Welcome!
You are now officially the newest Bixler’s Babes! AP Calculus is, of course, an Advanced Placement course, so along with the status,
weighted average, and thrill of learning more math comes the workload and pacing of such a course. By the end of the year, you will have learned
and practiced enough to pass the AP Exam and proceed to the next level of Calculus in college. You will indubitably succeed if you are an involved
(rather than a passive) member of this class.
Classroom rules:
(1) Care…about yourself, others, the material…etc.
(2) DON’T be tardy!! Class starts at the bell. Most days there will be a warm-up that you will work at the top of your homework. It will count a
percentage of your hw grade and somedays will be a quiz grade. Timing starts at the bell…don’t be late!
(3) HW’s will be graded for completion/effort (legitimately trying to work each problem). You will receive a 100/75/50/25/or 0%. 20% of the grade
will be the warm-up on the days which we have warm-ups (these will be AP practice problems). Otherwise, you will receive a 100%
for all work attempted, a 75% for at least ¾ of the work attempted, etc. It will be my call on your effort and I don’t argue. You are allowed to turn in no more
than 2 late homework assignments each grading period for a grade of 90, but they must be complete or they will remain a 1 in the grade book.
Late assignments must also be turned in on or before their accompanying test date. At the end of each grading period, I will drop the two lowest homework
grades and one lowest quiz grade as long as the student has no more than 3 tardies, all absences have been cleared, and there are NO HOMEWORKS MISSING!
(4) Your grade will be 10% hw / 20% quizzes / 70% tests.
Tips for efficient HW time:
(1) Those of you who are very careful and neat, thus slow and subject to bouts of hw paralysis, will have to settle for less than perfect here and there in order
to get the job done without unnatural stress.
(2) Those of you who are careless, thus fast, will have to slow down and show more work than you are used to showing on your assignments. You HAVE to
effectively communicate your process as well as your product. Method and correct notation are important parts of this class and the AP exam.
BE WARNED: Copying does not equal Collaboration. You may learn in groups, but you will take assessments on your own!
(3) An important resource is your fellow student. University research indicates that math students who worked regularly with a study group performed at a
significantly higher level.
You are now officially the newest Bixler’s Babes! AP Calculus is, of course, an Advanced Placement course, so along with the status,
weighted average, and thrill of learning more math comes the workload and pacing of such a course. By the end of the year, you will have learned
and practiced enough to pass the AP Exam and proceed to the next level of Calculus in college. You will indubitably succeed if you are an involved
(rather than a passive) member of this class.
Classroom rules:
(1) Care…about yourself, others, the material…etc.
(2) DON’T be tardy!! Class starts at the bell. Most days there will be a warm-up that you will work at the top of your homework. It will count a
percentage of your hw grade and somedays will be a quiz grade. Timing starts at the bell…don’t be late!
(3) HW’s will be graded for completion/effort (legitimately trying to work each problem). You will receive a 100/75/50/25/or 0%. 20% of the grade
will be the warm-up on the days which we have warm-ups (these will be AP practice problems). Otherwise, you will receive a 100%
for all work attempted, a 75% for at least ¾ of the work attempted, etc. It will be my call on your effort and I don’t argue. You are allowed to turn in no more
than 2 late homework assignments each grading period for a grade of 90, but they must be complete or they will remain a 1 in the grade book.
Late assignments must also be turned in on or before their accompanying test date. At the end of each grading period, I will drop the two lowest homework
grades and one lowest quiz grade as long as the student has no more than 3 tardies, all absences have been cleared, and there are NO HOMEWORKS MISSING!
(4) Your grade will be 10% hw / 20% quizzes / 70% tests.
Tips for efficient HW time:
(1) Those of you who are very careful and neat, thus slow and subject to bouts of hw paralysis, will have to settle for less than perfect here and there in order
to get the job done without unnatural stress.
(2) Those of you who are careless, thus fast, will have to slow down and show more work than you are used to showing on your assignments. You HAVE to
effectively communicate your process as well as your product. Method and correct notation are important parts of this class and the AP exam.
BE WARNED: Copying does not equal Collaboration. You may learn in groups, but you will take assessments on your own!
(3) An important resource is your fellow student. University research indicates that math students who worked regularly with a study group performed at a
significantly higher level.