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Helpful Ways For Having Quality Math Boxes
· Ask an adult for help
· Use a calculator to CHECK your work
· Compare your completed answers with another person’s answers to see if you are confident in the answers you gave. Talk about the problems you did not agree on.
· Ask a teacher for help. If you do your homework on the first day it is assigned, you will have a second day to ask questions before it is due.
· Check past math boxes. Check the matching math box.
· Do the harder problems at school and save the easy problems for home.
· Use computer
· Use student reference book
· Do the problem sat school that need special tools you might not have at home (compass, template, etc.).
Just TRY the problem. Often just showing what you think the answer is will be enough to give credit, and then the teacher knows a little more on how you think the problem should be solved.
Commonly asked questions:
How are the math grades figured?
50% of the math grade is based on the end of unit tests.
40% of the grade is the average of all math box points.
10% of grade is based on doing multiplication homework.
What is the difference between a practice test and the final test?
The actual tests are the same. When we take the end of unit test the first time, we call it a practice test. The results then go home to you, along with a practice packet for at home practice. Two weeks after the practice test, we take the final test. The grade on the fnal test is the grade that will be recorded in the student semester grade. The only exception is if a student were to get 100% on the practice test. In that case, the final test will not need to be taken and the 100% is recorded as the unit test grade.
What can be done to raise a grade?
At Pine Street, we do not have extra credit available in math. The best way to work on building up a grade is to focus on checking math boxes before they are due. Math boxes are always given at least 2 days before they are due, class time is given to work on them(with teachers who can answer any questions!), student reference books are available for home use to help, calculators are an acceptable way to check work, as long as the answers are fixed in the work as well as in the answer box, students may compare answers to their COMPLETED pages with another student who has COMPLETED pages. Math boxes also come in matching pairs. If the first of a pair is completed and graded, use the answers from there to help you with its pair. (m.b.1-1 is like m.b.1-3.....1-2 is like 1-4...)
Which math boxes do they need to do? When a math box is assigned, the students are instructed to circle certain problems and write the number of points each is worth. The page will be a total of those points plus one "try" point for trying to answer all of the problems that are on the page.
What can my child do to get better grades on their math boxes?
As a class we made a list of all types of strategies to use to do well on math boxes. In the back of their math journal, there should be written a list of strategies that are encouraged to help with math boxes. These strategies include:
*Do the harder problems at school so you can ask for help.
* Use a student reference book to read about how a problem is solved. Each math box square has a book with page numbers in the corner. These numbers tell the page that the concept is taught in the reference book.
* Ask for help. Brother, cousin, parent, friend, TEACHER.
* Use a calculator to check your work. If it is not correct, you need to go back and change where your error was in your work, but you will know what the answer should be.
* Compare answers on your COMPLETED page with someone in class who has already COMPLETED their page. If your answers don't match, discuss it, look it up, ask questions.
* See if there is a matching math box that has already been graded. Use those answers to help you figure out how to get the correct answers on your page. Math box 1-1 is paired with 1-3. Math box 1-2 is paired with 1-4.............
· Ask an adult for help
· Use a calculator to CHECK your work
· Compare your completed answers with another person’s answers to see if you are confident in the answers you gave. Talk about the problems you did not agree on.
· Ask a teacher for help. If you do your homework on the first day it is assigned, you will have a second day to ask questions before it is due.
· Check past math boxes. Check the matching math box.
· Do the harder problems at school and save the easy problems for home.
· Use computer
· Use student reference book
· Do the problem sat school that need special tools you might not have at home (compass, template, etc.).
Just TRY the problem. Often just showing what you think the answer is will be enough to give credit, and then the teacher knows a little more on how you think the problem should be solved.
Commonly asked questions:
How are the math grades figured?
50% of the math grade is based on the end of unit tests.
40% of the grade is the average of all math box points.
10% of grade is based on doing multiplication homework.
What is the difference between a practice test and the final test?
The actual tests are the same. When we take the end of unit test the first time, we call it a practice test. The results then go home to you, along with a practice packet for at home practice. Two weeks after the practice test, we take the final test. The grade on the fnal test is the grade that will be recorded in the student semester grade. The only exception is if a student were to get 100% on the practice test. In that case, the final test will not need to be taken and the 100% is recorded as the unit test grade.
What can be done to raise a grade?
At Pine Street, we do not have extra credit available in math. The best way to work on building up a grade is to focus on checking math boxes before they are due. Math boxes are always given at least 2 days before they are due, class time is given to work on them(with teachers who can answer any questions!), student reference books are available for home use to help, calculators are an acceptable way to check work, as long as the answers are fixed in the work as well as in the answer box, students may compare answers to their COMPLETED pages with another student who has COMPLETED pages. Math boxes also come in matching pairs. If the first of a pair is completed and graded, use the answers from there to help you with its pair. (m.b.1-1 is like m.b.1-3.....1-2 is like 1-4...)
Which math boxes do they need to do? When a math box is assigned, the students are instructed to circle certain problems and write the number of points each is worth. The page will be a total of those points plus one "try" point for trying to answer all of the problems that are on the page.
What can my child do to get better grades on their math boxes?
As a class we made a list of all types of strategies to use to do well on math boxes. In the back of their math journal, there should be written a list of strategies that are encouraged to help with math boxes. These strategies include:
*Do the harder problems at school so you can ask for help.
* Use a student reference book to read about how a problem is solved. Each math box square has a book with page numbers in the corner. These numbers tell the page that the concept is taught in the reference book.
* Ask for help. Brother, cousin, parent, friend, TEACHER.
* Use a calculator to check your work. If it is not correct, you need to go back and change where your error was in your work, but you will know what the answer should be.
* Compare answers on your COMPLETED page with someone in class who has already COMPLETED their page. If your answers don't match, discuss it, look it up, ask questions.
* See if there is a matching math box that has already been graded. Use those answers to help you figure out how to get the correct answers on your page. Math box 1-1 is paired with 1-3. Math box 1-2 is paired with 1-4.............