This course will cover major concepts of Algebra 1. 

We willl meet live, 3 times per week to make sure we have time for practice and questions in an interactive environment.  I always say my classroom is a no fear zone.  "I don't know" is a perfectly acceptable answer, and incorrect answers are a wonderful opportunity to talk about it some more.

My approach is to empower students to trust me that I am on their side and that I want everyone to make positive strides in their understanding of math and the processes that we will learn together.

I will provide general note sheets each week on which students will take notes.  I encourage note taking because when you see it and you hear it AND YOU WRITE IT,  your brain has multiple opportunities to start imprinting the concept.  But I will be very clear as to what they should write down.  Homework sheets will also be provided.  Problems that we work through together during class will be directly from the homework.  Students will complete the homework sheets to reinforce what we have practiced during class time.

Students, who are enrolled in this course, may request to schedule a private session with me at a reduced cost if the parent feels their student needs additional help with a particular concept. 

Here are the concepts* we will cover on a weekly basis:

1	Week of 	9-Jan	Algebra Math Language & Order of Operations with Integers
2	Week of 	16-Jan	Like Terms & Equations 
3	Week of 	23-Jan	Intro to Functions: Parent Functions
4	Week of 	30-Jan	Slope & Writing the Equation of a Line
5	Week of 	6-Feb	Number of Solutions & Graphing Systems of Equations
6	Week of 	13-Feb	Solving Systems by Substitution & Elimination
7	Week of 	20-Feb	Linear Equation Word Problems
8	Week of 	27-Feb	Systems of Inequalities
9	Week of 	5-Mar	Square Roots, Cube Roots, Perfect vs Non-Perfect Squares, Radicals
10	Week of 	12-Mar	Inequalities & Compound Inequalities
11	Week of 	19-Mar	Absolute Value Equations & Inequalities  
12	Week of 	26-Mar	Proportions
13	Week of 	2-Apr	Percents and Applications
14	Week of 	9-Apr	Exponent Properties
15	Week of 	16-Apr	Sequences
16	Week of 	23-Apr	Exponential Functions
17	Week of 	30-Apr	Polynomials (Multiplying & FOIL)
18	Week of 	7-May	Factoring Polynomials
19	Week of 	14-May	Solving Quadratics
20	Week of 	21-May	Solving Quadratics  - Applications
21	Week of 	28-May	Quadratic Formula & Word Problems
22	Week of 	4-Jun	Quadratic Review

*Subject to change based on progress of class and discretion of teacher.


Looking forward to seeing you in class!