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This is a Table of Contents for my Calculus chapter on Limits. My students have been creating an "Interactive Notebook" for 30 years, I just call it their Little Black Book (because it is a black marbled composition book). It is predominantly a concise discussion of properties with examples to review for the chapter test. Sometimes there are even fun things such as my foldables or graph paper post-it note explorations. To get you started, I have included directions for starting a LBB, the tab

Surprise! Calculus students still love to cut and paste. Use this foldable to engage your students while they review a few strategies for finding limits analytically. All my foldables are self-guided which allow the students to start the foldable in class for about 10 to 15 minutes then complete the AP style examples at home. The foldable can be used alone or glued into an Interactive Notebook the size of a 9½ by 7½ composition book. Hope this is helpful. Enjoy! This is the first foldable for

Interactive Whiteboard Activity where students drag the function graph to the correct derivative graph. If the match is correct, a congratulatory sound will play. If incorrect, the function graph pops back to the center. Simple ten-minute activity I used to do with index cards, but now can do on my Promethean Activboard. This activity is also included in my comprehensive Unit Notes Flipchart: Calculus Ch. 3A: Curve Sketching Unit Flipchart Have fun! This product was made using ActivInspire f

This is a unique approach to teaching AP Calculus AB and BC in the same year. My students take Calculus AB all year, and the interested ones take Calculus BC the 2nd semester in addition to their Calculus AB class. This document will explain how I make it happen. It works!!! I have taught this method for 26 years with 95% passing rate in both AB and BC. Go to my store, Fan’s Math , to find fun Calculus activities to go with this curriculum.

This is a three page foldable covering all the calculus curve sketching concepts (critical numbers, extrema, increasing/decreasing, points of inflections, and concavity), their definitions and how to find them using Calculus. My students find it easier to fill the foldable in over the week as we encounter the concepts in our discussions. All my foldables are self-guided which allows the students to start the foldable in class for about 10 to 15 minutes then complete the AP style examples at ho

Included are the assignments I give my students for the first chapter in Larson Calculus 10 ed, Ch. 1 Limits. The Lesson Plans list the dates of assignments, abbreviated objectives, and the assignment. In the assignments you will find problems from the textbook and additional problems the students need for the AP test. You will also find Critical Thinking Journals, dates of quizzes and tests and a list of topics for their Interactive Notebooks (Little Black Books). I created the product in WORD