For some students approaching high school, Algebra looms ahead as a fearful, threatening, and sadly misunderstood class. Christian Light's Algebra 1 course takes the fear and misunderstandings out of the equation.
This Algebra 1 textbook teaches concepts in small increments and then continuously reviews and builds upon those concepts to help students retain and master the material. Students will appreciate the reference numbers after each direction line that indicate the lessons where the concept was previously taught. "Math in History notes throughout the textbook spark students' interest and broaden their knowledge.
The textbook is divided into 10 units with a total of 160 lessons.
Offering an incremental, spiral approach, CLE Algebra offers a consistent systematic review to help students thoroughly learn the concepts. Topically, students learn absolute value, variables, ratios and percents, exponents, roots and radicals, polynomials, radicals, binomials, graphing, linear algebra, quadratic equations, probability and much more. You may choose one of two options for teaching this course: a full-color, hardcover Textbook or the reusable soft cover LightUnits. The same scope of concepts is covered. The LightUnits use the same methodology as the elementary Sunrise Math. Textbook lessons have been edited for clarity, and user friendliness. Text lessons use the same Sunrise review and an incremental approach to teaching. Each lesson begins with a new concept explanation and examples. Students then complete "Today's lesson" problems to practice the new concept. Review problems from previous lessons follow. Small reference numbers are included to identify the lesson where the concept was previously taught. Lessons conclude with a few additional practice problems related to the new concept taught in the lesson. Lessons 5,10, and 16 of every unit are quiz and test lessons, and include an optional enrichment activity. Compared to the Unit lessons, the Textbook lessons are sequenced differently and are not interchangeable. Either option requires the purchase of separate tests and quizzes, answer keys and/or solutions. Necessary components for the Textbook Approach include the Textbook, the Solutions Key 1-5 and 6-10, and the Tests & Quizzes. The Solutions Keys include solutions to the textbook and the tests and quizzes. Components for the LightUnit Approach are the set of 10 consumable units (students write directly in the units), and the Solutions Key 1-5 and 6-10. The test and quizzes are included in the LightUnits. Note that the Preliminary edition for Algebra 1 is now out of print and does not align with the Sunrise edition. ~ Deanne
