Q1 “Finish Strong” Course Syllabus

Teacher’s Name: Brown

Subject: Pre-Calculus
Quarter: 1
Teacher’s Email: browndl@scsk12.org
School Website: https://dbrownsmath.weebly.com/
Teacher’s Contact: (901) 235-2236

The essence of mathematics lies in its freedom. ~George Cantor

SCS Grade Distribution

Assignment Category Weight Number of Items
Assessments 40% 4
Class Work 35% 4
Class Participation 5% 4
Homework 10% 4
Projects 10% 2
Final Exam 10% 1
End of Course Test Participation 15% N/A

Due Dates Standard/Objectives Assignment Assignment Description

Category
Aug 9-13 P.F.IF.A.1 & P.F.IF.A.2 Assessments Pre-Assessment Math Concepts Assessments, Procedures, Routines,
Interest Inventory, Learning Inventory, Affirmation

Aug 16-20 P.F.IF.A.4 & P.F.IF.A.5 Classwork &  Identify and evaluate functions and state
Assessments their domains in symbolic and verbal forms.
 Determine symmetry of graphs and identify
even and odd functions.
 Determine intervals on which a function is
continuous.
 Describe end behavior of functions.
Aug 23-27 P.F.IF.A.7 Classwork &  Use graphs of functions to estimate
Homework function values and find domains, ranges,
y-intercepts, and zeros of functions.

Aug 30-Sept 3 P.F.IF.A.6 Classwork &  Determine intervals on which functions are
Class Participation increasing, constant, or decreasing, concave up
or concave down, maxima, minima, and points of
inflection.
Sept 7-10 P.F.BF.A.1 Classwork & Identify, describe, and graph transformations of
Homework parent functions.

Sept 13-17 P.F.BF.A.3 Classwork & Project  Perform arithmetic operations with
functions.
 Compose compositions of functions.
Sept 20-24 P.F.BF.A.5 & P.F.BF.A.6 Assessment Common Assessment 2  Use the horizontal line test to determine
whether a function has an inverse function.
 Find inverse functions algebraically and
graphically.
Verify inverse functions algebraically using a
composition of functions and graphically using y=x
symmetry.
Sept 27-Oct 1 P.N.CN.B.7 Assessment Quiz over:  Find the real zeros of polynomial functions.
B.A.REI.C.3,
B.A.REI.D.D.5, &  Find the complex zeros of polynomial
B.N.RN.A.1 functions and know and use the
Fundamental Theorem of Algebra.
Oct 4-8 Review of all standards Assessment Q1 Post-Assessment Common Assessment 2/Q1 Exam
taught for Quarter
Assessment