8th Grade Math
Homework:
It
is usually assigned everyday & will be corrected on the next
day in class. It should be done in
pencil & corrected in pen. The
number wrong should be on the top of the paper & a mark through the
incorrect ones. The work should be done
on loose-leaf notebook paper and have your name, page number,
and numbers assigned at the top of the paper. Credit will be given for the number of
problems tried, not the number
correct. Homework will be worth 10
points and a student that has tried all the problems , corrected the homework in pen, & shown the proper amount of work on
necessary problems will receive all 10 points.
A student will receive less points if not all problems have been done,
it has not been corrected, or work has not been shown. One point will be
deducted if it is not done in pencil. The
assignment must be done at the beginning of class to be given full credit. Late
homework will be worth 5 points at most.
Late homework must be turned in by the end of the next class; a 0 will
be put in the grade book after that. Homework will be 15% of the final quarter
grade.
Notes:
All students will be expected to take notes every
time that they are given. The students
will keep these notes in a three ring binder. I will collect & grade these notebooks every
few weeks & it will be part of the student’s notebook grade. A student that misses a class will be
expected to get the notes from a classmate.
Notebook:
All students will keep a notebook
that includes the notes that we take & the homework that has been passed
back to the students. Any handouts given
should be hole-punched &put in this notebook. (including these rules) This notebook should be brought to EVERY class & should be kept
organized so that I know where to look when grading it. The notebook will not be graded if I can’t
find what I am looking for. Late
notebooks will have points deducted from the grade. The notebook will be 5% of the final quarter
grade.
Materials:
Bring all materials with you everyday
to class; do not ask to go to your locker to get something you forgot. The materials you should bring everyday to
class are the following: textbook,
notebook, pencil, paper, pen, calculator
(when needed)
Tests/ Quizzes:
They will be given at different points through out
the unit and will be graded on the point system. They will all be worth 100 points, whether a
test or quiz is given. The percent will
be what goes in the grade book. There
will be smaller quizzes given once a week
that will be put together & count as one quiz score at the end of
the chapter. These smaller weekly quizzes will not always be
announced before the day they are given.
Tests\quizzes will be 80% of the quarter grade.
Retakes:
Any student who gets a grade lower than a 70% can
re-take a test or quiz in hopes of improving their grade. An average of the two scores will be taken
with 70% being the highest grade possible to earn. All retakes need to be taken by a set date
that will be determined after each quiz/test.
Make-up Work:
If you miss class,
you should see me before the next class meeting in order to get what
work you missed. You have as many days
to turn in the work as the number of days you were out.
Quarter Grade:
The quarter grade will be based on the point system
for each category of grades.
Test/quizzes will be worth 80% of the grade, homework will be worth 15% of the grade, & the notebook will be worth 5% of the
grade
Students are expected to remain seated while I am teaching. A student should ask to use the restroom at
the beginning of class, or while we are doing seat or group work. This is also the time when a student should
get a tissue or sharpen their pencil. It
is to distracting to have students walking in front of the class while other
students are trying to learn. A student
may get up if there is an emergency.
Materials Needed: pencil, pen,
loose-leaf notebook paper, three-ring binder, protractor, dry-erase
marker, scientific calculator