This is an ongoing class designed to cover a full year of Algebra 1. Class will be held 2 days each week. Ongoing classes are helpful because students are welcome to join and stay for the duration of the course, or come and go week to week if they need help with a specific concept or simply want more practice. If learners enroll at the beginning and stay throughout the course, they will receive the full year of Algebra 1 instruction. All are welcome! If a flex class format works best, please either contact me for a link, or click on my profile to see my other classes. 

Although students may never say they love math, I'd like to help them to not hate it. :)   My goal is to help them feel comfortable with the concepts and show their understanding with what they are learning. When students are happy, engaged, and feel comfortable in the class, they are more apt to learn. Sometimes a student just needs a different approach or some extra help in order to excel and flourish in a given area. 

I believe that both individual and group discussion/learning is important - so as I model the new concept, we will discuss the lesson while students ask/answer questions. Students will also work on some math problems independently in class to help them feel comfortable doing these tasks while I am still there to give assistance or answer questions as needed. 

I will send guided notes with practice problems as well as pages for homework on Sunday mornings for the current week. Printing these pages or having a way to view them during class is highly recommended for note-taking and practice. The homework is designed to help them practice and reinforce what they are learning. If a printer is not available, students may use lined paper to do their work. 

Class Structure: 
5-10 Minutes: Review
10-50 Minutes: Instruction, student practice, ask/answer questions

Homework: 
I typically assign 1-2 pages of homework each day of class to be completed before the next class. If the homework is sent to me at least 18 hours before our next class, I will correct it and send it back to the student before class. I will still correct homework for students who submit the assignments within one week from the date they were assigned. 

Quizzes and tests are available for each unit and will be sent to individual students upon request. 

Letter grades/percentages can be given for students if requested. Homework assignments must be turned in for a letter grade to be given. Quizzes and tests are still optional, but can be calculated into the grade if requested.

Students should come prepared to class each day with the printed notes or notebook/lined paper, a pencil (with a good eraser), and a calculator. Students will also need to have graph paper available, which will be used throughout the year in different units or lessons. Homework assignments have graphs printed on them, but sometimes it is helpful to have additional graph paper. 

If students are not able to attend class, the video recordings will be made available for them to watch. 

M, Tu, Th Class: During the weeks of December 31 and February 18, we will hold class on Tu, W, Th.

Schedule: For the week of...
August 27: Number System, Order of Operations, Absolute Value
September 3: Expressions, Matrices, Combining Like Terms
September 10: Equations and Inequalities, Translating Expressions, Distributing
September 17: Multi-Step Equations and Inequalities, Infinite and No Solution 
September 24: Algebraic Proportions, Absolute Value Equations
October 1: Word Problems using Algebra, Interval Notation, Compound Inequalities 
October 8: Absolute Value Inequalities, Domain, Range, Relations, Functions
October 15: Functions, Function Notation, Zeros, Sequences
October 22: Slopes - Slope Formula, Slope-Intercept Form, Standard Form
October 29: Slopes - Point-Slope Formula, x- and y-intercepts
November 5: Slope-Intercept, Parallel and Perpendicular Lines, Linear Equations
November 12: Linear Equations, Scatter Plots, Linear Regression, Direct Variation
November 19: *** NO CLASSES ***
November 26: Direct and Inverse Variation, Applications of Variation
December 3: Systems of Equations - Graphing, Substitution and Elimination
December 10: Systems of Equations - Uncommon Coefficients, Word Problems, Matrices
December 17: Linear Inequalities and Systems, Word Problems
December 24: *** NO CLASSES ***
December 31: Monomials, Powers of Monomials   (Check class dates this week)
January 7: Negative Exponents, Scientific Notation, Exponent Rules
January 14: Exponential Functions, Growth and Decay, Geometric Sequences
January 21: Radicals - Square and Cube Roots, Polynomials
January 28: Polynomials and Trinomials
February 4: Factoring Polynomials
February 11: Factoring Polynomials and Trinomials
February 18: Dividing Polynomials, Quadratic Equations  (Check class dates this week) 
February 25: Quadratic Roots/Discriminant, Quadratics and Factoring
March 3: Quadratics and Factoring, Completing the Square
March 10: Quadratic Formula, Completing the Square, Quadratic Methods
March 17: Applications of Quadratics, Linear Regression
March 24: Linear, Quadratic, and Exponential Functions
March 31: Piecewise Functions, Nonlinear Systems
April 7: Nonlinear Systems, Simplifying Radicals
April 14: Radicals with Variables, Radicals - Add/Subtract/Multiply
April 21: Dividing Radicals, Radical Equations
April 28: Simplifying and Multiplying Rational Expressions
May 5: Adding and Subtracting Rational Expressions with Like/Unlike Bases
May 12: Applications of Rational Equations


PLEASE NOTE:  
I do not tolerate bullying or teasing because I want everyone to feel safe and happy in my class. I love teaching and want students to feel comfortable with one another and enjoy being together.