Course Descriptions


  Algebra 1 Academic Syllabus  
This course is designed to build a skill set on manipulation of algebraic functions and equations.
   1st Six-Weeks: 
      Foundations for Functions (Plotting, Graphing, Combining "like" terms)
      Linear Equations and Inequalities in One Variable
 (Isolating a variable, cross line then change the sign)
   2nd Six-Weeks:
      Properties and Attributes of Linear Functions (Rate of Change, Slope, Graphing, Rise over Run)
      
Linear Functions and Linear Inequalities (Slope Intercept Form, Standard Form & Point-Slope Form)
   3rd Six-Weeks:
      Transformations and Linear Inequalities 
         (Changing y-intercept = translation; changing slope = rotation)
         (> greater than; < less than; >= greater than or equal; <= less than or equal)
      System of Linear Equations (Graphical and Tabular Solutions)

   4th Six-Weeks:
      Systems of Equations (Algebraic Solutions)
      Polynomials
   5th Six-Weeks:
      Quadratic Functions (Graphical and Tabular Representations)
   6th Six-Weeks:
      Quadratic Functions & Equations (Algebraic Solutions)
      Exponential and Inverse Functions
      EOC Preparations
      Connecting Algebraic and Geometric Concepts

  TAG/PreAP Freshmen Algebra 2 Academic Syllabus  
This course is designed to continue to build the skill set and foundation for upper level mathematics.
   1st Six-Weeks:
      Function Notation & Transformations 
         (Real, Irrational, Rational, Integers, Whole, Natural, Complex, Imaginarry and
          Transcendental) (Set Builder Notation, Interval Notation)
      System of Linear Equations
   2nd Six-Weeks:
      System of Linear Inequalities
      Absolute Value Function
      Quadratic Functions & Equations (Skill List: Graphical, Factoring & Quadratic Formula)
   3rd Six-Weeks:
      Quadratic Functions & Equations (Add to List: Completing the Square, a=1)
      Quadratic Functions & Equations (Add to List: Completing the Square, a>1 and a<0)
      Introducing Complex Solutions
      Find Solutions that can be: Rational, Irrational and Complex

   4th Six-Weeks:
      Rational Functions
         Simplifying Expressions, Solving Rational Equations,
         Asymptotes, Holes. Common Den on Rational Expressions
      Inverse Functions
      Square Root Functions
   5th Six-Weeks:
      Rational Exponents
      Exponential Functions
      Logarithminc Functions
      Conics
   6th Six-Weeks:
      Conics
      EOC Preparations
      Advanced Topics (Arithmetic Series, Geometric Series or others)