Welcome to Meet Your Child’s Teacher Night!

Welcome to Meet Your Child’s Teacher Night! Miss Jena Shepler Room E213 Voicemail: 477-4616 Ext. 43618 jshepler@gcsc.k12.in.us

Rules and Consequences

Follow the Cougar Code • Be Respectful • Be Responsible • Be Ready to Learn

Specific rules • Treat everyone and everything in the room with respect. • Bring all math materials to class. • Math textbook, math binder (with completed assignment), student handbook , composition notebook, paper, and a pencil. • Come prepared to work each day. • Allow me to teach and other students to learn. • No cheating! If students are caught cheating, they will receive an automatic zero on that assignment.

Consequences • Positive Consequences: REWARDS  that result when students abide by the rules. • Owl Stars, Cougar Card, etc.

Consequences Negative Consequences: PENALTIES  that result when students break the rules. 1st offense: Verbal warning/recorded 2nd offense: 1 closed lunch/recorded 3rd offense: 1 week closed lunch/recorded 4th offense: Parent Contact/recorded 5th offense: Office Referral or for SEVERE DISRUPTION sent directly to the office

Miss Shepler’sClassroom Procedures

Start of Class Expectation • Students will start class each day with a warm-up activity. • These activities will be written in monthly calendar and graded at the end of each month.

Daily Agenda • The daily agenda will be posted on the whiteboard on the RIGHT side of the room. Past homework assignments are written on the calendar in the front of the room by the door.

Student Planner • Students complete daily by writing down any homework or upcoming quizzes, tests, or projects. • Students can check their planner at the end of each day and take home only the items needed for homework that night.

Assignments • In-class assignments are collected by me at the end of the class period. • Homework assignments are reviewed, discussed, and then I will check and grade them for completion. • Homework assignments are due the following day. • Completed assignments are often needed for discussion in class and may not be subject to being turned in late. • There will be “homework quizzes” that will be graded on accuracy.

Assignments cont. • I will accept late work up to two days after the due date for half credit only. • After the two days have passed, students will receive a zero for that assignment.

Math Folder • Keep all math work completed, in progress, and graded in the math folder for the entire grading period. • Past work is a great resource for studying for chapter tests and final exams • Portfolio (binder) Checks will also be given for a participation grade.

Extra copies • Emergency extra copies of recent assignments will be kept in the folder rack on the front table.

ABSENT? • The daily and weekly agenda with assignments will be updated daily on the calendar in the front of the classroom. • Students are responsible for getting that information and completing the work as directed. • Students should meet with me briefly at the end of class the day they return for updates. • Students are usually given one extra day for each day missed.

Extra Credit • I offer a “Math You Can Use” problem for extra credit every other week. Students fill out a paper with their work and answer, fold it up, write their name and period number on the outside, and turn it into the box on the front table. These are collected on Fridays.

Curriculum • 1st Quarter • Tools of Geometry • Reasoning and Proof • Parallel and Perpendicular Lines • 2nd Quarter • Congruent Triangles • Relationships Within Triangles • 3rd Quarter • Transformations • Polygons and Quadrilaterals • Similarity • Right Triangles and Trigonometry • 4th Quarter • Area and Volume • Circle Unit

Math Grade • Grades are balanced over the course of the nine week term and are a reflection of the students demonstration and understanding of the material and standards. • Mid-term reports offer only a small glimpse of the bigger picture that is not final until the end of the term. • Grades are entered as often as possible and usually updated at least once every seven days.

Math Grade cont. • Heavier weighted assignments, like tests, may not be posted until the end of a term. • Assignments not collected in class the day assigned are usually due the next class day.

Geometry Grading Policy 50% Tests 20% Quizzes/Homework Quizzes 15% Homework 15% Participation: (Binder check, Exit Slips, etc.)

Greenfield-Central Grading Scale 100 A+ 99-90 A 89-80 B 79-70 C 69-60 D 59-below F

Communication Communication is the key to any great relationship. When in doubt, ASK your student or ASK me! I can be reached by email and voicemail . You can expect a reply during the school week within 24 hours and by Monday evening if over the weekend. During the school day, the fastest way to reach me is by email. Email: jshepler@gcsc.k12.in.us Voicemail: (317) 467-4616 ext.43618

Thank you for coming today!Please email or call me with any questions or concerns.

jshepler@gcsc.k12.in.us 477-4616 ext. 43618

Welcome to Meet Your Child’s Teacher Night!