Supply List:
3-Ring Notebook
Ruler
Calculator: TI-89 or Titanium
Scientific Calculator
Graph Paper
Mrs. Monica Palekar
Scarsdale High School
Math 433
GRADING POLICY
2010-2011
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Your grade will be determined by the following:
1) ATTENDANCE/PARTICIPATON
* No credit will be given for work if a student has cut class.
* Points will be deducted for excessive tardiness.
* If you know you will be absent please inform me and look online for missed work.
2) TESTS
* 2-4 full period cumulative tests.
* Announced about a week in advance.
* If legally absent, students are responsible for making up
a test after school or during a free. Please see me to schedule.
200-400 pts
3) HOMEWORK
**Posted daily online**
100 pts
* Assigned and checked almost daily.
* Each homework assignment is approximately worth 5 points for
full credit (), 2.5 points for half credit or no credit. (2 dropped per quarter)
* Failure to complete assigned homework assignments may
result in a failing grade for the marking period.
NO LATE HOMEWORK WILL BE ACCEPTED
unless due to an excused absence
Assignment #
Pages & Problem #s
Name
Date
4) QUIZZES
* May or may NOT be announced in advance.
* Short in length and usually worth 10 points.
5) NOTEBOOK
* A three-ring loose leaf notebook is required. It should be divided into:
class notes in date order
homework in number order
quizzes and tests
A FINAL EXAM will be given at the end of the course.
100 pts
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OTHER POLICIES
Shut OFF cell phones upon entering the classroom.
If it disrupts class, I keep it for 24 hours.
Bring your TI-89 and scientific calculator to class everyday.
Points will be deducted for not coming prepared.
In case of my lateness please act in accordance to school policy and wait 10 minutes.
Cheating demonstrates a lack of integrity and character and will not be tolerated in this
classroom.
EXTRA HELP
Sign up to meet for extra help only during the free periods indicated.
When attending extra help bring your notebook.
Also keep in mind that Mrs. Landau is available in the Math Center (Room 217).
Your textbooks: Algebra and Trigonometry (The Classic)
and Integrated Mathematics (Bumby) may be left at home.
CURRICULUM
Chapter 1:
Chapter 2:
Chapter 3:
Chapter 4:
Chapter 5:
Chapter 7:
Chapter 8:
Chapter 9:
Chapter 10:
Chapter 11:
Chapter 12:
Working with Polynomial and Rational Expressions
Working with Complex Numbers
Relations and Functions
An Introduction to Transformation Geometry
Exponential and Logarithmic Functions
An Introduction to Circular Functions
Applications of Circular Functions
Trigonometric Identities and Equations
More Work with Transformations
Probability and the Binomial Theorem
Statistics
Grading
System:
A+
97 and above
4.4
A
93-96
4.0
A-
90-92
3.7
B+
87-89
3.4
B
83-86
3.0
B-
80-82
2.7
C+
77-79
2.4
C
73-76
2.0
C-
70-72
1.7
D+
67-69
1.4
D
65-66
1.0
F
below 65
0.0
CHEATING
I realize that you are faced with incredibly high expectations and pressures being a student in
Scarsdale High School. I am here to help you in any way that I can, but I want you to understand that
cheating is wrong and it will not help you to be successful in the long run.
Cheating can get you in serious trouble.
Cheating is unfair to you and your classmates.
Cheating can lead to more cheating.
Cheating destroys trust and compromises the teacher/student relationship.
What is considered cheating?
Copying homework from someone or from an answer key.
Letting someone copy your homework.
Copying from someone on a test or quiz.
Letting someone copy from you on a test or quiz.
Getting/giving information about a test or quiz you are
going to take from someone who already took it.
Using your calculator on a test or quiz when you are instructed not to.
Bringing in information to a test that you are not permitted to,
ie. cheat sheets/info on calculator or phone.
What in NOT considered cheating?
Studying together for tests and quizzes.
Helping a classmate with homework. (NOT copying)
Lending notes to someone who was absent.
Using the back of the book or the TI-89 to check answers.
If you witness your friend/classmate cheating. What should you do?
Let them know it is wrong.
Help the person to contact a dean, a teacher or parent who can help
provide alternatives before the situation worsens and the
consequences become more severe.
“No one can cheat you out of ultimate success but yourself.”
Ralph Waldo Emerson
http://pbskids.org/itsmylife//school/cheating/article5.html
Adapted from Linda Rich