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Schedule of Topics and Assignments(2023-24)

August 16
Day 1:  Course Introduction; Derivative Rules Review (1.1, 1.2, 1.4)
  • Screencasts to watch before class
    • How to Watch A Screen Cast
    • Course Overview
  • Homework due before next class
    • Read the article Retrieval Practice
    • Download Retrieval Practice
    • Take the Myers-Briggs Test
    • Complete the Student Information Survey)
 
Week of August 19 - August 23
Monday:  Power and Exponential Rules (1.1); The Chain Rule (1.2)
  • In Class: p.8 # 1, 3, 4 - 8, 11 - 14; p. 9 # 1- 5
  • p.14 # 1, 3, 4 - 8, 11, 12; p. 15 # 1- 5, 7, 9
Wed:  Trig, Trig Inverse and Log Rules (1.3)
  • p 21 # 3-7, 11, 13, (16), 17,19,25,27, 29 - 31
Thurs:  Derivative Memory Quiz
 
Week of August 26 - August 30


Monday: Rectilinear Motion (1.4)
  • p. 35, one problem from # 21 - 24, one problem from # 25 - 28, one problem from # 29a - 30b
  • p37 # 1 - 7 odd, 12 - 16
Wed:   Product (1.5) and Quotient Rules (1.6)
  • p.45 # 1, 5, 8, 10, 11, 21, 35.
  • p.54 # 1, 3, 7, 10, 17, 20
Thurs:  Worksheet on 1.4 thru 1.47
  • Watch Screencasts Chapter 2 Overview and The Power and Transcendental Rules (2.1)
 
Week of September 2 - September 6


Monday:   Labor Day
Tues:  Higher Order Derivatives (1.7)
  • p 61 # 1, 2, 6 11, 15, 17, 27, 30
Thurs:   Quiz on 1.4 to 1.7
  • Chapter 1 Prep Quiz opens
 
Friday:            Mass of the Holy Spirit

Week of September 9 - September 13


Monday:  Intro to AP:  Basic Derivatives Numerically and Graphically
  • P 71 # 2 - 25 (one of each set of four), one of 26 - 29
Wed:  Review Day
  • Watch screencasts MCQ Tips #1 and #2 at http://www.kquattrin.com/dr-qs-mcq-tips.html
  • Summary sheet for Make It Stick
  • Summary Sheet due
  • Chapter 1 Prep Quiz closes
Thurs:  Chapter 1 Test
 
Week of September 16 - September 20

Monday:  Chapter 2 Intro; Anti-derivatives (2.1)
  • p.102 # 1 – 7 odd, 13, 17, 19, 28
  • Watch Screencast Initial Conditions (2.2)
Wed:  Initial Conditions (2.2) and Rectilinear Motion (2.3)
  • p. 107 # 1 - 4 (one each) 7, 8, MCQ p 108 #3, 4
  • p. 112 # # 1, 3, 6, 7, 8, 9 - 12 (one each); MCQ p. 113 #1, 5
Thurs:  Derivative Memory Quiz 2;  Integral Memory Quiz 1; Quiz on 2.1 and 2.2
  • Watch Screencast U-Substitution (2.4 and 2.5)

Week of September 23 - September 27


Mon:  U-Substitution (2.4 and 2.5)
  • p. 120 # 1 - 19 every other odd
  • p. 132 # 3, 6, 9, 15, 16, 17, 18, 22, 25, 29
Wed:  U-Substitution Review
  • p. 120 # 3 - 17 every other odd, 8, 10
  • p. 132 # 1 or 2, 7, 13, 17, 18, (23), 29
Thurs:  Quiz on 2.3 to 2.5
  • Watch Screencast Separation of Variables (2.6)

Week of September 30 -October 4

Monday:  Separation of Variables (2.6)
  • p. 146 # 1, 2, 5, 6, 7, 10, 11, 12, 15, 17, 19, 21, 24
Wed:  Slope Fields (2.7)
  • Chapter 2 Prep Quiz opens
Thursday:  Second Integral Memory Quiz;  Review Day
  • Summary Sheet due
Sunday:   Chapter 2 Prep Quiz closes at 10 pm
 

Week of October 7 - October 11


Monday:   Chapter 2 Test
 
Wednesday:   PSAT Day
Thurs-Friday:  no school
Chapter 3 Prep Quiz opens
 

Week of October 15 - October 19

Monday: Intro to Definite Integrals and the Fundamental Theorem of Calculus (3.1)
  • p. 214 # 2, 4, 6, 7, 9, 10, 12, 16, 17, 19, 21 - 27
  • Watch Screencast Definite Integrals and U-Substitution (3.2)
Wed:  Definite Integrals and U-Substitution (3.2)
  • p. 224 # 1 - 27 every other odd.
Thursday:  Integrals in Context (3.3)
  • p. 237 # 1a & b, 4 a & b, 6, 9, 11, 13, 15, 16
  • Watch Screencast Accumulation of Rates (3.4)

Week of October 21 - October 25


Monday:  Accumulation of Rates (3.4)
  • p. 250 # 4 - 7; highlight the key phrases and units
Wed:    Accumulation of Rates
  • p.254 # 1 – 12 (MCQs)
  • AP Handout
Thursday:   Quiz on 3.1 to 3.3 as well as the Derivative and Integral Memory Quiz
  • Watch Screencast Approximations of Definite Integrals (3.5)
 
Week of October 28 - November 1


Monday: Approximations of Definite Integrals (3.5)
  • p. 272 # 4 - 7 (one each at your table), p 263 (MCQ) # 1 - 5, 9, 11
  • Watch Screencast Table Problems (3.6)
Wed:   Table Problems (3.6)
  • p. 289 # 1, 3, 5, 9
Thursday:  Worksheet on 3.4 to 3.6
  • Worksheet Solution Keys
  • Download Worksheet Solution Keys
  • Chapter 3 Prep Quizzes opens

Week of November 4 - November 8


Monday:  More Table Problems (3.6)
  • Handout
Wed:  Review Day
  • Chapter 3 Prep Quizzes closes
  • Summary Sheet due
Thursday:  Chapter 3 Test
  • Watch Screencasts Chapter 4 Intro; Extrema and the Derivative Tests (4.1)
 
Week of November 11 - November 15


Mon:  Intro to Derivative Applications I; Extremes and the Derivative Tests (4.1)
  • p. 320 # 7, 9, 13, 17, 19, 22, 23, 26
  • Watch Screencast Accumulation of Rates Revisited (4.4)
Wed:  Accumulation of Rates Revisited (4.4)
  • p. 359 # 1, 3, 7, 9
Thurs/Fri:  Dx and Integral Memory Quiz; Chapter 3 Retake
 
Week of November 18 – November 22


Monday:  Accumulation of Rates Revisited (4.4); Mean Value Theorem (4.3)
  • AP handout
Wed:  The Second Derivative, POIs, and Concavity (4.5)
  • p. 380 # 1 - 15 (MCQ)
  • Watch Screencast Graphing with Derivatives (4.6)
Thursday:  Quiz on 4.1, 4.3 and 4.4
  • Final Exam Prep Quiz opens
 
Week of November 25 – November 29 
 
Thanksgiving 
 
Week of December 2 - December 6


Monday:  Graphing with Derivatives (4.6) 
  • p. 390 # 1, 3, 5, 11, 12; p. 392 # 1, 3, 4, 5, 9 (MCQ)
  • Watch screencast Graphical Analysis I (4.7)
Wed:  Graphical Analysis I (4.7)
  • p. 408 #1, 3, 5, 6, 11
  • p. 416 # 1, 3, 5 - 8, 11, 13
Thurs/Fri:  Final Exam Review
  • Watch MCQ Tips #1, #2 and #3 at the bottom of the MCQ Tips page
  • Final Exam Prep Quiz opens
 
Week of December 9 - 13


Monday: Final Exam Review
  • Summary Sheet #1 due
Tuesday:  Final Exam Review
  • Summary Sheet #2 due
Thurs-Fri:        Final Exams 
 

Week of December 16 – 20
 
Mon-Tues:      Final Exams 
 
 
December 21- January 8

Christmas Vacation  

Week of January 8 - January 10


Monday:  Final Exam Review; Review Graphing with Derivatives (4.6); Graphical Analysis I (4.7)
  • p. 408 # 2, 4, 5, 6, p. 419 #5
Wed:  Graphical Analysis I again
  • p. 431 # 1 - 4, 11 - 14
Thursday: Graphical Analysis Worksheet 2024
  • Graphical Analysis Worksheet Answer Key
  • Chapter 4 Prep quiz opens
 
Week of January 13 - January 17

Monday:   Graphical Analysis II (4.8)
  • p. 431 # 1, 3, 5, 7
Wed:  Review Day
  • Summary Sheet due
  • Chapter 4 Prep quiz closes
Thursday: Chapter 4 Test
  • Watch screencasts Chapter 5 intro and Rectilinear Motion (5.1)
 

Week of January 20 - January 24

Monday:   Martin Luther King Holiday
Tuesday: Intro to Rectilinear Motion (Ch 5.1)
  • p 477 One of each # 1 - 4, # 9 - 12, # 15 - 18
  • Watch these Bounded Growth Explanation
Thursday:        Motion Review; Models of Growth and Decay (5.2)
  • p. 489 # 5, 8, 9, 11
 

Week of January 27 - January 31
Monday:  Implicit Differentiation (5.3)
  • p. 512 # 4 - 8, 11, 15, 16, 21, 23, 26 - 29
Wed:  AP-Style Implicit Differentiation (5.4)
  • p. 522 # 1 - 4, 5 - 8, 9 - 12 (One from each set)
  • Canvas Review Quiz 1 opens
  • Watch screencast Related Rates
Thursday:   Quiz on 5.1 to 5.3
  • Chapter 5 Prep Quiz opens
  • Watch screencast Related Rates
Sunday Night: Canvas Review Quiz 1 closes

Week of February 3 - February 7


Monday:          Related Rates (5.5)
  • p. 546 # (MCQ) # 1 - 7 odd and 6
Wed: Review Day
  • Summary Sheet due
  • Ch 5 Prep quiz closes at 10 pm
Thurs:  Chapter 5 Test
  • Watch screencasts Chapter 6 intro, Area (6.1), Intro to Volume
 
 
Week of February 10 - February 14


Monday:   Area Between Two Curves (6.1), and Arc Length (6.2); General Intro to Volume
  • p. 599 # 1, 3, 5, 8,11
Wednesday: Volume by Rotation around the x-Axis--Disk and Washer Methods (6.3)
  • p. 620 # 1, 3, 4, 5, 9, 10, 11, 13
  • Canvas Review Quiz 2 opens
Thursday:  Chapter 5 MCQ Retake; Review Volume by Rotation around the x-Axis (6.3)
  • p. 620 # 1, 3, 4, 5, 9, 10, 11, 13
  • Canvas Review Quiz 2 opens
 
Sunday Night: Canvas Review Quiz 2 closes
 

Week of February 17 - February 21


Monday:  President's Day
Tuesday:  Volume by Rotation around the y-Axis--Disk and Washer Methods (6.4)
  • p. 633 # 1, 3, 4, 9, 10
  • Download Download AP Packet #1 (due next week)
  • Watch screencast Volume by Rotation around a Line not an Axis (6.5)
Thursday:  Volume by Rotation around a Line not an Axis (6.5)
  • p. 647 # 1, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 10, 11, 13
  • Watch screencast Volume by Cross-Section Method (6.6)
Sunday Night: Online Review Quiz 2 closes

Week of February 24 - February 28


Monday:   Volume by Cross-Section Method (6.6)
  • p. 660 # 1, 2, 3, 4, 7, 11, 13
  • Chapter 6 Prep Quiz Opens
  • AP FRQ Packet #1 due
Wed:  AP Style FRQs (6.7)
  • p. 674 #1, 3, 4, 5, 6, 10
Thurs:   Quiz on 6.1 to 6.6
  • Online Quiz on Chapter 9 opens

Week of March 3 - March 7


Monday:   Review of AP Style FRQs
  • Download AP Packet #2
  • Fill out the Math Course Evaluation
  • p. 674 #13, 15, 17, 19 
Wed:  Review Day
  • Summary Sheet due
  • Chapter 6 Prep Quiz closes
Thurs/Friday:            Chapter 6 Test (including Dx and Integral Memory Quiz)
  • Watch screencasts Limits (7.1); Limit Definition of a Derivative (7.2)
 

Week of March 10 - March 14

Monday:    Limits (7.1); Limit Definition of a Derivative (7.2)
  • p. 715 # MCQs # 1 – 13 odd; p. 722 MCQs # 1 – 7 odd, 8
  • AP Packet # 2 due.
  • Canvas Review Quiz 3 opens
Wed:    One-sided and Infinite Limits (7.3)
  • p. 732 # 1, 3, 5, 10
  • p. 734 # 1 – 7 odd (MCQs)
Thursday:  Chapter 6 Retakes
  • Watch screencasts Continuity (7.4) and Differentiability (7.5)
 
Sunday: Canvas Review Quiz 3 closes
 
Week of March 17 - March 22


Monday:    Continuity (7.4) and Differentiability (7.5)
  • Download AP Packet FRQ Packet #3
  • p. 742 # 1 – 11 odd
  • p. 755 # 1, 3, 9, 11; p.759 # 1 – 13 odd, MCQs
Tuesday:    Quiz on 7.1 to  7.3
Thursday/Friday:        Quarter Break
 
Sunday Night: Online Review Quiz 3 on closes



Week of March 23 - March 30
 
Monday:    Review Continuity (7.4) and Differentiability (7.5)
  • AP Packet FRQ Packet #3 due
  • Canvas Review Quiz 4 opens
Wednesday:  End Behavior and Limits at Infinity (7.6)
  • p. 773 # 1 - 11 odd, 12-15; p. 774 # 1 – 9 all (MCQs)
  • Watch screencasts The AP Exam (8.0), Accumulation of Rates Review (8.1)
Thursday:     Quiz on 7.4 & 7.5
Sunday:  Canvas Review Quiz 3 closes at 10pm
 
Week of March 31 - April 4


Monday: AP Final prep
  • Download AB multiple choice Packet
  • Watch Screencasts AB2 and AB3
  • Submit your answers to the Problems to Canvas
Wednesday:  Review Day
  • Summary Sheet Due
  • Submit your answers to the Problems to Canvas
Thursday:        Chapter 7 Test


Sunday:  Online Review Quiz 4 on Closes Sunday Night

Week of April 7 - April 11


Monday:          Final Exam Review
  • AB multiple choice Packet Due at end of class
  • Final Summary Sheet #1 due
Wednesday:    Final Exam Ia
Thursday:        Final Exam Ib
 
Week of April 14 - April 21

Easter Break

Over Break, view additional Review Screen casts as needed.  No submissions required.
 
Week of April 21 - April 25


Tuesday:         Final Exam Prep
Thursday:        Final Exam Prep
 
Week of April 28 - May 2


Monday: Final Exam Review Day
  • Online Review Quiz #5 on opens
  • FRQ Packet due
Wednesday:  Final Exam IIa
Thursday:      Final Exam IIb
Sunday:  Online Review Quiz #5 on Closes Sunday Night

Week of May 5 - May 9 [AP Exams Begin]


Monday:  US Govt (am); Chem (pm)
Tuesday:   Microecon (am); Stats (pm)
Wednesday:   English Lit (am); Comp Govt, Comp Sci  (pm)
Thursday:  Chinese and Environ Sci Geography and MacroEcon (am); Psych (pm)
Friday:   APUSH and European Hist (am); Spanish Lit and Macro Econ (pm)


Monday:   AP Review Day
  • Complete the Confidence Inventory
Wednesday:  
Thurs/Friday:  
 
Week of May 12 - May 16


Monday:  Calculus (am);  Italian (pm)
Tuesday:  English Lang and Japanese;(am);  Physics C (pm)
Wednesday:  French / Modern World History (am); Comp Sci Principles / Music Theory (pm)
Thursday:  Spanish Lang  (am); BIO / Japanese 1 (pm)
Friday:  German and Physics 1 (am); Latin and Physics 2 (pm)
 
Monday:          AP CALCULUS EXAM
Wednesday:    Post test
Thursday:       
 
Week of May 19 - May 23


Monday:
Tuesday:
Thursday:        Transition Liturgy
Friday:            Awards Assembly

Week of May 25 - May 23


Monday:          Memorial Day
Tues-Friday:   Final Exam
 
Saturday:         Graduation



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