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Mr. Hickman's Schedule for 2019-2020
First Hour Enriched Trigonometry
Second Hour Enriched Geometry
Third Hour Prep
Fourth Hour Enriched Geometry
Fifth Hour AP Calculus
Sixth Hour Enriched Trigonometry
Seventh Hour Enriched Trigonometry

Instructions for SNOW DAY for AP Calculus

Option 1
  • Log on to AP Central  & Complete practice related to current topics
Option 2 Option 2
  • Find three You Tube Videos about a topic that we are currently studying and write a three question quiz for each video
Option 3 ​Option 4: New Homework Assignment

​Directions: Choose one activity or task for each Learn-At-Home Day. On the day we return to school, you will need to bring the work and turn it in.

​If you need to contact me for assistance on any of these assignments or activities, you may email me at shad.hickman@psd150.org or message me on Remind if you have already subscribed. I will be available during normal school hours.

Instructions for SNOW DAY for Pre-Calculus

Option 1
Click on link below to take a 20 question Practice SAT Test
Option 2
  • Visit Khan Academy and take a quiz over a topic we are covering or have covered in class. Take a screenshot or a picture with your phone after finishing. You mail email it to me, send the image through Remind, or show me in class when we return.
  • here is a link to my specific precalculus class on Khan Academy  KHAN ACADEMY LINK
Option 3
  • Find three You Tube Videos about a topic that we are currently studying and write a three question quiz for each video
Option 4 
​Click on link below to take a 20 question Practice SAT Test

​Directions: Choose one activity or task for each Learn-At-Home Day. On the day we return to school, you will need to bring the work and turn it in.

​If you need to contact me for assistance on any of these assignments or activities, you may email me at shad.hickman@psd150.org or message me on Remind if you have already subscribed. I will be available during normal school hours.

Instructions for SNOW DAY for Enriched Geometry

Option 1 
  • Visit Khan Academy and take a quiz over a topic we are covering or have covered in class. Take a screenshot or a picture with your phone after finishing. You mail email it to me, send the image through Remind, or show me in class when we return.
  • here is a link to my specific geometry class on Khan Academy   KHAN ACADEMY LINK
Option 2
  • Choose a homework problem from the current chapter and create a short tutorial explaining the solution, you can use Google documents, Google slides, PowerPoint, or Prezi presentation.
  • PREZI LINK
Option 3 Option 4

  • Create a self-repeating, tessellation design using a notecard, paper, scissors, and a pen or pencil. Use the link below as a guide.
  • Tessellation link​
Option 5
  • Sign-up at for an account at Quizizz.com and create a 5 question quiz over topics from the current chapter that could be used in class.  Once completed, share the quiz to shad.hickman@psd150.org.
  • https://quizizz.com/
Option 6
  • ​Visit a mathematical website such as Virtual Nerd or Khan Academy. Watch one of the lessons and write paragraph describing what you learned and at least one example of a problem you solved during the lesson.
Option 7
  • Come up with an original assignment or activity that you think qualifies as being mathematics related, and email or send me a Remind message for approval.  Bonus points for creativity!
Option 8

Mr. Hickman is VERY available for help after school so if a student is struggling with mathematics in his class, they can seek assistance from him directly

​Mr. Hickman will post assignments, solutions to assignments and some assessments on this web page.

​Mr. Hickman will also post supplementary practice and digital resources on this web page to help enrich and compliment the instruction in class.

Mr. Hickman's summative retakes will be taken after school after students have met the following criteria:
  1. Students that fail to make a legitimate attempt on a summative assessment will not be allowed a retake.
  2. Students can only retake summative assessments
  3. Students must complete all related homework.
  4. An additional assignment may be given to ensure mastery of content when warranted.
  5. Students must correct first attempt at summative assessment.
  6. Student must find and watch a related video that explains concepts covered by the assessment in question.
  7. Students must complete RELEARN form and attach it to reassessment
  8. Minimum of three retakes in a semester
  9. No retakes in the last 10 days of the semester
  10. No retakes after the next summative assessment

All students in Peoria Public Schools, District 150 classrooms will:

1. Make sense of problems and persevere in solving them.
2. Reason abstractly and quantitatively.
3. Construct viable arguments and critique the reasoning of others.
4. Model with mathematics.

5. Use appropriate tools strategically.
6. Attend to precision.
7. Look for and make use of structure.
8. Look for and express regularity in repeated reasoning.