Fallon DeMonte
9/30/10
Resource List
Alvermann, Donna E, Stephen F Phelps, and Victoria Ridgeway Gillis. Content Area
Reading and Literacy. 6th ed. Boston: Allyn & Bacon, 2010. Print.
This source contains information on how to be literate in a topic area. This is helpful for
teaching a lesson because it helps guide what needs to be included in a lesson for students
to understand the material. It is an important concept for students to be literate in a topic
in order for them to understand what they are learning.
Bolton, Julie. Personal interview. Sept.-Oct. 2010.
Julie Bolton is my cooperating teacher. She is an important source because she has
helped guide me when creating my lesson. Also, I have been observing her teaching
styles and know what to incorporate into the lesson based off of my observations.
Bolton, Julie. Long-Range Plan for Precalculus. N.d. Long-Range Plan.
Mrs. Bolton’s long-range plan is a very helpful source because it tells me what students
should already know. The long-range plan also better maps out what should be included
in the unit plan and about how much time should be spent on each topic.
Che, Stacy Megan. Lessons for Teaching Secondary Mathematics. Clemson University.
Fall 2010. Lessons.
Dr. Che is an important source because she is giving us the guidelines for all of our
lessons. She has provided us with a basic outline for our lesson plans. Also, she has
given us feedback on how to improve our lessons.
Dendane, Abdelkader. "Polynomial Functions." Analyze Math. N.p., 8 Nov. 2008. Web.
29 Sept. 2010. <http://www.analyzemath.com/polynomial2/polynomial2.htm>.
This is a helpful website that maps out the basic concepts of polynomial functions. It
gives many examples and definitions. This website will be a helpful tool in knowing
what to incorporate in a lesson.
Fairbairn, Donald M, and Robert M Horton. "Chapter 7: Elementary Functions I."
Mathematics for Teachers. 543-582. Clemson University, 2007. Web. 29 Sept.
2010. <http://people.clemson.edu/~dfair/mft.html>.
This book has all of the material that is taught in Precalculus. It gives homework
assignments and in depth descriptions of polynomial functions and equations. This is
very similar to the text book the students have.
Holliday, Berchi, et al. "Chapter 4: Polynomial and Rational Functions." Advanced
Mathematical Concepts: Precalculus with Applications. Teacher Wraparound ed.
Columbus: Glencoe, 2004. 204-276. Print.
This is the teacher edition of the student’s textbook. This will be one of the most
important sources because the student’s will be using it as a guide. This will be the basis
for most of the information in my lesson plans.
"Math Help." YourTeacher.com. Classmate, LLC, 2010. Web. 29 Sept. 2010.
<http://yourteacher.com>.
This is a great website because it has video lessons. This is helpful because you can see
different teachers and their different approaches for a lesson.
O'Connor, J J, and E F Robertson. "Quadratic, Cubic and Quartic Equations." School of
Mathematics and Statistics: History Topics. University of St. Andrews, Scotland,
Feb. 1996. Web. 29 Sept. 2010. <http://wwwhistory.mcs.standrews.ac.uk/HistTopics/Quadratic_etc_equations.html>.
This is the history of polynomial functions. This was helpful when writing the history
portion of the history and technology component. This gives a lot of fun facts that the
students may want to know.
Peters, Chris L. Technology Stategies for Mathematics Teaching. Clemson University.
Fall 2010. Lessons.
Dr. Peters is teaching us about technology that can be used in mathematics classrooms.
He has taught us how to use a Smart Board. We have also had to find Smart Board
templates, which are helpful when creating lessons.
"Polynomials Worksheets." edHelper. N.p., n.d. Web. 29 Sept. 2010.
<http://edhelper.com/polynomials.htm>.
This website provides different worksheets that go along with polynomial functions. In
my first lesson plan I mentioned using worksheets, and I plan to use a worksheet from
this website.
Principles and Standards for School Mathematics. Illus. Kathleen Beall. 3rd ed. Reston:
The National Council of Teachers of Mathematics, 2000. Print.
This source provides the National Principles and Standards for School Mathematics.
This is also a very important source because as a teacher we must try to incorporate these
standards into each lesson.
"SC Standards: Math Precalculus." N.d. PDF file.
This PDF file contains the South Carolina Standards for Precalculus. Similar to the
National Standards, the South Carolina Standards go more in depth on exactly what must
be taught.
SMART Exchange. SMART Technologies, 2010. Website.
From the SMART Exchange website I have found templates that can be used on the
Smart Board. I plan to use a Jeopardy template when doing practice problems to try and
make it more fun.
"Solving Polynomial Equations." Oak Road Systems. N.p., 13 Sept. 2009. Web. 29 Sept.
2010. <http://oakroadsystems.com/math/polysol.htm>.
This is a great website that goes over the steps for solving polynomial equations. It
breaks each step down and gives a lot of helpful information for solving equations.
Spector, Lawrence. "Polynomial Functions." The Math Page. N.p., 2010. Web. 29 Sept.
2010. <http://www.themathpage.com/aprecalc/polynomial.htm>.
This website contains important vocabulary that will be needed in my lesson. This refers
back to being literate in the content area. This website is a great source for definitions
and examples
"The History of Polynomial Equations." Vimagic. disclaimer.de., 1999. Web. 29 Sept.
2010. <http://www.vimagic.de/hope/>.
This website gives the history of polynomial equations. I used this site when writing the
history part of my history and technology component. This could also be used in the
lesson to give facts about polynomial equations.
Thinkfinity. Verizon Foundation, 2010. Web. 29 Sept. 2010.
<http://www.thinkfinity.org/>.
Thinkfinity is a great website that has lesson plans and interactive tools that can be used
in the classroom. They are a fun approach to learning the material. This is also a
great use of technology in a lesson.