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SYLLABUS: PRE CALCULUS HONORS

Instructor: Holly Martin

Office Hours: Thursday 3:05-4:05 PM or by appointment

NOTE*Office hours will be directly after school on early release days

holly.martin@bvsd.org 

Course Overview:Pre- Calculus Honors is designed for students who have demonstrated excellence in math and

have accelerated in an Algebra II/Trigonometry course previous to this course. This rigorouscourse requires active class participation as well as involved individual study and practice.

Material covered in this course will prepare students for the AP Calculus BC course or College

level Calculus I. As part of this course we will extensively use graphing calculators as tools for 

understanding complex theories as well as aids in advanced calculations. All students must be

 proficient at solving problems using a graphing calculator.

Textbook: Calculus With PreCalculus A One Year Course; Larson, Hostetler, Edwards

 Needed Supplies: YOU NEED TO BRING THESE EVERYDAY!

1. Textbook 2. TI 83, TI 84 plus or comparable calculator(batteries)

3. Math binder/ notebook 

4. Paper, pencil

5. Dry-erase markers -4pack (you will turn these in on the first week)

Classroom Expectations:1. RESPECT all people and property

2. RESPONSIBILITY: Be on time and prepared for class

Grading:

Assessments Total 80%: Includes: Tests, Quizzes, Large Projects,

Midterms, FinalsDaily Work Total 20%: Includes Homework, Group work, Problems of the week,

Small Projects

Grading Scale:

A = 89.5% and above B =79.5% -89.4%

C = 69.5% -79.4% F = below 69.5%

Course Policies and Expectations:

Daily Assignments/ Homework: Expect to receive daily assignments that require approximately

15-30 minutes for completion. Assignments will provide students with adequate practice of thecourse material and completion of each assignment is necessary for full development and formalunderstanding. Most assignments will be given from the Larson/Hostetler Calculus I with Pre-

Calculus Text with a few supplemented assignments throughout the year. Your assignments will

 be graded on completion. It is YOUR RESPONSIBILITY to check that your work is correct.

If you are unable to complete an assignment because you have questions you need to mark the

 problems that you could not solve and ASK FOR HELP the next class day. Late work is only

accepted for ½ credit during the time frame of the unit of study.

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Projects and POWs: Periodically you will be given projects, POWs (Problems of the week), or 

other assignments that require more time than a typical homework assignment. These

assignments will be explained in greater detail at their given date.

Unit Quizzes: Quizzes will always be announced and will take place on either a Monday or Friday. Unit quizzes will cover a few sections of an entire unit but will have the same level of 

difficulty as a test. If you miss a quiz it is your responsibility to schedule a time to take it.Missed quizzes will be entered as a zero until they are completed. You must take the quiz before

the unit test is given.

Unit Tests: These assessments will cover a large portion of a unit or an entire unit and will be

worth twice as many points as quizzes. Unit quizzes are good indicators of how well you are

 prepared for the unit test. Tests will always be announced one week in advance and will fall on

math test days. (Mondays and Fridays) If a student misses a test they must schedule to make up

the test within a reasonable time. The test must be taken before the next unit test. The test will

 be marked as missing, and will result in a score of zero points until it is made up.

Midterm and Final Exam: The midterm and final exam will be comprehensive exams given at

the end of each semester. These exams will test your knowledge of all learned material includinggraphing calculator use, free response and multiple choice questions, and expression of 

mathematical content using symbolic and written notation.

Mastery Policy and late work:In order to provide students with the best opportunity to learn and to worktowards mastery of the subject I have designed a mastery policy for whichstudents who have scored low on an assessment may work towardsimproving their understanding and their grade. The policy is explained indetail on my Mastery Policy form.

Late daily assignments/homework will receive 50% credit if turned in within

the given unit of study. Late POW’s will not be accepted after the class hasgraded them unless the student completes them in office hours for 50%credit. Late project presentations will not be scored unless the student canschedule another time to present and the project/presentation rubric willreflect the late penalty.

SCOPE AND SEQUENCE1. Functions and Graphs

2. Polynomial and Rational Functions

3. Limits and Their Properties

4. Basic Differentiation and Tangent Lines

5. Exponential and Logarithmic Functions

6. Trigonometric Functions7. Analytic Trigonometry and Calculus of Sine and Cosine

8. Conic Sections with Polar and Parametric functions

9. Sequences and Series

10. Integration and Riemann Sums

11. Vector Valued Functions