| Instructor Benjamin Hartung Email [email protected] Phone 916.462.4570 Class Cost: $280/per semester | Algebra 1 Course Syllabus T-TH 10:00am-10:55am Fall 2025- Spring 2026 | |
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| Course Purpose and Description | Algebra 1 is a Middle and High School math course. We will cover some basic math concepts as well as Algebraic Expressions and Concepts. We will learn how to properly understand the nature of a number and how correctly read an equation and solve it. We will solve for x and Graph the Line. Algebra is about Logic Processing and Problem Solving | |
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| Grading | Grading is a group effort between the instructor, the parent, and the charter schoolteacher. Our time in class will be spent going over the lesson work. They will have on average 2 lessons to complete as homework after each class (whatever time we have left in class after the planned lesson is done, I allow them to work on homework. We will have weekly tests that will primarily tell me if your student is learning. Each semester will be graded on a 1,000-point total. Every point that that earn will go towards their grade. | |||
| Point Breakdown | Attendance 30 per semester | Students will earn attendance points for being present in class. 1 point for arriving on time and 1 point for being there. | 1 points each (60/semester 120 Total) | |
| Lessons 60 fall 60 spring | Every day we will go over approximately 2 lessons from the book. I will send the students home with a sheet for the parents to sign saying they have completed the lessons. | 5 points each (300/semester 600 Total) | ||
| Tests 15 fall 15 spring | 30 tests will be administered throughout the year. 15 in the first semester and 15 in the second. Each test will be worth 40 points | 40 points each (600/semester 1200 total) | ||
| Math Project 1 Fall 1 Spring | Each semester I will assign a Business Math Project worth 70 points. A Rubric will be handed out with the grade breakdown | 40 points per semester 80 total | ||
| Extra Credit | Every full complete lesson grants an additional 5 points extra credit. | 250 Max Extra Credit Pts per semester (25% of the grade) | ||
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Minimum: 1
Maximum: 20
Registration starts on 06/04/2025 and ends on 12/01/2025.
Room: Nursery Room
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