1. Honors Calculus Back-to-School Night 2015-2016

2. Honors Calculus  About the course About the course  About the students About the students  About the instructor About the instructor

3. About the Course Honors Calculus Back-to-School Night 2015-2016

4. About the Course: General Information  Honors Calculus  First semester college calculus course  Limits  Derivatives  Integrals  Related Rates  Differential Equations  Particle Motion  Volume and Area

5. About the Course: Grading 65% Tests/Quizzes Chapter Tests Quizzes mid-chapter 5% Free Response Questions (FRQ’s) Released Items from past AP Calculus tests Will start after chapter 2 15% Online Maintenance Quizzes Through WebAssign Assessments on topics covered earlier in the year 15% Homework and Participation HW assigned 4-5 times/week Drives instruction

6. About the Course: Retake Policy  Generally, students may retake ONE unit test per marking period  Reasonable exceptions will be considered  Illness, injury, family matter, etc.  Students must demonstrate that they are now better prepared for the retake  After school help is available  Digital Office Hours

7. About the Students Honors Calculus Back-to-School Night 2015-2016

8. About the Students: Resources  Laptops  eBook  WebAssign  My Website  Symbaloo  Twitter: @MalculusSVHS  eMail: jmalaczewski@pdsd.orgjmalaczewski@pdsd.org  Graphing Calculator: TI-84C  Textbook: Stewart Calculus – Early Transcendentals, 7 th ed.

9. About the Students: Communication  Students have access to “Digital Office Hours”  eMail  Twitter  WebAssign “Ask Your Teacher” button  Actual Office Hours  After School Help  Schedule  Calendar Calendar  AP Test practice sessions  March/April: weekend and evening sessions  ***ONLY IF INTERESTED IN TAKING AP CALCULUS EXAM IN MAY

10. About the Instructor Honors Calculus Back-to-School Night 2015-2016

11. About the Instructor  Teaching in Penn Delco since 1998  Yes, longer than many of the students have been alive…  Started at Northley Middle School in 1998  Transferred to Sun Valley in 2004  Taught every course from Pre-Algebra through Calculus  Graduated West Chester University in 1998  Post-Graduate studies at Saint Joseph’s University  Married to Ms. Malaczewski (AP Psychology)  Three sons: Joey (12), Luke (8), Nicky (5)

12. About the Instructor  PBS Committee  National Math Honor Society (ΜΑΘ)  Math Club  Department Chair  Ski Club  Ultimate Frisbee