Mrs. Dawn Johnson

(941) 474-7702

Room 04-341

Course syllabus: Math for College Readiness 2014-2015

  1. REQUIREMENTS OF THE STUDENT
  1. Students are to show respect for their classmates and teacher at all times.
  2. You are required to be on time to class with all of your materials. Please do not take up class time finding materials.
  3. You are expected to complete make-up work immediately upon return. Arrangements for make-up test should be made with the instructor and should not interrupt class time. In the case of an expected absence, arrangements should be made prior to the absence for make-up tests.
  4. Any talking while the instructor is lecturing and/or speaking willresult in (1) a warning and (2) then your dismissal from the classroom and/or a phone call home to parents. Any student asked to leave the room will be required to meet with the instructor before being allowed to return to class.
  5. Homework may be graded on an unannounced basis.
  6. Late homeworks will be accepted but scored according to how long it took for the student to turn them in. For example, one day late homework would result in at most 9 points out of 10.
  7. The only materials allowed on the student’s desk are a notebook, textbook, calculator, and pen/pencil.
  8. Cell Phones: I do not allow cell phone usage in my class. You must use a scientific calculator, not a calculator on your cell phone. Any cell phone usage will result in 1. request to put away, 2. phone call home, 3. referral. Any cell phone usage during a quiz/test will result in a “0”.
  9. Talking during test/quizzes will result in a grade of a “0”.
  1. ATTENDANCE POLICY

CharlotteCounty attendance policy is in effect.

  1. PLAGARISM AND CHEATING

As commonly defined, plagiarism consists of passing off asone's own the ideas, words, writings, etc., which belong to another. In accordance with this definition, you are committing plagiarism if you copy the work of another person and turn it in as your own, even if you should have the permission of that person.

Cheating includes (but is not limited to) giving OR receiving assistance on a test, quiz, or homework assignment for which such assistance is not permitted

Any one found cheating will be given an F on the assignment.

  1. GRADING POLICY

Grades are done on a point system and throughout any given 9-week period, there will be roughly 500-700 points. Total Points divided by total possible points times 100 = % grade. Usually there will be a quiz or a test administered every week. Each quiz will be worth between 20 to 30 points and each test will be worth 100 points. It will be the student’s responsibility to arrange with the teacher for a make-up quiz or test due to an excused absence.

V.DAILY CLASSROOM PROCEDURES AND ROUTINE

It is very important to be on time for class.

Habitual tardiness will result in a phone call home in addition to

grade reductions.

1. Bellwork (Journal)

2. Homework Question & Answer Time

3. Lecture Notes

4. Classwork

VI. MATERIAL REQUIREMENTS

  • Pencil and eraser
  • Pen
  • Scientific calculator
  • 3-Subject Notebook specifically for math
  • Paper

VII. GENERAL COURSE TOPICS

  • Real Number System and solutions to linear equations in real variables.
  • Understanding, solving, and graphing linear equations in one and two variables.
  • Understanding, solving, and graphing systems of linear equations in two variables.
  • Understanding, solving, and graphing linear inequalities, compound inequalities, and absolute value inequalities.
  • Learning about polynomials (terms)
  • Using operations on polynomials and factoring
  • Using operations with rational expressions, complex fractions, and solving equations with rational expressions.
  • Learning and using exponent and radical rules
  • Solving quadratic equations by different methods
  • Understanding, solving, and graphing exponential and logarithmic functions.