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Lines, graphs, and slopes - oh my! This course focuses on all things linear relationships, including graphing, slope, and linear equations. It can be taken as a stand-alone course for new students, or as a perfect follow-up course for my Course 1 students. I take some of the most common areas students need reinforcement in with regards to linear relationships and package them into this course. One of my favorite aspects about this course is students will leave with a math notebook they can reference for the years to come - a worthwhile investment! 

This course acts as a strong reinforcement for students who already have a math curriculum or want a summer math review, or, if coupled with Pre-Algebra Course Semester 1 and the homework assigned, this course can act as one semester of a FULL curriculum for homeschooling math.

My goals are to teach to the students' needs and encourage students while they learn these core concepts. I accomplish this through setting high expectations and making sure students feel seen and heard. Mistakes will be made, and that is okay! It is all part of the learning process.

The method of teaching will be a mix of "I do, we do, you do" (which means I will be demonstrating the content first) and giving the students problems to try out on their own first. I often use questions to allow students to think critically without giving the answers away. I love student-to-student interaction and will be incorporating it as much as possible through online discussions. Students will be talking through their answers, which aids in the learning process!

NOTE: Make-up days are available if the teacher is unable to attend class (this would be due only to an emergency/illness). Make-up days will be added as an extra week of classes at the end of the course. Times and days will be the same as the listed class times.

*Due to the nature of this course and the coordinate plane, printing is required to be successful!




Course Outline:
Week 1 - Graph Basics 
We will be introducing ourselves and discussing classroom expectations. We will review/learn the basic parts of the coordinate plane. Students will familiarize themselves with plotting points, the quadrants, and identifying distance on a graph.

Week 2 - Proportional Relationships
Students will use word problems to graph points on a line. We will observe what connecting those points indicates and how linear relationships can be helpful in the real world. (k=y/x)

Week 3 - Non-Proportional Relationships
Building upon the previous weeks' skills, students will move into functions that have y-intercepts that do not equal zero. These will come from word problems. Students will see how they differ and are similar to proportional relationships. (y=mx+b)

Week 4 - Slope (part 1 of 3)
This week we introduce slope as a core concept of this course. We discuss the meaning of slope, its uses, and how to find it on a graph. We will use the "rise over run" method and discuss vertical and horizontal lines.

Week 5 - Slope (part 2 of 3)
For the second week of slope, students find slope from a table (also referred to as slope from two points). We will discuss how to find the unit rate (slope) using word problems that indirectly give two points on a line.

Week 6 - Slope (part 3 of 3)
The third week of slope concludes with finding slope from an equation. We practice finding the slope, x-intercept, and y-intercept of lines and point out common errors in the process of creating linear equations in slope-intercept form.

Week 7 - Forms of Linear Equations (part 1 of 2)
Students learn the "tools" of working with linear equations. They learn about slope-intercept form, standard form, and point-slope form. Students will have to decide which form is appropriate to use with the given information.

Week 8 - Forms of Linear Equations (part 2 of 2)
After learning the different forms of linear equations, students will spend time manipulating equations and gaining proficiency at using these forms.

Week 9 - Parallel and Perpendicular Lines
Using our previous knowledge from the course, students will discover interesting facts about the slopes of parallel and perpendicular lines. They will identify the slopes of each and determine a rule based on their findings.

Week 10 - Distance on a Graph
Students will use their skills to find the distance on a graph. This will include plotting points and using the Pythagorean Theorem to find the length of diagonal lines.