Daily Classwork Overview

Your student has many resources and structures in place to help them learn.

Skyward

·Possibly the most important tool to understand as a parent. This is also the best place to keep track of the work students have completed, and what still may be left to do.

Desmos 

·The adopted Curriculum of Bellingham School district.  Both digital, and paper based.  It is where students go to get assignments and turn them in electronically.

Math Manifest

· The paper folder a student works on inclass to further their mathematical learning, take notes, and get credit for assingments.  These are stored in a student's computer bag and do come home at least once a unit for a student to show off their learning to you!

Stamp Log

· Stamp Logs are kept in the back of the Math Manifest.  This is a great tool to show how your student is progressing through the practice (homework).  Teachers stamp means the practice is complete and correct.

Notes

· Notes are a structured tool focused on the main points of each chapter that students are expected to use as they progress through a unit.

· Toolkits are kept in the back of the Math Manifest and are issued for every unit of study.

· They can be used to study for a Unit Test.

Unit Assessments

· Chapter Quizzes

o   Students refer to chapter quizzes as ‘Target Practices’. 

o   These quizzes are designed to show how well a student is doing on the learning target over a few (usually 2-3) class lessons. 

o   Students must show proficiency on each learning goal (a score of 3 or greater on a 1-4 scale). 

o   Students may retake these quizzes in the scope of the unit of study. 

§  Before the retake students reflect on their mistake and demonstrate a new understanding of the concept.

o   There are typically 2 or 3 quizzes per unit.

· Unit Test

o   Students will refer to their unit tests as COLs, or ‘Celebrations of Learning’.

o   This test is a culmination of all learning throughout the unit.  The test is designed to have a one-to-one correspondence with the learning targets in each class lesson and Chapter Quiz.

o   Students only have one opportunity to take the Unit Test.  There are no retakes.

 o   For Unit Test study tips click here