Welcome to Curriculum Night

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Welcome to Curriculum Night

• Mr. Furman
• 7A Social Studies

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Biographical Information

• Beaver Falls, PA
• Ohio University- BA History
• Northern Arizona University- MA Secondary
  Education
• 14th year of teaching
• 13 years Aprende MS
• 1 year Akimel a Al MS
• Married
• Wife- Amy
• Daughter- Melanie 6 yrs
• Son- Zach 4 yrs

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My goal for this year

• My goal this year is for every student to
  experience success. I want each student to be
  confident in his/her abilities and develop into a
  disciplined and self-reliant learner.

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Course of Study

• United States History
• Civil War
• Immigration
• Industrial Revolution (U.S.)
• U.S. Expands Overseas
• Progressive Era
• World War I
• 1920s
• Great Depression
• Start of WWII

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Supplies

• Spiral Notebook- Just for social studies
• 3-ring binder (can be used for all classes)
• Pens, Pencils, Hi-liter
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Textbook

• American History
• Students will use the classroom set of textbooks
  to complete their assignments.
• Im hoping the textbook will be online. More
  information will follow later in the year on how
  to access the online book.

http//www.classzone.com/
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Class Procedures

• When entering the class, students need to write
  down their daily objective question from the
  screen.
• I will provide the students with a Daily
  Objective Notebook .
• Students are to have the daily objective
  question answered by the next class meeting.
• At the end of the week, I will check their daily
  objective notebooks to see that they have
  answered all the questions.

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Class Organization

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• My class is divided into historical time period
  units and weekly lessons. These units will
  correspond to chapters out of the textbook. At
  the start of each week, students will be given a
  new learning objective or topic for that week.
• Students will be provided with or will create
  notes from the chapter readings.

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Grading Policy

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• The majority of a students overall grade will be
  weekly quizzes, projects, and simulations.
• 80 Assessments
• 20 Practice/Homework
• Grading Scale
• A- 100-90 B- 89-80 C- 79-70
• D- 69-60 F- 59 and below

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Homework/ Practice Assignments

• Philosophy- The purpose of homework is to
  practice and reinforce objectives and skills
  taught in class. These activities are meant to
  prepare students for assessments, not to be the
  assessment.
• Time is given in class to start most assignments.
  Most assignments are small, and it is not
  unusual for students to finish in class with the
  exception of the daily objective question.

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Assessments

• Philosophy- I believe in using small, frequent
  assessments throughout the year. These
  assessments can be either formal or informal.
• Types Assessments weekly quizzes, unit tests,
  simulations, and small in-class projects.
• As we go further into the year, the weekly
  quizzes and unit tests will contain information
  not only from the current week or unit, but also
  information from past assessments.
• Students will take a cumulative pre-test and
  final exam for this course.
• Students are to use their daily objective
  questions and notes as a guide to prepare for all
  assessments.

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Late Work Policy

• Projects Only will be marked down one letter
  grade for each day they are late.
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• Practice Assignments/ Homework students are
  encouraged to make up any practice assignments
  they missed prior to being assessed (test, quiz,
  project, and simulations, etc.).
• Students are responsible to check their agendas,
  the assignment calendar, or Mr. Furmans website
  to see what they missed if they are absent.

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Classroom Behavior/ Discipline

• Philosophy- Students will be held 100
  accountable for their behavior. My first
  priority is to maintain and protect every
  students legal right to learn.
• Students may not disrupt the learning process, or
  interrupt the teacher from teaching.
• Students who disrupt the learning process will be
  sent to ISI (school timeout room).

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What you can do to help your student

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• Read through his/her notes and daily objective
  questions and be sure he/she is keeping up with
  the work.
• Check the agenda for practice/homework
  assignments.

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Contact Information

• Mike Furman - Room 211
• Your child is your first line of communication.
  Please check their agenda, my website, and talk
  to them about what is happening in class.
• Email- mfurma_at_kyrene.org
• Email is the best way to contact me
• Phone- (480)-783-2241
• Webpage- http//www.kyrene.org/staff/mfurma/

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