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Welcome Parents! Please take a yellow paper and fill it out. Tara Merchiore Mathematics Department Maple Point Middle School 2014-2015. Curriculum: 6 th Grade Math. The curriculum has been aligned to the Common Core Standards. Topics: Integers Coordinate Plane Whole Numbers & Patterns

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  1. Welcome Parents!Please take a yellow paper and fill it out. Tara Merchiore Mathematics Department Maple Point Middle School 2014-2015

  2. Curriculum: 6th Grade Math • The curriculum has been aligned to the Common Core Standards. • Topics: • Integers • Coordinate Plane • Whole Numbers & Patterns • Equations • Decimals, Fractions, & Percent • Analyzing Data • Proportional Relationships • Geometry • Probability

  3. Grading • Marking period grades will be determined by the number of points you earn on the following things: • Tests (usually one per chapter) • Quizzes (at least one per week) • Homework (typically given every night) • Notebook Quiz (one per marking period) • BPO (Bonus Point Opportunities) • Report cards and progress reports are sent home electronically.

  4. Home Access Center Homework grades are updated daily. Please update your e-mail address.

  5. Website • Assignment Log • Updated daily • Calendar • Lists upcoming tests/quizzes • Indicates chapter & section being covered each day. • Link to Holt Online

  6. Extra Help • Before school on Tuesdays & Fridays (7:15-7:45 am) • A clinic pass must be obtained in order to attend. • Please check my calendar for availability • Study Hall Day 4 during 4thperiod • Homework Club: will be held after school on Tuesdays & Thursdays. There will be a 4:00 pm bus to take students home.

  7. Assessments • MAP Testing, or the Measure of Academic Progress, is a computerized adaptive test which helps teachers, parents, and administrators improve learning for all students and make informed decisions to promote a child's academic growth. • Testing Windows • 9-15 to 9-30 • 1-5 to 1-23 • 5-13 to 5-24 • Taken during school day • District Quarterly Test • End of First and Second Marking Periods • Literacy Indicator #1(SLO) • Performance Indicator #1(SLO) • Taken during school day

  8. Assessments Continued • PSSA English Language Arts and Math/Science: The Pennsylvania System of School Assessment (PSSA) includes assessments in English Language Arts and Mathematics which are taken by students in grades 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 and 8. The English Language Arts and Mathematics PSSAs include items that are consistent with the Assessment Anchors/Eligible Content aligned to the Pennsylvania Common Core Standards in English Language Arts and Mathematics.  The Science PSSAs include items that are aligned to the Assessment Anchors/Eligible Content aligned to the Pennsylvania Academic Standards for Science, Technology, Environment and Ecology. • Taken during school day

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