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The ideas are my own and are only suggestions for you to consider.  \nAlmost all textbooks provide an AP pacing guide among their ancillary material. You can consult the guide for your book for specific suggestions for the number of days on each topic or section.  \nKeep a copy of the latest Course Description (“The Acorn Book”) handy. Changes in the exam are announced in this book; to keep up to date be sure you always read the following year’s edition which is available at AP Central shortly after the exam is given in May. The book contains the “Topical Outline”for the AB and BC courses. The topics listed here are what may be tested on the exams. What is not listed will not be tested. For example, calculating volumes by the method of Cylindrical Shells is not listed; any volume problem on the exam can be done by other methods. This does not mean you may not or should not teach the topics that are not listed if you believe your students will benefit from them. If you wish to teach them you may still do so. Students may use these methods on the exam; they will not be penalized for correct mathematics. Many teachers teach these topics in the time after the exam.  \nPLANNING YOUR YEAR  \nGet out your school calendar. The AP Calculus exams are usually given during the first week in May; the exact date will be in the Course Description book and at AP Central.  \n􀁸 Count back about 2 school weeks from the exam date (don’t count your spring break week) . Allow an extra week if you are prone to many snow days. This time will be used for review. (This brings you to a week or so into April. )  \n􀁸 Count back two more weeks. I’ll discuss what this should time should be used for later. (Mid‐ march) This is when you should aim to be done the material and ready to begin review. Finishing by the beginning of March is even better.  \n􀁸 Count the number of weeks between the beginning of school and the week above. (About 26 ‐  \n27 weeks if your start just after Labor Day; 28‐30 weeks if you start in mid‐August) . This is the number of week you have to teach the material. Don’t panic: the AB course is taught typically in college in 30 – 35 classes in one semester. You do have time, but by the same token, you still need to stick with the calendar and keep you students on it as well.  \n􀁸 Take half this number and find the middle week of the year. This is sometime in early to mid‐ December. To allow equal time for derivatives and integrals, this is when you should finish derivatives and start integration. Don’t delay starting integration beyond the first class of the New Year.  \n􀁸 Now plan your work so that you can do it in the time allowed. You all want your students to dowell. It is not unknown for teachers to spend a few extra days now and then to give extra work on derivative. But this time adds up. Remember half the exam is integration; you need to cover that too. Don’t get behind.  \nLook over past exams. Learn what is tested and how it is tested and plan your time accordingly. Here are some hints as to where you can shave some time.  \nSTARTING THE YEAR  \n􀁸 Summer assignments: Personally, I do not see the use in summer assignments. What is their purpose? To keep the material fresh in the kids’ minds, I suppose. But the good students will do it right away and then forget anyway over the summer, and the others, will forget “everything”over the summer and try the assignment at the end of the summer and get nowhere.  \n􀁸 If you want to keep their minds on mathematics over the summer, assign a good book to read. Maybe they will spread that out over the summer. Reading suggestion: Is God a Mathematician? by Mario Livio.  \n􀁸 Ideally, limits and continuity should be taught in pre‐calculus. Work with your pre‐calculus  \nteachers and help them arrange their curriculum so that the things stude","cbCaiaZvprhVBEJP","https://ap.wps.com/l/cbCaiaZvprhVBEJP","pdf",140304,"English","# Planning Your Year\n# Starting the Year\n# Derivatives","[{\"question\":\"How should teachers plan the timeline for AP Calculus around the May exam?\",\"answer\":\"Start by using the school calendar, count back about two weeks from the exam for review (excluding spring break), then count back two more weeks to finish the main material and begin review. 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