Algebra 1 - Small Group Sessions

This course is designed to meet the needs of the parents that will be doing homeschooling partially or totally during the next Fall semester.

The purpose of this workshop is threefold:
1) To tackle and to cover the key topics and mathematical techniques that are learned in the Common Core Curriculum in Algebra 1, always keeping in mind the perspective of giving my students the big picture in mathematics and why all these techniques were invented and developed in the first place.
2) To solve key exercises that combine the ideas that are learned in Algebra 1, put into a practical and real-world application.
3) To write down our lines of thought in a structured and eloquent display of our ideas, communicating the final answer, together with the necessary intermediate steps that lead us to the conclusion and resolution of a given problem.

The dynamic of the class is learning new concepts at the beginning of the class and tackling as many exercises as possible during the session.

Every week we center our attention on the fundamental ideas that create the body of knowledge used in Algebra 1.
Week 1 and 2:
Numbers as the foundation, operations, fractions, decimals, percentages.
Week 3 and 4:
Linear equations and their associated word problems.
Week 5 and 6:
Linear functions, their behavior, and associated word problems.
Week 7:
Inequalities and their associated graphs.
Week 8 and 9:
Polynomials and their operations.
Week 10 and 11:
Radicals and Quadratic Equations.
Week 12:
Simple and Compound Interest.

If we need extra weeks to complete the final assignments of the students, these can be booked at the end of the semester.

My teaching style is interactive, fun, and engaging; my aim is always to inspire my students to find different ways to solve a given setup or configuration, and also to give them the perspective of where these foundational ideas are coming from and the type of problems that are being solved with them today.