Welcome to the 6th Grade

Yellow Team

And Room 238

Contacting Me/Us

• Email quinlanb@centergrove.k12.in.us• Voicemail-not quick to respond• Team time M, T, Th, F from 1:55-2:40• No team meetings on Wednesdays

Things to Bring EVERY DAY

• Pencil• Math notebook• Loose leaf paper• Dry erase marker• Math book

Math Homework Policy

• Expect HW 3 nights per week. None Fridays• Missing homework = name in “book” and a

zero in the gradebook• Turn HW in next day with no grade penalty• Turn in 2 or more days late = loss of 10%• Missing HW can be turned in until the last

week of a grading period• No reminders will be given--RESPONSIBLE

Grading Procedures• HW = 30% Tests = 70%• All HW can be redone

until you get 100%• Tests can be redone

ONCE for ½ credit• Late work still loses 10%• Papers with % grade on

them are in gradebook• Papers with # wrong are

not in gradebook

Topics We Will Cover

• Operations with decimals and fractions

• Percents• Integers• Ratios and proportions• Evaluating expressions• Solving one-step

equations

• Graphing and analysis

• Geometry-2D and 3D figures

• Measurement-U.S and metric systems

• Conversions

Topics We Will Cover-Honors

• Some review-EL• Operations with

integers• Rational numbers• Solving basic and

multistep equations• Solving inequalities• Ratios, proportions,

percents

• Scale drawings/models• Calculating interest• Mult/div. monomials• Pythagorean Theorem• Angle relationships• Area, volume, and

surface area• Graphs and statistics• Probability

Getting HELP

•Mr. Q’s website for notes/videos• Rose Hulman HW Helpline• Khan Academy website• Extra credit

Honors Grade Expectations

• Students enrolled in Honors classes are expected to maintain grades of 73% (C) or better throughout their enrollment in the classes.

• If a student receives a 70-72% (C-) or lower at the end of the first, second, or fourth nine weeks grading period, he/she will be moved down a course level at the start of the following grading period.

• If a student receives a 70-72% (C-) or lower at the end of the third nine weeks grading period, he/she will remain in the class through the school year, but moved down a course level at the start of the next school year.

Things to Remember

• Don’t be a helicopter parent. You can’t come to their rescue forever.• Teachers have no reason to lie about

what happens in school.• Be patient.• We are here for your children.

Contact us with any questions.

BE NICEWORK HARD

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