Algebra I SI

 

Period: 4-5

Course:  Algebra I A

Course Description:

This course will develop the necessary skills in algebra in order to: connect algebra to geometry, connect algebra to probability and statistics, connect ideas between mathematics and other disciplines, learn how to study mathematics, develop the ability to explore, conjecture, and reason logically, solve non-routine problems, and communicate about and through mathematics. 

Topics include:  use of variables, addition, subtraction, multiplication and division in algebra, slopes and lines, exponents and powers, quadratic equations and square roots, polynomials, linear systems, and factoring. 

Units Covered:

UNIT 1:  SOLVING EQUATIONS AND INEQUALITIES       

UNIT 2:  REPRESENTATIONS OF RELATIONS AND FUNCTIONS     

UNIT 3:  RATE OF CHANGE, SLOPE, AND EQUATIONS OF LINES  

UNIT 4:  SYSTEMS OF EQUATIONS AND INEQUALITIES

UNIT 5:  POLYNOMIALS EQUATIONS AND FACTORING

UNIT 6:  GRAPHING QUADRATIC EQUATIONS

UNIT 7: SOLVING QUADRATIC EQUATIONS

UNIT 8:  NONLINEAR FUNCTIONS

UNIT 9:  DATA ANALYSIS AND DISPLAYS

Resources/Materials:

Big Ideas Math (2015)  Algebra I ISBN 1-60840-838-8

Graphing Calculators (TI-83/TI-84)  

Teacher made materials      

Grading Standards:

80% Assessments

20% Homework, Classworks and Graded Assignments