Introduction to Algebra One

Topics

1. Foundations of Algebra

Variables and Expressions

Topics
  • Translating from Algebra to Words
  • Evaluating Algebraic Expressions
Assignments
  • HW: Practice --- Variables and Expressions 

Adding and Subtracting Real Numbers

Topics
  • Adding and Subtracting Real Numbers on a Number Line
  • Adding and Subtracting Real Numbers
  • Note: Real Numbers are all positive and negative whole numbers, and zero.
Assignments
  • HW: Practice --- Adding and Subtracting Real Numbers 

Multiplying and Dividing Real Numbers

Assignments
  • HW: Practice --- Multiplying and Dividing Real Numbers 
Wed
Sep
1

Powers and Exponents

Thu
Sep
2

Roots and Irrational Numbers

Mon
Sep
13

Properties of Real Numbers

Tue
Sep
14
Mon
Sep
20

Simplifying Expressions

Wed
Sep
22

Lab: Perimeter

Mon
Sep
27

Study Guide: Chapter Review

Chapter Test: Foundations of Algebra

Assignments
  • CW: In-Class Test Covering Chapter 1

2. Equations

Wed
Sep
29

Solving One-Step Equations

Thu
Sep
30

Lab: Area of Composite Figures

Mon
Oct
4

Solving Two-Step Equations

Tue
Oct
5

Solving Multi-Step Equations

Tue
Oct
12

Solving Equations With Variables on Both Sides

Wed
Oct
13

Solving Proportions

Mon
Oct
18

Practice: Solving Literal Equations for a Variable

Tue
Oct
19

Applications of Proportions

Thu
Oct
21

Applications of Proportions (Cont.)

Fri
Oct
22

Solving Absolute-Value Equations

Topics
  • Understanding absolute value equations
  • Solving absolute value equations with one and two solutions

Solving Absolute-Value Problems

Topics
  • Understanding absolute value equations
  • Solving absolute value equations with one and two solutions

Study Guide: Chapter Review

Assignments
  • HW: Study Guide Review, TB P. 122 -- 125
Thu
Oct
28

Study Guide: Chapter Review

Fri
Oct
29
Tue
Nov
2

Study Guide: Equations

Topics
  • Solving one-step and multiple-step equations
  • Solving equations with variables on both sides
  • Solving proportions, literal equations, and absolute value equations
Wed
Nov
3

Study Guide: Equations (Cont)

Topics
  • Solving one-step and multiple-step equations
  • Solving equations with variables on both sides
  • Solving proportions, literal equations, and absolute value equations
Thu
Nov
4

Chapter Test: Equations

Topics
  • Solving one-step and multiple-step equations
  • Solving equations with variables on both sides
  • Solving proportions, literal equations, and absolute value equations
Fri
Nov
5

Cumulative Review

Mon
Nov
8

Solving Absolute-Value Equations

Topics
  • Understanding absolute value equations
  • Solving absolute value equations with two solutions
  • Solving absolute value equations with one solution
Tue
Nov
9

Solving Absolute-Value Problems

Topics
  • Solving problems using absolute value equations.
Wed
Nov
10

Review Absolute Value Equations

Topics
  • Review recent topics

3. Inequalities

Mon
Nov
15

Graphing and Writing Inequalities

Topics
  • Identifying solutions of inequalities
  • Graphing inequalities
  • Writing an inequality from a graph
Tue
Nov
16

Graphing and Writing Inequalities (Cont.)

Topics
  • Identifying solutions of inequalities
  • Graphing inequalities
  • Writing an inequality from a graph
Wed
Nov
17

Solving Inequalities by Adding or Subtracting

Topics
  • Using addition and subtraction to solve inequalities
Thu
Nov
18

Solving Inequalities by Adding or Subtracting

Topics
  • Using addition and subtraction to solve inequalities
Fri
Nov
19

Review

Mon
Nov
29

Solving Inequalities by Multiplying or Dividing

Topics
  • Multiplying and dividing inequalities by positive and negative numbers
Tue
Nov
30

Quiz: Ready to Go On?

Topics
  • Identifying solutions of inequalities
  • Graphing inequalities, and writing an inequality from a graph
  • Using addition and subtraction to solve inequalities
  • Multiplying and dividing inequalities by positive and negative numbers
Wed
Dec
1

Solving Two-Step and Multi-Step Inequalities

Topics
  • Simplifying inequalities before solving

Solving Inequalities With Variables on Both Sides

Topics
  • Simplifying each side of an inequality before solving
Assignments
  • CW: TB Pg 165, Exercises 1 - 19
  • HW: TB Pg 165, 20 - 48 (Even)
Fri
Dec
3

Review

Topics
  • Identifying solutions of inequalities
  • Graphing inequalities, and writing an inequality from a graph
  • Using addition and subtraction to solve inequalities
  • Multiplying and dividing inequalities by positive and negative numbers
Assignments
  • CW: Review of Recent Topics
Mon
Dec
6

Solving Compound Inequalities

Tue
Dec
7

Solving Compound Inequalities (Cont.)

Wed
Dec
8

Lab: Triangle Inequalities

Thu
Dec
9

Solving Absolute Value Inequalities

Fri
Dec
10

Solving Absolute Value Inequalities

Mon
Dec
13

Review: Ready to Go On?

Tue
Dec
14

Review: Ready to Go On? (Cont.)

Wed
Dec
15

Review: Graphing and Writing Inequalities

Thu
Dec
16

Review: Solving Inequalities by Adding or Subtracting

Fri
Dec
17

Review: Solving Inequalities by Multiplying or Dividing

4. Functions

Mon
Jan
3

Graphing Relationships

Topics
  • Relating graphs to situations
Assignments
  • CW: TB Pg 203, 1 -- 9
  • HW: TB Pg 203, 10 -- 14
Tue
Jan
4

Relations and Functions

Topics
  • Relating tables, graphs and diagrams
  • Finding the domain and range of a relationship
  • Identifying functions
Assignments
  • CW: TB Pg 209, 1 -- 6
  • HW: TB Pg 209, 7 -- 14
Wed
Jan
5

Writing and Graphing Functions

Topics
  • Tables to equations
  • Graphing and writing functions
  • Evaluating functions
Assignments
  • CW: TB Pg 218, 1 -- 4
  • HW: TB Pg 218, 5 -- 10
Thu
Jan
6

Review of Functions

Assignments
  • CW: Review of Recent Topics
  • HW: Study for Tomorrow's Quiz
Fri
Jan
7

Quiz on Functions

Assignments
  • QZ: Functions
Mon
Jan
10

Review

Assignments
  • CW: TB Pg. EP2, 1 -- 19 (Even)
  • HW: TB Pg. EP2, 20 -- 51 (Even)
Tue
Jan
11

Review

Assignments
  • CW: TB Pg. EP3, 52 -- 79 (Even)
  • HW: TB Pg. EP3, 80 -- 106 (Even)
Wed
Jan
12

Review

Assignments
  • CW: TB Pg. EP4, 1 -- 34 (Even)
  • HW: TB Pg. EP4, 35 -- 57 (Even)
Thu
Jan
13

Standardized Test

Assignments
  • QZ: Star Renaissance Standardized Test
Fri
Jan
14

Test Review

Assignments
  • CW: Selected Exercises
Tue
Jan
18

Review of Last Week’s Test

Assignments
  • HW: Pythagorean Triangles
Wed
Jan
19

Review of Functions

Assignments
  • CW: Ready to Go On? Pg 223, 1 - 14
Thu
Jan
20

Scatter Plots and Trend Lines

Assignments
  • HW: TB Pg 228, 1 - 12
Fri
Jan
21

Review of Recent Topics

Mon
Jan
24

Arithmetic Sequences

Assignments
  • CW: Math Minute 35 
  • CW: Arithmetic Sequences 

5. Linear Functions

Tue
Jan
25

Linear Equations and Functions

Assignments
  • CW: Math Minute 36 
  • CW: Practice 5-1 --- Linear Equations and Functions 
Wed
Jan
26

Using Intercepts

Assignments
  • CW: Math Minute 37 
  • CW: Using Intercepts 
  • HW: Using Intercepts
Thu
Jan
27

Slope

Assignments
  • CW: Math Minute 38 
  • CW: Slope 
  • HW: Slope 
Fri
Jan
28

Review — Linear Equations

Assignments
  • CW: Math Minute 39 
  • CW: In-Class Review of Recent Topics.
Mon
Jan
31

Using Intercepts

Assignments
  • CW: Math Minute 40 
  • HW: Practice-B --- Using Intercepts 
Tue
Feb
1

Area in the Coordinate Plane

Assignments
  • CW: Math Minute 41 
  • QZ: Using Intercepts 
Wed
Feb
2

Rate of Change and Slope

Assignments
  • CW: Math Minute 42 
  • CW: Plotting Points and Finding Slope 
  • HW: Practice-B --- Rate of Change and Slope 
Thu
Feb
3

The Slope Formula

Assignments
  • CW: Math Minute 43 
  • CW: TB Pg 269, 1 -- 3
  • HW: Practice-B --- The Slope Formula 
Fri
Feb
4

Review of Recent Topics

Assignments
  • CW: Math Minute 44 
  • CW: Review of Recent Topics
Mon
Feb
7

Slope-Intercept Form — Introduction

Topics
  • Review last week's quiz
  • Graphing by using slope and y-intercept
  • Finding the y-intercept from the slope and one point.
Assignments
  • CW: Math Minute 45 
  • HW: Practice-B, Pg 36, Exercises #1 -- 3 
Tue
Feb
8

Slope-Intercept Form — Graphing

Topics
  • Using slope-intercept from to graph
  • Finding the y-intercept from the slope and one point.
Assignments
  • HW: Practice-B, Pg 36, Exercises #4 -- 7 
Wed
Feb
9

Slope-Intercept Form — Examples

Topics
  • Using the Slope-Intercept Form in real-world situations.
Assignments
  • HW: Practice-B, Pg 36, #8 
Thu
Feb
10

Slope-Intercept Form — Review

Assignments
  • CW: Math Minute 46 
  • HW: Review for Quiz
Fri
Feb
11

Slope-Intercept Form — Quiz

Assignments
  • QZ: Quiz --- Slope-Intercept Form
  • CW: Turn in Completed Weekly Packet
Mon
Feb
14

Review — Integer Exponents and Scientific Notation

Assignments
  • CW: Math Minute 47 (Skip #6 and 9) 
  • CW: Practice-B 7-1. Integer Exponents, Pg 46 
  • CW: Practice-B 7-2. Powers of 10 and Sci. Notation, Pg 47 
Tue
Feb
15

Deriving Point-Slope Form

Assignments
  • HW: Practice-B 5-7. Point-Slope Form, Pg 37 
Wed
Feb
16

Using Point-Slope Form

Assignments
  • CW: Math Minute 48 (Skip #6) 
Thu
Feb
17

Using Point-Slope Form

Mon
Feb
28

Identifying Parallel Lines

Assignments
  • CW: Math Minute 48 (Skip #6) 
  • HW: Bring Textbook to Class
  • HW: Practice: Slopes of Parallel Lines, #1 -- 3 
Tue
Mar
1

Identifying Perpendicular Lines

Assignments
  • CW: Math Minute 49 (Skip #5) 
  • HW: Practice: Slopes of Perpendicular Lines, #4 -- 6 
Wed
Mar
2

Practice: Parallel and Perpendicular Lines

Assignments
  • CW: Kahoot Practice: Parallel and Perpendicular Lines
Thu
Mar
3

Review: Parallel and Perpendicular Lines

Assignments
  • HW: Review: Parallel and Perpendicular Lines
Fri
Mar
4

Quiz: Parallel and Perpendicular Lines

Assignments
  • QZ: Quiz: Parallel and Perpendicular Lines, TB Pg. 313, #1 -- 20 (Right Column)

7. Exponents and Polynomials

Integer Exponents

Assignments
  • HW: Practice: Integer Exponents 

Powers of 10 and Scientific Notation

Assignments
  • HW: Practice: Powers of 10 and Scientific Notation 

Multiplication and Division Properties of Exponents

Topics
  • Review simplifying exponential expressions
  • Finding products of powers
  • Finding powers of powers
  • Power of a Product Property, $(2a \times 4)^3 = 2^3 \times 4^3$
  • Finding quotients of positive and negative powers
  • Question. Why are $(a^2)^3$ and $a^2 \times a^3$ not equivalent expressions?
Assignments
  • HW: Practice: Multiplication Properties of Exponents 
  • HW: Practice: Division Properties of Exponents 

Quiz on Exponents

Assignments
  • QZ: Quiz on Exponents, TB Pg 429,

Multiplication Property of Exponents

Assignments
  • HW: Practice: Multiplication Properties of Exponents 

Division Property of Exponents

Assignments
  • HW: Practice: Division Properties of Exponents 

Fractional Exponents

Assignments
  • HW: TB Pg. 425, #1 -- 30 (Even)

Kahoot Fractional Exponents

Topics
  • Intro and review with Kahoot
Assignments
  • CW: Math Minute 52 

Fractional Exponents Review

Topics
  • Fractional Exponents
Assignments
  • CW: Math Minute 53 
Wed
Mar
23

Quiz Fractional Exponents

Topics
  • Fractional Exponents
Assignments
  • QZ: Quiz Exponents

Review of Quiz

Assignments
  • CW: Math Minute 54 
Mon
Mar
28

Review of Exponents

Assignments
  • CW: Ready to Go On? TB Pg 468

Introduction to Polynomials

Assignments
  • CW: Math Minute 56 
  • HW: Practice-B 7-5. Polynomials 
Wed
Mar
30

Quiz on Polynomials

Assignments
  • QZ: Quiz on Polynomials
Thu
Mar
31

Adding and Subtracting Polynomials

Assignments
  • CW: Math Minute 57 
  • HW: Practice-B 7-5. Adding and Subtracting Polynomials 
Fri
Apr
1

More on Polynomials

Assignments
  • CW: Math Minute 58 
  • CW: Polynomials -- Selected Exercises
Mon
Apr
4

Introduction to Polynomials

Assignments
  • CW: Math Minute 59 
  • HW: Practice-B 7-5. Polynomials 
Tue
Apr
5

Adding and Subtracting Polynomials

Assignments
  • CW: Math Minute 60 
  • HW: Practice-B 7-6. Adding and Subtracting Polynomials 
Wed
Apr
6

Quiz on Polynomials

Assignments
  • QZ: Quiz on Polynomials
Thu
Apr
7

Multiplying Polynomials

Assignments
  • CW: Math Minute 61 
  • HW: Practice-B 7-7. Multiplying Polynomials 
Fri
Apr
8

Review of Polynomials

Topics
  • Review of quiz
Assignments
  • CW: Math Minute 62 
Mon
Apr
18

Review

Assignments
  • CW: Math Minute 63 
Tue
Apr
19

Special Products of Binomials

Assignments
  • CW: Math Minute 64 
  • HW: Practice-B 7-8. Special Products of Binomials 

8. Factoring Polynomials

Wed
Apr
20

Quiz

Assignments
  • QZ: Quiz on Polynomials
Thu
Apr
21

GCF of Polynomials

Assignments
  • CW: Math Minute 65 
  • HW: Practice-B 8-1. Factors and GCF of Polynomials 
Fri
Apr
22

Practice Polynomials

Assignments
  • CW: Math Minute 66 

9. Geometry

Mon
May
2

Preview of Geometry Topics

Assignments
  • CW: Kahoot --- Foundations of Geometry
Tue
May
3

Points, Lines, Planes, and Angles

Assignments
  • CW: Practice --- Points, Lines, Planes, and Angles 
Wed
May
4

Geometric Relationships

Assignments
  • CW: Practice --- Geometric Relationships 
Thu
May
5

Angle Relationships

Assignments
  • CW: Practice --- Angle Relationships 
Mon
May
9

Review — Geometry

Topics
  • Return recent work
  • Review with Kahoot
Tue
May
10

Triangles

Assignments
  • CW: Practice --- Triangles 
Wed
May
11

Quiz

Thu
May
12

Coordinate Geometry

Assignments
  • CW: Practice --- Coordinate Geometry 
Fri
May
13

Congruent Polygons

Assignments
  • CW: Practice --- Congruent Polygons 
Mon
May
16

Review — Geometry

Assignments
  • CW: Kahoot --- Geometry
Tue
May
17

Coordinate Geometry

Assignments
  • CW: Math Minute 71 
  • CW: Practice --- Coordinate Geometry 
Wed
May
18

Quiz — Geometry

Assignments
  • QZ: Quiz
Thu
May
19

Quiz Review

Assignments
  • CW: Math Minute 72 
Fri
May
20

Congruent Polygons

Assignments
  • CW: Math Minute 73 
  • CW: Practice --- Congruent Polygons 
Mon
May
23

Review — Geometry

Assignments
  • CW: Kahoot --- Geometry
Tue
May
24

Transformations

Assignments
  • CW: Practice --- Transformations 
Wed
May
25

Quiz

Thu
May
26

Tessellations

Assignments
  • CW: Practice --- Tessellations 
Fri
May
27

Perimeter and Area of Parallelograms

Assignments
  • CW: Practice --- Perimeter and Area of Parallelograms 

10. High School Readiness

Tue
May
31

Final Quiz 1

Assignments
  • QZ: Final Quiz 1
Wed
Jun
1

Review Final Quiz 1

Assignments
  • CW: Review Final Quiz 1
Thu
Jun
2

Final Quiz 2

Assignments
  • QZ: Final Quiz 2
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