Dear Caring Adult

My name is Mrs. Gendrikovs, but most of my students refer to me as Ms. G. I will be your
scholars Algebra teacher this year. I am so excited to work with your family through Union High
School. I am an Union alumni myself; I graduated in 2001. I earned my BA from Hope college in 2005
and my MS from Walden University in 2014. I have been teaching for at Union since 2013 and for
GRPS since 2010; Total I have over 10 years of teaching experience. I am highly qualified and certified
to teach both secondary Art and Mathematics.
In this course, students will learn the basics of Algebra. All students will apply the
mathematical concepts of Algebra I to enhance their understanding and lifelong use of mathematics.
The grading scale and procedure have been included on the backside of this paper. Please check out
our website, algebrau.weebly.com for more information.
Our school has developed several school wide initiatives to help prepare our scholars for both
the workplace and college. The school wide weekly tier II vocabulary is one of those initiatives. Below
is a list of the tier II vocabulary that our entire staff will be helping students to master. You can help by
asking your scholar to explain these terms to you.
Week 1
Week of 9-13
interpret
restrict
analyze
intuitive
devise
approach
reverse

Week 2
Week of 9-20
approximate
section
devote
involve
dimension
role
statistics

Week 3
Week of 9-27
arbitrary
magnetic
distinct
segment
assert
magnitude
distort

Week 4
Week of 10-4
emphasize
assess
select
major
element
assign
sequence

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Grading Scale
A+

Exemplary Level of Performance

93 100

Outstanding level of performance

90 92

A-

87 89

B+

83 86

80 82

B-

77 79

C+

73 76

70 72

C-

67 69

D+

63 66

60 62

D-

0 59

High level of performance

Grading Procedure
30%
30%

District Common Assessments

Teacher Created Assessments
Participation and Practice

100%

Your Final Grade each quarter

40%

Please Visit
Acceptable level of performance

algebrau.weebly.com
for more information about
this course

Minimal level of performance

Unacceptable level of
performance