Welcome to Back to School Night 2025!
SLIDES WILL BE POSTED ON PARENT SQUARE
A little bit about me
EDUCATION
BA Psych & Social Behavior w/ Education Minor
Teaching Credential - Multi Subject + Foundational Math
CSU Fullerton
UC Irvine
Masters - Curriculum & Development
CSU Fullerton
PARTNER WITH ME IN CULTIVATING A GROWTH MINDSET
A person with a fixed mindset may:
- avoid challenges
- give up easily
- ignore feedback
- be threatened by other people’s success
- try hard to appear as smart or capable as possible
A person with a growth mindset may:
- embrace challenges
- give their best effort
- learn from feedback
- become inspired by other people’s successes - believe their intelligence can change if they work hard
PARTNER WITH ME IN CULTIVATING A GROWTH MINDSET
- Did you make a mistake today?
- What did you learn from it?
- What did you do that was difficult today?
2. PRAISE THE PROCESS
Instead of saying, “You’re so smart!” praise effort, goal setting, persisting through challenges, or being creative.
You can say something like: - “Wow! You must have worked really hard on this!”
PARTNER WITH ME IN CULTIVATING A GROWTH MINDSET
3. THE BRAIN CAN GROW!
Remind your child that their intelligence is not fixed & when things are difficult, their brain grows if they persist through the challenge. Each time they learn something new, their brain is making new connections.
4. HELP THEM CHANGE THEIR DIALOGUE
The way your child talks to themself makes a huge impact on their mindset. If they say, “This is too hard!” help them change that to “I can’t do this yet, but I will keep trying.” Give them the words to say when they are feeling defeated by modeling it yourself!
PARTNER WITH ME IN CULTIVATING A GROWTH MINDSET
5. DON’T BE AFRAID OF FAILURE
Your child needs to know that failure can (and often does) happen and it is okay! Remind them that each time they fail and try again, their brain is growing stronger! Don’t step in to prevent your child’s failure – this is how they learn to persevere in the face of challenges.
CLASS BANK (CLASS ECONOMY)
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Students earn bonuses/get fines
Students pay bills (rent/utilities/health insurance
Students can purchase rewards using their classroom money
If you’re willing to donate small prizes for our store, please reach out!
GRADING
Adv Math 7, Algebra 7
SUMMATIVE: 70%
(tests, projects, quizzes)
FORMATIVE 30%
(classwork, group work, homework)
Math 7
SUMMATIVE: 65%
(tests, projects, quizzes)
FORMATIVE 35%
(classwork, group work, homework)
HW Assigned Every Class
Students must complete homework and turn it in at the beginning of each class.
**Homework is meant to practice the skill we covered in class, so it’s OK if they’re making mistakes occasionally. However, if your student is getting overly frustrated with it after attempting many different strategies, please email me letting me know (and they can take a pause and I’ll check in with them–*this is not to be taken advantage of*)
We don’t want them getting any/more negative feelings about math.
And they need to do everything they can (watch Khan videos/tutorials/look at class notes/etc.) before giving up and reaching out.
Aleks Topic Goals
Students will be assigned 5 Aleks Topic Goals each week.
Topic Goals CANNOT be made up since they are date-sensitive.
*counts as HW grade
Aleks Topic Goals
Math 7
1st quarter - 15% completed
2nd quarter - 30% completed
3rd quarter - 45% completed
End of the year - 60% completed
*counts as assessment grade
Adv Math 7, Algebra 7
1st quarter - 20% completed
2nd quarter - 40% completed
3rd quarter - 60% completed
End of the year - 80% completed
*counts as assessment grade
Tests
**All tests are on Aleks - Practice tests will be available to take one week before the test
**Retakes - available for students receiving below 80%
In order to take a retake students must: bring back signed test with corrections, complete all homework for that chapter and take the practice test with an 80% or higher
CONTACT
Please let me know how I can be supportive
Posted on Google Classroom and in their planners
ASSIGNMENTS
Posted on Aeries
*Please check weekly & have students reach out with any questions/concerns in a timely manner
GRADES
ANYTHING ELSE
Email - please allow up to 48 hours for a response (I try my best to be quicker!)
hchoi@wvusd.org
MESSAGE ME
DONATIONS
*Completely optional, but much appreciated*
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Tissue boxes
Hand sanitizer
Black expo markers
Graph paper
Thank you for coming!
If you have any questions, feel free to email me at hchoi@wvusd.org
QUESTIONS?
Please post questions using post its at the parking lot (back of room whiteboard #9) & I’ll make a post on parent square answering them for everyone (unless it’s specific to you/your child - I’ll message separately)!