Syllabus

Fibers and this American Life
Jess Brooks
Block A3

Course Description: We will be learning and sharing skills related to Fiber Arts. This would include, knitting, crocheting, felting, sewing, quilting and spinning. Each student will learn at least new skill and will share any skills they already have. We will also create a class quilt. While we work we will also be listening to past recordings of "This American LIfe."

Materials: Students will be responsible for purchasing some of their own materials for this class. We will be going on a trip to SCRAP within the first 2 weeks to gather some items, we will also be visiting a yarn shop and fabric store later in the quarter.

Evaluation: Students will be evaluated on their participation in class and any projects they complete. Everyone is expected to make a square for the class quilt, and use the class time for individual or group projects.

IMP 1
Jess Brooks
Block A1
Daily

Course Description: This is the 4th and last quarter of the first year's Integrated Math Program. We will continue our focus on setting up and solving algebraic expressions and interpreting equations. Students will continue at their own pace to master graphing and geometry identities though our morning activities. Eventually, we will start a unit called the Pit and the Pendulum. In it we will study the path of a pendulum and related equations.

Materials: Pencils, graph paper, graphing calculator.

Evaluation:
25% Participation- This will take into account classwork, warm-up activities, and tardiness.
25% Homework- late homework is worth 1/3 less
25% Portfolio- If you do not turn in you portfolio it will not be averaged into you grade
25% Assessment-POWS, test, projects

Alternative assignments are available upon request. Extra credit work is also available.

In order to advance into IMP 2 the students must show proficiency in IMP 1 course work. This can be shown through a final exam or having a B average throughout the year.

IMP 2
Jess Brooks
B1, A2 blocks

Course Description: We will continue to study geometry and trigonometry in out final quarter. This next unit focuses on graphing systems of linear inequalities and solving systems of linear equations. Although the central problem is in the field of linear programming, the major goal of the unit is for students to learn how to manipulate equations and how to reason using graphs.


Materials: Pencils, graph paper, graphing calculator.

Evaluation:
25% Participation- This will take into account classwork, warm-up activities, and tardiness.
25% Homework- late homework is worth 1/3 less
25% Portfolio- If you do not turn in you portfolio it will not be averaged into you grade
25% Assessment-POWS, test, projects

Alternative assignments are available upon request. Extra credit work is also available.

In order to advance into IMP 3 the students must show proficiency in IMP 2 course work. This can be shown through a final exam or having a B average throughout the year.


IMP 3
Jess Brooks
B2 block

Course Description: We have been working on Trig, derivatives, anti-derivatives, composition of functions, graphs, calculator manipulation, limits, exponent rules, radicals and other pre-calculus topics. This quarter students are going to work more independently on a goal of their choice (SAT prep, review of fundamentals, Statistics, Trigonometry, Calculus). We will still have a large group class component where we begin to use integrals and relate what we're learning to Physics. More of the class will start to become student run where they begin to present what they have been studying and teach the class. This way the rest of the class can gain from their knowledge. Group work is encouraged and each student will teach one lesson.

Materials: Pencils, graph paper, graphing calculator.

Evaluation:
25% Participation- This will take into account classwork, activities, and tardiness. Students who has to be retrieved from the hall will marked down.
25% Homework- late homework is worth 1/3 less
25% Portfolio- If you do not turn in you portfolio it will not be averaged into you grade
25% Assessment- test, projects, presentations.

Alternative assignments are available upon request. Extra credit work is also available.

In order to advance into Advanced Math (lacking a better name) the students must show proficiency in IMP 2 course work. This can be shown through a final exam or having a B average throughout the year.

Last week of the quarter

IMP 1 and 2: I am not assigning anything new this week so that students can finish up old assignments. And believe me they have work to do!

IMP3: will have a test on the 17th
Transitional Math will have a review packet

*Portfolios are due on the last day of each class, they are worth 25% of each student's grade. If they do not turn one in then it will not be averaged in.

3/18

IMP 1:
POW 7(create a game) was due last week
POW 8 haybalers problem is due the first week after spring break
HW 3 is past due,
Planning overland families and budgeting for meals are also past due
HW "shoelaces" was assigned for the 19th

IMP 2:
POW on Statistics was due last Monday
HW 4 and 3 is due on the 20th

IMP 3;
1. HW on derivatives and anti-derivatives was due last thursday
HW on dervatives, anti-derivatives, graphing packet

2. HW on a question from a worksheet I handed out. Including a write-up.

3. Individual investigation. Including a lesson or presentation for the class.

March 4th

IMP 1 has HW 22 past due
A HW on averages due on Monday
We are working in groups on POW 7 (Create a Game) due the 12th
We are about to finsh our unit on Probabilty and will begin a unit called the "Overland Trail"

IMP 2 is working in groups on POW 6 (Prob and Stats) due the 13th
They had a HW on the Probabilty of getting a Chi Squared Statistic and a freqency table due last week.

IMP 3 Finished a problem on extimating area under curves and of solids, they presented last week.
Chapter 4 Review is due on Tuesday
4.6 is past due and no one has turned it in yet.

Transitional Math have been working on their geometry skills. Their last HW was on the Pythagorean Thm and right triangles.
They will have another worksheet on the Pythagorean Thm on Monday which will begin our unit on area and volume.

I will be having one on one meetings with members of my advising to work on Individual Learning Plans during Project Time. I will be starting with the Juniors.

Week of Feb 19th

IMP 1
HW 22 is due on Monday the 26th

IMP 2
POW 6, which is a group project is due 3/8
Graphs of the chi squared statistic are due on the 27th
(past due are 8, How Different, Bacteria, Finding baby sigma, 13, 15)

IMP 3
Presentations of finding area and volume of the pool and parabola where due today.
Past due: 4.4, 4.6, WS on i, exponents

Transitional Math
Due the 26th any remaining work on the WS that covered probability, mean, median, mode and geometry terms.

9th and 10th graders are finishing their writing samples and CIM tests this Friday.

Week of Feb 11th

I'm sorry I've been out most of this week.

IMP 1: Past due POW 6, HW 13, Rugs
IMP 2: Chi squared statistic due 2/20
IMP 3: fractional and negative exponents due 2/20
4.6 front and back odds due 2/20
Transitional Math: Nothing

HW and Announcements for the week of Feb 4

IMP 1
HW 12 due the 7th
POW 6 due the 15th

IMP 2
HW 8 and "How weird is really weird" due the 8th
A table on finding standard deviation (baby sigma) due the 14th

IMP3
HW 4.4 due the 8th extended to the 14th
HW 4.5 due the 16th

TRANSITIONAL MATH
HW "Put your name on this paper and dont loose it" HW due 2/7

Announcements
The 9th and 10th graders will be testing on these next four Fridays in Writing. The middle schoolers will also be testing with their teachers throughout the month.