This five week program is targeted for students who will enter Algebra in the Fall of 2020 or would like to review Algebra skills. Homework will be provided between classes to support skills introduced in class. Algebra Summer Studies will meet from 6:00pm-7:30pm Tuesdays/Thursdays. No class will be held the week prior to July 4. 

 

Below is a general outline of topics; however, the instructor will amend instruction based on the skill/needs level of registered students. 

 

Pre-Algebra Summer Studies Prep Course
Taught by Tanya Chardon - Limit 12 students

 

Week 1
Multiplication Tables; factoring; divisibility rules
Fractions
Integers

 

Week 2
Order of Operations
Rates, Ratios, Proportions
Distributive Property

 

Week 3
Equations and Inequalities 
Linear Equations – graphing using table
Slope and Y-intercept 

 

Week 4
Powers and Exponents
Scientific Notation

 

Week 5
Multiplying monomials/polynomials
FOIL
Quadratic Formula?