Welcome to El Toro's Freshman Academic Advantage program
FAA PROGRAM INFO, NEWS and RESOURCES

PROGRAM OVERVIEW

An overview of the program can be found here.

Basic CONTACT INFORMATION about the FAA program can be found here.

 

PROGRAM NEWS

Parent orientation meeting, September 15, 6:30pm in room 201 INFO coming

 

PROGRAM RESOURCES

Parent/student resource: Seeking Math Success Download here

Parent/student resource: Roadblocks to Academic Success  Download here

TRACKING ASSIGNMENTS in ENGLISH 1 and ALGEBRA 1

     Freshman parents and students are familiar with class websites that list daily class assignments and provide copies of class handouts. Although some classes in high school continue this practice, the FAA program places a high premium on the responsibility of each student for tracking daily assignments and retaining class handouts without the use of a computer. (Many students in the program do not have daily access to a computer, making every student's responsibility for tracking of assignments and retention of handouts even more important). This site is a resource for students and parents who have access to a computer.

     Parents and students with access to a computer who wish to track completed assignments and scores may do so through the SVUSD Family Portal. Instructions for connecting to the Family Portal can be found on the El Toro High School website or by contacting the ETHS Guidance Department.

     Students with questions about completed assignments or assignment scores are invited to contact Mr. Archer at appropriate times during the school day. Parents with questions about completed assignments or assignment scores are invited to email Mr. Archer at archerr@svusd.org

     Copies of selected classroom handouts are posted on this site as a convenience for students who may have lost a copy of the one received in class or for parents who are curious about the work being done in class. The handouts and assignments listed on this page may not be a complete list, so students and parents are encouraged to arrange for record keeping that depends on the student's ability to track all assignments and due dates without the aid of an online webpage. Students who request and receive duplicate copies of class handouts  from Mr. Archer will be charged a 10 minute detention, so students are urged to never lose any class handouts.

CURRENT ENGLISH 1 LINKS & RESOURCES

LINKS TO SELECTED ASSIGNMENT HANDOUTS

2010-11 Class assumptions are here.  due 9/21

 

SELECTED VOCABULARY HANDOUT LINKS

None at this time

PREVIOUS ENGLISH 1 LINKS & RESOURCES

PREVIOUS ASSIGNMENT HANDOUT LINKS

None at this time 

 

PREVIOUS VOCABULARY HANDOUT LINKS

None at this time 

CURRENT ALGEBRA 1 RESOURCES

RESOURCE HANDOUTS

Algebra Commando Rules for solving equations

RDLFSA system for solving word problems

download CST released questions here

 

RESOURCE WEBSITES

Brightstorm.com (requires setting up free user account)

PHSchool.com (quizzes for every book section and additional resources--higly recommended!) use web code  aek-0099

Algebra 2 Go from Saddleback College

CoolMath.com

HotMath.com   (selected answers from the text)

PurpleMath.com

BRIGHTSTORM.COM VIDEO RESOURCES

Click on the links below for Brightstorm.com help. Don't forget to set up your free account first (home page > click Login in top right corner) Brightstorm video segments don't always match exact text sections, but will generally be close.

Video help for chapters 1-6 is coming soon

Chapter 7

7-1 video help #1
7-1 video help #2

7-1 video help #3

7-2 video help

7-3 video help

7-4  video help   (
use all lessons on the bar at the left of the webpage except "work" problems
7-5 video help
7-6 video help

Chapter 8

8-1 video help
8-1 video help #2
8-2 video help
8-3 video help  (this video covers multiplication and division--division is in chapter 8 section 5, so return here for help if needed in 8-5)
8-3 video help  (some parts of this video apply to 8-3 and 8-5, as well)

Chapter 9

section 9-1 adding and subtracting polynomials 9-1

 

MULTIPLYING POLYNOMIALS sections 9-2 to 9-4

greatest common factors 9-2

multiplying polynomials and binomials 9-2

polynomials and area 9-3

binomial special cases 9-4

larger polynomials 9-4

 

FACTORING POLYNOMIALS sections 9-5 to 9-8

factoring trinomials where a=1 

factoring trinomials where a isn't  1

the difference of perfect squares

trinomial special cases part 1

factoring by grouping