ALGREBRA I and GEOMETRY INFORMATION
ALGEBRA I (HONORS)
Book: Algebra Structure and Method Book 1, Houghton / Mifflin
ISBN: 0-395-46140-5 (around 1990 copyright)
Algebra I students will need: 2-inch 3 ringed binder, paper, pencils, simple calculator, and index cards
GEOMETRY (HONORS)
Book: Geometry, McDougal / Littell (a Houghton / Mifflin company)
ISBN: 0-395-97727-4 (copyright 1997 or 2000)
Geometry students will need: 2-inch 3-ringed binder, paper, pencils, ruler, compass, protractor, blank paper, simple calculator, and index cards
SCHEDULE:
Algebra I Mon. 1:30 - 2:30, Tues. 8:30 - 9:30, Wed. 12:30 - 1:30, Thurs. 8:30 - 9:30
Geometry Mon. 2:30 - 3:30, Tues. 9:30 - 10:30, Wed. 1:30 - 2:00, Thurs. 9:30 - 10:30
Start: August 16th, taking off the week of Thanksgiving, 2 weeks at Christmas, spring break
End: May 26th
Classes meet at Lakewood United Methodist Church located at 6133 San Jose Boulevard, Jacksonville, Florida 32217
Fee: Classes are $10.00 per week, per student ($40.00 per month for 9 months, September - May, due the beginning of each month)
Class size limited to 6 students.
RESUME
Bachelor of Arts, Criminal Justice and Sociology, University of Florida, 1984
Teaching Experience:
University of North Florida, Business Calculus recitation teacher, fall 2002
Community Education, SAT preperation, teacher, spring 1999
Switzerland Point Middle School, 7th and 8th grade math teacher, 1991-1997
Nease High School, 7th grade teacher, 1990
Certification, State of Florida, math grades 5 - 12. I allowed my certification to expire in July 2007 because it is not feasible to retain unless I am teaching full-time. Because my primary responsibility is raising my son, I am not interested in teaching full-time.
Personal information: I am 49 years old, married to an engineer, Jeff, and have a 12 year old son, Matthew. I was born and raised in Jacksonville, living around the corner from where I grew-up. I graduated from Wolfson High School in 1979. I love math, and I love teaching, and I think teenagers are about the best thing God ever invented. I can't teach full-time because of my family responsbilities but I can't give-up teaching either. There are so many times that a family or teenager will ask me for math help and so many days I wish I were still teaching. Offering these courses seemed like a good solution all-around.
COURSE INFORMATION
ALGEGRA I (HONORS)
State of Florida course number 1200320
1 credit, high school mathematics
Florida Department of Education, Algebra I honors course description: (these are in order by the Department of Education Course Description and not the order topics will be taught) zero product property; function; relation; linear equations in one variable; properties of real numbers; properties of equalities; solving literal equations for a specified variable; solve and graph simple and compound inequalities in one variable; solve multi-step real-world problems involving linear equations and inequalities; absolute value equations and graphing; slope-intercept form of an equation of a line; graphing: table of values, x and y intercepts, two points, slope and point, equation of a line in slope-intercept form, standard form, point-slope form equations and graphing methods; equations and slopes of parallel and perpendicular lines; equation of a line that models a data set and use equation or graph to make predictions; describe slope of line in terms of data and rate of change; graph equations and inequlities in two variables; use graph to approximate the solution of a system of linear equations and inequalities in two and three variables; solve systems of linear equations and inequalities using graphical, substitution and elimination methods; solve real-world problems of system of linear equations in two and three variables; simplify monomials,;monomial expressions using laws of integral exponents; add, subtract, mulitply polynomials; factor polynomials; divide polynomials by monomials and ploynomials with various techniques including synthetic division; simplify algebraic ratos and proportions and word problems; add, subtract, multiply, divide rational expressions; simplify complex fractions; solve rational equations; word problems involving mixture, distance, work, interest, ratio; simplify radical expressions; add, subtract, mulitply, divide radical expressions; graph quadratic equations; solve quadratic equations by factoring and quadratic formula; identify axis of symmetry, vertex, domain, range and intercepts for given prabaolas; use quadratic equations to solve real-world problems; use graphing technology to find approximate solutions of quadratic equations; use a variety of problem-solving strategies such as drawing a diagram, chart, writing and equation, creating a table; decide whether a solution is reasonable; decide whether a given statement is always, sometimes or never true; set operations including untion, intersection, complement and cross-product; Venn diagrams
GEOMETRY (HONORS)
State of Florida course number 1206320
1 credit, high school mathematics
vocabulary; truth tables including converse, inverse and contrapositive; determine whether two propositions are logically equilavent; direct and indirect proof; use vectors to model and solve application problems; explore and use sequences found in nature, fibonacci sequence and golden ratio; find lengths and midpoints of segments; construct congruent segments and angles, angle bisectors, parallel lines, perpendicular lines, using compass; use relationshkps between special pairs of angles formed by parallel lines and transversals; convex, concave, regular and irregular polygons; measures of interior and exterior angles of polygons; properties of congruent and similar polygons to solve real-world problems; transformations - translations, reflections, rotations, dilations, scale factors to polygons to determine congruence, similarity, symmetry, create and verify tessellations; perimeter and area of polygons; coordinate geometry to prove properties of congruent, regular and similar polygons and perform transformations; changes in dimension affect perimeter and area; describe, classify and compare relationships among quadrilaterals such as square, rectangle, rhombus, parallelogram, trapezoid and kite; special quadrilaterals; use coordinate geometry to prove properties of congruent, regular and similar quadrilaterals; prove theorems involving quadrilaterals; classify, construct triangles; define, identify, construct altitudes, medians, angle bisectors, perpendicular bisectors, orthocenter, centroid, incenter and circumcenter; construct triangles congruent to given triangles; properties of congruent and similar triangles to solve problems involving lengths and areas; theorems involving segments divided proportionally; proofs with triangles; inequality theorems for triangles, Hinge theorem; special triangles 30-60-90, 45-45-90; real-world problems for right triangles; circles, construction, tangents, circumscribe and inscribe with triangles and regular polygons; circles - circumference, radius, diamter, arc, arc length, chord, secant, tangent, concentric circles; proofs circles related to angles, chords, tangents, secants; measures of arcs and related angles; circles and real-world problems; equation of a circle, describe and make regular, non-regular, oblique polyhedra, polyhedra - faces, edges, vertices; areas and perimeters of cross sections of solid objects; identify chords, tangents, radii, great circles of sphere; formulas for lateral area, surface area, volume of solids; congruent and similar solids; how changes in dimensions affect the surface area and volume; analyze structure of Euclidean geometry as an axiomatic system distinguish between undefined terms, definitions, postulates, theorems; use a variety of problem solving strategies, determine if solution is reasonable; make conjectures with justiafications about geometric ideas, distinguish between information that supports a conjecture and the proof of a conjecture; geometric proofs - proofs by contradiction, coordinate geometry, deductive proofs - flow charts, paragraphs, two-column, indirect proofs; basic constructions using straightedge, compass and protractor; define and use trigonometric ratios