Knott County Schools

2012-2013 Mathematics Curriculum

Algebra I

Days / Topic / KCAS / Student Friendly Learning Target(s) / Activities / Assessments
Unit 1: Prerequisites
2 / Order of Operations / Prerequisites
N.RN.3 / ·  I can set up and solve problems following the correct order of operations (including proportions, percent, and absolute value) with rational numbers (integers, fractions, and decimals) / TB/WB 1.3
Hippocampus 1.1
Number Line Activity (Number Line Shuffle) / Pre-Test Benchmark 1 with Constructed Response
BR pg. 771
Fist of Five
1 / GCF/LCM / Prerequisites / ·  I can find the greatest common factor and least common multiple of a set of whole numbers. / TI-84 Practice
2 / Additive and Multiplicative Inverses / Prerequisites / ·  I can use rational numbers to demonstrate knowledge of additive and multiplicative inverses. / Power point – Esquared opposites
Red and Blue Tiles (Building Opposites #1)
Integer Card Games (Salute, Hit Me)
1 / Ratios / Prerequisites / ·  I can simplify ratios. / TB 3.4
2 / Scientific Notation / Prerequisites / ·  I can use scientific notation. / Lesson 2 Coach / Calculator BR
BR Active Math PP
Unit 1 Exam - 20 MC, 1 CR
2 / Rational Numbers / Prerequisites / ·  I can add, subtract, multiply and divide rational numbers. / Worksheet -Allowance Boards
Add/Subtract with manipulatives
Using patterns to develop multiplication rules
Integer card games (Integer Rummy, Hit Me, Multiplication and Division Capture, Choose Your Op)
Unit 2 : Number Sense
2 / Evaluate and Simplify Expressions / N.RN.3 / ·  I can evaluate and simplify expressions requiring addition, subtraction, multiplication and division with and without grouping symbols. / Worksheet - Naming the pieces
Red/Blue Tiles
TB 1.1 / BR Tiles
Exit Slip
1 / Expressions Real-World / N.RN.3 / ·  I can translate real world problems into expression using variables to represent values. / TB 1.1
1 / Simplify Algebraic Expressions Using Properties / N.RN.3 / ·  I can apply algebraic properties (commutative, associative, distributive, identity, inverse, substitution) to simplify algebraic expressions. / Properties Cut/Paste WS / Bell Ringer on algebraic properties – 5 questions
Exit Slip on Add, sub, and factor polynomials
Unit 2 Exam – 15 MC, 1 CR
2 / Add/Subtract Polynomials / A.SSE.1a
F.BF.1b / ·  I can add and subtract polynomials. / Red/Blue Tiles
2 / Factoring Monomials / A.SSE.2 / ·  I can factor a monomial from a polynomial. / Red/Blue Tiles
2 / Multiplying Monomials, Binomials, Polynomials / F.BF.1b
A.APR.1 / ·  I can multiply monomials, binomials, and polynomials. / Box Method
Multiplication Mat
Unit 3: Data Relations, Probability, and Statistics
1 / Mean, Median, Mode, Range / Pre-requisite
skills / ·  I can identify the effect on mean, median, mode and range when a set of data is changed. / TB 1.6 / Bell Ringer on Mean, Median, Mode and Range – 5 questions
Quiz on Data – 10 MC, 1 CR
Group Activity
Individual Practice
6 / Data Interpretation / S.ID.1
S.ID.2
S.ID.3
S.ID.5
S.ID.6a / ·  I can interpret data from line, bar, and circle graphs, histograms, scatterplots, box-and-whisker plots, stem-and-leaf plots, and frequency tables to draw inferences and make predictions.
·  I can identify the most efficient way to display data. / Activity Lab: Interpreting Graphs TB 38-39
Activity Lab: Box and Whisker Plots
TB 53-54
TI 84 Scatterplot
2 / Line of Best Fit / S.ID.6a / ·  I can identify an approximate line of best fit to model and make predictions / TI 84 Line of Best Fit Activity
Ball Bounce Activity
2 / Arithmetic Sequences / F.FB.2 / ·  I can identify arithmetic sequences and patterns in a set of data. / Turnover Cards
Coach Lesson 5
TB 5.7
2 / Exponential Growth / A.CED.1
F.IF.7e / ·  I can identify patterns of growth (exponential) in a set of data. / Activity Lab: Fitting Exponential Curves to Data
TB 474
1 / Probability of a Simple Event / ·  I can find the probability of a simple event. / TB 12.7 / Unit 3 Exam – 20 MC, 2 CR
1 / Independent and Dependent Events / ·  I can distinguish between independent and dependent events. / TB 2.7
Benchmark I Assessment
Unit 4: Expressions, Equations, and Inequalities
5 / Single and Multi-Step Equations / A.CED.1
A.REI.3
A.REI.1 / ·  I can solve single-step and multi-step equations in one variable. / Red/Blue Tiles
The Big X Game
Number Trick Equation Match
Balancing Equations Organizer / Pre-Test Benchmark 2 with Constructed Response
Quiz on solving equations – 10 questions
Journal entry on solving equations, inequalities and absolute value
Quiz on Slope-intercept form – 10 questions
Individual practice
Unit 4 Exam – 25 MC, 2 CR
3 / Inequalities / A.CED.1 / ·  I can solve single, multi, and compound inequalities. / Turnover Cards
TB CH 4
Kutasoftware.com
2 / Absolute Value Equations / A.CED.1 / ·  I can solve equations that contain absolute value. / Activity Lab: Exploring Absolute Value Functions TB 358
TB 6.8
2 / Specified Variable / A.CED.1 / ·  I can solve formulas for a specified variable. / Transforming Formulas
TB 140
4 / Slope-Intercept Form / F.IF.6
S.ID.7 / ·  I can write and graph linear equations in slope intercept form when given two points, a point and the slope, or the graph. / CH 6
Active Math Summer 2012 Activities
2 / Direct and Inverse Variation / ·  I can identify, formulate, and obtain solutions to problems involving direct and inverse variation. / Height vs. Armspan
Activity Lab: Inverse Variation TB 291
5.5, 5.6
5 / Systems of Equations / A.REI.5
A.REI.6
A.REI.10
A.REI.11 / ·  I can solve systems of two equations using various methods, including elimination, substitution, and graphing / Activity Labs: Solving Systems Using Tables and Graphs
Using Algebra Tiles
TB 380-381
Graphic Organizers for Elimination, Substitution, and Graphing
Benchmark 2 Assessment
Unit 5: Graphs, Relations, and Functions
3 / Graphing Linear Inequalities / A.REI.12 / ·  I can graph linear inequalities in one variable on the real number line.
·  I can graph linear inequalities with two variables on the coordinate plane. / TB 4.1
TB 7.5
Active Math Summer 2012 Activities / Pre-Test Benchmark 3 with Constructed Response
2 / Domain and Range of Relations and Functions / F.IF.2
F.IF.4 / ·  I can give the domain and range of relations and functions. / CH 5
Lesson 27 Coach
1 / Evaluating Functions / F.BF.1a / ·  I can evaluate functions at given values. / Lesson 26 Coach / Exit slip on evaluating functions – 2 questions
Quiz - Vocabulary
Individual activity
Unit 5 Exam – 20 MC, 2 CR
1 / Relations and Functions / F.IF.2 / ·  I can identify graphs of relations and functions and analyze them to determine whether a relation is a function (vertical line test). / TB 5.6
Lesson 27 Coach
1 / Points and Lines / Pre-requisite skills / ·  I can use the terminology associated with the Cartesian plane in describing points and lines. / Graphing on the Coordinate Plane TB 24
3 / Slope / F.IF.6
S.ID.7 / ·  I can recognize the concept of slope as a rate of change and determine the slope when given the equation of a line in standard form, slope intercept form, the graph of a line, two points, or a verbal description.
·  I can graph a linear equation using a table of values, x- and y-intercepts, slope-intercept form, and technology. / TI 84 Graphing Activities
Kuta Software
Cockroach Algebra Online
2 / Representations of Functions and Relations / F.IF.2 / ·  I can translate between representations of relations and functions: graphs, equations, ordered pairs, verbal descriptions, and tables. / NAGS
Benchmark 3 Assessment
Unit 6: Quadratic Equations and inequalities
5 / Factoring / A.SSE.1a
A.SSE.3a / ·  I can factor perfect square trinomials and the difference of two squares.
·  I can factor trinomials in the form ax+ bx + c.
·  I can factor perfect square trinomials and the difference of two squares / Factoring Card Game
Boxes Organizer
Multiplication Mats / Pre-Test Benchmark 4 with Constructed Response
Bell Ringer on factoring monomials – 5 questions
Quiz on factoring – 10 questions
Individual calculator activities
Unit 6 Exam – 20 MC, 2 CR
3 / Quadratics / F.IF.7a
F.IF.8a / ·  I can solve quadratic equations using multiple methods, including graphing, factoring, and the square root principle.
·  I can identify graphs of quadratic functions.
·  I can relate factors, solutions (roots), zeros of related functions, and x-intercepts in equations that arise from quadratic functions. / TI 84 Calculator Activities
Kuta Software
CH 10
Unit 7: Rational and Radical Expressions, Equations, and Functions
4 / Properties of Exponents / A.SSE.3c / ·  I can use properties of exponents to evaluate and simplify expressions. / TI 84 Calculator Exponents Program
TB 8.1, 8.3, 8.5 / Individual activities
Bell Ringer on properties of exponents – 5 questions
Exit slip on rational expressions – 5 questions
Journal entry comparing rational and radical expressions
Unit 7 Exam – 15 MC, 2 CR
3 / Rational Expressions / N.RN.1
N.RN.2 / ·  I can evaluate and simplify rational expressions.
·  I can add, subtract, multiply and divide rational expressions.
·  I can find rational number square roots and approximate irrational square roots.
·  I can simplify an algebraic quotient by rationalizing an irrational denominator. / TB 12.2, 12.5, 12.3, 12.4, 12.6
4 / Radical Expressions / N.RN.1
N.RN.2 / ·  I can evaluate and simplify radical expressions.
·  I can multiply radical expressions. / CH 11
Real World Problem Solving TB 617
Benchmark 4 Assessment