SEWANHAKA HIGH SCHOOL
MATHEMATICS DEPARTMENT
COURSE CRITERIA FOR MATH 8 ENRICHMENT
Teacher: Mr. Long
Teachers email: rlong@sewanhaka.k12.ny.us
Department Telephone Number: 488 - 9626
TO BE SUCCESSFUL IN MATHEMATICS THIS YEAR:
1. YOU WILL NEED
a) A section of your binder and a folder for handouts.
b) Pens and pencils
c) A calculator: We will be using the TI-30XII scientific calculator in class, but
any
scientific calculator is acceptable. After the Assessment Test in May, students will
learn
how to use the graphing calculator, needed for Integrated Algebra next year.
2) YOU MUST BE RESPONSIBLE FOR
a) Taking notes in class and maintaining a good notebook.
b) Doing Study Island Assignments on-line at home or in the Library.
c) Making up work missed due to absence in a timely manner. It is the student’s
responsibility to find out from the teacher what work has been missed and to see that
it
is made up.
d) Attending weekly Assessment Prep classes in March, April, and May, before or
after school.
e) Attending extra help classes when you need help with a topic.
3) CLASS POLICIES
a) This class is mandated by the NY State Department of Education. Its goal
is
to improve students work in arithmetic fundamentals to prepare students for
their next Assessment Test.
b) Grades: Test, assignments, and classwork grades will be averages and used by
your Mathematics 8 teacher as a test grade when computing your grade in Math 8.
c) Both the Assessment Test and the final examination will have both calculator
and
non-calculator parts. Students must know how to do problems both with and
without
the use of a calculator.