First Day of School

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First Day of School
Seating Chart and Attendance
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How many laps would you have to run around a
quarter mile track to run 3 miles?
12 laps!
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Introduce Myself

• Family
• 13 years at Tapp
• 2 years at Smitha
• 4th year at McEachern
• Myself as a highschooler
• Boy Scouts and uniform day
• Sports good at football, bad at track
• Friends had same interests
• Appearance Crystal and nose, Shane and hair
• What I say does hurt/not everyone is just
  playing Carol and the cry

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Focus of the Class Thinking

• Challenge you to think about what you know - what
  you have been told and how you learn.
• Math is not magical it is real Show me
• Work math by doing math dont waist time!
• Lots of problem solving

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Your Mathematical Tool Belt

• A way to think about math and the world.
• Your math belt has tools (skills)
• Skills like , -, X, , combine like terms, solve
  equations,ext
• Diagnose the problem
• Each tool is designed for a different job
• Choose the tool looks, practice, results
• Mechanic, Doc., Carpenter, Artist, Architect,
  basically all jobs
• Reading skills are important!!

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Conduct S, N, U

• Be kind to one another
• Redirect vs- Confrontation
• Confrontation interrupts the learning
• Notes writing / passing / reading / reaction
• Cell phones and listening devices
• Grooming lipstick / where does it end .. Proper
  place
• Gum dont deny having confrontation
• Drinks
• Talking is ..
• Need materials and need to work / use time wisely
• Restroom correct way to ask
• No free time have something to study ..
  HOMEWORK

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Conduct S, N, U

• Time to deal with behavior DETENTION!
• Listen and Communicate
• What dont you understand?
• Take pride in your work . Your Learning!

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My Goals

• Ownership learning is yours (automobile)
• Present math in a way that makes sense
• 7 5 75
• Fraction with forward slash
• Make it interesting and yes even fun
• Give you lots of chances to be successful
• For you to recognize what you have to do to learn

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Math Autobiography

• Write an autobiography using math terms.