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Algebra 1 Semester 1
Course Cost: $260.00
Credit: .5Note: For Plano ISD students, this Algebra 1, Semester 1 course is offered for credit recovery only. A student must have the approval of his/her counselor before registering. No registration will be processed until the eSchool office has written approval from an authorized counselor or campus representative.
Course Materials
All required materials are included in the course. It is recommended that the student purchase a graphing calculator (such as a Texas Instruments Model TI-83 Plus, TI 84Plus, or Casio fx-9750). However, this is not required, as a link to a freely available online calculator is provided within the course.
Course Description
The first semester of Algebra I introduces students to concepts that will serve as the foundation for their study of mathematics throughout high school and into college. Students will explore the topics of equations, functions, and inequalities. Students will demonstrate understanding numerically, graphically, analytically, and verbally through the use of quizzes, written journals, unit tests, and a cumulative final exam.
Core Objectives
The student understands the importance of the skills required to manipulate symbols in order to solve problems and uses the necessary algebraic skills required to simplify algebraic expressions and solve equations and inequalities in problem situations.
The student understands that a function represents a dependence of one quantity on another and can be described in a variety of ways.
The student uses the properties and attributes of functions.
The student understands how algebra can be used to express generalizations and recognizes and uses the power of symbols to represent situations.
The student understands the importance of the skills required to manipulate symbols in order to solve problems and uses the necessary algebraic skills required to simplify algebraic expressions and solve equations and inequalities in problem situations.
The student understands that linear functions can be represented in different ways and translates among their various representations.
The student understands the meaning of the slope and intercepts of the graphs of linear functions and zeros of linear functions and interprets and describes the effects of changes in parameters of linear functions in real-world and mathematical situations.
The student formulates equations and inequalities based on linear functions, using a variety of methods to solve them, and analyzes the solutions in terms of the situation.
Course Activities: Practice problems, Quizzes, Written journal assignments, Unit tests, Final exam
