Algebra 2/precalculus lessons during the school year are usually 1 hour once (or twice) a week from Monday to Thursday and 1.5 hours once or twice each weekend from Friday to Sunday. Some weekend 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. When the math gets harder or as necessary, some students may come more often to lessons.
Lee Academics Accelerated Algebra 2-Trig/Precalculus prep course includes:
- Up to 3 1-hour instructional lessons a week (some weeks may be up to 4 lessons as needed)
- Many practice exams/materials from Lee Academics resources for your precalculus book – These are worked on
before or after your instructional lesson. I will go over your mistakes. - Strategies for doing algebra 2-trig/precalculus problems faster, allowing more time to do hard algebra 2-trig/precalculus
problems on the test
Lee Academics Accelerated Algebra 2-Trig/Precalculus prep course will cover:
- Current algebra 2-trig/precalculus chapter-lessons at school during the week days
- Work ahead to cover lessons within the chapter during the weekends or working on the next chapter after a chapter
exam during the week. - Past algebra 2-trig and/or precalculus chapters during the weekends are necessary to understand the current chapter
- Some algebra 2-trig/precalculus concepts span many chapters. These concepts will be emphasized at lessons.
- Finals for semester 1 and 2 – Some algebra 2-trig/precalculus teachers have a semester 1 final that is comprehensive of
the entire algebra 2-trig book and some precalculus chapters. For semester 2, the final may include concepts from the
entire precalculus book. - Geometry formulas as needed for homework and word problems
Algebra 2-Trig/precalculus topics that require mastery as foundational skills for calculus AB:
- Many algebra 2-trig/precalculus graphs – There are many graphs taught in an algebra 2 and precalculus books and in the homework problems that will need to be memorized for precalculus. Graphing is an essential skill necessary for many chapters in algebra 2-trig and precalculus.
- Logs properties and graphs
- Exponential growth and decay, Pert
- Domain and some range
- Trig identities
- The unit circle and possibly inverse trig – Inverse trig is in precalculus and calculus.
- Rational functions
- Polynomial – graphs factoring (including special factoring formulas with Mamie’s strategies), zeros
- Radicals graphs and solving
- Graphing and solving system of equations – This skill is always needed precalculus, and calculus AB and BC.
Algebra 2-Trig/precalculus topics that require mastery as foundational skills for calculus BC:
- Sequences and series – Calculus BC series is very difficult. A thorough understanding in of algebra 2 series is
necessary for precalculus and calculus BC.