BAAT 2

Materials: 

Bring the following to class every day (unless otherwise instructed):

• •  Pencils  (no work will be done in pen)  

  • Scientific Calculator 

Outline:  

This is course does not have a single text book.  We will be pulling targets from both the Advanced Algebra and the Pre-calculus courses.  The objective of the course is to prepare students for the state’s 11th grade math test, the SAT, Pre-calculus, and college math courses.

What you will be learning in this course:

• Functions including identifying functions, determining domain and range, and evaluating functions.

• Parallel and Perpendicular lines including recognizing equations that are parallel or perpendicular and finding equations of line that are parallel or perpendicular.

• Parent functions and transformations of parent functions.

• Graphing Piece-wise functions.

• Matrices including operations with matrices, inverse matrices and using matrices to rotate geometric shapes and solve systems of linear equation.                 

• Solving systems of equations through elimination and substitution.

• Proving or disproving an equation's symmetry with respect to the origin, x-axis, y-axis, y=x or y=-x line.

• Proving continuity of a function at a given point.

• Solving a triangle using right triangle trigonometry.

• Solving rational equations by multiplying by LCD. 

This class is intended for the college prep student not pursuing calculus in high school. Students will study Advanced Algebra, Trigonometry, and related technologies to prepare for college-level math, the SAT, and college placement tests.

Washington State Essential Academic Learning Requirements:  

Auburn School District uses adopted math curriculum in accordance with Washington State Essential Academic Learning Requirements and Competency-Based Admissions Standards to prepare students for success in high school and beyond.  Materials, lessons, and activities are carefully selected to support student learning, measure achievement, and demonstrate competence in math, technical writing, and technical skills.  Special effort is taken to assure students are meeting benchmarks through demonstration, application,

 and communication of knowledge as part of their course grade.  In addition, commitment to quality, work habits, communication, citizenship, attendance and punctuality are considered essential components of the course grade. 

Grading:  

Your grades are on the following weighted categories.

21 Century Skills:  Work/student skills (10% of overall grade)

Daily Work: Math Journal & Classwork (10% of overall grade)

Assessments: Quizzes, Tests, Projects & Comprehensive Exams (80% of overall grade)

Grading Scale

        A         92.5 – 100%           C+        76.5 – 79.99%

                       A-        90 – 92.49%           C          72.5 – 76.49%

                       B+        86.5 – 89.99%        C-        70 – 72.49%

                       B          82.5 – 86.49%         D+       66.5 – 69.99%

                       B-        80 – 82.49%            D         60 – 66.49%

Work expectations: 

You will be expected to do quality work at all times.

• 1. Work is organized and easy to read.

  2. Answers are thorough and complete.  Assume the person that is checking your work has limited knowledge.  

  3. Work and answers show that you put forth your best effort.

21 Century Skills:

You will need to attend class regularly to participate in discussions, note taking, completion of example problems, homework assignments and concept projects.  Class activities may or may not be made up, depending on the assignment.  If you are absent, you risk missing out on important and relevant classroom instruction, discussion and example problems.  You are expected to complete the assigned homework promptly.

Practice:

• • Classwork:  

Practice problems will be assigned daily and will be checked the next day.  Practice will be checked for showing progress and showing work.  All practice assigned for a Unit will be will be turned in the day of the test for scoring.  Each practice assignment will be scored between 0 and 10 points.  Late practice will lose 25% of its point value and will not be accepted beyond one week before the end of the quarter grading period (1st quarter, 2nd quarter).  

• •  Participation:  

Evidence of participation includes, attendance, complete course lecture notes, completed assessments, involved in discussions, showing awareness of the course calendar and due dates. Actively involved in the learning process (asks questions and promptly does the in-class practice or homework). Pursue opportunities to improve your understanding of the material and grade in the course.  

Assessments:                  

• •  Quizzes: 

Quizzes will be conducted almost daily in each Unit.  The purposes of my quizzes are to expose students to what will be assessed on the Unit Test and to assess the student’s mastery and progress.  Missed quizzes due to absences will be excused. Quizzes cannot be retaken (no fear, nobody will fail the class due to a bad quiz score).  

• •  Tests: 

A Test will be conducted after covering and practicing 10 to 15 objectives (there are roughly 2 objects in each unit section).  The tests will be organized and graded by objective.   The purposes of the test is to expose students to what will be assessed on the semester mid-term and final and to assess the student’s mastery and progress through the course.   Missed tests may be made up during CORE/Choice, or before/after school.  A tested objective can be individually retested.  Retested objective score replaces original objective test score (with a max. of 85%).  Retesting on an objective must be completed before the end of that object’s quarter.    

• •  Semester mid-term and final:  

The semester mid-term will cover 1st quarter learning targets and the semester final will cover 2nd quarter learning targets.  The purpose of the mid-term and final is to assess student mastery of the material covered during the quarter.  No retakes on these exams.     

 Classroom Expectations:  

• • Each student is expected to:

  • Be inside the classroom when the bell rings, or you are tardy.

  • Have your note packets, and pencil with you each day.  Sharpen before class.  

  • When the teacher starts talking or if a student who has the floor is talking, YOU STOP TALKING.

  • When talking to your neighbor, monitor your volume.  Do not talk across the classroom.  If your neighbor is talking too loud, ask them to keep it down.  Let’s help each other out.

  • When given time to work in class, do the assignment or risk getting a longer assignment.

  • Work until the end of the period.  It only takes half a minute to pack up.

  • No eating food or chewing gum during class.  Bottled water OK * Until it becomes a distraction or gets messy *

  • Keep electronics out of sight. If they become a distraction, they will be confiscated.  Turn off cell phones.

  • AMHS policies apply in this classroom.

 Cheating:  

Cheating is any attempt to circumvent the evaluation process, such as by:

• • Looking at another student’s paper

  • Communicating with other students

  • Accessing notes or other resources, not approved by the instructor

  • Plagiarism

    Consequences for cheating:

               1st offense:  Redo the work, teacher-student conference, and parent contact.

               2nd offense: Redo the work, and parent-teacher-student conference.

               3rd offense:  Redo the work, removal from class (likely), and written parent notification.

 Absent:  

The student is responsible for staying caught up while absent.  Assignment lists and calendars will be issued at the beginning of each month and are available on-line on my swift website (see top of front page).

• •  Assignments that were due during the absence are due upon returning from an absence. 

  • Missed tests must be made up outside of class time.  

  • You are responsible for pursuing missed worksheets or handouts.

 Tardy: 

If the student is more than 10 minutes late to class, it will be considered an unexcused absence.