Pre-algebra lessons during the school year are usually one hour 2 or 3 times a week from Monday to Thursday and/or 1.5 hours on Saturday morning. 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 pre-algebra 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 pre-algebra book or other pre-algebra 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 pre-algebra problems faster, allowing more time to do hard pre-algebra problems on tests
  • Benchmark preparation

Lee Academics pre-algebra Prep Course will cover:

  • Current pre-algebra chapter/lessons at school during the week days
  • Work ahead to cover future pre-algebra lessons within the chapter during the weekends or working on the next chapter after a chapter exam during the week.
  • Past pre-algebra chapters during the weekends are necessary to understand the current chapter
  • Pre-algebra from other text books – The Springboard pre-algebra books is not as comprehensive as a traditional pre-algebra book.  Students using these books will not learn a full year of traditional pre-algebra.  It will be difficult to move into the algebra 1 book without full pre-algebra knowledge. Some pre-algebra concepts are critical for success in algebra 1.
  • Some pre-algebra concepts are essential foundational skills for high school math. These concepts will be emphasized at lessons.

Pre-algebra topics emphasized for mastery as foundational for algebra 1 and geometry:

  • Equations, inequalities
  • Direct variation – taught in every high school math book
  • Linear functions
  • Exponents and radicals – including cube and 4th roots
  • Solving systems of equations (in Springboard Common Core 3 and pre-algebra) – very important for higher math
  • Sequences and patterns
  • Geometry unit in pre-algebra – Some pre-algebra teachers skip this unit. The SAT exam contains 10% geometry, ACT 20%, some geometry is necessary for algebra 1, algebra 2, precalculus and calculus.
  • Probability and data analysis – There are probability and data analysis units in many common core books, including some precalculus books.

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