Foundations of Mathematics 30
The following page outlines important information regarding Foundations of Mathematics 30. Please take this sheet home for your parents to read.
1. Missed Exam Policy
As usual, if a student is ill please contact the office as soon as possible to clear the absence.
Any missed exams will be made up the week of the semester before final exams. The reason this is done is that when the students are studying for their missed exam they are also studying for their final exam.
I strongly discourage students to be absent during final exam time. I understand, however, that circumstances occur. Under these circumstances, please contact the office.
2. Missed Quiz Policy
We will be writing series of short quizzes frequently. Any quiz that is missed will be written with your unit exam at the end of the chapter.
3. Academic Dishonesty
Academic dishonesty is essentially cheating &/or copying. Writing formulas on calculators, smuggling in electronic devices such as MP3 players or phones with notes typed inside, cheat sheets, or looking off of a neighbouring student’s exam constitutes cheating. This is a discipline matter and will be dealt with by the office. I take this matter very seriously.
4. Homework Policy
I try to give students as much class time to do their assignments as possible. You are expected to use this time to work. Please be aware that what you do not finish in class will be required to be done for homework unless otherwise specified. At times I do homework checks. On the occasion that you are not finished you will be sent to study hall to complete the assignment until it is finished. Skipping study hall automatically places you in detention.
*** IT IS IMPERATIVE THAT YOU KEEP UP WITH YOUR DAILY WORK AND (WHEN NECESSARY) DO YOUR HOMEWORK IN MATHEMATICS. *** You will only fall behind if you do not keep up. It is impossible to learn a semester’s worth of material the night before a final exam.
5. Attendance Policy
Attendance is crucial to your success and understanding. I understand that situations arise when you are unable to attend school. IT IS YOUR RESPONSIBILITY TO CATCH UP ON ALL MISSED HOMEWORK BEFORE ANY EXAMS OR QUIZZES ARE WRITTEN.
The following excuses are UNACCEPTABLE when you are writing an exam:
“I don’t know how do to this because I was at (insert school event/field trip/co-curricular course here)/on holiday.” I understand that extra-curricular activities and field trips sometimes require you to be outside of the classroom but it is YOUR RESPONSIBILITY to get your missed work, notes, and assignments before any exams. “I wasn’t here the day we learned this” is NOT a valid excuse at any time.
6. Evaluation Policy
Evaluation will consist primarily of unit exams and quizzes. It is therefore important that you attend regularly to maximize your potential for good grades. You mark will be calculated as follows:
UNIT EXAMS: 45%
QUIZZES, ASSIGNMENTS, HOMEWORK: 25%
FINAL COMPREHENSIVE EXAM: 30%
7. Website
I maintain a website that features activities and other pertinent information
regarding the course for parents and students. I update the site daily and students
and parents can check what was for homework if a day of school is missed. I
primarily post daily homework and reminders for exams and quizzes. For
Foundations of Mathematics 30 work, look for messages on the homepage prefaced
by “FDN 30”. Website address: www.spiritsd.ca/mathmrh
8. Other Contact Info
Feel free to contact me via email at faron.hrynewich@spiritsd.ca OR
calculus@spiritsd.ca or by telephone 933-1022.
TOPICS:
1. SET THEORY AND LOGIC
2. COUNTING METHODS
3. PROBABILITY
4. POLYNOMIAL FUNCTIONS
5. EXPONENTIAL AND LOGARITHMIC FUNCTIONS
6. SINUSOIDAL FUNCTIONS
7. INVESTING MONEY
8. BORROWING MONEY