July

11, 2012

Sean Sullins

Issue 23 Volume 7

"Regard man as a mine rich in gems of inestimable value. Education can, alone, cause it to reveal its treasures, and enable mankind to benefit therefrom."

Welcome to Calculus AB

elcome everyone to the new fall semester of Calculus AB! We have an exciting year planned during which we will be exploring our many applications of math in the real world and beginning our preparation for the AP test in the Spring.

the classroom. Students will be able to text questions anonymously to the projector screen and vote on answers to warm up problems.

Upcoming Events

inally I want to touch on some of the events we will be preparing for throughout the year. Integral Luncheons: There will be pi!!! Calculus Camp: Dont worry about carpools, we will all be deriving Math Olympics: Im out of puns

New Technology in the Classroom!

hroughout the year we will be introducing Edmodo to the classroom. No Edmodo is not a person, it is a new tool we will be using to organize our classroom assignments for students! Each student gets their own account and it works similarly to a social network but has assignments calendars, homework, and students can collaborate online regarding different assignments. This year we are also going to have a class website with video tutorials for students who want to revisit previous lessons and practice problems for extra credit. And there is a new rule for this year, cell phones are allowed and in fact encouraged in

The Integral Luncheons will be a time where students work with underclassmen on their homework. This will be a great opportunity for students to strengthen previously learned skills and develop their power of expression when it comes to math concepts. Calculus Camp will take place in January after the break. It will be a chance for students to study collaboratively and take practice tests to get the real feeling for AP test in the spring. The Math Olympics will be our end of the year activity in which students from different periods will be testing their skills of subjects covered throughout the year. At the end of the day there will be an award ceremony in which we would love parents to attend.