alg II syllabus

Algebra II- HP 2015-2016  - 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 and Casio are good.  I have some loaners. Desmos.com is a good online calculator.

 

OBJECTIVES:

Mastering the following and being able to apply:

Transformations                   Solving quadratics and Polynomials                 

Rational Equations                  Radical equations                            Logarithms        

Statistics                           Trigonometry                            Conic Sections

        

***Standards of Mathematical Practice:  don’t give up, explain your thinking, apply math in real world contexts

EXPECTATIONS:

• To be responsible for completing work and your own actions.
• This class is the link to calculus and is very rigorous to prepare you for it.
• 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:  walking in front of the teacher during instruction, eating/drinking, gum chewing, interrupting, hitting, tardiness, 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/ folder/ binder, calculator, straight edge, graph paper and this syllabus.  BRING THEM!

Textbook:  Big Ideas Algebra 2 (new this year) with online resources

GRADING - Your scores on the following will determine grades:

                                                                                       A=90+

Homework/ POUs                                  20%                               B=80-89

Tests/ projects                           40%                           C=70-79

Quizzes/ performance tasks         20%                           D = 60-69

Final                                                    20%                                       F below 60                 

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.  If you miss hw without a valid excuse, you can still turn it in by the end of the week for partial credit.

***         If you are having problems, I can help you after school and at lunch.  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 December and in June.  Projects can be counted as tests or quizzes 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 for up to 2 tests per semester at lunch or after school.

Assistance:

·      See your teacher at nutrition or at lunch.

·      There are videos with the online textbook.

User name:                              password:

·      Go to afterschool tutoring.

·      Try the Khan Academy on Youtube.com

·      Be assertive!