Pre-Calculus Assignments

Wow, we are in the last few days of class. We have just 3 meetings left until the trimester is complete. I thank you as we have worked through these new experiences together. I appreciate your feedback and I hope you have learned some new skills, beyond just Pre-Calculus.

THIS WEEK:
Regular Pace - Summation Notation, Arithmetic Series and Finite Geometric Series
Accelerated Pace - Finite Geometric Series, Recursive Formulas & The Binomial Theorem

Grading (repeat last week):
Students will be expected to complete 90% (instead of the original 100%) of the Edgenuity material at a level of understanding/correctness of 60% or higher to earn a Pass for Algebraic Functions. For some, that means they could complete less than 90% if their grade is higher than 60%...just find an equivalent product of the Percent completed and Overall score (we are math people, we like formulas ;) ). This does not mean that we think certain material is less valuable than other materials, we would LOVE for you to complete 100% of the content. We do, however, understand that these are not normal circumstances and thus we want to be a flexible as possible for students. I have included a rough scale that will be used for determining a Pass in grade.
If students score below that threshold, then they will be given an Incomplete and will have additional time over the summer to complete the necessary Edgenuity material to get a Pass. We will be working through what the Incomplete process to earn credit will look like. I will update you when I have more information

If possible any increase in completion that you can manage is suggested:
Regular Pace - Sequences, Arithmetic Sequences & Geometric Sequences
Accelerated Pace - Arithmetic Sequences, Geometric Sequences, Summation Notation & Arithmetic Series

I have been getting a number of questions about how grading will be done, so I wanted to update you all with the
information we have available. With the announcement of the change of end of the school year, to June 10th, and thus
a total change of 5 fewer days of school that was in the plan for this different trimester, we will lose about 10% of time
for content. The Math Department discussed this change and we have come up with our guiding policy for awarding a
Pass/Incomplete for this trimester for Pre-Calculus:

Students will be expected to complete 90% (instead of the original 100%) of the Edgenuity material at a level of
understanding/correctness of 60% or higher to earn a Pass for Algebraic Functions. For some, that means they could
complete less than 90% if their grade is higher than 60%...just find an equivalent product of the Percent completed
and Overall score (we are math people, we like formulas ;) ). This does not mean that we think certain material is less
valuable than other materials, we would LOVE for you to complete 100% of the content. We do, however, understand
that these are not normal circumstances and thus we want to be a flexible as possible for students.

If students score below that threshold, then they will be given an Incomplete and will have additional time over the
summer to complete the necessary Edgenuity material to get a Pass. We do not know what the process over the
summer will look like at this time, as those details are still being worked out.

Pre-Calculus students, there is so much information we were not able to cover. The expectations of what you will learn
in Calculus will not be lowered, even though there has been a weird end to the school year. If you have the ability to
complete 100% of the material, please do so! You can finish strong and get through this! There are only 10 "regular
class days" left in the school year. I am so proud of the work you have done, you have faced challenges that no other
class has and you are making it happen, keep up the good work!

FYI, Mr. Shelley wanted you to know that there are 104 days until Calculus starts. *Can't you just picture his face as he
says that?*

If you have ANY questions, please feel free to reach out. I would love to hear from you!

Well, this is not the best way to start the week off...with Edgenuity not working. I understand that you may not meet your proposed schedule because we don't know how long Edgenuity will be down. I will get the videos for this week by posted by Tuesday morning. I will record the Hyperbolas lesson in last part of today's video call.

NOTE: Next Monday, May 25th, is Memorial Day and a non-school day, so we will not have class on Monday. I hope you all have a restful weekend and take time to remember and honor the men and women who have served in the U.S. military.

Here are the two suggested pacing schedules for this week:
Regular Pace: Complete Edgenuity Lessons: Hyperbolas, Polar Coordinates, & Conic Sections Unit Test (Begin Sequences if time allows)
Accelerated Pace: Complete Edgenuity Lessons: Polar Coordinates, Conic Sections Unit Test & Sequences (Begin Arithmetic Sequences if time allows)

Most students selected times that were within 30 mins of our regular meeting times, on the Weekly Check-in form from last week. Thus, I will not be scheduling individual meetings unless you specifically request one.

I will be posting a weekly plan, instead of by unit, as some students are interested in working faster than the original pacing of the course. Generally speaking, the original expectation is to get through about two of the Conic Sections Units each week.

Here are the two suggested pacing schedules for this week:
Regular Pace - Get through Egenuity Lessons: Circles & Parabolas, and Ellipses this week (begin Hyperbolas if there is time)
Accelerated Pace - Get through Edgenuity Lessons: Ellipses and Hyperbolas this week (begin Polar Equations if there is time)

Also, so I can better support students, I would like to offer one-on-one or small group meetings. Please complete the Survey below to designate your preferred time to meet and to let me know what pacing you would prefer to follow.

I will continue to host the Nerd Thursday meeting every Thursday from 11 - 11:15am (our regular time). I am so sorry I forgot this last week! It will not happen again. Keep an eye on the Nerd Thursday Section in Google Classroom for the next installment of Nerdiness to make up for last week.

Hey all,
I am looking over your progress and many of you are starting to work ahead. This next week was only scheduled to be time to take the Vector Test and prep for Conic Sections, but I think we can speed things up a bit, if you are interested/willing.

Please complete the survey about adjusting the pacing to help me put together some options. We will discuss this at Monday's meeting.

I believe the chance to get done early can be dealt with two ways...1) you can be done (yay!) or 2) we can do some extensions, ie. things I never get to teach, but are cool anyway (they would not be graded).

The video lesson will be attached by Monday, but you are free to read through the book start on assignment as soon as you want.
Remember you do not need to do all the questions, just enough that you understand the concept.
Please attach an image, photo or doc with your answers and then select submit assignment.
The worked out solutions will be posted by Wednesday.

0.1 Sets - pg P5 #1-31odd

0.2 Operations with Complex Numbers - pg P8 #1-31odd

0.3 Quadratic Functions and Equations - pg P13 #11-15,23-39odds

The video lesson will be attached by Wednesday, but you are free to read through the book start on assignment as soon as you want.
Remember you do not need to do all the questions, just enough that you understand the concept.
Please attach an image, photo or doc with your answers and then select submit assignment.
The worked out solutions will be posted by Thursday.

0.7 Probability with Permutations and Combinations - pg P31 #1-23odd, 31

0.8 Statistics - pg P37 #1-13odd

The video lesson will be attached by Tuesday, but you are free to read through the book start on assignment as soon as you want.
Remember you do not need to do all the questions, just enough that you understand the concept.
Please attach an image, photo or doc with your answers and then select submit assignment.
The worked out solutions will be posted by Wednesday.

0.4 Nth Roots & Real Exponents - pg P17 #1-21, 31-35odds

0.5 Systems of Linear Equations - pg P22 #2,9-17, 21, 37, 39

0.6 Matrix Operations - pg P27 #1-35odd, 24

Hello all! What an interesting time this is. I am excited that I will get to teach you all Pre-Calculus, but these new stiuations will merit us blending a couple different types of technology.

This coming week, April 6 - 10, aka Week 0, we will be doing review and getting introduced to the technologies we will be using in this class.
Please complete the attached survey, so I can learn more about you and your technology situation.
Shortly, I will get you access to online copy of the Pre-Calculus book and we will work through Chapter 0.

We will begin Week 1 of class, April 13 - 17, using a combination of our Pre-Calculus book and Edgenuity, the districts' online curriculum. This is still in development, so expect to hear more about it next week.

Once you have gotten the online copy of the book, complete the Chapter 0 Pretest, which should be found on Page P2 of the book.

There are a lot of questions on this Pretest. I do not expect you do (or know how to do) every problem, but at least try one from each section. I believe you can access the answer to the odds in the back of the book, but I am not sure what page the answers start on. Any questions can be answered during our Thursday Virtual Session.

Once you have complete as much of the assignment as you are able, go ahead and submit the assignment and let me know, as a private comment, how many questions you attempted (and you can individually ask questions that way too).