08/15/11

All students are required to keep a binder in math class.  This binder is to include all notes taken in class and all homework assignments.  Students must bring this binder, loose-leaf paper, pencil, and red pen to class daily.  The notes from class must include the lesson heading, any vocabulary/notes, and class examples.  Students must use a pencil in math class, do assignments neatly and show all work and/or steps used in working the problem.  Students will lose credit for not showing their work, forgetting labels, etc.  Problems will be marked wrong for things that change the value of the answer like forgetting to include a decimal point, placing a decimal point in the wrong place, etc.  

There will be homework daily.  I believe homework is meant for practice of the daily lesson.  In most cases, I will not grade homework, but it must be completed for class discussion the next day.  Grading is based on student performance on mainly chapter tests/quizzes, but is also from performance on binder quizzes, and some homework assignments.