Welcome to Honors Math 2 Mrs Walters Please

Welcome to Honors Math 2!! Mrs. Walters Please start filling out info sheet…

Instructor Information Email: rwalters@wcpss. net Website: This is important!! waltersmathclasses. weebly. com (see welcome letter) Please allow 48 hours to respond to email. If you email me, it must be from a wake county email address. Otherwise, I cannot respond!

Class Procedures and Boundaries 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. A warm-up will be given everyday. Get started on it when you walk in the door. Sharpen your pencil at the beginning of class. Take care of going to the bathroom before class starts. Ask before simply getting out of your seat. Pick up assigned calculator as you walk in the door. Do not touch things that aren’t yours. You are tardy when the bell rings and you aren’t in the door. Do not ask to go to the bathroom during class.

Mrs. Walters’ Absolute Guidelines… �NO phones are to be out unless Mrs. Walters asks you to bring it out for an activity. �NO profanity or negativity will be tolerated. �NO disrespect will be exhibited. �Everyone WILL remain on task and contribute to the classroom environment appropriately. �Everyone WILL speak with kindness and encouraging words. �Everyone WILL respect all people, ideas, and belongings in this classroom.

Supplies you will need… 3 ring binder 2. Dividers 3. Loose leaf Notebook paper and Graph paper 4. Pencils with erasers 5. Pens/Markers/Highlighters 6. TI-83 or TI-84 or batteries 7. Note packet and Homework packet 1.

Let’s see what you remember first. . . 1) What is a factor? 2) What does GCF mean? 3) Identify the GCF of 12 x 2 + 18 xy. 4) Factor x 2 + 5 x + 6. 5) Factor x 3 + 4 x 2 + 3 x + 12.

Factoring Polynomials—Day 1 • Factors Recall: When 2 or more numbers are multiplied to form a product, each number is a “factor” of the product. Factors of 12: _________ • Factoring Polynomials ALWAYS factor out the _______ FIRST!!! A polynomial that can not be factored is _____ A polynomial is considered to be completely factored when it is expressed as the product of prime polynomials.

Factoring out the GCF: a. b. c. d.

Factor by grouping—for polynomials with 4 or more terms a. c. b. d.

Difference of “Two Squares” Rule: ____________________ 1. 2. 3. 4.

Think ya got it? Complete this exit ticket on an index card. It will be turned in as you leave. Complete on your own!! 1) 24 x 2 y + 18 xy 2 z + 6 xy 2) 25 x 2 - 49 3) 3 x 3 + 15 x 2 – 9 x - 45

Grading Policy Major 60% Minor 30% HW/CW 10% Final exam is worth 20% of Final Grade!!

Make Up Policy Heritage HS allows students to complete missed homework and project assignments for 50% of the earned grade, if completed by pre-set Make-up deadlines. These deadlines occur mid-quarter and prior to midterm/final exam periods each quarter. No late work may be turned in past these deadlines. In addition, Heritage HS Math Department believes that students benefit most from homework completed prior to the unit test (as it serves as practice for the given test). Therefore, any student completing a missing assignment prior to the unit test may earn a 60% of the earned grade.

Re-Test Policy (Heritage HS-wide policy): Students may be re-assessed on any and all tests throughout an academic quarter. The re-assessment may not be in the same form as the original test. In order to qualify for a re-assessment, each student must… � Have every homework assignment for the given unit completed by the re-test date. � Complete the re-test on the date chosen by the teacher (within a week of having the test returned to the student). � Remediate with the teacher on the material prior to the re-test.

Quiz Replacement Policy (Math Dept. policy): It is the philosophy here at Heritage HS that assessments are given in an attempt to see where each student is at in their learning, and make adjustments to further their education. Therefore, if a student performs better on a unit test than they did on a quiz within this unit, they may replace their lowest quiz grade with the better unit test grade. Only original test scores may replace quiz scores, not re-test scores.

Husky Help 2. 0 Husky Help (version 2. 0) will run Monday– Thursday. Each student in the class that have a D or an F in the course on that given day (according to their weekly progress report), will be mandated to attend this remediation session (built in to the school day). All students who have ANY ZEROS also stay!! Monday – 1 st Period Tuesday – 2 nd period Wednesday – 3 rd Period Thursday – 4 th period All other students will have the opportunity to participate in intramural sports, attend career or college sessions, work individually or with groups on assignments in the Media Center or the Commons, or meet with Student Service counselors for academic planning.

Internet Safety In accordance with Board Policy 2313/3013/4013 and the 21 st Century Act (Public Law No: 110: 385, Oct. 10, 2008) all students will be trained annually in Internet safety. School districts are required to educate students about: �Appropriate online behavior, including interacting with other individuals on social networking websites and in chat rooms. �Cyber bullying awareness and response.

Homework HOMEWORK 1 -1, AND FORMS *************** TUTORIALS ALL HUSKY HELP TIMES THURSDAY AFTERNOON 2: 30 -3: 30