Algebra+1A

Textbook: Glencoe "Algebra--Concepts & Applications." 2008 Edition
 * ~ Half-quarter ||~ Content / Concepts/ Skills ||~ EXPLORE/PLAN/AP ||~ Chapter ||~ Assessment ||~ Supporting / Supplementary Materials ||~ **Essential Questions** ||
 * 1st A || Order of operations, Properties of operations, charting data || BOA: 201, 202, 301, 302; NCP: 302, 401; XEI: 301; MEA: 201, 301, 302, 401; PSD: 202, 303, 304, 402 || 1 || weekly quizzes; 1-2 tests; 1 project; weekly class investigations; daily homework with student presentations || Geoboards, surveys to collect data || Why do we sometimes get the wrong answer when we calculate a series of operations from left to right? What shortcuts that work for addition don't work for other operations? What different information can we get when data is portrayed in different ways? ||
 * 1st B || Integers & the number line || BOA: 302; NCP: 603 XEI: 302, 401; GRE: 201, 301 || 2 || same || 2 color counters; walkable number line || What is a negative number? Where are negative numbers on a number line? What happens when we +-x/ by a negative number? ||
 * 2nd A || +- rational numbers; absolute value; one-step equations; measures of central tendency || BOA: 201, 301; NCP: 201, 301, 401, 501, 502, 503; XEI: 202, 302, 402, 404; PSD: 201, 301, 302, 401 || 3 || same || data, TI-83+, boxes & klinkers, algebra tiles || What other definitions of "fraction" (besides "part of a whole") can help us to work with them? What do we remember about how to add & subtract fractions & decimals? What is meant by the "absolute value" of a number? How do we solve one-step equations? How are mean, median, and mode related and which one is the best to know? ||
 * 2nd B || x/ rational numbers; counting outcomes; multi-step equations || BOA: 201, 203, 301, 302, 401, 501; PSD: 404, 603; NCP: 201, 301, 401, 501, 601; XEI: 201, 403; MEA: 402, 501, 502 || 4 || same; semester exam || TI-83+, algebra tiles || What do we remember about how to multiply & divide fractions? How do we "simplify" or "reduce" a fraction? Is there a shortcut for finding & counting the outcomes of experiments? How do we solve equations with multiple operations or complex expressions? ||
 * 3rd A || Proportions, scale, percent, simple probability || BOA: 203, 301, 401, 501; PSD: 305, 403, 503; NCP: 201, 501; XEI: 502 || 5 || same || maps, TI-83+, scale models, tape measures, experiment supplies || What is a proportion and how can it be "solved"? What does solving a proportion have to do with questions of scale & percent? How can expressions of chance (such as "one chance in ten") be represented as fractions or percents? ||
 * 3rd B || Definition of function, domain & range, graphing points in the coordinate plane, y = x & horizontal & vertical shifts || GRE: 201, 301, 401; XEI: 401, 404; PSD: 602 || 6 || same || function machine, graph paper, TI-83+, straight-edges, patty paper || What is a function and how can it be represented verbally, numerically, symbolically, & graphically? What are the domain & range of a function and how can we find them? What do we remember about graphing points in a coordinate plane? What is meant by the "identity function"? How can we represent horizontal and vertical shifts of a straight line? ||
 * 4th A || Slope, graph of y = mx + b, horizontal & vertical lines, point-slope form, scatterplots, parallel & perpendicular lines || GRE: 403, 502, 503, 601, 604; PSD: 602; XEI: 501 || 7 || same || TI-83+, graph paper, straight-edges, data collection materials, protractors || What is meant by the "slope" of a line and how can we represent it? What shortcuts & understandings will help us to quickly & accurately graph a particular straight line? How can we write an equation for a particular straight line? What is special about the slopes of horizontal, vertical, parallel, & perpendicular lines? ||
 * 4th B || Powers, rules of exponents, negative and zero exponents, scientific notation, square roots, Pythagorean Theorem || NCP: 401, 504, 505, 506, 507, 602, 604; PPF: 602 || 8 || same; semester exam || TI-83+, geoboards, graph paper, straight-edges || What do we remember about using exponents? How can we evaluate powers with zero or negative exponents? How do calculators and scientists express very large or small numbers using scientific notation? What is meant by the square root of a number? What surprising relationship allows us to find the length of the 3rd side of a right triangle if we know the lengths of the other two sides? ||

This course is intended for students entering 9th grade sufficiently below grade level, or sufficiently learning impaired, that they will need 2 years to complete Algebra 1. Using this text, they will basically cover the first 8 chapters. In the context of solving basic linear equations, they will review the arithmetic of rational numbers (with special emphasis on integers), the properties of operations & equality, and ratio & proportion ( with emphasis on percent). In addition, they will review basic statistics and beginning probability; begin the study of functions/relations; graph and write equations for linear data; and begin the study of powers, roots, and the Pythagorean Theorem. Note: The following EXPLORE standards are not covered: PSD-- 501, 502; XEI--303, 503; PPF-- 301, 401, 402, 501