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INSTRUCTIONAL GOALS
Dear Parents and Guardians, Hello and welcome. My name is Fernando Davalos
and I will be your child's math teacher or Social Studies teacher this new school year. As
we embark ion this year, I want to introduce myself and our department as a partner in
your childs math education. At the end of this letter, you will find information on the
math classroom policy, required materials, textbook policy, grading policy, homework
policy, and information on progress reports, teacher e-mails, and the state standards for
the grade level of your child. Please read and review the school rules, policies, and
information that can be found in the student code of conduct. To remain aware of the
expectations of your student, please check their planner regularly. Also, students grades
can be found on eschoolplus at any time throughout the school year. Make sure to contact
your childs respective counselor for Home-access username and password. Progress
reports will be sent home periodically or I will phone/e-mail parents/guardians at times.
Please make sure you review them with your child, sign\them, and make sure they are
returned to me. My goal is to monitor the maturation process of your child over the
course of the school year. Please feel free to e-mail me or write me a note whenever you
feel like expressing your concerns about the progress of your child. I am very excited to
be given the opportunity to work with your child this year. If you have any questions,
please feel free to contact me by phone or by email. I look forward to seeing you at Open
House on Thursday September 17, 2015 @6:30pm.
Daily Classroom Procedures BEFORE THE BELL RINGS:
1. Be seated in your assigned seat.
2. Have all daily supplies out
3. Sharpen pencil.
4. Begin working on warm-up.
AS THE BELL RINGS:
1. Talking ceases.
2. Continue working on warm-up.
DURING THE CLASS PERIOD
1. Raise hand if you would like the teachers attention.
2. Be productive.
3. Remain in your seat unless told otherwise.
END OF CLASS
1. Please remain seated until you are dismissed by the teacher.
Raising your hand Raising your hand indicates that you would like my attention. Please
hold all questions until ALL instructions have been given out. Once you are working
independently or within groups, please feel free to raise your hand at any time as long as
questions and/or comments are related directly to the task at hand. Otherwise, please hold
your thoughts and speak to me after class, at the end of the day, or the very next morning.
Sharpening your pencil If your pencil point should break, you should sharpen your pencil
with the least amount of disruption possible. Please wait to sharpen your pencil until I
have completed teaching my lesson and/or talking to the class as a whole. It would be
beneficial to have a pencil sharpener of your own that you can access at any time.
Restroom Use
I ask that you wait until all instructions have been given before leaving the room to use
the bathroom. There are no bathroom privileges the first 10 minutes of class or the last 10
minutes of class. When leaving the room to use the bathroom, please raise your hand to
ask permission, bring your bathroom sheet to me to have it signed. Take the required
pass. Only 1 person should leave the classroom at a time, so if someone else is out of the
classroom, please wait until they have returned to ask for permission. Restroom
privileges are restricted to 5 times a marking period for each class.
Group Work
During some lessons there will be opportunities to work in pairs/group. Sometimes I will
allow students to select their partners, while most of the time I will be assigning students
to pairs/groups. I ask that everyone respect one another when working together. Please do
not express disappointment or disapproval of other students within the class. In addition,
all students are expected to contribute to the activity with no one person taking charge of
the entire group, and no students relying on other students to do all the work.
Grade Scale
A 90 100 %
B 80 89 %
C 70 79%
D 60 69 %
F 59 % or below
This is the grading scale set forth by the Brandywine School District, and will be used for
math class. Grading Policy Each marking period there will be formal tests, quizzes
(announced and unannounced), warm-up activities, class work, and homework
assignments. There will also be other types of informal assessments to periodically check
for understanding. District wide assessments will also be administered throughout
the year.
Your students math grade will be broken down as follows: Tests/Quizzes/Assessments
70% of the grade, class work 20%, homework 10%. E- School Plus, the state
computerized grading system will average the following categories: Class Work,
Homework, and Tests to obtain a grade point average. If you do not know how to access
E-School Plus, please call the main office and they can provide you with your students
access information.
Homework
All students are expected to have these materials with them in class, daily.
1. Pencils (#2) and erasers (At least 3 sharpened pencils each class)
2. Binder paper (College Ruled)
3. Pencil sharpeners (with cover)
4. 1 in binder Calculator (Non-scientific)
Sincerely,
Fernando Davalos
7th & 8th gd. Math/Rm. 709
Email: Daval011@bsd.k12.de.us