COURSE: Discrete Math Semester 1



COURSE: Geometry Honors

TEACHER: Mrs.Tabbal email: rtabbal@

website:

TEXT:

Semester 1: California Geometry, Larson, Kanold, Burger, Dixon, Leinwand, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt 2015

Textbook Website: Username & Passwords provided by Mrs. Tabbal

Semester 2: Discovering Geometry, Serra, Kendall Hunt 2015

Textbook Website:

COURSE DESCRIPTION: This course will cover plane and solid Euclidean Geometry, and coordinate Geometry. This course is designed to be a rigorous college preparatory honors course. The purpose of this course is to instill in the student an overall appreciation of mathematics as a discipline and expose the student to the subtlety and variety of mathematics many facets: problems, ideas, methods, and solutions.

SUPPLIES: Students will need to come to class prepared everyday with a supply of paper, pens, pencils and their covered book. A compass will be required for many classroom activities. It will be useful for students to have their own calculator; a scientific calculator will suffice for this course. Colored pencils and scissors are very useful for many notes and activities. It is important that students know their computer and Q passwords at all times.

CLASS INFORMATION:

The following information can be found online on the WHS website

Class Policies, Course Description, chapter HW Schedules, test dates and reviews, worksheets, helpful documents and webpage links.

ASSESSMENTS:

Homework is given daily and will be checked the following day. A homework quiz will be given at the end of each chapter. See for HW help. The password is conejo123.

Classwork is given daily and may be checked or collected at the end of the period. Classwork may consist of class notes, group work, or individual practice problems.

Quizzes are given and may contain multiple-choice, true/false, and free response type questions.

Tests are given at the end of each chapter and consist of mostly free response questions with a few multiple-choice or true/false questions. Test questions will be a mix of questions similar to those on homework, classwork, and worksheets as well as questions that cover the chapter topics but are new to the student. There will be about 6 tests during each semester.

Projects may be given several times during the semester. These may be individual, group, or partner projects and involve the use of computer programs.

Final The semester final will cover all topics covered during the semester.

Extra Credit There will be several opportunities for extra-credit assigned to the entire class. Students may also participate in Math Club for extra credit. No more than 10 points extra credit may be earned in one semester. If a student is unable to complete an extra-credit assignment for any reason no make-up assignments are given.

GRADES: Grades are based on overall points for the entire semester:

Grades can be checked at any time on Q, and they are updated regularly.

Students in an honors and/or AP class not maintaining a B- at the marking periods should consider a level change. However, please be aware that changing levels/classes is not a guarantee.  It depends on space availability in other classes across the curriculum and may require switching the order and teachers of your classes.  Students should choose their class schedule wisely. Students who level change from Honors to CP, will receive a 5% grade bump.

• Classwork and Homework: 1 point each

• Homework Quizzes: 12 points

• Tests: 100 points

• Projects: 10-50 points

• Final: 200 points

89.5%-100% A

79.5%-89.4% B

69.5%-79.4% C

59.5%-69.4% D

Below 59.5% F

2017-2018 Geometry Honors Classroom Policies- Mrs.Tabbal/Mr.McLean

Class Participation:

• All students are expected to come to class prepared to learn.

• Students are to bring to class everyday their covered textbook, pencil, pen, paper, compass, and calculator.

• Students are to be attentive during lectures and take proper notes.

• No electronic devices are allowed to be out during class during assessments. Having electronic devices visible during an assessment will result in an academic dishonesty action.

• Food and drinks are not allowed, except water.

• Students who are disruptive or interfere with the learning process will be asked to leave the classroom, assigned detention and parents will be notified.

• Severe or continuous disruptions will result in long referrals and parent conferences.

Absences and Tardies:

• Students who are not in their seats when the tardy bell rings will be assigned a tardy.

• Students who need to leave class to get books or supplies may also be assigned tardy.

• Students tardy or gone from class for more than 15 minutes will be assigned an absence.

• Students who are absent from class for more than 30 minutes for school activities or sports will be marked absent. Please see the attendance office to clear such absences.

• Students who expect to be absent on a test day due to a sport or school activity need to see me ahead of time to arrange an alternate test time.

• Students who are only absent the day before a test are still expected to take the test with the class.

• Students who are absent on a test day must take the test in class on the day they return to school.

Assignment sheets are posted in the classroom and online, and absent students are expected to keep up with classwork and homework. Absent students should get notes from a classmate or from the notes binder when they return to class. Students who are absent for extended periods of time should try to keep up with classwork and homework as posted, then meet with me upon their return to schedule any make-up work or tests.

Projects are not excused due to absences, students absent on the day a project is due must have the project brought to school by some means.

There are some class activities that cannot be made up, such as computer labs; students absent during such activities will receive no credit for the missed activity.

Homework:

• A schedule of homework assignments is posted in the classroom and online.

• Homework is to be completed before the student enters the class, and corrected while the class is going over homework.

• Answers to the previous day’s HW will be shown on the board and I will go over questions students have on the previous day’s homework.

• Students must fix any problems they missed on each homework assignment. All work must be shown for credit.

Daily Checks:

▪ Assignment must be completed and out on the student desk at the beginning of the period

▪ Work must be neat, legible, complete (work must be shown, figures and drawings included)

▪ Covered textbook must be out and open to the assignment’s corresponding page

▪ Name and assignment must be displayed on the page.

▪ Each checked assignment is worth 1 point.

▪ No late HW credit is given.

In addition to the daily checks, homework quizzes will be given at the end of most chapters. These quizzes will consist of 4 problems from these assignments and will be graded for correctness and completeness. All homework quizzes will be worth 12 points.

Extra Help: Students who are current on class notes and HW, and who use classroom time productively may come in for extra help during monthly CPTs and on Wednesday’s at lunch..

Grades:

Progress grades will be posted on Q in addition to being reported on regular report cards and progress reports. It is the student’s responsibility to check progress throughout the semester. Questions or concerns about grades need to be submitted in writing either through email or in person.

Academic Honesty (Bd. Pol. 5131.9):

Definition: Academic Dishonesty is a deliberate attempt to disrupt the learning process by misrepresenting another’s work as one’s own. Dishonesty during tests or classwork includes unauthorized communicating; copying materials or allowing another student to copy; using prohibited notes or devices; obtaining prior knowledge of test content; and/or removing or distributing all or part of any test. Copying another person’s assignment; providing homework/classwork for another student to replicate; plagiarizing or submitting a paper or project which is not one’s own work; and submitting falsified information for grading purposes are also examples of dishonesty.

Consequences:

First Infraction

• The teacher will conference with the student and record a zero for that assignment.

• Within five school days, the teacher will notify the parent and send a referral to the appropriate administrator noting the infraction.

• The student will be placed on contract, with the understanding that a second infraction in the same or any other class will result in the student’s removal from the course in which the second infraction occurred. The contract will remain in effect for two years from the date of infraction.

Second Infraction

• The teacher will send a referral to the appropriate administrator noting the infraction.

• Within five school days, the parent will be notified, and the student will be removed from the course and placed in a Study Hall with a failing grade for the semester.

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