On this page you can sign up for Remind, find out how you can help your child, learn about Infinite Campus, and learn about how the class is set up.
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7th Graders
https://www.remind.com/join/mstindell
8th Graders
https://www.remind.com/join/8mstindell
FIRST THINGS FIRST
FIRST THINGS FIRST
1) Please sign yourself up for remind.
PARENTS- Please sign up with your child's name and then your name, so for example I would be: "Chris's mom Elizabeth Tindell-Paddock"
2) Have your child sign up for remind.
STUDENTS-Please sign up with your first and last name.
If anyone else is helping to support your child
please have them sign up as well.
How you can help?
How you can help?
Sign-up for Remind to receive texts about upcoming important info and HW.
If you don't already have it, get your login and password from the office for Infinite Campus.
Check Infinite Campus on a regular basis, you are able to see each teachers grade book for your child.
Make sure your child is copying all the information from the notes. I will have a copy of the completed notes for you to compare to your child's in the Curriculum and Extra Help page.
Set up a quiet study area for your child If they don't already have one.
Encourage your student to talk me or email me when they have a question during class, when they feel confused or when they are struggling.
If your child is struggling with homework have them refer to the notes they have taken first, see if that answers their question if they follow the steps.
Ask your student daily questions about what we are learning or doing in class.
Click here to find out what your child can do to be more successful.
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Please contact me if you have any questions.
My Class
My Class
Typically math has been a struggle in elementary school for my students. In this class accommodations are built in and allow students to feel successful in a way most of them never have before. Using the guided notes we will create as a class, students will learn to be more independent for their learning.
Typically math has been a struggle in elementary school for my students. In this class accommodations are built in and allow students to feel successful in a way most of them never have before. Using the guided notes we will create as a class, students will learn to be more independent for their learning.
We will also spend a good amount of time working on executive function skills, including self control, which new research has shown to be the largest predictor of involvement in crime, overall health, and financial outcomes as an adult.
We will also spend a good amount of time working on executive function skills, including self control, which new research has shown to be the largest predictor of involvement in crime, overall health, and financial outcomes as an adult.
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INFINITE CAMPUS
INFINITE CAMPUS
If you have never used IC, stop by our office to get set up.
If you have never used IC, stop by our office to get set up.
If you are unable to go to the school office click here to start access to IC. If you have never accessed Infinite Campus you can follow the above link to a request page. After filling out the information you will be contacted by someone in the district to verify your identity.
If you are unable to go to the school office click here to start access to IC. If you have never accessed Infinite Campus you can follow the above link to a request page. After filling out the information you will be contacted by someone in the district to verify your identity.
How the Class is Set up
Warm ups
Monday through Thursday we start class with a warm up consisting of 4 questions. Students are given 10 minutes to work with their group to complete it. (If they don't finish that's okay.) The warm ups are handed in and the students go up to the board to solve the questions as a class.
Once all the problems are on the board and correct, the students are given time to copy the questions, work, and answers into their math notebook.
The warm ups are corrected and returned later that week to the students in their cubby.
Student have until the end of the quarter to make corrections on the warm ups, or to finish unfinished problems, and can get full credit once corrected.
Students are encouraged to correct their warm up and THEN check their notebook to make sure it is correct.
Since students are given the answers to the warm ups and there is a copy on the Notebook, Planner and Extra Help page, there is NO REASON for students to have low scores on them.
Homework
HW is assigned Monday - Thursday and is between 1-10 problems. The HW is REVIEW and NOT from the current chapter we are on.
HW is turned in, corrected, and if not a score of 100%, given back to the student in their cubby for 1 chance to correct it for the full points. They have until the end of the quarter to make corrections.
If students turns in the HW every day on time they are on the "No Thursday HW List". They are excused from Thursday's HW but will get the full points for it.
HW is considered on time and complete if:
You wrote the original problem.
You showed your work.
You turned it in at the start of class (visual and multiple verbal reminders are given).
You wrote in pencil. (work in pen will not be accepted)
All the problems are finished .
Quizzes
Students are given a quiz (almost) every Friday.
The first 5 questions are the "Planner and Notebook Quiz". Students are expected to use their notebook and planner to answer questions like: What was the HW on Monday? What was the agenda Tuesday? What page is your warm up from Monday on? What did you highlight on page 45?
The next 5 questions are math questions. These questions come from the warm up from that week. The same types of problems with different numbers.
The following Friday they get the quiz back (during the quiz for that week) and have a chance to correct any of the problems that were incorrect for the full points. If they do not finish they can have additional time the following week up until the end of the quarter. If they still need additional time there will be days I'm open at lunch for test corrections and dates will be communicated through remind.
Notes
We have guided notes for each section of the math curriculum. These are step by step directions on how to complete the problems for that lesson.
Directions are broken down into smaller pieces with examples for students to more easily learn the material.
Students should have their notes up to date at all times and there is a copy of my notebook on the Curriculum and Extra Help page of this site.
Notes are able to be used on ALL assignments, tests....EVERYTHING, except state mandated testing.
Additional Information
The material not mastered is being spiraled, meaning while we push on to new material we will continue to see the old material on the warm ups and during whiteboard practice.
Where to find everything:
Where to find everything:
Google Classroom:
Google Classroom:
-There is a link to this google site in google classroom.
-There is a link to this google site in google classroom.
-There are videos for each lesson. However, they are from distance learning and have not been updated since that time.
-There are videos for each lesson. However, they are from distance learning and have not been updated since that time.
- There are copies of the HW for the start of the year.
- There are copies of the HW for the start of the year.
Remind:
-If you sign up for remind you will get a text message of what the HW is, and at the start of the year a copy of the questions.
-There are also other reminders that go out throughout the year to help students be successful.
This Google Site:
-There are copies of my planner and my math notebook for the students to access as needed.
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