Pre-Algebra

//__Pre-Algebra: Ideas, suggestions, best practice ​__//

__Chapter 1__: Variables, Function Patterns, and Graphs __ When presenting adding integers, I use "good guys" and "bad guys." I use a variety of stories, but in each scenario, when a good guy meets a bad guy, somehow they cancel each other out (death, leaving the party, etc.) Whoever is left over is the answer. Example: -5 + 4 would be 5 bad guys meeting up with 4 good guys. Whatever the scenario, there would be one bad guy left over. Then, when you add -6 + -3, they see that two sets of bad guys just add together to make more bad guys. I can also integrate writing because the students like writing their own integer addition stories. __

__Chapter 2__: Rational Numbers

__Chapter 3__: Solving Equations

__Chapter 4__: Solving Inequalities

__Chapter 5__: Graphs and Functions

__Chapter 6__: Linear Equations and Their Graphs

__Chapter 7__: Systems of Equations and Inequalities

__Chapter 8__: Exponents and Exponential Functions

__Chapter 9__: Polynomials and Factoring

__Chapter 10__: Quadratic Equations and Functions

__Chapter 11__: Radical Expressions and Equations

__Chapter 12__: Rational Expressions and Functions