On our first Tuesday class (9/8) the algebra 2 students will be given a test to evaluate their current abilities and to determine if they are in the correct class.

I will assign the first four lessons of the textbook and the required homework to be turned in the following Tuesday (9/15).

First homework is due Tuesday, 9/15.

First test: Tuesday, 10/6.

Recommended review prior to the first class day (9/8):

1. How to multiply two large numbers, including decimals
2. How to perform long division, including decimals
3. Fractions – adding, subtracting, multiplying
4. Percents
5. Unit conversions
6. Solve equations by adding a number to both sides.
7. Solve equations by multiplying both sides by a number.
8. Surface areas and volumes
9. Variables with exponents
10. Inequalities

The first day of class will be Tuesday, 9/8, at 11:00 am.

We will be meeting one day per week. Tuesdays, 11:00 – 1:00 pm.

Please order the textbook now, if you haven’t already: Saxon’s Algebra 2, An Incremental Development, 3rd edition. Please make sure you purchase the third edition.

Your student should bring to class every day:

The textbook
Scientific calculator (not graphing)
A pencil or pen (black or blue ink)
Paper: Standard-size loose leaf white college-ruled lined paper

Size: either 8.5 by 11 inch or 8 by 10.5 inch. Please not smaller.
Homework and tests should be turned in on this type of paper.
Please, no spiral notebook paper, or graph paper, or other colors of paper than white.
Spiral notebooks may be used for taking notes, but not required.