Middletown Public Schools
Algebra 1 Scope and Sequence
Unit 1 – Patterns
September
16 instructional days (+3 instructional days, 1 testing)
Standards
Interpreting Functions
 Understand the concept of a function and use function notation.
4 Weeks
Building Functions
 Build a function that models a relationship between two quantities.
Unit 2 – Linear Equations and Inequalities
7 Weeks
October/November
28 instructional days (+3 instructional days, 1 testing)
Quantities
 Reason quantitatively and use units to solve problems
Seeing Structure in Expressions
 Interpret the structure of expressions
Creating Equations
 Create equations that describe numbers or relationships
Reasoning with Equations and Inequalities
 Understand solving equations as a process of reasoning and explain the reasoning
Unit 3 – Functions
December
10 instructional days (+3 instructional days, 1 testing)
Creating Equations
 Create equations that describe numbers or relationships.
3 Weeks
Reasoning with Equations and Inequalities
 Represent and solve equations and inequalities graphically.
Interpreting Functions
 Understand the concept of a function and use function notation.
 Interpret functions that arise in applications in terms of the context.
 Analyze functions using different representations.
Unit 4 – Linear Functions
January/February
21 instructional days (+3 instructional days, 1 testing)
Interpreting Functions
 Interpret functions that arise in applications in terms of the context.
 Analyze functions using different representations.
7 Weeks
Linear, Quadratic, and Exponential Models
 Construct and compare linear, quadratic, and exponential models and solve problems.
 Interpret expressions for functions in terms of the situation they model.
Unit 5 – Scatter Plots and Trendlines
March
14 instructional days (+3 instructional days, 1 testing)
Interpreting Functions
 Analyze functions using different representations.
4 Weeks
Interpreting Categorical and Quantitative Data
 Summarize, represent, and interpret data on a single count or measureable variable.
 Summarize, represent, and interpret data on two categorical and quantitative variables.
 Interpret linear models.
Unit 6 – Systems of Linear Equations
April/May
12 instructional days (+3 instructional days, 1 testing)
Creating Equations
 Create equations that describe numbers or relationships.
3 Weeks
Reasoning with Equations and Inequalities
 Solve systems of equations.
 Represent and solve equations and inequalities graphically.
Unit 7 –Introduction to Exponential Functions
May/June
20 instructional days (+3 instructional days, 1 testing)
The Real Number System
 Extend the properties of exponents to rational exponents.
5 Weeks
Seeing Structure in Expressions
 Interpret the structure of expressions.
 Write expressions in equivalent forms to solve problems.
Interpreting Functions
 Analyze functions using different representations.
Building Functions
 Build a function that models a relationship between two quantities.
Linear, Quadratic, and Exponential Models
 Construct and compare linear, quadratic, and exponential models and solve problems.
 Interpret expressions for functions in terms of the situation they model.