Transcript Welcome Parents - Hastings Middle School

Welcome to
Ms. McNamara’s Math &
Science Classroom!
General Class Information
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480.7216 (7:30-7:50) and (3:00-3:30)
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SCHOOL VIEW:
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way to check your child’s grades, homework, missing
work, attendance, etc.
Student Handbook/Planner
*Planners are filled out every day in every class. Assignment boards are used in classrooms.
*Once you have checked over your students homework and have made sure all homework is
completed, please sign your child’s planner. This should be done nightly.
*Once a week during Morning Meeting, planners will be checked and graded. This goes towards their
first hour responsibility grade.
*The planner is an excellent way to communicate with your child’s teacher.
MATH INFORMATION
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Students use their textbook and Homework Practice Book (HPW) daily. Books are
large, but need to be stored in student lockers. Access to the math book from home
is available.
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Students will likely have math homework every night, but it shouldn’t take more than
20-30 minutes. (Guided work time will be given MOST days in class.)
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A.D.D. pages will also be a part of your child’s homework. They are worksheets that
will be in your child’s folder.
MATH INFORMATION…
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Math enrichment opportunities will be available for students when appropriate.
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Every day students will need the following things for class: Textbook, workbooks,
folder, notebook, calculator, pencils, and a correcting pen.
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Students will be graded on homework daily. 50% percent of their grade is tests and
quizzes, 40 percent is daily work, and 10 percent is responsibility.
Math Textbooks…
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Textbooks will be checked out to students and they are responsible for taking care of
them for the school year. GREEN textbook contracts will be sent home to be signed
by a parent.
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Lost or damaged textbooks will result in a fine at the end of the school year. The 5th
grade math textbook is $$$53.95.
Math Resources
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my.hrw.com
Each student will receive a green sheet of paper that includes their
username and password. They are to leave this sheet in their folders so
that they can refer to it at school and at home.
Science
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be learning from our Macmillan/McGraw-Hill
curriculum. We will be covering Life, Earth, and Physical
Science. More hands on labs and projects will be incorporated
this year as well.
Science…
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Science homework will be given daily, but is also dependent on how well your
child uses their work time in class. Homework shouldn’t take more than 20
minutes or so.
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Most of the homework will come from their purple Reading and Writing
workbook, but their will be occasional worksheets, etc.
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Labs will either be exempted or need to be made up after school.
Absences…
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If students know they will be gone in advance, they can see me for make-up work. It must be done
upon completion within 1-2 days of being back at school.
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All absences should be called in to the office.
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Homework requests do not go through teachers – they go through the front office and are passed on
to teachers. They are also picked up in the office. If students need things from their lockers (books,
etc.) someone needs to pick it up for them. The school will not gather those materials.
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Daily homework is listed on my class web page – so if a student has their books at home and wants to
work on it, they may check the class page and work on it if they’re up for it.
5th Grade Grading Scale
99-100%
94-98%
90-93%
88-89%
84-87%
80-83%
78-79%
74-77%
70-73%
68-69%
64-67%
60-64%
0-59%
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School View Reminder…
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Gives parents the ability to go online anytime and check their student’s:
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Attendance
Grades
Homework Assignments
Test Scores
Schedule
Report Cards & Transcripts
Health Information
SCHOOL VIEW OVERVIEW
A list of the courses
your child is enrolled
in will be listed.
Click on “Status
Report” to see a
status report of all
grades entered for
your child in that
course.
Click on “All Scores”
to see a detailed list
of all grades entered
for your child in all of
their courses.