AP Calculus AB

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WELCOME

• AP Calculus AB
• Mr. Smith

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Basic Information

• AP Calculus AB
• Mr. Smith
• Room S306, office is S315
• Email TLSmith2_at_wsfcs.k12.nc.us
• Phone [phone]
• Website http//wsfcs.k12.nc.us/tonysmith or
  http//wsfcs.k12.nc.us/apcalcsmith

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Who am I?

• Hobbies Playing tennis, reading
• Love to watch most sports
• Family wife, two sons and a guinea pig
• Graduated from UNC-Greensboro as a Mathematics
  major
• Have worked in computers for my entire career
  (25 years)
• Programmed in several languages
• Fifth year as a teacher at Career Center

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What will you be doing this year?

• Advanced Placement Calculus AB
• Comparable to a first-year college level
  Calculus 1 course
• Build on your Pre-Calculus knowledge
• Improve your problem-solving skills using
  Calculus
• Learn Calculus by doing
• You will become prepared for a successful outcome
  when you take the College Board Advanced
  Placement Calculus AB exam

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Course Requirements

• What do you need to be successful?
• What are the rules in this classroom?
• What are the consequences for not following a
  rule?
• How will you be graded?
• What are the classroom procedures?

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What do you need to be successful?

• FOCUS - Take careful notes during class. Be in
  attendance and on time for class every day.
  Listen and learn.
• BE INQUISITIVE Dont be afraid to experiment and
  make mistakes (you sometimes learn more from
  mistakes). Ask questions and learn from each
  other share knowledge
• PREPARE - Read the textbook section relevant to
  the days work. Prepare for tests prior to the
  night before.
• FOLLOW THROUGH - Do your homework everyday. Use
  the supplemental web resources to complete
  homework and enhance your understanding of the
  material. DO NOT ALLOW YOURSELF TO GET BEHIND ON
  YOUR HOMEWORK!!
• FOCUS BE INQUISITIVE PREPARE FOLLOW THROUGH

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Other helpful hints to be successful

• Seek extra help before school, after school, or
  during the day and
• Always be a proactive learner.
• Keep your work organized put your name, date,
  and class period on everything
• Nothing can substitute for doing problems
• Buy an AP Calculus AB Exam Review book (Barrons,
  etc.)

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What are the rules in this classroom?

• Career Center rules and discipline procedures
  need to be followed
• Everyone in the classroom deserves respect
• Cell phones need to remain hidden and not used
  during class
• Be respectful of the classroom
• No cheating

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What are the consequences for not following a
rule?

• If you choose to break a classroom rule, one or
  more of the
• following consequences will be used
• I will ask you to correct the inappropriate
  behavior.
• I will conference with you (either in the hall
  during class time or at my convenience). Parents
  may be contacted at this point.
• Parents/administrators/guidance counselors are
  made aware of the problem that you are having
  trouble correcting.
• You are asked to serve a detention at my
  convenience either before or after school. I
  will give you 24 hours notice.
• You are removed from my classroom to the In
  School Suspension (ISS) room for the remainder of
  class period.
• You are referred to an administrator and they
  will discipline you.

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Other Items

• You are encouraged to take notes.
• No writing in the textbooks
• Any test or quiz will require a pencil
• Any closure of school on the day of a test or
  quiz reschedules it for the first day back.
• Homework is critical more on this later
• I will dismiss the class dont pack up or leave
  your seat early.

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How will you be graded?

• GRADING POLICY (7 point scale)
• Homework Checks and Classwork 10
• Quizzes and Assignments 10
• Participation 10
• Tests 70

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Classroom Procedures

• Come into classroom and have a seat before the
  bell rings
• When you are tardy, come in, fill out the tardy
  sheet and have a seat. Let me know after class
  why you were tardy. Give me a note if it is an
  excused tardy.
• Pay attention and take notes during class
• Bathroom breaks during class are discouraged but
  granted for emergencies (use the hall pass)
• Clean up your work area before you leave

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When You Are Absent

• When you are absent, please provide me with a
  signed/dated note the day you return to class
• NEW THIS YEAR If you do not have a note, you
  will be asked to fill out a Violation of
  Attendance Policy Report, and your parents will
  be called by Administration.
• You will be responsible for making up homework
  during your absence
• Look on my website to review lectures and to get
  your homework
• If you missed a quiz or test because of your
  absence, arrange a time with me to make up the
  test during non-class time.

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Homework Checks and Classwork

• If you miss my class, please check the days
  lesson plan on my website for the days homework
  assignment.
• Effort will be based on the percentage of the
  assigned problems legitimately attempted
• All attempted 100,
• At least one-half attempted 50,
• Less than one-half attempted 0

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Quizzes and Assignment Sheets

• Quizzes will be announced.
• include homework problems, previous class work or
  fundamental algebra and trigonometry concepts
• If you are absent the day of a quiz, you are
  expected to take the missed quiz the day you
  return to school
• Assignment sheets will involve concepts
  previously discussed
• You will generally have a week to complete the
  assignment sheets
• If you know you are going to be absent on the
  date an assignment sheet is due, turn it in early
  

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Class Participation

• This grade is given subjectively and will be the
  result of participation in class, presenting
  problems on the board (a different predetermined
  number per quarter) and small group discussions.
• It also includes bringing necessary materials
  (such as calculators, pencils, etc.) to class
  each day.
• Grade will be awarded at the end of each quarter

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Unit Tests

• Will be given three per quarter, for the first
  three quarters.
• If a student misses a unit test during the
  quarter, that test may not be made up .
• A cumulative quarter test will be administered at
  the end of each of the first three quarters that
  includes questions on topics from the entire
  quarter
• The quarter test grade will be used as a
  replacement for any missing test grade from that
  quarter
• If a student has not missed any tests during the
  quarter, the quarter test will replace the lowest
  test grade
• During the fourth quarter, the grade weights will
  be changed to reflect the emphasis placed on
  review material for the AP exam.

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Seating Chart

• Initially the seating chart will be alphabetized
  by last name (to help me learn your names)
• Periodically, I will scramble the seating chart
  (using a Java program I created)
• If you have any special needs (i.e. hearing or
  seeing issues) that could affect where you need
  to sit, please let me know.

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Textbook
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AP Calculus AB Website

• http//wsfcs.k12.nc.us/tonysmith or
  http//wsfcs.k12.nc.us/apcalcsmith
• OR go to Career Center website (http//www.wsfcs.k
  12.nc.us/cc) and pick me from the Faculty/Staff
  webpages

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Most Importantly

• Remember
• I truly believe in your potential!
• Have an awesome year!
• -Mr. Smith