Contact Information:
Main office: 385-646-5244 Gradebook website: http://gb.granite.k12.ut.us/gb/login.asp
Attendance office: 385-646-5247 Mr. Brown’s website: http://www.teacherweb.com/UT/WasatchJR/Brown
Counseling: 385-646-5245 Mr. Brown’s e-mail: tdbrown@graniteschools.org
Mr. Brown: 385-646-0238
Classroom Expectations:
1. Follow directions the first time.
2. Be in your seat prepared to work before the bell.
3. Do not talk back or argue with the teacher.
4. Receive teacher permission to talk or leave seat.
5. Clean desk area before leaving class.
Chronic or serious offenses will result in a phone call to parents, ASD, parent teacher conference, and/or referral to administration. Students have one week to serve their ASD or else a 2nd ASD will be given.
Supplies:
Two notebooks – One notebook designated for a math journal only. The second notebook is for assignments and can be combined with other classes.
Pencils – Any non-colored pencil is fine. A 7mm mechanical pencil is recommended. Work done in pen will not be accepted for full credit.
Eraser – This is a must in math.
Calculator – Buying a calculator for this class is not recommended for most students. However, if you wish to buy a calculator we use the TI-73 in class. The TI-73 is not sold in stores but I can order them for you. However, TI-84 and TI-89 are preferred calculators for Geometry and higher level math courses and can be bought anywhere calculators are sold.
Pencil sharpener – Most students do not like the classroom pencil sharpener so you might want to have your own.
Grading:
Weight of Grading: Grading Scale:
Quizzes/Tests 50% 93-100 A 73-77 C
Assignments 30% 90-93 A- 70-73 C-
Journal 10% 87-90 B+ 67-70 D+
Participation 10% 83-87 B 63-67 D+
80-83 B- 60-63 D-
77-80 C+ 0-60 F
Either a quiz or test will be given approximately every two weeks. Occasionally there will be an opportunity for all students to make up points missed on the quizzes and tests. Homework is given almost daily and due the next day unless otherwise stated. All homework from the textbook needs all instruction, problems, diagrams, graphs, etc. written out for full credit. ALL work needs to be shown and complete in all homework, quizzes, tests, etc for full credit. Journals are graded periodically throughout the quarter. A grading rubric for journals has been given to each student on the first day of class and is posted in the classroom.
Codes: To clarify in the "Gradebook" program why a student received a particular grade for an assignment, a decimal number used as a code will be added to the score. The codes are as follows: 0 = a filler so the codes do not add up enough to alter a grade, 1 = incomplete work, 2 = did not complete work in pencil, 3 = did not write out problems, 4 = did not show work, 5 = did not check answers, 6 = late (unexcused), 7 = late (grace day), 8 = turned in test corrections, 9 = exceptional work. I.e. a score of 3.016 means the assignment was incomplete and late.
Late Work: No more than half the points will be awarded for unexcused late work. In the event one or more days absent, the due date is extended by the number of days of being absent. For extended absences contact Mr. Brown to work out an acceptable plan for everyone.
Grace Day: Every student is given 1grace day on 2 assignments for each quarter. This means if a student is unable to complete an assignment when it is due he or she can turn in the assignment one day late for full credit. Just write “grace day” on the top of the assignment and turn it into the late work. Any grace days not used by end of quarter will be given 5 extra credit points only if all assignments have been completed to my satisfaction.
Tutoring is available before school between 7:00 and 7:30 Monday thru Thursday. There will be no tutoring the mornings of a quiz or test. I am also available every Friday between 12:35 and 1:15.
Items in the disclosure may change throughout the year without notice. An update version will always be available in hard copy upon request, on my website, and posted in the classroom.