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Back to School Night Presentation.notebook Mr. Cory Widmaier Mr. Cory Widmaier & Ms. Caroline Slater House 6 ­ 6 th Grade Math th Grade Math House 6 - 6 Do Now: Do Now: • Please sign in on a sign in • Please sign in on a sign in sheet being passed sheet being passed around around • Feel free to take a piece of • Feel free to take a piece of paper from the paper from the side table and side table and leave a note for your child (you can hand this in to one of the trays on the leave a note for your child (you windowsill) can hand this in to one of the trays on the windowsill) Everyday Mathematics Our Classroom • Your student was given a username and password inside the front cover of their agenda. • Do Now • This year, the passwords they were given were only • temporary. All students should have changed their Homework (Graded for completion, not accuracy) passwords to 2427Math6. 2 points, 1 point, 0 points • This provides them with access to the online textbook. • Challenge Problems • Students may log to use the abundance of resources it has to offer • Extra Help and print out a homelink if they left their book at school. My Website Everyday Mathematics • Nightly Homework • Important Dates • Study Tools & Resources 1

Back to School Night Presentation.notebook Google Classroom Topics We'll Cover Throughout the Year • Assignments/Forms/Quizzes • Number Systems • Study Guides & Answer Keys • Videos • Fraction Operations and Ratios • Decimal Operations and Percents • Algebraic Expressions and Equations • Area and Volume • Equivalent Expressions and Solving Equations • Variables and Algebraic Relationships Materials Grading Policy • Major/Minor Assessments ­ 75% • 1"+ binder with loose leaf Tests and Quizzes • Pencils, erasers, pens, and highlighters • Performance Assessments ­ 15% • Agenda Open Responses, Classwork, Do Now Checks • Calculator • Homework ­ 10% If there should be a • Math Journal & HomeLinks discrepancy of grading on a test/quiz vs. parent access, please contact There is no extra credit! me within a week. Other Notes • Conferences: October 23rd ­ 26th • Online diagnostic screening tool designed to feel like a game. • Students will complete the screener three times per year (October, February and May). • Students should only be stopping at their • Screener takes approximately 40 minutes per subject each time it is lockers before 1st period, before lunch, taken. It may be taken over multiple sessions if needed. after lunch, and before 11th period. • As with all student data, information from the screener is used to plan differentiated instruction based on each child’s needs. • Organization is crucial!!! Students receive • Results will be shared with parents after the screening is completed. notes handouts very often and will need to refer back to them regularly. • Diagnostic tool is adaptive meaning, if they get an answer wrong, the next question is easier. If they get an answer correct, the next question is harder until accurate level is determined. 2

Back to School Night Presentation.notebook Contact Information Contact Information • cwidmaier@ebnet.org • caroline.slater@ebnet.org • Questions • Questions • Concerns • Concerns • Check­in • Check­in • https://www.ebnet.org/Domain/900 • https://www.ebnet.org/Domain/1742 • Nightly Homework • Important Dates • Important Dates • Study Tools & Resources • Study Tools & Resources • Google Classroom • Google Classroom • Assignments/Videos/Quizzes Posted Regularly • Assignments/Videos/Quizzes Posted Regularly Closure • If you would like to let me know anything about your student, please feel free to write it on an index card and leave it in one of the paper trays on the windowsill before you leave! • Thank you for coming tonight! I look forward to a great year! 3