Welcome to Foundations of Math 1 Please find

Welcome to Foundations of Math 1! Please find your seat and begin filling out the Student Info Sheet that is on your desk.

Welcome to Math 1!! Math 1 is designed to engage students in realistic problem-solving classroom activities. Lessons will include you working collaboratively in small groups for a period of days, hands-on investigations, discovery learning, and student presentations. With the changes in classroom structure come changes in classroom behavior. You must be mindful of your behavior to ensure that it does not undermine the collaborative climate that fosters other students’ desire to participate.

Class Expectations • • Follow all KHS and Wake County policies Be responsible Be respectful Participate in everything!

Grading Quarter Grade: Grading Scale Tests 50% Quizzes 25% Class work 15% Homework 10% Final Grade: 1 st Quarter 40% 2 nd Quarter 40% Final Exam 20% Wake County A = 93 -100 B = 85 -92 C = 77 -84 D = 70 -76 F = 0 -69

Tests: Tests will be given at the end of each unit. Units 1, 2, 3, Midterm, 4 A, 4 B, Final Exam If you miss a test, you must make arrangements to make it up afterschool. Retesting: Every student who does poorly on a test will have the opportunity to retake the test. Retests will be done during office hours or Knight Time. You must attend a testcorrection session first before you re-test.

Quizzes: Quizzes will be given periodically throughout each unit, mostly on Fridays. You are required to take quizzes regardless of whether or not you were in attendance the previous day. If you are absent for a quiz you will make it up the next day you are in class. Review material may be quizzed at anytime! Quizzes may be UNANNOUNCED!!

Homework: Homework will be assigned every night. It will be checked the following day for completeness. NO WORK = NO CREDIT!

Attendance and Late Work: Regular attendance is essential to your success. Please be aware of the WCPSS School Board Policy regarding attendance. In the event of an absence, it will be your responsibility to make arrangements for all make-up work immediately upon your return. Please visit my website if you are absent to see what you missed in order to not fall behind.

Knight Time Each week, you will have the opportunity for tutoring during school hours. Your class period will be extended one day during the week. If you have below a 77 in the class, you will be required to stay in class during Knight Time. If your grade is below a 77 due to a missing assignment, this assignment must be completed and turned in by Thursday in order to be calculated into your grade for the following week.

Ms. Shope Course Materials mshope@wcpss. net → pencils mshope. KHS. pbworks. com → notebook paper → 3 -ring binder @Ms. Shope. KHS → graphing calculator* Knightdale HS Phone 919. 217. 5350 Donations Planning Period tissues 4 th period hand sanitizer lined paper Check grades: pencils/erasers https: //wcpss. powerschool. co AAA batteries m any other classroom supplies Office Hours Tuesdays 3: 15 – 4: 30

Notebook Checks

Collaborative Learning This class if full of it! • What does it mean to you? • Do you work well with others?

1. 1 Writing Expressions

Essential Questions 1. 1 How can understanding our “building blocks” in math help us in the future?

1 st group assignment You have 10 minutes as a group to come up with definitions for the 12 vocabulary words. Work together!

Vocabulary • • Algebraic Expressions Coefficient – Constant Distributive Property –

• • Equivalent Expressions – Integers – Like terms – Order of Operations –

• • Simplify – Substitute – Term – Variable –

Vocabulary • Algebraic Expressions - a mathematical phrase that can include numbers, variables, and operation symbols, but no equal sign • Coefficient – a number that is multiplied by a variable • Constant – a value that does not change • Distributive Property – for every real number a, b, and c: a(b + c) = ab + ac and a(b – c) = ab - ac

• Equivalent Expressions – expressions that have the same value for all variables • Integers – positive and negative whole numbers • Like terms – have identical variables; that is, they have the same variables and the same exponent. Constants are like terms as well. • Order of Operations – PEMDAS Parenthesis, Exponents, Multiplication, Division, Addition, Subtraction

• Simplify – to write an expression in simplest form (combine all like terms) • Substitute – to replace a letter with a number or alebraic expression • Term – “parts” in an expression that are added or subtracted • Variable – a letter that represents an unknown number

What are some key words that represent the following operations? Addition Multiplication Subtraction Division

Tips to Remember • When multiplying a number and a variable, the number is written first like: 5 a (NOT a 5) • Be careful of order with subtraction & division!! “ 7 – t” is very different from “t – 7”

Tips to Remember • “the difference of 5 and t” and “ 5 decreased by t” are written as 5 – t • “ 5 less than t” and “ 5 subtracted from t” are written as t – 5

Write the following expressions in algebraic form: 1) 9 more than c 3) the quotient of z and 9 2) b minus 4 4) the total of n and 40

5) the sum of 8 and m 7) the difference of h and 7 6) x divided by the quantity y plus 5 8) 23 less than p

9) the product of g and 2 10) 77 plus twice v 11) two times r increased by 12 12) 3 times j decreased by 12

Homework • Have your parents/guardians read and sign the bottom of the course syllabus and return by Friday, Aug 29 th! • HW 1. 1 • QUIZ Friday!! • Extra Credit?