Course Syllabus
Land Acknowledgement
Welcome!
I would like to begin by acknowledging that the land on which we gather for math class is the traditional, ancestral, and unceded territory of the xwməθkwəy̓əm (Musqueam) People.
Course Outline
Please find course outline here.
5 Logarithmic & Exponential Functions
6 Sigma Notation, Geometric Series
7 Reciprocal & Rational Functions
Ed Tech
It is time to give up your traditional binder and paper. More students are replacing these with digital alternatives. You will never lose a note again, your notes will be ordered chronologically and can be digitally searched. You can access them on multiple devices.
To do this, you require a tablet, a stylus, and a cloud-based note app.
e.g. iPad + Apple Pencil + Good Notes (or Notability)
e.g. XPS13 2-in-1 + Dell premium active pen + OneNote
Extra Help
Extra help is available at lunch daily in Room 111 by appointment. There is also support in 5th block, free peer tutoring from Saints, and free tutoring at SchoolHouse.
Textbook
First Peoples Principles of Learning
The First Peoples Principles of Learning greatly influence the B.C. curriculum and are woven throughout. They lend themselves well to mathematical learning, as they promote experiential and reflexive learning, as well as self-advocacy and personal responsibility in students. They help create classroom experiences based on the concepts of community, shared learning, and trust, all of which are vital to learning. (source)
Assessment
Over the course of the school year, students will have multiple opportunities to provide evidence of their proficiency in the outcomes of the course that span content and competencies. Feedback is provided through assessment for each student to capture the current level of proficiency and direct future learning. The Canvas Learning Mastery Gradebook captures a student's current proficiency level among each outcome. The full context requires the assessment itself (often on paper) with the provided feedback to understand why a student is currently placed at a particular achievement level. Students are encouraged to adapt a growth mindset and use feedback from assessment to understand what they know and what they don't know yet. As their proficiency improves, students should seek opportunities to demonstrate evidence of their learning. The goal is for each student to reach proficiency on all outcomes by the end of the course.
At reporting periods, the teacher will consider the body of evidence collected for outcomes for a particular student and triangulate the data to assign an achievement mark which will form the student's standing in the course. This rolled up "mark" contains substantially less information than the de-constructed achievement across outcomes which highlights areas of student strength and future growth opportunities.
To view a summary of your proficiency achievement on the assessments in the course, click on Grades and then click the Learning Mastery tab.