Mr. Pierre Carmel
Monarch High School
Pierre.carmel@browardschools.com
754-322-1400
Calculus Syllabus and Student Contract
Year Round Course
- Calculus Honors
- Advanced Placement
Calculus AB (AP)
Curriculum:
AP Calculus AB is a course designed to offer students college level mathematics under the guidelines of the Advanced Placement Program. Topics shall include elementary functions, limits, hyperbolic functions, limits and continuity, derivatives, antiderivatives, definite integrals, indeterminate forms, and applications of the integral. Students must take the Advanced Placement Examination offered by the College Board.
Procedures and Routines:
When you enter the class, take out your homework and be prepared to take notes. In order to be successful in an AP class it is necessary to take notes and do homework every day. Although, it would be almost impossible to check for notes and homework every day, I can however give several quizzes. Quizzes will be given approximately twice a week and not all of them will be announced. When you enter the class, take out your homework and be prepared to take notes.
Class Rules:
- ID Badges must be worn at all times! You may not enter the class without it!
- Arrive on time with required materials.
- Raise your hand and wait for acknowledgement.
- Remain seated and quiet.
- Follow all teacher directions and All school rules.
- Everyone in the class will be treated with respect.
- No laptops open unless directed by teacher and only for work-related use.
- No food or drinks.
Consequences:
When a rule is not followed, the students know the following is
the general progression of consequences:
- Student Conference
- Parent phone call and detention
- Referral
Class supplies:
- # 2 sharpened pencils
- 3-ring binder/dividers
- Notebook paper
- Graph paper (recommended)
- Calculator TI 83+ (I will check out to students if necessary)
Grading Scales:
90 - 100 A 70 - 76 C
87 - 89 B+ 67 - 69 D+
80 - 86 B 60 - 66 D
77 - 79 C+ 0 - 59 F
Class grades are based on:
40% - Tests
40% - Quizzes
20% - Notebook and Class Participation
Tardies:
Attendance is taken as soon as class starts. You are expected to be in your seat before the bell rings. Excessive tardies will result in detentions.
Missed work/quizzes/tests:
All students are responsible for making up any missed work. All make-up work must be completed within two days of absence; if not a grade of zero will be given. Students are not permitted to turn in missing work (zero grades) at the end of the quarter (don’t procrastinate). All work can be found on my teacher webpage. Quizzes and exams will be given after certain concepts are reviewed. If the student is absent the day of the test, he/she should be prepared to take the test on the day of their return to school.
Course Difficulty:
The AP Calculus course and the AP Calculus test is very challenging and rigorous. It is expected for any AP course; a student should study 90 minutes for every 90 minutes of class time. The students in this class will be expected to work extra hard to keep up with the demanding work that is required of them. I will be staying after schools on most Wednesdays for any students that may require extra help.
Practice Tests:
In order for students to get practice taking the AP test, I will be giving extra practice tests starting approximately four weeks before the AP exam is given.
Textbook: Larson, Hostetler, and Edwards – Calculus of a Single Variable
Since we do not have enough textbooks for a class set, students will have to bring the textbooks back and forth to school. Sorry!
Appled Math 2
MATH 2 / FCAT
Mr. Pierre Carmel
Phone number: (754) 322-1400
E-mail: Pierre.carmel@browardschools.com
SUGGESTED SUPPLEMENTAL MATERIALS:
- 2 or more sharpened #2 pencils or a mechanical pencil with extra lead
- Loose leaf paper
- 3-ring binder
COURSE CONTENT: This class is designed to emphasize critical thinking and mathematical techniques used in standardized testing like the FCAT. Topics shall include, but not limited to: Number Sense, Concepts and Operations; Measurements; Geometry and Spatial Sense; Algebraic Thinking; and Data Analysis and Probability.
CLASSROOM EXPECTATIONS/RULES: As Monarch Knights, you will be expected to do the right things for the right reasons at the right times.
- Enter the classroom quietly, prepared and on time, then go to your assigned seat
- Please no food, candy, gum or drinks other than bottled water
- It is essential that only one person speaks at a time, while everyone else listens. In other words, respect others right to learn and my right to teach – by being cooperative, polite, tolerant, patient, …
- You will be expected to stay focused/on task.
- You will be expected to take an active part in our learning process.
- You will be held totally accountable for your actions.
Consequences: When a rule is not followed, the students know the following is the general progression of consequences*:
Student/Teacher conference
Parent phone call & detention
Referral
*Depending on the severity of the action, some steps may be skipped.
PORTFOLIO PREPARATION POLICY:
Each day we will expand our portfolio’s based on the Sunshine State Standards which are the basis of the Florida Comprehensive Assessment Test (FCAT). Most days there will be a warm up, notes, and classwork/homework. Each day’s paper should include all of these sections and be clearly and neatly displayed.
- Please label each day’s work with these four items:
Name Ex.: George P. Burdell
Date 8/15/06
Block Block 1
Topic Number Sense
- You should do all math work in pencil
- Show all steps of your work
- Assignments are due at the beginning of next class.
GRADING POLICY:
Tests 35%
Quizzes 35%
Notebook/Class Participation 30%
A – Excellent, always on task, completes work on time, performs well on tests.
B – Good
C – Sufficient
D – Needs Improvement
F – Unsatisfactory
