HP alg II syllabus

Algebra II- HP 2017-2018  - 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 – videos, hw, review guides

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 (The REAL focus):

  Don’t give up, explain your thinking, apply math in real world contexts, using patterns

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; Ron Larson

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 will succeed in my class.  If you miss an assignment without a valid excuse, you can still turn it in by the end of the week for partial credit.

OFFICE HOURS:  Lunch M, Tu, Th.  After school on Tu-Th.

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 lunch.

·        Go to SAMOHI afterschool tutoring.

·        Try the Khan Academy on Youtube.com

·        Be assertive!  Ask a question in front of the class!