOL RELATED activities
it is the students responsibility to find out what was missed.
➢ Outside tutoring time is limited to appointment only.
No Food or Drink Except Water in a Clear Spill Proof Container
Electronic Devices
Must remain in the silent or off position.
Initial violations will be warned and parents contacted via e-mail or phone.
Repeated or extreme violations will result in the student being sent to the office with the device.
Grading Scale:
90 and above A
80-89 B
70-79 C
60-69 D
Below 60 F
Breakdown
20% Daily in Class Performance
These points are earned by being on time to class, doing as asked in class, and being prepared for class.
30% Homework
20% Quizzes/Informal Assessment
20% Unit Tests
10% Final Exam
Method:
Exceeds standard 90-100% of possible point value
Meets standard 80-89% of possible point value
Fails to meet standard but deficiencies are minor
and all work was attempted 70-79%
of possible point value
Fails to meet standard with serious deficiencies
but most work was attempted 60-69%
of possible point value
Very little understanding demonstrated and/or work
less than half complete 59% or
below
Rubrics will be posted on an as needed basis for projects and homework.
Late Work:
Work that is turned in two days late for non
absence related reasons is worth 80% of the original point value.
Work may be turned in for a maximum of 50% point
value until the end of the unit during which it was assigned.
Any missed assessment must be made up within two days of returning to school.
Please sign and return to Mrs. Davies as an acknowledgement that you have seen this document and understand it.
Student (print and sign) ______________________________
Parent (print and sign) ______________________________
Course Objectives and Timeline:
August late September Thinking With Mathematical Models
o Students will learn to recognize linear and
nonlinear patterns, write linear equations, and graph linear data and
equations.
o Students will develop the skills of solving linear
equations, writing equations of lines and solving inequalities.
September late October Growing, Growing, Growing
o Students will learn to recognize exponential
patterns, construct exponential equations, and solve problems about
exponential growth and decay.
o Students will develop the skills of using
exponents, working with exponential functions, simplifying exponential
expressions.
October mid November Samples and Populations
o Students will compare, analyze data using measures of center, spread and data display shapes.
o Students will develop the skills of using, reading and constructing histograms and box plots.
November 1st Semester End Frogs, Fleas and Painted Cubes
o Students will recognize connections between
quadratic equations and patterns in tables and graphs through
situations such as area models.
o Students will explore x and y intercepts and
compare properties of quadratic, linear and exponential relationships.
o Students will develop the skills of factoring and expanding expressions and graphing parabolas.
January - mid February Say it with Symbols
o Students will model situations with symbolic
mathematics, solve linear equations and understand how and when to use
various symbols to display relationships.
o Students will develop the skills of writing
equivalent expressions and applying the proper order of operations to
mathematical expressions.
Mid February March Looking for Pythagoras
o Students will understand apply and use the
Pythagorean Theorem as discovered through figures drawn on coordinate
grids.
o Students will develop the skills of graphing
equations, finding square roots and solving special right triangles.
April Shapes of Algebra
o Students will create and use equations of circles,
determine if lines are parallel or perpendicular and solve systems of
linear equations and inequalities.
o Students will develop the skills of finding
midpoints, writing and solving linear equations inequalities and
systems in two variables.
May Kaleidoscopes, Hubcaps, and Mirrors
o Students will describe symmetry in terms of transformations, reflections, rotations and translations.
o Students will develop the skills of identifying various types of symmetry and analyzing transformations.
7th Grade Math Curriculum Overview
Variables and Patterns (Beginning through September)
Linear Functions through tables, graphs and equations
Stretching and Shrinking (October through early November)
Similar figures, scale factor
Comparing and Scaling (Mid November through the end of Semester I)
Ratios, rates, proportions and related comparison problem solving
Accentuate the Negative (January through early February)
Basic computation involving negatives and positives
Moving Straight Ahead (Mid February through March)
More depth with linear functions and one variable equations
Filling and Wrapping (late March through April)
surface area and volume of solids
What do you Expect? (May)
elementary probability and statistics
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