Welcome Parents to SEMS

Mr. Bennett’s 6th grade Pre-Algebra, Math, and Science

Contacting Mr. Bennett

Email – tim.bennett@smusd.org (This is the best way to contact me.)

Phone – 760 290-2800 Ext. 3252 During the day you will have to leave a message. (Contact the office if you need immediate help.)

Checking your student’s grades

Go to http://www.mygradebook.com Log in will be period#-bennett-1011For example –First period Pre-Algebra will be 1-

bennett-1011This will access the class. Your child’s

password will be their student ID#.

Math Policies

Homework -almost every night for Math and Pre-Algebra

Homework is 25% of the grade.Tests – at the end of each chapter and

benchmarks at the end of each unitTests are 75% of the grade.

Math Textbook

Holt California Mathematics Course 1: Numbers to Algebra

Website: my.hrw.com index.jspUser Name – bstudent358Password – n9u9w

Pre-Algebra Textbook

Textbook for Pre-Algebra -Mathematics Course 2: Pre-Algebra

Website: my.hrw.com index.jspUser Name – bstudent358Password – n9u9w

Pre-Algebra curriculum

Expressions and IntegersSolving EquationsOperations with Rational NumbersEquations and Rational NumbersSolving Multi-step EquationsSolving InequalitiesExponentsRoots

Pre-Algebra curriculum

Ratios, Rates, and ProportionsSimilarity and ScalePercents and their applicationFunctionsGraphsBasics of GeometryData and StatisticsPolynomials

Math Curriculum

Ch1 Algebraic ReasoningCh2 IntegersCh3 Number Theory and FractionsCh4 Operations with Rational NumbersCh5 Proportional RelationshipsCh6 PercentsCh7 Collecting, Displaying, and Analyzing DataCh8 ProbabilityCh9 Geometric FiguresCh10 Measurement and GeometryCh11Multi-Step Equations and Inequalities

Earth Science

Contacting Mr. Bennett

Email – tim.bennett@smusd.org (This is the best way to contact me.)

Phone – 760 290-2800 Ext. 3252 During the day you will have to leave a message. Contact the office if you need immediate help.)

Checking your student’s grades

Go to http://www.mygradebook.com Log in will be period#-bennett-1011For example –2nd period Science will be 2-bennett-1011This will access the class. Your child’s

password will be their student ID#.

Science Policies

Homework, class work and projects will be 40% of the grade.

Tests and quizzes will be 60% of the grade.Extra Credit will be worth an additional 2%.

This is only available to students who have turned in everything.

No late homework will be accepted, unless the student has been away from school due to illness or family needs.

Science Textbook

Prentice Hall California Focus on Earth Science, 2008.

On-line textbook – http://www.phschool.com

Student log-in will be first initial and last name, for example John Smith would be jsmith and password is student ID#.

Homework

Cornell Notes and workbook will be done for every chapter.

Upcoming project – topographic map

Science Curriculum

Unit 1 – Earth Systems and ProcessesUnit 2 – Plate Tectonics and Earth’s

StructureUnit 3 – Weather and Climate Unit 4 – Ecology and Resources

Moodle

CSUSM has granted my Earth Science the opportunity to use Moodle in my classes

Students can submit work by uploading or sending me links to their work

Most college classes use something similar (blackboard used at SDSU)

Moodle (abbreviation for Modular Object-Oriented Dynamic Learning Environment)

Closed to the public