Back to School Night 2013/2014

Honors GeometryAlycia Clarkson

Room O-203

Welcome!

I sent an email to all my kiddos yesterday.If you didn’t get it, we don’t have your correct

email on file.Please just call the office and let them know so

that they can fix it for you !

Correct email?

Sign up for text messagesText “@hgeomet” to

(657) 201-4309OR

Email a blank email tohgeomet@mail.remind101.com

Remind 101

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 for LA and Orange county

Math CoachPrescriptive Teaching

Main Goal

Get your kids to reason, analyze, problem solve, compare, predict, prove…….

-Not just regurgitate-

How?

Textbook looks different…..Read math- problems imbeddedWrite math- explain answers in wordsDiscuss math- in teams and with whole classRemember- 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 highlights of Class Expectations Team 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 sheetReal time access to

grades

How can you help?Ask questions (on

the hand out that is 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!

That’s all folks.Thanks for coming!

My normal handout is on MY teacher website along with other goodies.