Quarterly grades will be calculated by averaging work in several categories. The categories and their weights are listed below.
Homework - 15 percent
Class Participation - 15 percent
Quizzes - 25 percent
Tests - 25 percent
Cognitive Tutor - 20 percent
Cognitive Tutor is a program that helps students learn math and measures their progress. Grades on Cognitive Tutor will be based on the number of units that a student has finished and on how many unit skills that the student has mastered.
How Class Participation and Homework Grades Are Determined
On most days, the class participation and homework grades will be determined by the point values received for class participation and homework. The correspondence will be:
Points
Homework or Class Participation Grade
3
100
2
85
1
70
0
Effect of Late Homework or Classwork on Grades
Unless a student is absent or ill, ten points will be deducted from the grade for late homework or classwork.
Students can make up missed homework or classwork on a unit until they have taken a chapter test on the associated material. After taking the chapter test, students can no longer make up missed classwork or homework on the chapter.
Requirements to Retake a Test or Quiz
Students can always retake a quiz or test within 2 weeks of the date the original quiz or test was returned to the class. In order to retake a quiz or a test, the student must first meet with his/her teacher to review how to do the missed problems. No retakes of tests or quizzes will be scheduled without a prior meeting with the teacher. The student retaking a quiz or a test will receive the higher of the two grades.
Requirements to Receive Full Credit for Missed Classwork or Homework
Less Than 1 week
When a student is absent, the student must make up missed classwork and homework. These will be posted on this web site so that students and their families can get the missed classwork or homework from home. Work must be made up even if the absence is related to a trip, a special event, a temporary indisposition, a trip to the nurses office, a period spent in detention, etc.
For absences of up to 5 days, students have 1 day for every day missed to make up missed homework. The work must be made up gradually, not all handed in the last day. For example, a student who has missed 5 days of class must turn in missed homework or classwork on the schedule listed below:
Day Back
Work to Be Handed In
First day back
Homework that was due on first day of absence
Second day back
Classwork and homework that were assigned the first day of absence
Third day back
Classwork and homework that were assigned on the second day of absence
Fourth day back
Classwork and homework that were assigned on the third day of absence.
Fifth day back
Classwork and homework that were assigned on the fourth day of absence
Sixth day back
Classwork and homework that were done on the fifth day of absence.
More Than 1 Week or Special Needs
Special arrangements will be made for absences longer than a week since students will usually need help to catch up after a long absence. Special arrangements can also be made for any student that needs additional help with course material. Please discuss any special needs with the students teacher.
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Mrs. Swissa has a degree in Elementary Education with a minor in Teacher Education in Mathematics from the University of Illinois. She has certifications to teach both Elementary and High School Mathematics. Mrs. Swissa has worked with students of all ages in a variety of settings including overnight camping, coaching, private tutoring, leadership training programs, and language schools in Japan.
Since she was in school, Mrs. Swissa has always been enthusiastic about mathematics and hopes to pass that on to her students. Her teaching methods always include thought provoking questions and lively lessons. She cares about the students as individuals, in and out of the classroom, and works to accommodate their specific needs.
Carnegie Learning is a research based curriculum that helps students learn mathematics by using realistic problems to discover mathematical ideas. The program has two parts:
Cognitive Tutor allows students to move at their own pace so that students who need additional practice can get it and students who are comfortable with the material can move ahead. The Carnegie Learning Mathematics curriculum has been adopted by a number of school districts in New Jersey. For more information on Carnegie Learning, go to http://www.carnegielearning.com/ .
Instructions to use COGNITIVE TUTOR at home
Go to site: http://online.carnegielearning.com
Click: LAUNCH THE SOFTWARE AS A STUDENT
Type in your school ID:
Click: Log In
Click: Click to Launch COGNITIVE TUTOR
A Save As box will appear.
Choose where you would like to save the file and click: Save
Open the file.
When the file download is complete. Click: Run
Type in your full name (with spaces): (ie: Sam Pull)
