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ALGEBRA OPEN HOUSE 2011. Peggy Rice. Certified Middle School Math Certified High School Math National Board Certified Taught at NBMS since 1998 Before taught at Asheville Middle. HIGH SCHOOL COURSE. EOC/25% of grade 20 day rule Follow with Geometry or Geometry Honors
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Peggy Rice • Certified Middle School Math • Certified High School Math • National Board Certified • Taught at NBMS since 1998 • Before taught at Asheville Middle
HIGH SCHOOL COURSE • EOC/25% of grade • 20 day rule • Follow with Geometry or Geometry Honors • 10 absences-5 per semester • 1 hour of class to get counted
CONNECTED MATH • Connects strands • Connects subject areas • Connects to real life situations • Connects to earlier investigations and develops deeper understandings
GOALS • To develop researchers • To develop communicators • To develop free thinkers
TOPICS INCLUDED • Linear Relationships • Quadratic Relationships • Exponential Relationships • Exploring polynomials and how to use them to solve problems by factoring
AREAS OF DIFFICULTY LAST YEAR • Properties of powers • Factoring
HOMEWORK • Monday through Thursday • Will evidence thinking • When stuck • www.PHSchool.com • Write what is known • Consult notes and class work • Write questions • Listed on my website • Tutoring by request
GRADING • Homework 20% • Class work/Participation 20% • Quizzes 20% • Tests 40%
CALCULATORS • Where can they be found? • Need one for homework • If it is a hardship
OPPORTUNITIES FOR COMPETITION • Math Counts • AMC8/AMC10 • Algebra Team at Western Carolina