School Year Fall 2015

Course Name

Advanced Algebra

Course Code

School Name

Clarkston High School

Teacher Name

School Phone Number

678-676-5302

Teacher Email

School Website

www.clarkstonhs.dekalb.
k12.ga.us

Teacher Website

27.0973000 CCGPS Adv

Algebra
Karla Moore
Karla_j_moore@dekalbsc
hoolsga.org

Course Description
CCGPS Advanced Algebra is a college preparatory class under the Georgia Performance Standard where
students will learn math context and experience skills interwoven with applications. The goal of the class is
to prepare for a fourth year that will be either Pre-Calculus or its equivalent. It is essential that each student
works hard in order to fully understand and master all the concepts presented. The textbook will be utilized
as a resource with the state frameworks as our primary guide. The tests in this class will be made to assess
the students understanding of the material. We believe that by creating an environment conducive to
learning, building positive rapport with students, and employing differentiated instructional strategies, we
can promote student success. Furthermore, we believe that each student can be successful in learning to:
value mathematics, become a mathematical problem solver, communicate and reason mathematically.
The prerequisites of this course are successful competition of Coordinate Algebra and Analytic Geometry.
Curriculum Overview
The following academic concepts will be covered this semester.
CURRICULUM OVERVIEW
Unit 1 Inferences and Conclusions from Data
Unit 2 Polynomial Functions
Unit 3 Rational and Radical Relationships
Unit 4 Exponential and Logarithms
INSTRUCTIONAL MATERIALS
Title

Holt McDougal Advanced Algebra

ISBN

9780547867663
$

Replacement Cost

My.hrw.com

Online book and/or resources

Online student access code (school
specific)

Inside of the cover of your textbook

GRADING SYSTEM: The DeKalb County School District believes that the most important assessment of

student learning shall be conducted by the teachers as they observe and evaluate students in the context of
ongoing classroom instruction. A variety of approaches, methodologies, and resources shall be used to
deliver educational services and to maximize each students opportunity to succeed. Teachers shall evaluate
student progress, report grades that represent the students academic achievement, and communicate
official academic progress to students and parents in a timely manner through the electronic grading portal.
See Board Policy IHA.
GRADING CATEGORIES

*GRADE PROTOCOL

Pre-Assessment/Formative Assessment - 0%
Assessment During Learning 25%
Guided, Independent, or Group Practice 45%
Summative Assessment or Assessment of
Learning 30%

A
B
C
D
F

90 100
80 89
71 79
70
Below 70

~P (pass)
~F (fail)

DISTRICT EXPECTATIONS FOR SUCCESS

STUDENT PROGRESS

Semester progress reports shall be issued four and a half, nine and thirteen and a half
weeks into each semester. The progress of students shall be evaluated frequently and
plans shall be generated to remediate deficiencies as they are discovered. Plans shall
include appropriate interventions designed to meet the needs of the students. See Board

Policy IH.
ACADEMIC INTEGRITY

HOMEWORK

MAKE-UP WORK
DUE TO ABSENCES

Students will not engage in an act of academic dishonesty including, but not limited to,
cheating, providing false information, falsifying school records, forging signatures, or using
an unauthorized computer user ID or password. See the Code of Student Conduct Student Rights and Responsibilities and Character Development Handbook.
Homework assignments should be meaningful and should be an application or adaptation of
a classroom experience. Homework is at all times an extension of the teaching/learning
experience. It should be considered the possession of the student and should be collected,
evaluated and returned to the students. See Board Policy IHB.
When a student is absent because of a legal reason as defined by Georgia law or when the
absence is apparently beyond the control of the student, the student shall be given an
opportunity to earn grade(s) for those days absent. Make-up work must be completed
within the designated time allotted. See Board Policy IHEA. It is the students

responsibility to make-up missed assignments within three days of returning to

school from an excused absence. Students should contact friends from class in
order to stay up to date on all assignments when absent. The student may also
email Ms. Moore for assignments.

CLASSROOM
EXPECTATIONS

CLASSROOM
CONSEQUENCES

MATERIALS AND
SUPPLIES

EXTRA HELP

Re-do and Revision Policy

Students may re-do quizzes and tests with scores of less than 70%.
All revisions and re-dos must be completed after-school by appointment no later
than a week following the assessment.
SCHOOL EXPECTATIONS FOR SUCCESS
1. Arrive to class appropriately dressed and groomed according to the Student
Code of Conduct.
2. Be in class on time and seated before the bell rings.
3. Bring your math notebook and textbook to class daily.
4. Be respectful always no negative speech or actions are allowed
toward your classmates or teacher; raise your hand and wait to be
recognized by teacher before speaking in class; no bullying.
5. Remain seated unless given permission by your teacher or administrator to do
otherwise
6. Drink, food, electronic communication devices, or weapons of any
kind are not allowed in the classroom.
7. Complete all assignments on time so they can be graded on time.
8. Come to tutoring whenever your grade falls below a 75% or you
experience difficulty mastering a specific concept.
9. Be in class every day. Absences hurt your ability to learn and earn high grades.
10. Create and check your Parent Portal
1. Verbal Warning
2. Refocus Assignment
3. Refocus Assignment and Parent Phone Call
4. Teacher Detention
5. Office and Counselor Referral
Certain behaviors will be immediately referred to the Administrators:
Bullying, Theft, Fighting, Harassment, Profanity, Skipping, Disrupting
Class
Math Notebook to class every day.
You will be able to use it on certain quizzes.
Your notebook will be graded periodically and should have the following:
1 3 3 ring binder
5 tabbed sections: Class Information, Notes, Vocabulary, Homework, and Paper.
Pencil Pouch recommended: 3 hole punched and kept in your binder. Minimum
requirements: 2 pencils, 2 highlighters of different colors, eraser.
Rules for technology:
1. Electronic devices must be turned off and put away at all times.
Electronic devices are not to be used from 7:55 until 3:15 unless directed by a
teacher for educational purposes during classroom instruction. ELECTRONIC
DEVICES WILL BE COLLECTED AND A PARENT MUST PICK UP THE DEVICE
if a student is using the device in class.
2. Using an electronic device for texting, playing games, or listening to
music is strictly prohibited.
3. Devices may not be used for personal communication purposes, including
sending and receiving text messages and phone calls other than directly related
to classroom instruction. There are no exceptions to this rule!
4. Parents and Guardians who need to communicate with their student
during the day should do so through the front office, not their students
cell phone.
5. Photographic images, video, or audio taken on campus may not be transmitted
to other devices or posted online.

PARENTS
PARTNERS

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Here are a few websites to get you started:

www.quizlet.com, www.noodle.org, www.khanacademy.org, www.coolmath.com,
www.hotmath.com, www.purplemath.com, www.mathhelp.com,
www.edmodo.com, www.thatquiz.org

PLEASE SIGN BELOW AND RETURN

To Ms. Moore

I have read the syllabus.

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