Algebra 1 “3rd Block” Week of 5-18-2009
Monday: Factoring Trinomials x² + bx + c (Lesson 9-3)
Learning Target: Students will factor trinomials.
- X Puzzle Game
- What number goes in each quadrant?
- What are the rules?
- How do you factor a trinomial?
- x² + 5x + 6
- X Method
- Book Method and methodology
- Class Practice
Tuesday: Factoring Trinomials ax² + bx + c (Lesson 9-4)
Learning Target: Students will factor trinomials.
- 5-minute check over factoring trinomials with a coefficient a = 1
- Factor using distributive property 3a² + 3a + 4a + 4
- What happens when you have a number other than 1 in front of the variable squared?
- Can you use the X Method?
- What other methods are there?
- Class Practice
Wednesday: Weekly Assessment
Learning Targets Covered;
- Students will multiply and divide monomials.
- Text Lesson 8-1
- Text Lesson 8-2
- Students will add and subtract polynomials.
- Text Lesson 8-4
- Text Lesson 8-5
- Students will multiply a polynomial by a monomial.
- Text Lesson 8-6
- Students will multiply polynomials.
- Text Lesson 8-7
- Text Lesson 8-8
- Students will find the GCF of monomials.
- Text Lesson 9-1
- Students will factor a monomial out of a polynomial.
- Text Lesson 9-2
- Problem of the Week
Thursday: Special Factors
Learning Target: Students will factor polynomials of special products.
- 5-minute check over text lesson 9-4
- What are special factors?
- Factoring the difference of squares (Lesson 9-5)
- Factoring perfect squares (Lesson 9-6)
- Class Practice
Friday: Factoring Polynomials
Goal: Review of weekly targets and practice
- Test post view
- Students can get with their teams and go over the results of their assessments. (Spread out in the two combined rooms)
- Help one another with their mistakes.
- 5-minute check over factoring the difference of squares.
- Worksheet review of factoring polynomials
- Individual practice
- Group Practice
- Class Discussion
