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Back to School Night 2015/2016
Honors GeometryAlycia Clarkson
Room O-203
Welcome!
Who am I? What do I do?BIOLA University
BS in Math 1997MA in Education 2001
National Board Certification 2003
Department ChairTrainer for Geometry
Teachers forSouthern California
Math CoachPrescriptive Teaching
Main Goal
Get your kids to reason, analyze, problem solve, compare, predict, prove…….
To be come good Critical thinkers,
Creative problem solvers, Communicators, Collaborators
-Not just be good copiers who can regurgitate-
In other words…
REALLY think!
How?
Textbook is created with this in mind…..Read math- problems imbedded
Write math- explain answers in words
Discuss math- in teams and with whole class
Remember- Problems are spiraled so don’t forget how (see again in new situations at a deeper level)
More on teams…..Students now have multiple resources
available to problem solve, the teacher acting as the ultimate resource.
More complex problems can be solved with the help of others.
Teacher can now give more individualized instruction.
If students can explain their understanding, they definitely know it!
IMPORTANT INFORMATIONTeam Test- Similar to problem solving we do
daily… with higher stakes…. Now they HAVE to perform.No make-ups
(sports absences need to arrange to take theirs before they leave)
Drop the lowest test score each semester (if missed or messed up)
Homework Must get questions answered
Will get full credit when they doMust be done before individual test
Keeping tabs on your child’s progress…
What they should be doing:
Assignment sheetAlways in their
binder
How they are doing:Assignment sheetAERIES - your kids
have the passwords (same as their google passwords)
YOU can pick up yours in the office. (This SAT 8-11am)
How can you help?Ask questions (on the
hand out that is on my website)
I have chapter help as well as some daily help in the form of videos on my website.
Encourage them to ask a friend or me!!!Tutorial (day pass)
Invest in a private tutorI will have a list next
week!
Parent guide example.
That’s all folks.
Thanks for coming!My normal handout is on MY teacher website along with other goodies.
