This document provides information for students attending a Cy-Ridge Rams open house. It includes contact information for Mr. Canales, the required school supplies, a typical class schedule, homework policies, grading procedures, test and tutoring times, progress report schedules, and an overview of the geometry curriculum for the fall and spring semesters.

1. Welcome to the
Cy-Ridge Rams
Open House!
September 11, 2012

2. Contact Information
• Mr. Canales

Period 5 Conference (11:45-12:36)
 email: percy.canales@cfisd.net

Website: canalculus.blogspot.com

School Phone: (281) 807-8000
Please leave multiple #’s & times to return the call

3. Supply Lists
• 3-ring binder/notebook paper
• Spiral
• Pencils
• TI-83 or 84 graphing calculator***

4. A Typical Day
• Quiz or Discussion on assigned reading/homework
• Grading and/or Reviewing Homework
• New Lesson/Activity
• Independent/Group Practice
• Summary of day’s lesson

5. Homework
• Homework is assigned daily
• except on test days
• Homework grade and/or quiz grade given around twice a week
• Homework Help on
• Canalculus.blogspot.com
• www.khanacademy.org

6. Grading
• Geometry K
• 55% Test
• 25% Assessments
• 20% Quiz, Homework, Classwork

7. AP Grading
5 Extremely well qualified objectives and advanced
Proficient work on all
work in some objectives
4 Proficient work on all course objectives
Well qualified
3 Proficient work on most important objectives but
Qualified
not in all objectives
2 Proficient work on half the objectives and
Possibly qualified
missing some important objectives
P
1 No recommendation

8. Self Assessment
5 Point Scale
1 2 3 4 5
•No clue. •Feels •Feels •Feels •Masters all
•Does few comfortable comfortable comfortable concepts.
things right with few with most with all •If there are
but can’t concepts. concepts. concepts. any mistakes
explain them. •More gaps. •Few gaps. •Can explain they are
•Hard time why they got minimal.
making any the wrong
connections. answers.
•Makes more
mistakes than
would like.

9. Tests & Tutoring
• Tests
• scheduled on odd numbered days of the week
• Tutoring
• Monday, Wednesday 2:30 – 3:30
• Before School by appointment

10. Progress Reports
• Sent out to all students for all classes through their 2nd period
teacher on the 4th week of each 6 weeks
• On-line gradebook

11. Geometry in Review
Fall Semester Spring Semester
Logical Reasoning Similarity of Polygons
Geometric Terms and Constructions Quadrilaterals
Angle Properties Right Triangles
Formal Proofs Area and Perimeter
Parallel Lines Three-Dimensional Solids
Triangles and Polygons Circles
Congruent Triangles Non-Euclidean Geometry
Transformations

12. Thanks for Coming!
• Have a great evening and a wonderful school year!