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