Transcript Open House 2015 - San Marcos Unified School District
SAN MARCOS HIGH SCHOOL KNIGHT PRIDE
Leading... Now Tomorrow Forever
Welcome to: Mr. O’Neill’s Geometry Class
SAN MARCOS HIGH SCHOOL KNIGHT PRIDE
Leading... Now Tomorrow Forever
Course Curriculum & Standards
All course content is linked to the
new Common Core Mathematics Standards
.
The new emphasis is
PROBLEM SOLVING
and
EXPLAINING and JUSTIFYING WORK
– not just getting the final answer.
Students will work on
more open-ended performance tasks and mathematical, structured proofs
in addition to practicing basic skills.
Students must be able to “
THINK
”, not just follow the “recipe” and “plug in the formula”. This is
more challenging, more rigorous, and much more relevant to today’s real-world
.
Grading Policies
90 – 100% = A 80 – 89.9% = B 67 – 79.9% = C 0 – 66.9% = F District Policy: Tests and Quizzes Class work / Homework Final Exam No “ D ” grades are given – colleges generally consider them to be failures anyway.
65% 20% 15% Students must make up missed work within 1 week .
Students may retake “poor” quizzes or unit tests within 1 week ( maximum grade = 80% ) after completing tutoring and quiz/test corrections .
100 Homework/Claswork points per week , -20 per missed homework assignment or poor performance in class .
Extra Help and Assistance
Free tutoring is available before school, during lunch, and after school (Room 367).
www.smusd.org
= Online textbook and videos, sign in under “Staff” username:
SMHS Student ID
password:
birthday (YYYYMMDD)
Home page = Recent PowerPoint lessons http://www.smusd.org/Page/7083
Keys to Success
Be on time Participate Discuss and prepared for class in class and pay attention problems with student partner Complete and understand every night homework Come to tutorial (if more help is needed) Parents regularly check “Edline” and set high expectations