SAN MARCOS HIGH SCHOOL KNIGHT PRIDE

Leading... Now Tomorrow Forever

Welcome to: Mr. O’Neill’s Geometry Class

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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

Let’s Have a Great School Year!

Any Questions???

Mr. O’Neill

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