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Donna Johnson

Welcome to Mrs. Johnson’s Math class Please find your child’s schedule at the front of the room, sign in, and take a PTA budget form and ballot. Donna Johnson. Math Teacher grades 7/8 MSM II and Algebra 1 donna_johnson@hcpss.org 410-313-5520 http://johnsonmath.hcpss.wikispaces.net.

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Donna Johnson

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  1. Welcome to Mrs. Johnson’s Math classPlease find your child’s schedule at the front of the room, sign in, and take a PTA budget form and ballot

  2. Donna Johnson Math Teacher grades 7/8 • MSM II and Algebra 1 • donna_johnson@hcpss.org • 410-313-5520 • http://johnsonmath.hcpss.wikispaces.net

  3. Attendance • Daily attendance is essential to understanding the concepts covered during class time. • Please try to schedule appointments after school hours

  4. Agenda Book • Communication • Assignments written correctly • Missing assignments stamped/marked in red • Upcoming quiz or test

  5. Prerequisite Skills - Algebra • Integer Operations • Computation with decimals and fractions (positive and negative) • SMART pages - Student Mathematics Activities Resource Tools http://www.hcpss.org/smart/#secondary

  6. Prerequisite Skills - MSMII • Basic Facts for all operations • Understanding of fractions/decimals • Problem solving strategies • SMART - Student Mathematics Activities Resource Tools http://www.hcpss.org/smart/#secondary

  7. The Standards for Mathematical Practices • Make sense of problems and persevere in solving them. • Reason abstractly and quantitatively. • Construct viable arguments and critique the reasoning of others. • Model with mathematics. • Use appropriate tools strategically. • Attend to precision. • Look for and make use of structure. • Look for and express regularity in repeated reasoning.

  8. To Learn more…. • Common Core State Standardshttp://www.corestandards.org • National PTA: Parent’s Guide to the Common Corehttp://www.pta.org/4446.htm • Maryland State Department of Education Common Core Frameworkshttp://mdk12.org/instruction/commoncore

  9. MSA • Test of reading and math achievement that meets the testing requirements of the federal No Child Left Behind Act. • Given in reading and math grades 3 through 8. • Math MSA is in March • Scores from the MSA and other state tests are posted on the Web at www.mdreportcard.org.

  10. High School Assessment • The Maryland High School Assessments (HSA) are tests that measure school and individual student progress toward Maryland's High School Core Learning Goals. • Passing the HSA is a graduation requirement. • Given third week of May

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