Spring 2012
Prealgebra (054)
Unit #1
Jan 17-22
Unit #2
Jan 23-29
Unit #3
Jan 30-Feb 5
Unit #4
Feb 6-12
Unit #5
Feb 13-19
Unit #6
Feb 20-26
Unit #7
Feb 27-Mar 4
Unit #8
Mar 5-11
Unit #9
Mar 19-25
Unit #10
Mar 26-Ap 1
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Unit #11
April 2-8
Unit #12
April 9-15
Unit #14
April 23-29
Unit #15
Ap 30-May 6
Important Stuff:
Tests

Tests will be taken on computer using the Blackboard Learning System and will be proctored at a UAA learning center found throughout the state of Alaska.  For a list of proctor sites, go to:
http://distanceeducation.uaa.alaska.edu/handbook/proctoring_sites_proctoring_sites.html

**It is your responsibility to contact the learning center you will be testing at and setting up an appointment.

If there is no learning center within one hour driving distance, it will be possible to assign a proctor in your area to give the test.  Proctors not associated with the college must be approved following the requirements of the University of Alaska.  To find out more about proctors, go to the following website:  http://distanceeducation.uaa.alaska.edu/handbook/selecting_a_proctor_how_to_select_a_proctor.html

Proctors must be approved and given instruction prior to proctoring any test. 

Once proctors are approved, it is up to the student to make sure I have the name, email, and who the person is (teacher in a local district, a superior if you are in military, etc.)

When a test week occurs on the outline below, it can be taken anytime Monday-Friday of that test week.  Tests must be taken during the week assigned on the syllabus.

Turning in Homework and Notes

Written coursework assignments can be found on the chronological outline below.  Follow the procedures below to see how to put your notes and homework together for submission.
*Please note:  keep your homework and notes separate from each other.  This means that I want all your homework in one paper clip and your notes in another.  Don’t mix your homework and notes together in one huge pile.

Notes:
--Follow these procedures for your notes:
Make it easy for me to follow your work
Lesson number at the top of each page (3.1, 3.2, etc.)
Keep all notes together
Send copies if you want the originals since I won’t be returning them

**IMPORTANT:  Notes are not an option.  They are part of your grade for the course.  If you know how to do the lesson, then taking notes should be simple.  An example of what I want in your notes can be found on the prealgebra website.

**Please send copies of your notes to me since I cannot return them and you might want to use them on the final exam.

Homework:
--Follow the same procedures for your homework that you do for your notes:
Make it easy for me to follow your work
Lesson number at the top of each page (3.1, 3.2, etc.)
Keep all homework lessons together
Send copies if you want the originals since I won’t be returning them

Because many students are a great distance from Soldotna, please submit notes and homework in the following manner:

You will be submitting your notes and homework by mail 4 times during the course.  Place your notes and homework together in a manila envelope and send them to:
Gary Leiter
PO Box 602
Soldotna, AK  99669

**You also have the option of scanning and then emailing your notes/homework to me at:  leiteruaa@gmail.com

**NOTE:  If you do scan your work and email them to me, please do the following:
Make sure all homework and notes are right side up and in order
Do not send as “zip files” or any other method other than as attachments (when they are sent other ways, it takes forever to download, etc. when you are sending 10,000 pages or more (OK, I exaggerate).
If it takes several emails to attach everything, please title the “subject line” with the lesson numbers attached.  For example, if you are sending homework for chapter 4, lessons 1-8, “HW 4.1-4.8” should be in the subject line

**Please send copies of your homework to me since I cannot return them and you might want them.


Notes and homework are due by Friday after each test week.  For example, if you are to take the test over chapters 3 & 4 during the week of Feb 13-17, then the homework/notes are due in my mailbox by Friday, Feb 24.
If you look at the calendar below, it will give you due dates for homework/notes.

I would suggest you print a copy of the calendar and put it somewhere where you can easily refer to it.  It will be a close friend of yours as you use it to stay current with homework, etc.

One other thing…Please make sure you put your name on your notes/homework so I can give you the grade you deserve.

Work must be shown or no credit will be given.

Please do not use calculators in this course unless it is OK’d by instructor for certain lessons.  I cannot regulate the use of calculators, but if you rely on them for your homework, you will find the tests difficult since you will not be able to use a calculator until later in the course. 

**Please Note:  If you choose to send homework and notes to me through the U.S. Postal Service, it will cost you around $2.00 each time you submit them.  Therefore, plan on around $8.00 for postage over the course of the semester.


Quizzes
Make sure you look at the lesson folder for each week so you know when the quizzes will be available on Blackboard.  Quizzes will be over each chapter for a total of 9.  They not only quiz how you are doing in class, but the problems are similar to the ones you will see on the test.  After you take each quiz and it is scored, problems missed will include an explanation as to the correct way to solve the problem.  You will be taking these quizzes at home so there is no need to go to a learning center.


*Note:  Students often asked how detailed their notes should be.  I want them thorough enough that if a student were to miss a lecture and they were to ask to borrow your notes, they would be able to learn the lesson based on the info you shared with them in your notes.

Click on the link below to see an example of a student's notes over one of the lessons

Unit #13
April 16-22
Spring Break
March 12-16
Welcome!!  This page is the beginning point for the class.  Everything you need is right here (except the textbook and tests). All you need to do is click on a folder below to access lectures over the lesson, lectures of examples from the homework, homework assignments, test dates, when homework is due, etc., etc.

Choose the week you are in below, and let the course begin!!
Click the button below for prealgebra homework assignments until you get your books
Calendar

January 17-22
Week #1
Assignment for week:
1.1; 1-65 every other odd
1.2; 23-47 odd, 67-73 odd, 85-91 odd
1.3; 1-37 every other odd, 49-65 every other odd
1.4; 9-37 every other odd, 71-77 odd
1.5; 1-45 every other odd, 83-95 odd, 101-107 odd

January 23-29
Week #2
Assignment for week:
1.6; 17-33 every other odd, 47-57 odd, 61-71 odd
1.7; 11-71 every other odd, 85-94 all
1.8; 7-21 odd, 23-31 odd
2.1; 15-47 every other odd, 63-70, 83, 87, 93
Quiz Ch #1

January 30-Feb 5
Week #3
Assignment for week:
2.2; 15-31 every other odd, 39-59 every other odd, 81, 83
2.3; 1-25 every other odd, 33-45 odd, 63
2.4; 1-25 every other odd, 31-51 odd
2.5; 1-15 odd, 27-51 odd
2.6; 13-55 odd
Quiz Ch #2

February 6-12
Week #4
Test Chapters 1 & 2 to be taken sometime between February 6-10
Homework and Notes for chapters 1 & 2 due February 17

Assignment for week: 
3.1; 23-43, 53, 54
3.2; 17-47 odd, 65, 67
3.3; 1-17 odd, 23-63 odd
3.4; 1-45 every other odd, 55-61 odd

February 13-19
Week #5
Homework and Notes for ch 1 & 2 due by Feb 17
Assignment for week:
3.5; 1-13 every other odd, 21-57 every other odd, 67-75 odd
3.6; 1-35 odd
3.7; 1-29 odd, 39-45 odd
3.8; 17-63 odd
3.9; 1-51 odd
Quiz Ch #3

February 20-26
Week #6
Assignment for week: 
4.1; 13-67 odd
4.2; 11-49 odd
4.3; 13-53 odd
4.4; 13-45 odd
4.5; 1-31 odd

February 27-March 4
Week #7
Assignment for week:
4.6; 1-25 odd, 39-49 odd
4.7; 1-17 odd, 29-35 odd
4.8; 1-33 odd
4.9; 1-35 odd
5.1; 9-49 odd
Quiz Ch #4

March 5-11
Week #8

Test Chapters 3 & 4 to be taken sometime between March 5-9
Homework and Notes for chapters 3 & 4 due March 23

Assignment for week:
5.2; 9-47 odd
5.3; 19-47 odd, 67, 69
5.4; 17-43 odd
5.5; 9-19 odd, 23-49 odd, 67

March 19-25
Week #9
Homework and Notes for ch 3 & 4 due by March 23

Assignment for week: 
5.6; 9-33 odd
5.7; 9-39 odd
5.8; 3-33 odd
5.9; 1-24 all
6.1; 13-23 odd, 33,34,36
Quiz Ch #5

March 26-April 1
Week #10
Assignment for week:
6.2; 5-29 odd
6.3; 15-41 odd
6.4; 1-15, 19-29 odd
6.5; 1-17 odd, 19-27 odd
Quiz Ch #6

April 2-8
Week #11
Test Chapters 5 & 6 to be taken sometime between April 2-6
Homework and Notes for chapters 5 & 6 due April 13

Assignment for week: 
7.1; 9-65 every other odd, 71, 72
7.2; 9-37 every other odd, 45-48
7.3; 8-22 all
7.4; 9-18 all

April 9-15
Week #12
Homework and Notes for ch 5 & 6 due by April 13

Assignment for week: 
7.5; 9-19 all
7.6; 1-21 all
7.7; 1-10 all
8.1; 9-14, 25-29, 35, 41-47 odd
8.2; 1-47 every other odd, 51-59 odd
Quiz Ch #7

April 16-22
Week #13
Assignment for week: 
8.3; 1-29 every other odd, 33, 39, 41
8.4; 1-25 every other odd, 27-28
8.5; 13-29 odd, 31, 37, 43
9.1; 19-55 odd
9.2; 1-35 odd
Quiz Ch #8

April 23-29
Week #14
Assignment for week:
9.3; 1-29 every other odd, 35, 37-51 odd
9.4; 9-57 odd
9.5; 1-37 odd
9.6; 1-19 odd, 25-30 all
Quiz Ch #9 

April 30-May 6
Week #15
Homework and Notes for ch 7-9 due by May 8

Final Exam Chapters 1-9 to be taken sometime between April 30-May 4
Homework and Notes for chapters 7-9 due May 8
**Note:  This is a Tuesday
(There can be no exceptions to this due date since my grades
must be turned in May 11)