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ALGEBRA SYLLABUS
Miss Killackey - Room 123
[email protected]
2016-2017
TEXT: Algebra 1 Glencoe/McGraw-Hill
Course Description:
This course is designed to address all standard practices, benchmarks, and learning
objectives established by the Common Core State Standards. The objectives are taught as
an integrated whole and the connections among them are a prominent feature of the
curriculum.
The range of topics covered in this text include:
 Exploring expressions, equations, and functions
 Exploring rational numbers
 Analyzing and solving linear equations and inequalities
 Graphing relations, equations, inequalities, and functions
 Factoring polynomials
 Exploring quadratic and exponential functions
 Statistics and Probability
Homework:
 Will be put on my teacher webpage every time it assigned. If you go to St. Bede’s
website under Our School and Staff Directory find my name, Miss Killackey.
 There will be an assignment daily. After each lesson a range of practice problems will
be assigned as homework.
 Homework will be completed in pencil in a notebook.
 Homework will be checked daily.
 Every homework assignment is worth 5 points. If not completed and turned in the
next day, the student will receive a mark on their contract and an afterschool
detention. The student will complete the assignment in detention and turn it in then or
the next day.
 If absent, homework should be handed in as soon as possible. Students are given as many
days that they are absent to turn in work.
Quizzes / Tests:
 A quiz will be given at least every other week. Or after we cover 2-3 sections of a
chapter.
 If absent, a quiz or test may be made up after school or in the morning.
 If a student receives a low grade or is not happy with their grade they have the option
of correcting their quizzes or tests for half of the points they lost.
Extra Credit:
 Students will receive one extra credit pass(5pts.) per student per trimester. They are
allowed to use the pass on homework, quizzes or tests to increase their grade.
Grading:
 Students will be graded on homework, quizzes and tests
 Students will also be graded on small projects throughout the year
Tutoring:
 Peer tutoring is available on Tuesdays in Room 123 until 3:15. Students will be
required to attend if they are receiving a D or lower. Parents will be notified. In
addition, any student who would like to attend is encouraged to do so.