This ground-breaking program, developed in partnership with North Carolina math educators, takes your students all the way from concrete experiences to reasoning discussion and communication and representation. The seven units in North Carolina Foundations of Algebra are:
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Different Forms of Numbers
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Everything Based on Tens
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Working with Integers
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Simplifying Numerical Expressions
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Simplifying Algebraic Expressions and Solving Equations
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Linear Relationships
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Working with Data
Every unit includes:
Each day's lesson contains warm-up activities, direct and guided instruction, example dialogue passages to model classroom discourse, worksheets and activity templates, and formative assessment journal prompts. You'll also appreciate the many activities cross-referenced to the Marilyn Burns Fraction Kit and Henry Borenson's Hands-On Equations.
The entire program comes packaged in an easy-to-use, easy-to-adapt 3-ring binder accompanied by a CD-ROM containing all of the material on a searchable PDF. Student workbooks are also available. Format North Carolina Foundations of Algebra as a one-semester course (90 days of instruction, 90 minutes per day) or a full-year class.
