alg II syllabus

Algebra II  2016-2017  - Mr. Parker                 

Room L109                  395-3204 Phone extension: 71-159

Email: tparker@smmusd.org Email is the best way to contact me!!

Blog:  sweetmathguavas.blogspot.com – check for announcements or hw

ELECTRONICS POLICY – No PHONES/ iPODS!!

Both will be taken and given to house offices.

Please get a calculator if you need one!!  No phones can be used.  TIs are good.  I have some loaners but not enough for everyone.   My.hrw.com has a graphing calculator on it as well.

 

Curriculum:

Mastering the following and being able to apply:

Transformations            Solving Polynomials               

Rational Equations                  Radical equations                              Logarithms

Statistics                        Trigonometry                          Conic Sections    

Standards  of  Mathematical Practice

·        Solve problems without giving up

·        Be able to communicate your math ideas to others

·        Be able to solve real world problems

EXPECTATIONS:

• To be responsible for completing work and your own actions.
• Work with others.  It is part of the standards of mathematical practice to share your thought process.
• To participate in class.  The more engaged you are in the class, the more you will learn and the easier the class will be.
• Be on time!

RULES:

NO: electronic devices, cursing, eating/drinking, gum chewing, interrupting, hitting, teasing, tardiness, yelling, leaving seat, throwing things, walking in front of the teacher during instruction, disruption or disrespect.

CONSEQUENCES:

Prompt, seat change, call home, send to house office, class detention, sat school. Suspension.

Materials for EACH class:  pencils, math notebook, a math folder or binder, calculator, straight edge, graph paper, workbook and this syllabus.  BRING THEM!

Textbook:  Big Ideas Algebra 2

GRADING - Your scores on the following will determine grades:

                   A=90+

Work                                        20%                      B=80-89

Tests/ projects                         30%                      C=70-79

Quizzes/ performance tasks     20%                      D = 60-69

Participation                                     10%                      F below 60

Final                                       20%                                        

The final is usually very difficult.  Prepare for it!

Students/ Parents:  Check Illuminate every week with your child.  It is updated frequently.  If you don’t know the codes, contact your child’s advisor for instructions. 

HOMEWORK:

There will be homework 4-5 times a week. Homework will be checked randomly for completion 2-3 times a week.  Students who do hw consistently, do well in my class.  Check the blog to see which problems were assigned.

***    If you are having problems, I can help you before school and at lunch.  I am in my room after school when it is not wrestling season.  I also return emails for assistance.

QUIZZES/ TESTS/ FINAL:

·         I usually give 2-4 quizzes and a test a month.  In addition to these, there will be a final in January and in June.  Projects can be counted as tests as well. You will take a performance task with every unit.  For these, you will work with a partner and be allowed to use your notes.

·         If you miss a test, you will make it up the day you return.  Anyone who fails a test can make test corrections.

Assistance:

·        See your teacher during office hours.

User name:                                        password:

·        Go to afterschool tutoring (Mon-Thurs.)  See  schedule.

·        Try the Khan Academy on Youtube.com

·        Be assertive!