Welcome! Mrs. Fagan Algebra 1/2 Syllabus 2014-2015

Mrs. Fagan Algebra 1/2 Syllabus 2014-2015
Welcome!
I am looking forward to a great year – full of discovery learning, hard work,
and exhibiting a GROWTH MINDSET! Please don’t hesitate to ask questions,
work collaboratively with your peers, and even HAVE FUN!
Mrs. Fagan
Classroom Expectations – GROWTH MINDSET
Be Honest, Be Respectful, Be a Responsible Student
The 5 “Es:”
Engage: This phase starts the process. An "engage" activity should do the
following:
1. Make connections between past and present learning experiences
2. Anticipate activities and focus students' thinking on the learning outcomes
of current activities. Students should become mentally engaged in the
concept, process, or skill to be learned.
Explore: This phase provides students with a common base of experiences. They
identify and develop concepts, processes, and skills. During this phase, students
actively explore their environment or manipulate materials.
Explain: This phase helps students explain the concepts they have been
exploring. They have opportunities to verbalize their conceptual understanding
or to demonstrate new skills or behaviors. This phase also provides opportunities
for teachers to introduce formal terms, definitions, and explanations for
concepts, processes, skills, or behaviors.
Elaborate: This phase extends students' conceptual understanding and allows
them to practice skills and behaviors. Through new experiences, the learners
develop deeper and broader understanding of major concepts, obtain more
information about areas of interest, and refine their skills.
Evaluate: This phase encourages learners to assess their understanding and
abilities and lets teachers evaluate students' understanding of key concepts and
skill development.
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Electronic Use:
 We will be using personal electronic devices in class on some occasions.
They will be used for educational purposes including (but not limited to)
Learnzillion, Nearpod, Pointplotter, Educreations, Prezi, Cover up math,
etc.
 Devices permitted when appropriate are cell phones, tablets, reading
devices, laptops, etc.
 When not instructed to use an electronic device, they will be stored out of
sight. This includes cell phones and ear buds. If use of electronics
becomes a chronic problem, administration will be notified.
 If asked to put devices away, please do so quickly. If defiance arises and a
student refuses to put their device away it will be confiscated by security
and/or disciplinary action will be taken.
 Please let me know if you do not have internet access at home or a device to
use in the classroom.
Food and Beverage (& Gum):
 Water is always permitted in class. Please do not consume sugary or nonclear liquids in class.
 Gum will be tolerated as long as it is not a distraction to learning and is not
found under desks. The privilege will be revoked if it is abused.
 Healthy snacks are permitted in class during work time but not during
lecture time. If it has become a distraction to learning, it will not be
permitted.
Tardies:
 3 Tardies: Lunchtime Detention & call home
 5 Tardies: After School Detention, call home, as well as administrator
notification.
 7 Tardies: Administrator Referral
Grading Policy:
You will be graded in a variety of ways this year. All grading is driven by the
Common Core State Standards and rubrics. 90% of your grade is content driven.
The last 10% is your ability to be a good mathematician by effectively exhibiting
the 8 Mathematical Practices.
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Understanding Common Core Standards:
http://www.corestandards.org/Math/Content/HSA/introduction/
HSA - stands for High School Algebra
HSS – stands for High School Statistics (part of Algebra)
HSN – stands for High School Number Sense (part of Algebra)
HSF – stands for High School Functions (part of Algebra)
Q – Quantities
CED – Creating Equations
REI – Reasoning with Equations and Inequalities
RN – Real Number System
IF – Interpreting Functions
BF – Building Functions
LE – Linear, Quadratic and Exponential Functions
ID – Interpreting Categorical and Quantitative Data
SSE – Seeing Structure in Expressions
APR – Arithmetic with Polynomials and Rational Expressions
GRADE BREAKDOWN
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Tests
Quizzes
Assignments/Formative Assessments
Group Projects
8 Mathematical Practices
30%
30%
20%
10%
10%
Make-Up Work, Late Work, Retakes
 There will be NO extra credit given. Zip. Zilch. Zero. Don’t ask. 
Late Work Due to Absence (Make-Up Work)
 If you are absent on the day something was assigned, you have the number
of days you were absent extra to turn it in.
 If you are absent on the day an assignment was due, it is due the day you
arrive back at school. It is YOUR responsibility to give it to me. I will not
chase you down for it.
 If you are absent and your assignment is accessible via internet (especially
a video) my hope is that you will stay caught up and come prepared the
following day.
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Late Work Due to Lack of Prioritizing:
 You will lose 20% for an assignment that is one day late. You will lose an
additional 10% for each additional day. Work will not be accepted more
than 5 school days late.
Late Work Due to Extenuating Circumstances:
 Extensions will be given for family emergencies on a case by case basis.
Retakes – TO SUPPORT A GROWTH MINDSET 
 Retakes will be allowed for those wishing to retake an assessment.
 Retakes are the responsibility of the student and will not be completed
during class time.
 You must show effort of remediation to take a retake. This includes
tutoring, extra practice problems, note taking from khan academy, an extra
project, etc.
 Be aware that the retake is likely more difficult than the original test.
 You will only be allowed to retake a test one time.
 You cannot complete more than two retakes per semester.
Materials:
 3 Ring Notebook (1.5 in) with 5
tabs
 Composition Notebook
 Lined and Graph paper
 Scissors
 4 Different Color highlighters
 TI-32 Calculator or better 
 Recommended: Ruler,
Protractor, Compass
Curriculum:
Unit 1: Data and Technology (15 days)
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Measures of Center: Mean, Median, Mode
Dot plot, histogram, box plot
Scatter Plots & Linear Association
Data Analysis and Outliers
Correlation Coefficient
Distinguish between Correlation and Causation
Appropriate Use of Units/Accuracy
Introduction to Graphing Calculators
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HSS-ID.A.2
HSS-ID.A.1
HSS-ID.B.6
HSS-ID.A.3, B.5
HSS-ID.C.8
HSS-ID.C.9
HSN-Q.A.1,2,3
HSS-ID.C.8
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Unit 2: Patterns of Algebraic Representations (27 days)
 Rational vs. Irrational Numbers
HSN-RN.B.3
 Function Notation (input/output)
 Function Representation
o (tables, graphs, symbolic, pictoral)
 Pattern Recognition – Algebraic/Geometric/etc
HSF-BF.A.2
 Pattern Description
o Recursive Sequence
HSF-IF.A.3, HSF-BF.A.2
o Explicit Formula
HSF-BF.A.2
 Rate of Change
HSF-IF.B.6, HSS-ID.C.7
o Linear , Quadratic, Exponential
HSF-LE.A.1
o Compare what this looks like graphically
HSF-LE.A.3
Unit 3: Solving Equations (24 days)
 Expressions
o Terms, factors, coefficients
HSA-SSE.A.1
o Rewrite expressions
HSA-SSE.A.2
o Produce equivalent forms of expressions
HSA-SSE.B.3
 Creating Equations with 1 variable
HSA.CED.A.1
 Slope/Rate of Change & y-intercept
HSS-ID.C.7
 Formats of equations and be able to rearrange equations
(standard, slope intercept, point slope)
HSA.CED.A.4
 Understand that the graph represents all solutions HSA-REI.D.10
 Explain the steps to solving an equation
HSA.REI.A.1, B.3
o Numerically (Algebraically)
o Graphically
o Using a Table
 Be able to represent an equation all three ways
Unit 4: Solving Inequalities (13 days)
 Creating Inequalities with 1 variable
 Solving for multiple contexts
HSA.CED.A.1
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Unit 5: Functions and Multivariable Algebra (22 days)
 Write a function
o Exponential Growth and Decay
 Domain and Range
 Determine an accurate domain for a function
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HSF-BF.A.1
HSF-IF.C.8
HSA-IF.A.1
HSF-IF.B.5
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Evaluate Functions
Interpret functions represented different ways
Verbally describe the relationship between functions
Construct linear and exponential functions
HSA-IF.A.2
HSA-IF.C.9
HSA-IF.B.4
HSF-LE.A.2
Unit 6: Systems of Equations and Inequalities (12 days)
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Creating Equations with two or more variables
Graph systems of equations and inequalities
Represent constraints of systems and inequalities
Understand that the graph represents all solutions
Explain the steps to solving an system
Solve a system of equations
Solve a system by graphing
Solve a system with a linear and quadratic equation
Solve using graphing, substitution and elimination
HSA.CED.A.2
HSA.CED.A.2
HSA.CED.A.3
HSA-REI.D.10
HSA.REI.A.1, B.3
HSA-REI.C.5
HSA-REI.C.6, D.11
HSA-REI.C.7
Unit 7: Function Families (8 days)
 What happens to functions graphically?
o Graphing square root, cube root, abs. value etc.
 Build new functions from existing functions
 Inverse functions
HSA-IF.C.7
HSF-BF.B.3
HSF-BF.B.4
Unit 8: Quadratics and Polynomials (34 days)
 Review the difference between linear, exponential and quadratic formulas
as an equation, a graph, a table
HSF-LE.A.1, 3
 Interpret the parameters of an exponential function
HSF-LE.B.5
 Solve quadratics with one variable
HSA-REI.B.4 (b)
o Completing the square
HSA-REI.B.4 (a)
 Zeros of Quadratics (x-intercepts)
 Exponent Rules
HSA-RN.A.2
o Rational Exponents
HSA-RN.A.1
 Scientific Notation
 Polynomials
HSA-APR.A.1
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