Knott County Schools
2012-2013 Mathematics Curriculum
Algebra I
Days
Topic
KCAS
2
Order of
Operations
Prerequisites
N.RN.3
Student Friendly Learning Target(s)
Unit 1: Prerequisites
 I can set up and solve
problems following the
correct order of operations
(including proportions,
percent, and absolute
value) with rational
numbers (integers,
fractions, and decimals)
Activities
Assessments
TB/WB 1.3
Pre-Test
Benchmark 1
with Constructed
Response
Hippocampus 1.1
Number Line
Activity (Number
Line Shuffle)
1
GCF/LCM
Prerequisites

I can find the greatest
common factor and least
common multiple of a set
of whole numbers.
TI-84 Practice
2
Additive and
Multiplicative
Inverses
Prerequisites

I can use rational numbers
to demonstrate knowledge
of additive and
multiplicative inverses.
Power point –
Esquared
opposites
Fist of Five
Red and Blue Tiles
(Building
Opposites #1)
Integer Card
Games (Salute,
Hit Me)
1
Ratios
Prerequisites

I can simplify ratios.
BR pg. 771
TB 3.4
Knott County Schools
2012-2013 Mathematics Curriculum
Algebra I
2
2
Scientific
Notation
Rational
Numbers
Prerequisites

I can use scientific notation.
Lesson 2 Coach
Prerequisites

I can add, subtract, multiply
and divide rational
numbers.
Worksheet Allowance Boards
Calculator BR
BR Active Math
PP
Add/Subtract
with
manipulatives
Using patterns to
develop
multiplication
rules
Integer card
games (Integer
Rummy, Hit Me,
Multiplication and
Division Capture,
Choose Your Op)
Unit 1 Exam - 20
MC, 1 CR
2
1
Evaluate and
Simplify
Expressions
Expressions
Real-World
N.RN.3
N.RN.3
Unit 2 : Number Sense
 I can evaluate and simplify
expressions requiring
addition, subtraction,
multiplication and division
with and without grouping
symbols.

I can translate real world
problems into expression
Worksheet Naming the
pieces
BR Tiles
Red/Blue Tiles
TB 1.1
TB 1.1
Exit Slip
Knott County Schools
2012-2013 Mathematics Curriculum
Algebra I
using variables to represent
values.
I can apply algebraic
properties (commutative,
associative, distributive,
identity, inverse,
substitution) to simplify
algebraic expressions.
1
Simplify
Algebraic
Expressions
Using
Properties
N.RN.3

2
Add/Subtract
Polynomials
A.SSE.1a

I can add and subtract
polynomials.
Red/Blue Tiles
Red/Blue Tiles
F.BF.1b
2
Factoring
Monomials
A.SSE.2

I can factor a monomial
from a polynomial.
2
Multiplying
Monomials,
Binomials,
Polynomials
F.BF.1b

I can multiply monomials,
binomials, and polynomials.
1
Mean, Median,
Mode, Range
6
Data
Interpretation
A.APR.1
Unit 3: Data Relations, Probability, and Statistics
Pre-requisite
 I can identify the effect on
skills
mean, median, mode and
range when a set of data is
changed.
S.ID.1
S.ID.2
S.ID.3

I can interpret data from
line, bar, and circle graphs,
histograms, scatterplots,
box-and-whisker plots,
Properties
Cut/Paste WS
Bell Ringer on
algebraic
properties – 5
questions
Exit Slip on Add,
sub, and factor
polynomials
Box Method
Multiplication
Mat
TB 1.6
Activity Lab:
Interpreting
Graphs TB 38-39
Unit 2 Exam – 15
MC, 1 CR
Bell Ringer on
Mean, Median,
Mode and Range
– 5 questions
Knott County Schools
2012-2013 Mathematics Curriculum
Algebra I
S.ID.5
S.ID.6a

2
Line of Best Fit
S.ID.6a

stem-and-leaf plots, and
frequency tables to draw
inferences and make
predictions.
I can identify the most
efficient way to display
data.
Activity Lab: Box
and Whisker Plots
TB 53-54
I can identify an
approximate line of best fit
to model and make
predictions
TI 84 Line of Best
Fit Activity
2
Arithmetic
Sequences
F.FB.2

I can identify arithmetic
sequences and patterns in a
set of data.
2
Exponential
Growth
A.CED.1

I can identify patterns of
growth (exponential) in a
set of data.
F.IF.7e
1
Probability of a
Simple Event

I can find the probability of
a simple event.
1
Independent
and Dependent
Events

I can distinguish between
independent and
dependent events.
Benchmark I Assessment
Unit 4: Expressions, Equations, and Inequalities
TI 84 Scatterplot
Quiz on Data – 10
MC, 1 CR
Ball Bounce
Activity
Turnover Cards
Coach Lesson 5
TB 5.7
Group Activity
Individual
Practice
Activity Lab:
Fitting
Exponential
Curves to Data
TB 474
TB 12.7
TB 2.7
Unit 3 Exam – 20
MC, 2 CR
Knott County Schools
2012-2013 Mathematics Curriculum
Algebra I
5
Single and
Multi-Step
Equations
A.CED.1
A.REI.3

I can solve single-step and
multi-step equations in one
variable.
Inequalities
A.CED.1

I can solve single, multi, and
compound inequalities.
2
Absolute Value
Equations
A.CED.1

I can solve equations that
contain absolute value.
2
Specified
Variable
A.CED.1

I can solve formulas for a
specified variable.
4
Slope-Intercept
Form
F.IF.6

I can write and graph linear
equations in slope intercept
form when given two
points, a point and the
slope, or the graph.
S.ID.7
2
Direct and
Inverse
Variation
The Big X Game
Pre-Test
Benchmark 2
with Constructed
Response
Number Trick
Equation Match
A.REI.1
3
Red/Blue Tiles

I can identify, formulate,
and obtain solutions to
problems involving direct
Balancing
Equations
Organizer
Turnover Cards
TB CH 4
Kutasoftware.com
Activity Lab:
Exploring
Absolute Value
Functions TB 358
Quiz on solving
equations – 10
questions
Journal entry on
solving
equations,
inequalities and
absolute value
TB 6.8
Transforming
Formulas
TB 140
CH 6
Active Math
Summer 2012
Activities
Height vs.
Armspan
Quiz on Slopeintercept form –
10 questions
Knott County Schools
2012-2013 Mathematics Curriculum
Algebra I
and inverse variation.
5
Systems of
Equations
A.REI.5

A.REI.6
A.REI.10
I can solve systems of two
equations using various
methods, including
elimination, substitution,
and graphing
A.REI.11
Activity Lab:
Inverse Variation
TB 291
5.5, 5.6
Activity Labs:
Solving Systems
Using Tables and
Graphs
Using Algebra
Tiles
TB 380-381
Graphic
Organizers for
Elimination,
Substitution, and
Graphing
3
2
Graphing Linear
Inequalities
Domain and
Range of
Relations and
Functions
Benchmark 2 Assessment
Unit 5: Graphs, Relations, and Functions
A.REI.12
 I can graph linear
inequalities in one variable
on the real number line.
 I can graph linear
inequalities with two
variables on the coordinate
plane.
F.IF.2
F.IF.4

I can give the domain and
range of relations and
functions.
TB 4.1
TB 7.5
Active Math
Summer 2012
Activities
CH 5
Lesson 27 Coach
Individual
practice
Unit 4 Exam – 25
MC, 2 CR
Pre-Test
Benchmark 3
with Constructed
Response
Knott County Schools
2012-2013 Mathematics Curriculum
Algebra I
1
Evaluating
Functions
F.BF.1a

I can evaluate functions at
given values.
Lesson 26 Coach
1
Relations and
Functions
F.IF.2

I can identify graphs of
relations and functions and
analyze them to determine
whether a relation is a
function (vertical line test).
TB 5.6
Lesson 27 Coach
1
Points and Lines
Pre-requisite
skills

I can use the terminology
associated with the
Cartesian plane in
describing points and lines.
Graphing on the
Coordinate Plane
TB 24
Quiz - Vocabulary
3
Slope
F.IF.6

I can recognize the concept
of slope as a rate of change
and determine the slope
when given the equation of
a line in standard form,
slope intercept form, the
graph of a line, two points,
or a verbal description.
I can graph a linear
equation using a table of
values, x- and y-intercepts,
slope-intercept form, and
technology.
TI 84 Graphing
Activities
Individual activity
S.ID.7

Kuta Software
Cockroach
Algebra Online
Exit slip on
evaluating
functions – 2
questions
Knott County Schools
2012-2013 Mathematics Curriculum
Algebra I
2
5
Representations
of Functions
and Relations
Factoring
F.IF.2

I can translate between
representations of relations
and functions: graphs,
equations, ordered pairs,
verbal descriptions, and
tables.
Benchmark 3 Assessment
Unit 6: Quadratic Equations and inequalities
A.SSE.1a
 I can factor perfect square
trinomials and the
A.SSE.3a
difference of two squares.
 I can factor trinomials in the

form ax 2 + bx + c.
I can factor perfect square
trinomials and the
difference of two squares
NAGS
Unit 5 Exam – 20
MC, 2 CR
Factoring Card
Game
Boxes Organizer
Multiplication
Mats
Pre-Test
Benchmark 4
with Constructed
Response
Bell Ringer on
factoring
monomials – 5
questions
Quiz on factoring
– 10 questions
3
Quadratics
F.IF.7a

F.IF.8a


I can solve quadratic
equations using multiple
methods, including
graphing, factoring, and the
square root principle.
I can identify graphs of
quadratic functions.
I can relate factors,
solutions (roots), zeros of
TI 84 Calculator
Activities
Kuta Software
CH 10
Individual
calculator
activities
Knott County Schools
2012-2013 Mathematics Curriculum
Algebra I
related functions, and xintercepts in equations that
arise from quadratic
functions.
4
Properties of
Exponents
3
Rational
Expressions
Unit 7: Rational and Radical Expressions, Equations, and Functions
A.SSE.3c
TI 84 Calculator
 I can use properties of
Exponents
exponents to evaluate and
Program
simplify expressions.
N.RN.1

N.RN.2



4
Radical
Expressions
Unit 6 Exam – 20
MC, 2 CR
N.RN.1

N.RN.2

I can evaluate and simplify
rational expressions.
I can add, subtract, multiply
and divide rational
expressions.
I can find rational number
square roots and
approximate irrational
square roots.
I can simplify an algebraic
quotient by rationalizing an
irrational denominator.
I can evaluate and simplify
radical expressions.
I can multiply radical
expressions.
TB 8.1, 8.3, 8.5
TB 12.2, 12.5,
12.3, 12.4, 12.6
Individual
activities
Bell Ringer on
properties of
exponents – 5
questions
Exit slip on
rational
expressions – 5
questions
CH 11
Real World
Problem Solving
TB 617
Journal entry
comparing
rational and
radical
expressions
Knott County Schools
2012-2013 Mathematics Curriculum
Algebra I
Unit 7 Exam – 15
MC, 2 CR
Benchmark 4 Assessment