Welcome to the Cy-Ridge Rams Open House! September 11, 2012

Contact Information• Mr. Canales

Period 5 Conference (11:45-12:36) email: percy.canales@cfisd.net Website: canalculus.blogspot.com School Phone: (281) 807-8000

Please leave multiple #’s & times to return the call

Supply Lists• 3-ring binder• Notebook paper• Pencils• TI-89 or TI-84 graphing calculator***

A Typical Day

• Quiz or Discussion on assigned reading/homework• Grading and/or Reviewing Homework• New Lesson/Activity• Independent/Group Practice• Summary of day’s lesson

Homework

• Homework is assigned daily • except on test days

• Homework grade and/or quiz grade given around twice a week• Homework Help on • Calcchat.com• Canalculus.blogspot.com

Grading

•Calculus BC•50% Test•30% Assessments•20% Quiz, Homework, Classwork

AP Grading

5 Extremely well qualified

4 Well qualified

3 Qualified

2 Possibly qualified

1 No recommendation

Proficient work on all objectives and advanced work in some objectives

Proficient work on all course objectives

Proficient work on most important objectives but not in all objectives

Proficient work on half the objectives and missing some important objectives

Proficient work on few objectives if any

Self Assessment

1 2 3 4 5•No clue.•Does few things right but can’t explain them.•Hard time making any connections.

•Feels comfortable with few concepts.•More gaps.

•Feels comfortable with most concepts.•Few gaps.

•Feels comfortable with all concepts.•Can explain why they got the wrong answers.•Makes more mistakes than would like.

•Masters all concepts.•If there are any mistakes they are minimal.

5 Point Scale

Tests & Tutoring

• Tests• scheduled on odd numbered days of the week

• Tutoring• Monday, Wednesday 2:30 – 3:30• Before School by appointment

Progress Reports

• Sent out to all students for all classes through their 2nd period teacher on the 4th week of each 6 weeks

• On-line gradebook

Calculus in Review• Functions, graphs, and limits, parametric, polar and vector

functions• Derivatives• Computation and application of derivatives

• Integrals• Antidifferentiation

• Polynomial Approximation and Series

Thanks for Coming!

• Have a great evening and a wonderful school year!