Welcome to Mr. Cameron’s 6th Grade Math Classroom
About Me
My name is Taylor Cameron. I graduated from the University of Central Missouri with a Bachelor's Degree in Elementary Education and a minor in Mathematics. I also just received my Master’s Degree in Administration from Lindenwood University.
This is going to be my 7th year teaching. This will be my 2nd year teaching at Johnson-Wabash. Before then, I taught in the Ferguson-Florissant School District at Parker Road Elementary. There, I taught 4th and 6th-grade mathematics. I am married to an incredible woman, Katie, and we are fortunate to have a beautiful daughter named Emmie, and the cutest dog in the world, Rae. I have only been in the St. Louis area since I started working as a teacher 7 years ago. I am actually from the small town of Hermann, Missouri.
I am very excited for the upcoming school year. My goal is to provide the most positive environment possible that will allow your student to reach their greatest potential in Math this year. It will not be easy but when students leave this classroom I want them to have the feeling that they truly learned something and that it was because of the hard work and dedication that they put in.
Contact Information
Please feel free to contact me using the information below.
Email: tcameron@fergflor.org
Phone Number: 314-524-0280
Math Pacing for the 2020-2021 6th Grade School Year
Grading Scale
All grades for the secondary setting continue throughout a semester. This is different from the elementary setting as grades used to start over after the end of a quarter. The grades taken for math will go as follows:
- 30% Assignments
- 50% Summative Assessment
- 20% Final Exam
Homework Policies
A regular homework schedule will have students bringing work home Monday through Thursday. Any work sent home on the weekends will be communicated via Canvas. This usually consists of study guides for upcoming tests.
Students will receive points for each assignment completed. The requirements for homework will include:
- Completing all problems assigned
- Showing the necessary work asked for in class
- Participation in the class discussion over one of the previous night’s questions.
Behavior Expectations
Students will be asked to:
- Be responsible
- Be safe
- Be cooperative
- Be respectful
- Persevere
We as teachers have been trained to look for those who are following these expectations first and to show acknowledgement through verbal recognition and rewards via our “Comet Cash” system. Students who repeatedly go against these expectations could result in:
- Having interventions put in place to help them be more successful
- Having various forms of communication sent home
- Being assigned a lunch or after-school detention* (in-school)
- Given an office referral