Algebra 1 lessons during the school year are usually 1 hour 2 or 3 times a week from Monday to Friday and/or 1 hour on Saturday. Some lessons are longer if you are preparing for an exam for the following week. Primarily during the week, I will prepare you for the next lessons until I meet with you again. On the weekend, I prepare students for the upcoming week or for upcoming exams. Most students come to 2 or 3 lessons a week. Some students attend more lessons as the math gets harder to understand.
Lee Academics Algebra 1 Prep Course includes:
- Up to 3 1-hour or 1.5 hours instructional lessons a week (some weeks may be up to 4 lessons as needed)
- Many practice exams/materials from Lee Academics resources for your current algebra 1 book or other algebra 1 resources to complement concepts taught in your book. These are worked on before or after your instructional lesson. I will go over your mistakes.
- Strategies for doing algebra 1 problems faster, allowing more time to do hard algebra 1 problems on tests
Lee Academics Algebra 1 Prep Course will cover:
- Current algebra 1 chapter/lessons at school during the week days
- Work ahead to cover future algebra 1 lessons within the chapter during the weekends or working on the next chapter after a chapter exam during the week.
- Past algebra 1 chapters during the weekends are necessary to understand the current chapter
- Algebra 1 from other text books – The Common Core algebra 1 book is not as comprehensive as a traditional algebra 1 book. Students using this book will not learn a full year of traditional algebra 1. It will be difficult to move into the algebra 2 book without full algebra 1 knowledge. Some algebra 1 concepts are critical for success in algebra 2.
- Some algebra 1 concepts span many chapters. These concepts will be emphasized at lessons.
- Finals prep for all algebra 1 chapters covered in semester 2 (and semester one chapters as necessary)
- Geometry formulas as needed for homework problems
Algebra 1 topics emphasized for mastery as foundational for algebra 2:
- Equations, inequalities
- Solving absolute value equations and inequalities – This is no longer taught in algebra 2.
- Graphing absolute value functions – This concept is needed for calculus.
- Linear functions
- Graphing piecewise functions – This is no longer taught in algebra 2. This is taught again in precalculus and is needed as a foundational skill for calculus.
- Exponents and radicals – Fractional exponents were primarily taught in algebra 2 until common core.
- Quadratic equations – graphs, factoring, zeros
- Polynomial graphs, factoring and solving – Some algebra one books now introduce graphing 3 rd and 4 th degree polynomials. Graphing higher order polynomials is important for calculus. This is taught every year from algebra 1 to precalculus.
- Solving systems of equations – very important for higher math, including calculus.
- Sequences – This has traditionally been an algebra 2 and precalculus topic.
- Probability and data analysis – There are probability and data analysis units in many common core books, including
some precalculus books.