Course Syllabus

Honors Math 3

Teacher:  Ms. Laney

Email: haiden.laney@ucps.k12.nc.us

Best way to contact me is through email.

Phone: 704-764-2900 ex. 3323

Office hours: Monday-Thursday 8:00-8:30 am

                         Friday 10:00-11:30 am

Remote Learning Expectations

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  • Log into Canvas daily.  See Bell Schedule for class times. 
  • Maintain a "school day" routine at home!
  • Read course announcements daily.
  • Click on Unit Wave button for that day's lesson and assignment.  FOLLOW ALL DIRECTIONS!
  • Click on "Conferences" for the Q&A session, 20 to 30 minutes at the end of class.
  • Always "MUTE" yourself when you join a meeting.
  • Take notes as you watch lesson video.
  • Ask questions in the CHAT box.
  • Complete all assignments that day.

Attendance

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  • Attendance will be taken daily for ALL students (in-person and remote/virtual) 
  • When working remotely, you are considered present if you have accessed my Canvas course.

Grading Policy

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Assignments   20 %              

Quizzes  30 %            

Tests  50 % 

Due to online learning, the percentage weight for Tests has been dropped from 60% to 50%.

Course Materials

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  • Earbuds/Headphones
  • 3-Subject Spiral Notebook or 2 inch 3-Ring Binder
  • Graph paper
  • pens/pencils
  • highlighter
  • colored pencils
  • optional:
    • dry erase board and dry erase markers
    • dry erase markers can be used on chromebook screens. Clean with baby wipes or slightly damp cloth with water.

Course Topics

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  • Absolute Value and Piecewise Functions
  • Exponential and Logarithmic Functions
  • Polynomial Functions
  • Introduction to Rational Functions
  • Modeling with Geometry
  • Reasoning with Parallelograms and Triangles
  • Reasoning with Circles
  • Trigonometric Functions
  • Statistics

Calculators

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We will use free apps that are available for Chromebooks.  They are AWESOME!!!

If you want to purchase a personal calculator, I recommend the TI-84 Plus or the TI-84 Plus CE (it graphs in color.

Office Hours

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Monday-Thursday 8:00-8:30 am

Friday 10:00-11:30 am