Utica High School Algebra I (Common Core) 2015-2016 Mr. White (205) Course Description The course follows the North Fork Algebra I curriculum, which is modeled after the Algebra I (9 th grade) Common outlined by the State of Ohio Grading Policy Each student s 9- week grade will be determined by the following criteria: * Homework.. 20% * Quizzes.. 30% * Tests... 50% Grading Scale: 90 100 = A 80 89 = B 70 79 = C 60 69 = D 0 59 = F Class Rules: Stay organized, stay on top of your homework, ask questions, seek help when needed, keep your eye on the goal: be ready for Geometry and Algebra II! Class Procedures 1. Keep your notebook organized and up to date. (notes and assigments) 2. Focus during class discussion, take notes, and bring questions to each class. 3. Class time is an opportunity to seek further explanations on homework problems or topics you don t understand Attendance Tardiness: Students are expected to arrive on time for class. A student who has been tardy to class for a third time in a grading period will receive a lunch detention and will be reported to the office. The fourth tardy receives a Wednesday detention. Absences: Make up work due to an excused absence must be made up promptly. The time allotted for makeup work shall not exceed one day more than the period of absence. It is the responsibility of the pupil to arrange for and to complete the necessary work. Work missed trough truancy or unexcused absence cannot be accepted for credit.
Homework Policy Assignments must be completed in pencil in your notebook / binder and SHOW ALL WORK. Homework questions should be considered practice quiz/test questions. Place a STAR next to problems that you don t understand, so you can seek clarification during class time. Compare your solutions to the answer key provided Homework will be reviewed and graded before access to the section quiz Quizzes and Tests Quizzes and Tests prove that you ve mastered the topics and you re ready to move on Quizzes and Tests may be retaken, but a wait period will apply while you redo some of the assignments and/or complete extra material to prepare you better for the retake. Retakes must be scheduled with Mr. White and you MUST show evidence of completing additional work before doing the retake. Cheating Cheating includes: plagiarism, copying someone else's work or allowing someone to copy your work. Cheating includes copying answers from the internet Cheating includes copying answers from the back of the book First offense receives a zero on the assignment, quiz or test. Second Offense will be reported to the office and disciplinary action will take place. Denial of Credit Policy * Full- year course: Any student who accumulates more than sixteen (16) incidents per class of non- professional absences in a year- long course, excused or unexcused will receive a zero (0) for that class period, for that day and every day in excess of the sixteen (16) days. Cell Phone / ipad Policies No games are played in this room. No cell phones or messaging in this room, except for academic- related Detentions and referral to office for infractions Materials Pencils, binder with paper, scientific calculator ipads are integral to this course, so they must be charged and ready for each day.
Course Outline NOTE: Assignments will be WORKSHEETS and dynamic activities available through Moodle unless otherwise noted. Unit 1 Review of Pre-Algebra 2 1,2,3 Variables, Adding, Subtracting, Multiplying and Dividing Integers 2 4,5 Powers, Exponents, Square Roots, Real Numbers (QUIZ Sections 1-5) 1 6 Order of Operations 1 7 Simplifying Expression, Distributive Property 1 8 Function Introduction (Quiz 1.6-1.8) 1 9 Geometry Formulas, x/y plane, 1 10 Prime and Composite numbers, factoring, GCF, LCM 1 11 Percents 1 12 Fraction arithmetic (Quiz 1.9-1.12) 2 Review and Testing Unit 1 Test 13 Unit 2 Equation and Inequality Solving 1 1 Solving equations with addition and subtraction, showing work, Modeling 2 2 Solving equations with mult/div by showing work, Modeling 2 3 Multi-step equations, Modeling and extentions (QUIZ Sections 1-3) 3 4 Variables on both sides Distributive Property, Modeling (Quiz Sections 1-4) 1 5 Solving for a variable (Quiz Sections 1-5) 2 6 Inequality solving and graphing, Modeling (Quiz Section 6) 2 Review and Testing Unit 2 Test 13
Unit 3 Functions 2 1,2 Graphing Relationships, Relations and Functions, Vertical-line test, Domain and Range 2 3 Writing Functions and Function Notation, Modeling (QUIZ Sections 1-4) 2 4 Graphing on a limited domain, Modeling 2 5 Scatterplots and trendlines, Modeling 2 Review and Testing Unit 3 Test 10 Unit 4 Linear Functions 2 1,2 Identifying Linear Functions, Using Intercepts to graph (QUIZ Sections 1-2) 2 3,4 Slope and Slop Formula (QUIZ Sections 3-4) 4 5,6 Direct Variation and Slope-Intercept Form, Modeling (QUIZ Sections 5-6) 3 7 Point-slope form, Modeling (Quiz Section 7) 2 8,9 Parallel and Perpendicular Lines / Transformations 2 Review and Testing Unit 4 Test 15 Unit 5 Systems of Equations and Inequalities 1 1 Solving a system by graphing 2 2 Solving a system with substitution (QUIZ Sections 1-2) 2 3 Solving a system with elimination (QUIZ Section 3) 1 4 Special Systems 3 5,6 Linear Equalities and Systems (QUIZ Sections 4-6) 2 Review and Testing Unit 5 Test 11
Unit 6 Exponents 1 1,2 Integer Exponents and Scientific Notation 2 3 Multiplication Properties of Exponents (QUIZ Sections 1-3) 5 4 Division Properties of Exponents, Combining all operations (QUIZ Section 4) 2 5 Rational Exponents (QUIZ Section 5) 2 Review and Testing Unit 6 Test 12 Unit 7 Polynomials 1 1 Polynomials 1 2 Adding and Subtracting (QUIZ Sections 1-2) 6 3 Multiplying Polynomials (monomials, FOIL and distributive property) (QUIZ Section 3) 2 4 Special Products (QUIZ Sections 3-4) 2 Review and Testing Unit 7 Test 12 Unit 8 Factoring 1 1 Factors and GCF 2 2 Factoring out GCF (QUIZ Sections 1-2) 3 3 Factoring x 2 (QUIZ Section 3) 3 4 Factoring ax 2 (QUIZ Section 4) 1 5 Factoring Special Products (QUIZ Section 5) 3 6 Choosing a Method, Multi-step (QUIZ Section 6) 2 Review and Testing Unit 8 Test 15
Unit 9 Data and Statistics 1 1 Organizing Data, Creating Graphs 1 2 Stem-and-leaf, Frequency and Histograms, Creating (QUIZ Sections 1-2) 2 3 Data Distribution 2 4 Misleading Graphs and Statistics, Creating (QUIZ Sections 3-4) 1 5 Experimental Probability 2 6 Theoretical Probability (QUIZ Sections 5-6) 1 7 Independent / Dependent Events (QUIZ Section 7) 2 8 Combinations and Permutaions (QUIZ Section 8) 2 Review and Testing Unit 11 Test 14 Unit 10 Graphing Quadratics and Solving Quadratic Equations 1 1 Identifying Quadratics, Graphing with table of values, Minimum/Maximum 2 2 Finding zeros, axis of symmetry and vertex (QUIZ Sections 1-2) 2 3 Graphing Quadratics in standard form (QUIZ Section 3) 1 4 Transforming quadratics 2 5 Solving quadratic equations by graphing (QUIZ Sections 4-5) 2 6 Factoring Method (QUIZ Section 6) 3 7 Square Root Method, Simplifying radical Expressions with numbers (QUIZ Section 7) 2 8 Quadratic Formula (QUIZ Section 8) 2 Review and Testing Unit 9 Test 17
Unit 11 Exponential and Radical Functions 1 1 Geometric Sequence 2 2 Exponential Functions, Modeling (QUIZ Sections 1-2) 2 3 Exponential Growth / Decay Models (QUIZ Section 3) 3 4 Linear, Quadratic, Exponential Models 2 5 Square Root Functions (QUIZ Sections 4-5) 2 6 Simplifying radical expressions with variables (QUIZ Section 6) 2 7 Add/Subtract Radical Expressions (QUIZ Section 7) 2 8 Multiplying and Dividing Radical Expressions (QUIZ Section 8) 2 9 Solving Radical Equations (QUIZ Section 9) 2 Review and Testing Unit 10 Test 20 Note: days scheduled above are 152 days (of 180), which allows for extra unexpected time and re-testing, OGT week, class disruptions, snow days etc..