Teacher: Anil Desai
AP Calculus AB- Lesson Plans: Fall 2015
Textbook: Calculus-Early Transcendental Functions by Robert Smith and Roland Minton (3rd edition), Publisher: McGraw Hill.
This is a tentative schedule. Necessary changes will be made depending upon other activities in school and they will be announced in class.
A copy of the Topical Outline by College Board and a supplement with other resources is posted on Gradespeed and HUB.
Each student will receive a workbook which contains problems for homework assignments as the courses progresses.
Monday
Aug 24 (A/B)
Tuesday
Aug 25 (A)
Review Prerequisite
Sec 1.2 - Concept of Limit
HW: Review of Prerequisite
Skills #1-13
Sec 1.2 - Concept of Limit
HW: Review of Prerequisite
Skills #14-21
Sec 1.2 #1-25 odd
August 31(A)
Sept 1 (B)
Quiz 1 on Sec 1.2 & Sec 1.3
HW: Review of Prerequisite
Skills #31-41
Sept 7
Sept 8 (B)
Holiday
Sept 14(B)
Sept 21 (A)
Sec 2.4 - Product and Quotient
Rule
HW: Worksheet on Product and
Quotient Rule
Sept 28 (A)
Test 2 on Chapters 1 and 2
Sept 15 (A)
Sec 2.2 and 2.3 - The Derivative
HW: Worksheet –Derivatives by
Definition and Power Rule
Sept 22 (B)
Sept 29 (B)
Wednesday
Aug 26 (B)
Sept 2 (A)
Sec 1.4 – Continuity and its
consequences, IVT and EVT
HW: Review of Prerequisite
Skills #42-46
Sec 1.4 #1-49 odd
Sept 9(A)
Sec 1.5 - Limits involving
Infinity; Asymptotes
HW: Review of Prerequisite
Skills #58-61
Sec 1.5 # 1-33 odd
Sept 16 (B)
Thursday
Aug 27 (A)
Sec 1.3 - Computation of Limits
HW: Review of Prerequisite
Skills #22-30
Sec 1.3 (1-33) odd, (39-45, 4961) odd
Sept 3 (B)
Friday
Aug 28 (B)
Sept4 (A)
Quiz 2 on Sec 1.3 and Sec 1.4
HW: Review of Prerequisite
Skills #55-57
Sept 10 (B)
Sept 11 (A)
Test 1 on Prerequisites + Sec
1.2-1.4
Review of Prerequisite is due
today
Sept 17 (A)
Sept 18(B)
Quiz 3 on 1.5, 2.2- 2.3
Sept 23
Sept 24 (A)
Fall Holiday
Quiz 4 on Chapters 1 and 2
Early Dismissal
Sept 30 (A)
Oct 1 (B)
Start Chain Rule for Derivatives
Sept 25 (B)
Oct 2 (A)
Review/Catch up day