CPM Geometry, Mrs. S. Kramer, room 208
WELCOME to the 2012-2013 school year!
CONTACT MRS. KRAMER
Voice-Mail: 412-4860 ext 43208
Planning : 1st Period
Lunch: First Lunch
E-mail: anytime, skramer@nthurston.k12.wa.us, with questions or concerns.
(Please include your student’s in the subject line to avoid being “SPAMMED.” I try to respond within 24 hours, so if
you’ve not heard back from me by the next day, please send another note, or leave a voice mail message.)
CURRICULUM
Geometry is a Standards Based class. By the end of the year, Geometry students will have studied these topics:
1) Conditionals & Transformations
6) Coordinate Geometry
11) Circles
2) Angle Relationships
7) Proofs & Quadrilaterals
3) Triangle Similarity
8) Polygons
4) Right Triangles, Trigonometry
9) 3-D Shapes
5) Triangle Congruency
10) Measurement
MATH HELP
For homework help, check the website, “cpm.org” to find hints and solutions to many book problems. Refer to notes
or early work, text or call a classmate, or write the problem on the “Homework Question” whiteboard on the front
wall of our classroom, to be sure your question gets answered.
You can arrange one-on-one help with me, or get help from peer tutoring during the day, or our math lab at the
THS library after school on Tues and Thurs.
TOOLS/SUPPLIES
Please use pencil or erasable blue/black ink to do all math work, in your graph paper notebook. (If you can’t find
this notebook, get a regular notebook and loose graph paper.) ALL work is kept in your notebook. Notebooks are
scored every few weeks for work completion. Homework quizzes will be given and notebooks can be used on
these quizzes! You need a red or green pen, (not blue/black) to correct daily work, and a scientific calculator. Cell
phones are not permitted as calculators. You can buy a scientific calculator from Mr. Dixon (room 327) for $10.
IF YOU NEED HELP GETTING MATERIALS PLEASE SEE YOUR COUNSELOR OR THE SCHOOL NURSE.
Both can help you get materials.
ATTENDANCE
Attending class is very important. If you miss class you miss something. Check the whiteboard or homework
bulletin board at the back of class when you’re absent. Because notebooks are scored every 10-14 days, you
usually have plenty of time to get work made up. Check with Mrs. K if you need extra time for some reason.
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LEARNING ACTIVITY/PRACTICE
As class begins, students start Early Work from the document camera on a paper that is turned in every Friday.
Attempting each question and correcting them with the clas, using your colored pen, guarantees a good score on
this “E Wk”, and provides reference problems and notes for later homework/practice.
Daily class activities are listed weekly on the whiteboard, and all your class work and homework is done or added
into your notebook. Show all work, (step-by-step, to show your thinking.) Homework practice is an important part
of learning, If you do not practice new skills within 24 hours, you will forget 75% of it! Notebook checks are worth
between 50-100 pts, and students get a list of work to be checked a couple days before it is due.
Quizzes are usually given throughout a unit, after we’ve practiced the skill. These may, or may not, be announced.
Occasionally, I will give a “homework quiz” where you can look at your homework to get the answer. These
homework quizzes are to check that homework is being done timely and students are participating in correcting
their work.
Tests are the same for all Geometry classes in our district and cover the unit Standards.. You must meet the
minimum standard of 70% to “pass a standard.” See me if you do not pass the standard test. You should plan on
time outside of class to correct your errors on the test, and plan extra time to improve your test score. If you are
absent for a test, you will be expected to take the test the day you return to class. Approved, pre-arranged
absences can often get assignments prior to your absence.
HELP/ASSISTANCE
Get help right away! You will not know how to do everything in this class. If you did – you’re in the wrong class!
Please ASK! Help options: cpm.org, for homework help, call/text a friend, arrange to see Mrs. Kramer, attend
Math Lab Tues/Thurs after school or get a pass for Peer Tutoring help.
GRADING
Daily activity: Class/Homewk 20 %
Assessment: Quizzes/Tests
80 %
Grades are updated on SKYWARD every week. An asterisk (*) means, assigned but not scored yet.
Letter grades are as follows:
A = 93% - 100%,
A- = 90% - 92.5%,
B+ = 87% - 89.5%,
B = 83% - 86.5%,
B- = 80% - 82.5%,
C+ = 77% - 79.5%,
C = 73% - 76.5%,
C- = 65% - 79.5%,
D+ = 67% - 69.5%,
D = 59.5% - 66.5%
F = below 59.5%
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