Class Overview & Instructions

Supplies Needed:

Textbook: Precalculus with Limits by Larson, Hostetler, and Edwards
Notebook in which to organize notes, homework, tests, and other assignments
TI-82, TI-83, TI-85, TI-86, or TI-89 calculator (or its equivalent, if you know how to use it)
Graphing paper
Pencils

Grades:

Tests -- 100 points each
Homework -- 20 points each

10 points for effort, 10 points for accuracy
Odd numbered problems will be checked for effort
Some of the even numbered problems will be checked for accuracy

Six Weeks Test -- 100 points

Six Weeks Tests are optional. They may be used as a way to better your grade. Because they are optional, there will be no make-ups on them.

Quizzes, group problems, & other activities -- points will vary

Tests will be 60% of your grade and everything else will be grouped into 40%.

Memphis City Schools Grading System:

93 - 100 A

85 - 92 B

76 - 84 C

70 - 75 D

0 - 69 F

Progress reports will be sent home in the middle of each six weeks to be signed by the parent and returned to school the next day. Students will receive a 5 point homework grade for doing this in a timely fashion. They lose a point for each day it is not returned.

Class Rules

Follow directions
Be in your seat when the bell rings
Do not work on other subjects
No eating, drinking, or chewing

Most of the time the consequences for not following rules will be remaining after class. If it becomes more of a problem, the student will be asked to stay a short time after school for a discussion. If the problem still continues, the parents will be called.