Enrolling Now for 2026-27 School Year.
Enrolling Now for 2026-27 School Year.
Pre-Algebra Learning Coach Guide Contents Part A:Welcome to Pre-Algebra Welcome Letter Dear Learning Coach, Thank you for partnering with CCA and investing in your learner’s education. This Learning Coach Guide is intended to help you support your learner in their Pre-Algebra course. Within this guide, you will find the goals, components, and features of the online course. Please take time to read and review this information so you understand how to help your learner interact with all the course’s elements. The Learning Coach Guide also includes information about each of the units in this course. On each page of unit information, you will discover the following. The Unit Overview will tell you what the focus, content, and skills of the unit will be. The Unit Assessment section is a place for you and your learner to preview the graded work in the course. At the start of each unit, work with your learner to look at the unit in edio and find out which types of graded work are in this unit. Write them in the box and use it as a checklist. You can check off each one as your learner completes it. The Unit Materials section tells you the materials your learner will need to complete the activities in this unit. You will also find the materials list repeated within each lesson so that your learner has exactly what they need at the right time. The Unit Discussion Questions are optional questions that you may want to ask your learner during the unit to increase home and school connections about what your learner is studying. In the Unit Notables section, you may find optional activities, career connections, or ideas to help your learner if they get stuck. CCA wishes you and your learner a terrific school year! Supporting Your Learner Your role as a Learning Coach is very important. Here are a few ways you can help your learner do their very best in the course. Help your learner know what time guided or live class instruction is scheduled for, and prompt them to attend sessions or watch recordings. Remember, it is okay for your learner to get stuck. Learning new material takes time. Encourage them to take breaks, keep trying, and even ask the teacher for help. Help your learner navigate technology. That may mean helping them type information or upload work into edio. Always encourage your learner to do their very best. Review the course syllabus for your learner’s course. Maintain communication with your learner’s teacher. Part B:Course Information Course Goals In Pre-Algebra, your learner will build upon foundational math skills from Math 8 by mastering expressions with exponents and roots, solving linear equations and inequalities, and using ratios and proportions for problem-solving. They will also learn about linear relationships and solving systems of equations. Your learner will begin to develop their understanding of basic geometry concepts through an algebraic perspective and be introduced to probability and statistics. By the end of the year, your learner will be able to: develop an understanding of the real number system; simplify and evaluate algebraic expressions, including the use of exponents and roots; develop the ability to solve linear equations and inequalities, both one-step and multi-step, and understand their applications in real-life scenarios; gain proficiency in working with ratios and proportions and apply these concepts to solve problems related to similarity and scale; develop the fundamentals of linear relationships, including slope and y-intercept, and explore how to represent and interpret linear functions; develop the skills to solve systems of linear equations using various methods, such as graphing, substitution, and elimination; explore basic geometry concepts from an algebraic perspective, with the use of the coordinate plane; utilize the concept of probability in making predictions and decisions; and develop the concept of statistics by interpreting data, and creating various types of graphs and charts to represent data visually. Course Format Lesson Components: Each day, your learner will spend 45–60 minutes completing a math lesson. Some days may take less time, while other days may take a little more time. The lesson does not need to be completed in one sitting. Encourage your learner to take short breaks as they need. This section will help you to understand how your learner’s course is structured in edio. Lesson Bundling: Within the lesson bundles, there are different components your learner will interact with. These components will not be used every day. 1. Getting Started Lesson: There is one Getting Started lesson in this course. It can be found on Day 1 of Unit 1. This lesson includes important information about the course and contact information for your teacher. 2. Unit Overview: Each unit will include a unit overview. This describes what your learner will learn in the unit and how many assessments the unit will have. 3. Prep for Success: At the beginning of each unit, your learner will find a Prep for Success. This component offers learners tips to be successful in the course, such as study tips, important software information, safety reminders, and more. 4. Knowledge Check: There will be one Knowledge Check in each unit. The Knowledge Check is designed to check prior learning and understanding about key skills and concepts taught in the unit. The Knowledge Check is not a graded assessment. Each lesson has its own components to help guide your learner through the lesson. Warm Up: At the beginning of every lesson, your learner will see the Warm Up. This bundle contains lesson objectives, lesson vocabulary, materials your learner will need for the lesson, and the suggested lesson length. Your learner will then complete a short activity to preview a topic in the lesson and will hear from peers about approaches, observations, or questions about the activity. 2. Explore: The second bundle of the lesson is Explore. This bundle is divided intothree parts. Engage: In this part, learners will be introduced to concepts in the lesson by making a connection to careers, applications, other disciplines, or past and present knowledge to get them interested in the lesson’s instruction. Discover: New content and instruction are presented in the Discover section. Your learner will interact with the lesson content through defined vocabulary terms, videos, audio, and Pause and Think activities. Your learner will be able to practice and answer questions as they work through the lesson. Show: Learners will demonstrate what they have learned in the lesson through a series of practice questions. Optional: More to Explore: This section will contain additional information related to the day’s lesson. 3. Practice and Skill Builders: Some lessons will have the third bundle of the lesson as Practice and Skill Builders. Practice: This part will contain 2 to 3 questions on the day’s content and 1 to 2 spiraling questions from past lessons or units. Skill Builders: If a Skill Builder is included in the day’s activities, your learner will choose from three activities to complete one or more. These activities are gamified versions of mathematical topics designed to encourage critical thinking. Summary: This section recaps the day’s objectives and notifies learners of a future lesson or assessment. The course includes assignments. These graded assignments allow your learner to show what they have learned and apply their new skills. All CCA assignments include these components. 1. Assessment Overview: Your learner will see the assessment overview at the beginning of each assessment. This section contains the goals of the assessment, materials your learner will need, length of the assessment, and directions for completion. 2. Plan: In the Plan section, learners will be introduced to the assignment. Learners may be provided with a review of content from the previous lessons, strategies for completing the activity, graphic organizers, and grading rubrics. 3. Do: Learners put their plan into action and work to complete the assignment successfully. This section also provides the grading expectations and/or rubric the teacher will use to grade the work. 4. Reflect: In Reflect, learners will think back to the work they completed. They will reflect upon the experience and analyze how well they completed the task. These moments of reflection are important and allow learners to think about their learning and their work habits. In addition to assignments, this course also includes quizzes and tests. 1. Quiz Review: Before a quiz, learners will have the opportunity to review the content they will be assessed on in a quiz. 2. Quiz: A quiz may be given at the end of a topic or the end of a unit. A quiz will usually be worth 10–15 points. 3. Test Review: Before a test, learners will have the opportunity to review the content they will be assessed on in the test. 4. Test: A test will assess learning across topics or at the end of a unit. A test is usually worth 25–50 points. Course Features This course includes and uses unique features such as: GeoGebra Interactive Activities: A digital math tool learners can use to access free online scientific, graphing, or CAS calculator and virtual math interactives. Learners will use the GeoGebra calculator and interactives to solve problems and produce graphical representations as needed. Lesson Companion: This course utilizes a framework of notes for learners to complete while exploring each lesson. Learners will be able to keep track of the concepts and vocabulary learned in the lesson and use the companion as an effective study guide for this course and future math courses. Extra Practice Workbook: Each topic will include extra practice problems that align with the lessons. These are optional problems that come with an answer key before each unit test. Learners can utilize this resource to further understand the skills covered in each lesson that will be assessed on the quizzes and tests. Part C:Unit Information The Real Number System Unit Overview In this unit, your learner will explore the real number system. They will review important skills like understanding how integers, fractions, decimals, and percents work. They will also dive into exponents and learn about radicals like square and cube roots. By the end of this unit, your learner will understand how these different types of numbers form the complete real number system. Unit Assessments Have your learner identify which assessment type they see in their unit. Check all that apply. Unit Discussion Questions Why does knowing how to manipulate fraction help you when changing a recipe? What might be a reason why some people prefer decimals over fraction form? What are you looking forward to learning about in this course? Unit Notables In this unit, your learner will take their knowledge of fractions and apply it to adjust a recipe to serve twenty times more people. Your learners will also expand their knowledge of repeated multiplication and the inverse of it. Kit Materials dry erase board, dry erase flash cards, dry erase marker, Pre-Algebra Extra Practice Workbook, Pre-Algebra Lesson Companion, ruler, TI-30XIIS calculator Household Materials pencil Quiz _________________________ Test _________________________ Assignment ________________ Project _____________________ Exam _______________________ Algebraic Expressions Unit Overview In this unit, your learner will learn about algebraic expressions, from translating words into math to combining like terms and using the distributive property. They will discover monomials and how they relate to exponents and acquire skills in scientific notation. Unit Assessments Have your learner identify which assessment type they see in their unit. Check all that apply. Unit Discussion Questions Can you explain what a like term is? What are some careers that would use scientific notation? What would you like to learn more about? Unit Notables In this unit, your leaner will see how variables can be used as a placeholder to values they do not know yet or as abbreviations to items they are using. For example, when shopping at the store, the variable p can be used as a placeholder for pants while j could be used for jacket. Kit Materials dry erase board, dry erase marker, Pre-Algebra Extra Practice Workbook, Pre-Algebra Lesson Companion, TI-30XIIS calculator Household Materials pencil Quiz _________________________ Test _________________________ Assignment ________________ Project _____________________ Exam _______________________ Equations and Inequalities Unit Overview In this unit, your learner will develop the core algebra skill of solving equations. They will focus on understanding the properties of equality and the importance of their order. They will explore the differences between equations and inequalities in terms of finding solutions. Unit Assessments Have your learner identify which assessment type they see in their unit. Check all that apply. Unit Discussion Questions How are equations and inequalities different? What is a method you can use to remember which inequality symbol is less than or greater than? What did you like about this unit? Unit Notables In this unit, learners will understand the act of manipulating an equation by keeping it balanced. Learners will see special cases of equations that have no solution and infinitely many solutions. Kit Materials dry erase board, dry erase flash cards, dry erase marker, Pre-Algebra Extra Practice Workbook, Pre-Algebra Lesson Companion, TI-30XIIS calculator Household Materials pencil Quiz _________________________ Test _________________________ Assignment ________________ Project _____________________ Exam _______________________ Ratios, Proportions, and Similarity Unit Overview In this unit, your learner will discover ratios and their applications in real world. They will start by understanding what ratios are and how they compare quantities. Then they will learn about proportional and non-proportional relationships. They will learn how to solve proportions and be given opportunities to explore how these concepts are applied to real-world situations. Unit Assessments Have your learner identify which assessment type they see in their unit. Check all that apply. Unit Discussion Questions What have you learned about the importance of ratios in comparing quantities? How do ratios and proportions apply to everyday situations? What was an unexpected challenge you faced in this unit? Unit Notables In this unit, your learner will apply their understanding of scale drawings to create their own game character based on provided characteristics. Kit Materials dry erase board, dry erase marker, Pre-Algebra Extra Practice Workbook, Pre-Algebra Lesson Companion, ruler, TI-30XIIS calculator Household Materials pencil Quiz _________________________ Test _________________________ Assignment ________________ Project _____________________ Exam _______________________ Linear Relationships and Functions Unit Overview In this unit, your learner will learn about relations, functions, and graphs. They will explore different ways to represent relations, like through mappings, tables, lists, and graphs. This will help them organize and analyze data effectively. They will develop the necessary skills for interpreting graphs, understanding how to extract information from a graph, and key features from different types of graphs. Unit Assessments Have your learner identify which assessment type they see in their unit. Check all that apply. Unit Discussion Questions Can you teach me a skill you liked from this unit? What’s the most challenging part about reading a graph? Unit Notables In this unit, your learner will design a ski slope for the Olympic Games. They will use their knowledge of slope and analyze the functionality of the slope they designed. Kit Materials dry erase board, dry erase marker, Pre-Algebra Extra Practice Workbook, Pre-Algebra Lesson Companion, TI-30XIIS calculator Household Materials pencil Quiz _________________________ Test _________________________ Assignment ________________ Project _____________________ Exam _______________________ Linear Systems Unit Overview In this unit, your leaner will explore the concept of linear systems and how to interpret them. They will understand that a linear system consists of a set of equations with shared solutions. They will study three methods for solving these systems: graphing, substitution, and elimination. Real-world examples will help them apply their knowledge. By the end of the unit, they will have developed problem-solving skills and the ability to interpret and solve linear systems effectively. Unit Assessments Have your learner identify which assessment type they see in their unit. Check all that apply. Unit Discussion Questions What does the point of intersection mean to a system of equations? Which method of solving a system did you find was the hardest? Unit Notables In this unit, your learner will develop their understanding of how more than one equation can relate to each other. They will see this visually by graphing and algebraically. Kit Materials colored pencils, dry erase board, dry erase marker, Pre-Algebra Extra Practice Workbook, Pre-Algebra Lesson Companion, ruler, TI-30XIIS calculator Household Materials pencil Quiz _________________________ Test _________________________ Assignment ________________ Project _____________________ Exam _______________________ Elements of Geometry Unit Overview In this unit, your learner will focus on exploring geometry topics from an algebra perspective. They will start with rigid motions and congruence, covering translations, reflections, and rotations. They will then explore dilation and scale factors in nonrigid motions. Next, they will calculate volumes of three-dimensional shapes using specific formulas. They will utilize the Pythagorean Theorem to understand the relationship between the lengths of sides in a right triangle and explore distance concepts in a coordinate plane. Unit Assessments Have your learner identify which assessment type they see in their unit. Check all that apply. Unit Discussion Questions What did you learn about distance in a coordinate plane? What was the most challenging part of this unit? Unit Notables Your learner will use and further develop their knowledge of geometry through rigid motions, nonrigid motions, Pythagorean Theorem, and volume. They will demonstrate the ability to measure distances in a coordinate plane, using the Pythagorean Theorem and coordinate geometry. Kit Materials dry erase board, dry erase marker, Pre-Algebra Extra Practice Workbook, Pre-Algebra Lesson Companion, ruler, TI-30XIIS calculator Household Materials pencil Quiz _________________________ Test _________________________ Assignment ________________ Project _____________________ Exam _______________________ Probability Unit Overview In this unit, your learner will learn about probability theory, including theoretical and experimental probability. They will practice calculating and interpreting probabilities and apply these concepts to real-world situations. They will also use tree diagrams to visualize and solve probability problems. Unit Assessments Have your learner identify which assessment type they see in their unit. Check all that apply. Unit Discussion Questions What is something you would like to learn more about from this unit? What are some reasons the likelihood of an event occurring can get more complicated to determine? Unit Notables In this unit, your learner will distinguish between independent and dependent events and understand how these distinctions impact probability calculations. Kit Materials dry erase board, dry erase marker, Pre-Algebra Extra Practice Workbook, Pre-Algebra Lesson Companion, ruler, TI-30XIIS calculator Household Materials pencil Quiz _________________________ Test _________________________ Assignment ________________ Project _____________________ Exam _______________________ Statistics Unit Overview In this unit, your learner will learn to analyze, display, and interpret data. They will learn about the distinction between quantitative and categorical data and how to create frequency tables and calculate relative frequencies. They will explore visualizing data with dot plots and histograms. They will learn about measures of central tendency and range and focus on understanding the factors that could affect the data analysis. Unit Assessments Have your learner identify which assessment type they see in their unit. Check all that apply. Unit Discussion Questions How can data be biased? What are some examples of statistic seen in everyday life? What would you like to learn more about in this unit? Unit Notables In this unit, your learner will learn effectively display data using a variety of methods and develop an understanding of choosing one method over another. Kit Materials dry erase board, dry erase marker, Pre-Algebra Extra Practice Workbook, Pre-Algebra Lesson Companion, ruler, TI-30XIIS calculator Household Materials pencil Quiz _________________________ Test _________________________ Assignment ________________ Project _____________________ Exam _______________________
Enrolling Now for 2026-27 School Year.
