Wolfe City I.S.D. Coach Jenkins

8^th Grade Algebra

Course Information

2008-2009

CONTACT INFO

Conference: 4^th Period (10:32 – 11:19)

EMAIL: jenkinsc@wcisd.net

CLASSROOM RULES

ü Be On Time

ü Listen

ü Be ready to work as soon as you enter the room

ü Respect

SUPPLIES

The following is just a list of supplies that each student needs to make sure they bring to class every day.

ü 1 Spiral Notebook (for journal and daily warm-ups)

ü Paper (just regular notebook paper)

ü Pencils (no pens)

ü Planner

ü 1 folder

GRADING

1^st and 3^rd Nine Weeks

ü Homework/Class Work/Quizzes – 40%

ü Tests/Major Projects – 50%

ü 9 Week Test – 10%

2^nd and 4^th Nine Weeks

ü Homework/Class Work/Quizzes – 40%

ü Tests/Major Projects – 60%

ü Semester Exam instead of 9 Week Test (weighted separately on report card

MATH TAKS OBJECTIVES

(Main topics covered throughout the year)

ü Foundation concepts for high school mathematics

ü Algebraic thinking and symbolic reasoning

ü Function concepts

ü Relationship between equations and functions

ü Tools for algebraic thinking

ü Underlying mathematical processes

Algebra 1

Chapter

1	Foundations for Algebra
2	Equations
3	Inequalities
4	Functions
5	Linear Functions
6	Systems of Equations and Inequalities
7	Exponents and Polynomials
8	Factoring Polynomials
9	Quadratic Functions and Equations
10	Data Analysis and Probability
11	Exponential and Radical Functions
12	Rational Functions and Equations