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Mrs. Chenok’s ClassRoom 39

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About Me

• 21st year teaching–9th at Miller–14th with 6th grade

• My 3 daughters went to Miller

Contacting Me

• chenok_carmen@cusdk8.org• (408) 252-3755 x 239• teacherweb.com/CA/

MillerMiddleSchoolChenok

Mathematics

Holt Mathematics

Course 1: Numbers to Algebra

Math Assignments• Daily homework is 5 pts. (must be turned in daily!)

• 5: 80% or better

• 4: 60-79%

• 3: 59% or less, but complete

• 2 or 1: incomplete

• Z: not turned in 0: turned in late

• Cumulative Reviews (35-40 pts.)• Occasional quizzes (10-20 pts.)• Chapter tests (100 pts.)

Optional Chapter Pre-tests• Beginning with Chapter 2• Given on a Wednesday at zero period• 90% or higher• Work on a packet instead of the

textbook• More challenging work on the same

standards• Critical thinking puzzles

Math StandardsProblem Solving• Class openers with different problem-solving techniques• Working with others to solve problems• On-going challenges (long-term, open-ended questions)

Language of Algebra• Order of Operations• Properties of Numbers• Writing and Solving Equations• Using Exponents

Math StandardsNumber Theory• Prime and Composite Numbers• Greatest Common Factor• Least Common Multiple• Number Sense and Numeration

Decimals and Fractions• Addition & Subtraction, Multiplication and Division• Fraction / Decimal Equivalents• Use of fractions and decimals in solving word problems

Math Standards

Ratios and Percent• Conceptual Understanding• Percent of a number; finding a number when percent is

known• Percent Discount• Percent Interest• Tax and Tip

Math StandardsStatistics• Representing Data• Bar Graphs• Line Graphs• Alternate Data Displays: histograms, frequency charts,

circle graphs, stem and leaf• Measures of Central Tendency: mean, median, mode

Math StandardsGeometry• Lines and Angles• Polygons• Quadrilaterals• Triangles – Area and Perimeter• Circles – Area and Circumference • Symmetry, Similarity, Proportion• Volume of Prisms and Cylinders • Surface Area• Polyhedra

Math Flow Chart• See on overhead

Science EARTH SCIENCE

The middle school science standards provide the foundational skills and knowledge for students to learn core concepts, principles, and theories of science at the high school level.

For a reference point grade level focuses are below:• 6th: Earth Science• 7th: Life Science• 8th: Physical Science

Science

CPO Focus on Earth Science

Science Standards• Earth's Structure and Plate Tectonics

• volcanoes, earthquakes, rocks, minerals• Shaping the Earth's Surface

• erosion, deposition, landforms, mapping• Ecology

• food web, food chain, producer, consumer, decomposer, energy pyramid, biomes

• Natural Resources• renewable and non-renewable resources, alternative

energy

Science Standards• Thermal Energy in Earth Systems

• inside Earth, weather, convections currents• Investigation and Experimentation

• throughout the year• Human Growth and Development

• 2 weeks in April

Science Assignments• Reading, note taking, vocabulary

words• Current Science magazine

– two weeks to complete• Labs

– behavior during lab– lab write ups

• Tests and quizzes

School Reminders• Lunch drop off at office• Morning drop off no earlier than

– Regular day- 8:25– Late start Wednesday- 9:35

• Be courteous– Drive safely– Don’t come on to campus at brunch &

lunch

Tracking Student Progress• Pinnacle Internet Viewer• Homework on:

teacherweb.com/CA/MillerMiddle School/Chenok

• Deficiency Notice/Progress Report• Report Card

Students’ Health• Please keep your child HOME if they are sick! If your

child has flu-like symptoms, they should stay home for at least 24 hours after they no longer have a fever, or signs of a fever, without use of medicines. If they are sick, we will send them home.

• Encourage your child to clean their desk, wash hands, and use hand sanitizer often!

• If your child needs to sneeze or cough, teach them to cough into their shirt or elbow and to use tissues if they need to sneeze.

How You Can Help• Check in with your child. • Encourage independence.• Get on Parent Internet Viewer (PIV). Give

yourself and your child access to their grades.

• Set aside a special place for your child to work.

• Encourage your child to take risks. Learn lessons from failure. Our children will never learn to take risks if there is always a negative stigma attached to failure.

FAILURE & SUCCESS• I missed more than 9000 shots in my

career.• I’ve lost almost 300 games.• 26 times I’ve been trusted to take the

game-winning shot and missed.• I have failed over and over and over again

in my life.• And that is why I succeed. Michael Jordan, 1997