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Required Materials Projects

 Spiral Notebook An optional project will be assigned each 9-weeks. It is


Welcome to
intended to further your exploration of math and can
 Pencils improve your grade. Algebra 1!!
 Notebook paper You may earn from 1-5 points added to your final average.

 Red pen
A very detailed rubric will be distributed with each project
including a breakdown of the points. Ms. Nixon
 Markers or colored pencils nixona@santarosa.k12.fl.us
 Scientific calculator *Please check my website for info,
 Algebra Nation book (will be issued) links, and assignments.
 Issued hardback text should remain
at home Course Description
Tests
Grading Policy Welcome to Algebra 1! I am Annette Nixon,
Tests must be rigorous to prepare students for
this is my 3rd year at GBHS, but I have
The breakdown of the 9-week grading policy is: the EOC, and will be graded accordingly.
been teaching for over 25 years. And I am
 Tests: 50% A study session will be provided for most tests looking forward to this year!
 Quizzes: 35%
 Homework 15% BEFORE SCHOOL, THE DAY BEFORE THE Algebra is the basis for all higher level
TEST, in Ms. Nixon’s room. math, and I plan to make it rigorous,
Homework will be assigned every day! We will go
over 2 each day before it is graded. Each relevant, and try to throw in some
On-line practice tests are available on Algebra
assignment will be worth 20 points, 5 will be added enjoyment. I want you to love math as much
together to make a weekly grade which will be
Nation. as I do (or at least, not hate it!) by the end
posted in the grade book. of the year.
Students will have the opportunity to do
Quizzes will be given at least twice per week. Most test corrections for each test, earning back
will be only 6 questions. Some will be announced,
partial credit. Test corrections must be done
some will not. Longer quizzes may count as two quiz
in class, in the allotted time, and must
grades. I will drop the lowest quiz grade. Quizzes
missed due to absence will not be made up, but follow the prescribed format exactly.
instead will be marked with NG, and will not count
at all in the average.

Notebooks will be checked each 9-weeks and count


as a quiz grade.

Assignments will be posted on my website. AN


refers to Algebra Nation workbook, HRW refers The only way to LEARN
to hard back textbook, and WS for worksheets.
mathematics is to DO
mathematics!
Behavior Expectations Attendance Makeup Work

I have high expectations for all students. I expect It is difficult to learn Algebra if you aren’t here! If you miss class, it is YOUR
students to achieve academically to their fullest You have 3 days to make-up work for excused responsibility to get necessary make-up
potential. I also expect students to contribute in a absences. If it is an unexcused absence, you will be work. Complete all work that you missed,
positive manner to the classroom. The following is a list given a zero. If it is a pre-arranged absence, your
of classroom rules. within 3 days of your absence.
work should be complete and turned in on the day of
 Be on time. your return. If you are absent on a review day, but Check the MAKEUP FOLDERS (by day of
have been here for material instruction, you will be the week) located near the front
 Leave all classroom materials and calculators in the
required to take the test, the day you return. classroom door for any needed handouts.
CLASSROOM.

 RESPECT everyone in the classroom!


Any work not turned in within the
acceptable time period will be recorded
 Actively participate in all classroom activities. Passes
as a ‘zero’.
 Be prepared with all necessary materials I understand that you may have a life inside and outside of
EVERYDAY! school and that emergencies do arise. Each 9-weeks, you Any tests missed will be taken on the day

 All cell phones MUST be placed in cell phone locker will be given: of your return.

1 HW pass
1 late pass
1 bathroom pass
1 hall pass

At the end of the 9-weeks, any may be traded for 5 quiz


points EACH! So use them wisely! You may not leave the Extra Help
Discipline Interventions room, without one of these passes.
There are a few options available if you
If a student finds it difficult to follow the classroom believe you are falling behind and need extra
rules, the following interventions will be used (not help.
necessarily in this order):
Academic Integrity 1. Come in for homework help:
Conference with student
Parent contact (phone or email) Tuesday & Thursday 8:00-9:00
A student found to have engaged in academic
Office referral Math Lab Room 308
dishonesty shall be subject to grade penalties on
*Cell phones must be stored in the locked cell phone Wednesday 8:30-9:15
locker, and each has a charging station. Failure to
assignments or tests and disciplinary penalties in Ms. Nixon Rm 301
comply will result in an immediate referral with no accordance with the Student Code of Conduct.
warnings.  Cheating, plagiarism, and unauthorized 2. Find a ‘study buddy’ from this or
communication between students during another class to work with after
school.
exams/quizzes is prohibited. Incidents judged to be
EOC: Algebra 1 is an EOC class. The EOC dishonest by me or another professional will result 3. There are numerous ‘on-line’ help
(End of Course exam) is a state test and in disciplinary action, parent contact, and a grade of sites including: Algebra Nation (log
must be passed in order to graduate. zero. on through ClassLink) Khan
gggraduategrauduate.cordance with the UIL Academy, and YouTube.
Eligibility Calendar (available online).

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