PreAlgebra



__**Welcome to Mrs. Lancaster's Pre-Algebra Page! **__ **GENERAL INFORMATION ** **Supplies needed Daily:** **//__Optional (yet encouraged)__//**//: Graphing Calculator, Ruler, Colored Pencils, Markers, Scissors,// //Glue Stick//
 * Sharpened #2 pencils, Folder/1-inch 3-ring binder, Notebook paper, Agenda

**TEXT:** __Pre-Algebra__ (Glencoe Mathematics, et al, 2005). This is to be //covered// and left at home unless otherwise directed!

**GRADING:** Your math grade will be determined in the following way: Tests/Projects: 40% Classwork: 30% Quizzes: 20% Homework: 10%

**Class expectations****:**
 * Students are to try their best, in and out of class, to master the curriculum. Your attitude, not your aptitude, best determines your altitude!
 * Students are to do their own work. (A parent/guardian will be notified in the case of //any// failure to meet this expectation.)
 * <span style="color: #008000; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 120%;">Character Counts! Students are to demonstrate trustworthiness, respect, responsibility, fairness, caring, and citizenship at all times!
 * <span style="color: #008000; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 120%;">Students are to notify me when they have a concern about their learning, my teaching, or any aspect of class which may be preventing them from achieving their potential.

<span style="color: #008000; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 120%;">Failure to follow the classroom and/or school rules will result in one or more of the following consequences: verbal warning, student/teacher conference after class and completing a T.O.S. slip, parent/guardian contact, after-school detention, and/or office referral.

<span style="color: #008000; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 120%;">**Quizzes and Tests:**
 * <span style="color: #008000; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 120%;">Quizzes will be given periodically throughout each unit. The material covered will follow from homework and classwork assignments. Therefore, if you do not complete your homework, you are not likely to pass the quizzes.
 * <span style="color: #008000; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 120%;">Tests will be given at the end of each unit and will be announced at least 3 days before. Tests must be signed by a parent and returned to the teacher. Tests not returned will be followed up with a phone call home.

<span style="color: #008000; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 120%;">**HOMEWORK POLICY:**
 * <span style="color: #008000; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 120%;">You can expect math homework about 4 days a week (Mon-Thurs).
 * <span style="color: #008000; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 120%;">Homework will be checked the day after it is assigned. I will be checking homework for completeness. If all of the assignment is complete, you receive 3 points. If most of the assignment is complete, or it is one day late, you receive 2 points. If only part of the assignment is complete or it is two days late, you receive 1 point. I will __NOT__ accept homework after two days!!
 * <span style="color: #008000; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 120%;">If you are absent, it is your responsibility to find out the homework assignment and make up the homework assignment within 2 days.

**<span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">SYLLABUS: **

<span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 120%;">**__Term 1:__**

<span style="color: #008000; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 120%;">**Unit 1: Data: Display and Analysis** <span style="color: #008000; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 120%;">12.4: Histograms <span style="color: #008000; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 120%;">9.3: Circle Graphs <span style="color: #008000; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 120%;">12.3: Box-and-Whisker Plots <span style="color: #008000; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 120%;">1.7: Scatter Plots

<span style="color: #008000; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 120%;">**Unit 2: Expressions** <span style="color: #008000; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 120%;">1.3: Variables and Expressions <span style="color: #008000; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 120%;">1.2: Numbers and Expressions <span style="color: #008000; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 120%;">3.2: Simplifying Algebraic Expressions <span style="color: #008000; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 120%;">2.2-2.5: Integers <span style="color: #008000; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 120%;">1.4: Properties <span style="color: #008000; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 120%;">3.1: The Distributive Property

<span style="color: #008000; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 120%;">**Unit 3: Equations and Inequalities** <span style="color: #008000; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 120%;">4.2: Powers and Exponents <span style="color: #008000; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 120%;">4.8: Scientific Notation <span style="color: #008000; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 120%;">5.1: Writing Fractions as Decimals <span style="color: #008000; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 120%;">1.5: Variables and Equations <span style="color: #008000; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 120%;">3.6: Writing Two-Step Equations <span style="color: #008000; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 120%;">7.3-7.6: Solving Inequalities <span style="color: #008000; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 120%;">3.3-3.5: Solving Equations <span style="color: #008000; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 120%;">3.7: Using Formulas

<span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 19.2px;">**__Term 2:__**

<span style="color: #008000; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 120%;">**Unit 4: Linear Relationships** <span style="color: #008000; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 120%;">8.2: Linear Equations in Two Variables <span style="color: #008000; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 120%;">8.3: Graphing Linear Equations <span style="color: #008000; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 120%;">8.4: Slope <span style="color: #008000; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 120%;">**Unit 5: Patterns and Sequences** <span style="color: #008000; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 120%;">5.10: Arithmetic and Geometric Sequences <span style="color: #008000; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 120%;">13.5: Linear and Nonlinear Functions

<span style="color: #008000; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 120%;">**Unit 6: Ratios, Proportions, and Percents** <span style="color: #008000; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 120%;">6.1: Ratios and Rates <span style="color: #008000; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 120%;">6.2: Using Proportions <span style="color: #008000; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 120%;">6.3: Scale Drawings and Models <span style="color: #008000; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 120%;">6.5: Using the Percent Proportion <span style="color: #008000; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 120%;">6.7: Using Percent Equations <span style="color: #008000; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 120%;">6.8: Percent of Change <span style="color: #008000; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 120%;">9.7: Similar Triangles

<span style="color: #008000; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 120%;">**Unit 7: Real Numbers and Right Triangles** <span style="color: #008000; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 120%;">9.1: Squares and Square Roots <span style="color: #008000; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 120%;">4.5: Simplifying Algebraic Fractions <span style="color: #008000; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 120%;">4.6: Multiplying and Dividing Monomials 9.5: The Pythagorean Theorem

<span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 19.2px;">**__Term 3:__**

<span style="color: #008000; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 120%;">**Unit 8:** **Probability** <span style="color: #008000; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 120%;">12.9: Probability of Compound Events <span style="color: #008000; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 120%;">12.6: Counting Outcomes <span style="color: #008000; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 120%;">6.9: Probability and Predictions <span style="color: #008000; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 120%;">**Unit 9: Geometry** <span style="color: #008000; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 120%;">10.1: Line and Angle Relationships <span style="color: #008000; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 120%;"> 10.4: Quadrilaterals <span style="color: #008000; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 120%;">10.3: Transformations on the Coordinate Plane <span style="color: #008000; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 120%;">**Unit 10: Measurement** <span style="color: #008000; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 120%;">10.7: Circumference and Area: Circles <span style="color: #008000; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 120%;">10.8: Area: Irregular Figures <span style="color: #008000; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 120%;">11.2: Volume: Prisms and Cylinders <span style="color: #008000; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 120%;">11.3: Volume: Pyramids and Cones <span style="color: #008000; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 120%;">11.4: Surface Area: Prisms and Cylinders <span style="color: #008000; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 120%;">11.5: Surface Area: Pyramids and Cones

<span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 19.2px;">**__Term 4:__** <span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 19.2px;"> <span style="color: #008000; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 120%;">**Unit 11: Graphing Functions** <span style="color: #008000; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 120%;">1.1: Using a Problem-Solving Plan <span style="color: #008000; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 120%;">1.2: Numbers and Expressions <span style="color: #008000; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 120%;">8.1: Functions <span style="color: #008000; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 120%;">13.5: Linear and Nonlinear Functions <span style="color: #008000; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 120%;">8.5: Rate of Change <span style="color: #008000; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 120%;">8.6: Slope-Intercept Form

<span style="color: #008000; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 120%;">**Unit 12: Statistical Analysis** <span style="color: #008000; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 120%;">5.8: Measures of Central Tendency <span style="color: #008000; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 120%;">12.2: Measures of Variation <span style="color: #008000; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 120%;">12.5: Misleading Statistics <span style="color: #008000; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 120%;">8.8: Best-Fit Lines