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BASIC LINKS

Westlake City Schools Lee Burneson Blue Team Web Page bee@wlake.org

RESOUCES

OAA Practice Online Textbook Graphing Calculator Graph Paper – 6 coordinate planes or full grid paper

HELP WEBSITES

These are the most helpful websites. They cover many topics. They include explanations, examples, and practice

· http://algebrahelp.com/

· http://www.sparknotes.com/math/

· Mrs. Mann’s website – a great source of review!

· Great help website!!!

· Good Practice Site with lots of topics

For Parents

Chapter 0 – Back to Basics

Assignment Sheet

Tutorials	Videos	Review and extra practice	Games!
		Perimeter and Area	Fractions Decimals Percents (jeopardy)
		Fractions Decimals Percents	Fractions Decimals Percents (easy)
		Fractions	Fractions (soccer game)
		Algebraic Expressions	Fractions (jeopardy)

For Parents

Unit 1 – Introduction to Algebra

Assignment Sheet Assignment1 Assignment 7 Assignment 8 Assignment 10

Tutorials	Videos	Review and extra practice	Games!
Real Number System	Real Number System	Real Number System	Adding and Subtracting integers
Simplifying	Simplifying	Rational vs. Irrational Numbers	Real Number System
		Order of Operations	Order of Operations

For Parents

Unit 2 – Solving Equations

Assignment Sheet Assignment 1 Assignment 5 Assignment 9

Warm-up

Individual Assessment

Tutorials	Videos	Review and extra practice	Games!
Solving Equations with Variables on both sides	Absolute Value Equations	Solving Equations with Variables on both sides	Covers it all
	Solving Equations with Variables on both sides	Solving for a specific variable	Connect Four – play against a partner
			Easy ‘Plant Blaster’
			Solving for a specific variable

For Parents

Unit 3 – Proportions, Percents, and Probability

Assignment Sheet Assignment 1 Assignment 4 Assignment 7 Assignment 8

Warm-up Assignment 9 Assignment 10 Assignment 11 Assignment 12 Assignment 13

Individual Assessment

Budget Activity

Tutorials	Videos	Review and extra practice	Applications	Games!
Percent Change	Real-life Proportions	Rates and Ratios	How much do you weight in outer space?	Proportions (very easy) dirt bike game
	Application of percents: Unemployment	Percent Word Problems	History of Credit Cards	Percent Change
		Percents- very good!	Calculators for mortgages, students loans, retirement, etc	Basic Probability
		Proportions	Should Cleveland Build a Casino?	Basic Probability
		Permutations	Cleveland Casino	Deal or No Deal
		Theoretical vs. Experimental Probability

For Parents

Unit 4 – Inequalities and Functions

Assignment Sheet Assignment 7 Assignment 8 Assignment 9 Assignment 10

Warm-up

Individual Assessment

Tutorials	Videos	Review and extra practice	Games!
Basic Solving	Solving 2-step Inequalities	Basic Solving	Solving Inequalities
What is a function?	Solving Multi-step Inequalities	Compound Inequalities	Solving Inequalities
What is a function?	Absolute Value Functions	Compound Inequalities	Compound Inequalities
More with Functions		Absolute Value Inequalities
Absolute Value Inequalities

For Parents

Unit 5 – Linear Functions (focusing on slope-intercept form)

Assignment Sheet Assignment 1 Assignment 6 Assignment 7

Warm-up Assignment 8 Assignment 10 Extra Practice with Slope

Individual Assessment

Tutorials	Videos	Review and extra practice
Slope	Slope-intercept form Rap!	Application Problems
Writing Equations	Graphing	Slope (Best one!!!)
Graphing	Writing Equations	y=mx + b
Direct Variation	Application Problems	more y=mx + b
	Parallel and Perpendicular Lines	Best one on Slope-Intercept Form
		Direct Variation
		Parallel and Perpendicular Lines

For Parents

Unit 6 – Solving Systems of Equations and Inequalities

Assignment Sheet Assignment 1 Assignment 9 Assignment 10

Warm-up

Individual Assessment

Tutorials	Videos	Review and extra practice	Applications!
Solving by Graphing	Solving by Graphing	Solving by Graphing	Supply and Demand (in-class)
Solving by Substitution	Solving by Substitution	Solving by Elimination or Substitution	Code Breaking
Solving by Elimination	Solving by Elimination	Solving Application Problems	Business - How to Earn Profit
System of Inequalities	System of Inequalities	System of Inequalities	Science (in-class)
		Putting It All Together

For Parents

Unit 7 – Exponents

Assignment Sheet Assignment 1 Assignment 2 Assignment 3 Assignment 6

Warm-up Assignment 8 Assignment 11

Individual Assessment

Tutorials	Videos	Review and extra practice	Games!
Simplifying	Simplifying with Negative Exponents	Exponent Basics	Jeopardy – Evaluating (easy)
Complicated Simplifying	Evaluating with Negative Exponents	Simplifying with Exponents and Scientific Notation	Scientific Notation
Scientific Notation	Graphing Exponential Functions	Negative Exponents	Exponents - the basics
Exponential Functions		Great Site on Simplifying with Exponents
		Exponential Growth
		Harder Simplifying Problems
		Scientific Notation
		Exponential Growth/Decay

For Parents

Unit 8 – Polynomials and Factoring

Assignment Sheet Assignment 4 Assignment 9 Assignment 10

Warm-up Assignment 12 Assignment 13

Individual Assessment

Tutorials	Videos	Review and extra practice	Games!
Intro to Polynomials	Intro to Polynomials	+, - Polynomials	Multiplying Binomials
F.O.I.L.	Multiplying Binomials	More adding/subtracting	Factoring Trinomials
Multiplying Special Products	Factoring Binomials	Factoring using Distributive Property and Grouping	More Factoring
Factoring Trinomials	Solving by Factoring	Factoring Trinomials	Connect 4 (Solving)
	More Solving	Factoring Special Products
		Factoring Difference of 2 Squares
		Solving by Factoring

For Parents

Unit 9 – Rational Expressions

Assignment Sheet Assignment 1 Assignment 3 Assignment 10

Warm-up

Individual Assessment

Tutorials	Videos	Review and extra practice
Covers it all	Excluded Values	Excluded Values and Simplifying
Inverse Variation	Graphing Rational Expressions	Inverse Variation
Graphing Rational Expressions	Simplifying Rational Expressions	Multiplying and Dividing Rational Expressions
Excluded Values and Simplifying	Multiplying Rational Expressions	Operations with Rational Expressions
Multiplying and Dividing	Dividing Rational Expressions	Solving Equations
Operations with Rational Expressions	Adding Rational Expressions
More Multiplying and Dividing	Long Division of Polynomials
Adding and Subtracting	Solving Equations
Long Division of Polynomials
Solving Equations

For Parents

Unit 10 – Radical Expressions

Assignment Sheet Assignment 1 Assignment 2

Warm-up Assignment 9 Assignment 10 Assignment 11

Individual Assessment

Tutorials	Videos	Review and extra practice	Games!
Graphing Square Root Functions	Multiplying Radicals	Simplifying Radicals	Adding and Subtracting
Simplifying Radicals	Rationalize the Denominator	Covers all Simplifying	Simplifying – Challenge Problems
Multiplying and Dividing Radicals	Simplifying using the Conjugate	More Simplifying – click thru for challenge problems
Solving Radical Equations	Adding and Subtracting Radicals	Solving Radical Equations
Circles	Solving Radical Equations	More on Solving
		Distance Formula

For Parents

Unit 11 – Quadratics

Assignment Sheet Assignment 2 Assignment 5 Assignment 10

Warm-up

Individual Assessment

Tutorials	Videos	Review and extra practice	Games!
Solving by Graphing	Writing Equations in Vertex Form	Vertex form of equations	Solving – Matching Game
Graphing Intro	Solving Quadratic Equations by Completing the Square	Solving…covers it all
Graphing – Covers It All	Solving Quadratic Equations using the Quadratic Formula	Application problem
Solving by Completing the Square	Application problem	Application problem
Solving Quadratic Equations using the Quadratic Formula

For Parents

Going Beyond – An Introduction to Trigonometry

Tutorials

Videos

Review and extra practice

Games!