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WOW!

Progress Report time already!

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I am so excited about this upcoming school year and eagerly awaiting the arrival of my Homebase in the morning.  As you enter the classroom(RM. 215) please look for your name on the index card and sit there until I get accustomed to your names and faces.  It is my challenge for you to make this year be your absolute best Middle School year ever.  Our class will be procedural, rigorous and full of technology.  With the iPod Touch program being implemented into the 8th grade curriculum it is my expectation that ALL students will have tremendous Academic Growth on Classroom, School, Local and State Assessments.

To whom much is Given, Much is Required.

And with added Technology, Much is Expected.

See you all in the morning.

Yours in Educating the Learners of Today; To become the Innovators of Tomorrow,

Mr. Darrin C. Turner, NRMS

Algebra 1 / 8th Grade Math Facilitator

Math Department Chair

Athletic Director

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Yes, LOOKS like I WILL be teaching ACCELERATED MATH(GRADE 8) and ALGEBRA I(GRADE 8).

Students that qualified for Alegbra 1 as 8th graders will be receiving a letter in the mail like the one that follows.  Please take time to READ IT CAREFULLY- Before signing it and have your child return it to me BEFORE AUGUST 27th:

June 14, 2009

TO NORTH ROWAN MIDDLE SCHOOL
PARENTS AND STUDENTS BEING CONSIDERED FOR ALGEBRA 1:

    Welcome to Algebra class!!  Students in this class have been selected as a result of their past mathematical success on various tests and performance in the classroom.  Algebra will prove to be challenging, and hopefully exciting, as a fast pace will be maintained to cover all the required curriculum.  There will be an END-OF-COURSE Test in Algebra 1 and students will also be required to take the END-OF-GRADE Test in Math Grade 8.  Students in Algebra 1 are expected to have a sound foundation in basic and Pre-Algebra mathematical skills.  It is upon these skills that algebraic concepts are built.



    The students will have an option to drop Algebra 1 and enter an Accelerated Grade 8 Math class within the first 20 days of school.  For North Rowan Middle and RSS this decision must be made before September 22, 2010.  After this date, the State of North Carolina will not permit a student to change classes.  If there is any difficulty in understanding concepts or maintaining the fast pace during this trial period, you will be contacted immediately.  At that time, it will be necessary for the student to be placed in an Accelerated Grade 8 Math Course for a successful and enriched mathematical year.



    I am looking forward to another wonderful and successful year of Algerbra 1!!!!  You may contact me at 704-639-3018 if you have ANY questions or concerns.  Please read and sign the following statement below and have your child return it to me by August 26th.  Thank you for your support.



Thank you,


Darrin C. Turner, Algebra 1 Facilitator
NRMS

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    ALGEBRA 1 CONSIDERATION NOTICE
 I understand that if my child IS NOT performing successfully in Algebra 1 the first 20 days of school that he/she WILL be placed in an appropriate 8th grade math class, so that he/she will experience mathematical success.  According to state law, after September 22nd, the student is committed to continue in Algebra 1 and MUST take the state required North Carolina Algebra 1 END-OF-COURSE test following the North Carolina 8th Grade Math END-OF-GRADE test.


Parent Signature_____________________________________Date___________



Student Signature____________________________________Date___________

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TO ACCESS THE ONLINE TEXTBOOKS FOR GLENCOE ALGEBRA 1 AND GLENCOE PRE-ALGEBRA USE THE FOLLOWING CODES:

ALGEBRA 1: USER NAME- ALG1NC04

PASSWORD- 5jwFN64

PRE-ALGEBRA: USER NAME- PREALG04NC

 PASSWORD- K6spuzece6

Do to unwanted BLOGS I had to remove the Guestbook. Sorry.

THANKS FOR VISITING MY WEB PAGE AND IF NEED BE, SEND ME AN EMAIL.

ROUND NUMBERS, WRITE NUMBERS IN STANDARD FORM, COMPARE AND ORDER DECIMALS, "CORRECTLY" DO ORDER OF OPERATIONS, WRITE NUMBER'S IN SCIENTIFIC NOTATION, USE PERFECT SQUARES AND SQUARE ROOTS; ADD, SUBTRACT, MULTIPLY AND DIVIDE INTEGERS AND VARIABLE EXPRESSIONS USING THE RULES OF COMPUTATION; WRITE RATIOS AND RATES, FIND UNIT RATES AND UNIT PRICES, WRITE AND SOLVE PROPORTIONS, FIND MEASUREMENTS OF SCALE DRAWINGS AND MODELS FROM WORD PROBLEMS; USE ENGLISH CONVERSION FACTORS AND USE THE STEP METHOD TO CONVERT METRIC UNITS; DEFINE AND DRAW CORRECTLY: POINTS, SEGMENTS, RAYS, LINES, ANGLES, PARALLEL LINES, INTERSECTING LINES AND THE TYPES OF ANGLES FORMED BY A TRANSVERSAL; DEFINE : MIDPOINTS, SEGMENT BISECTORS, PERPENDICULAR BISECTORS, ANGLE BISECTORS, CONGRUENT ANGLES AND PARALLEL LINES, DRAW CORRECTLY: TRIANGLES, POLYGONS, PARALLELOGRAMS, TRAPEZOIDS, RHOMBUSES, RECTANGLES, SQUARES AND PENTAGONS; USE FORMULAS: TO FIND THE MISSING SIDE OF A RIGHT TRIANGLE USING THE PYTHAGOREAN THEOREM AND THE DISTANCE BETWEEN TWO POINTS USING THE DISTANCE FORMULA(WHICH BY THE WAY ARE VERY SIMILAR), FIND THE MISSING ANGLE OF A TRIANGLE, FIND THE PERIMETER AND AREA OF PLANE FIGURES, FIND THE CIRCUMFERENCE AND AREA OF A CIRCLE, DRAW 3-DIMENSIONAL FIGURES, FIND THEIR SURFACE AREA AND VOLUME, PLOT COORDINATES, TRANSLATE AND REFLECT FIGURES, WRITE RULES FOR TRANSFORMATIONS, FIND SLOPE OF A LINE, LOCATE THE Y- INTERCEPT, USE THE SLOPE INTERCEPT FORM TO GRAPH A LINEAR EQUATION, USE A FUNCTION TABLE TO FIND SOLUTIONS TO LINEAR AND NONLINEAR EQUATIONS; WRITE EQUATIONS: USING TWO POINTS OR ONE POINT AND SLOPE, EVALUATE ALGEBRAIC EXPRESSIONS AND NUMBER PATTERNS AND GRAPH INEQUALITIES; INTERPRET DATA: MAKE HISTOGRAMS, ANALYZE GRAPHS, BOX-N-WHISKERS, MEASURES OF CENTRAL TENDENCY, AND DRAW DIFFERENT PERSPECTIVES OF 3D FIGURES BASED ON TOP, SIDE, FRONT, ONE-POINT PERSPECTIVE AND CORNER VIEWS.

This year my accelerated teaching style will emphasize and employ relative purpose, a sense of empowerment plus responsibility by building on strengths and past knowledge, using algebraic and scientific higher level thought processes. The Aristocrat team your child is on needs parental assistance to accomplish this goal. When your child comes home, please look in their Agenda for assignments and sign it and their homework when they are done. Take time to drop in on your child at least once a month to see what your child is learning first hand. If your schedule does not allow this, then try to volunteer at the school, join and be active in the PTA, MAVS and BOOSTER Clubs. We need you to be as visible as possible to keep a good healthy relationship between your child and the school.

Students can continue to practice lessons by using the online textbook tutorial. Log onto www.go.hrw.com. and follow the directions for EXTRA practice problems. To register for the online textbook, please go to www.hrw.com. From there follow the instructions given to register for the online textbook.

Parents and students are reminded that when students become eighth graders(2008-2009), they will have a new curriculum(currently on delayed status) and continue expanding their knowledge of :CONES, PYRAMIDS, TRIG FUNCTIONS(SINE, COSINE, TANGENT), POLYNOMIALS, CUBES AND CUBE ROOTS, SYSTEM OF EQUATIONS AND MULTI - STEP EQUATIONS, LINES OF BEST FIT, MATRICES and DATA DISPLAYS.

Remember to study notes and practice problems everyday. Make up your own problems to assess your complete understanding of a concept. If you get bored... help me write more higher level thinking EOG style questions for use as POD's.

MR. DARRIN C. TURNER