This is a crash course on the language we use surrounding polynomials! This resource contains notes, a student worksheet, AND a Formative Assessment specially designed for EASEL by TPT. The 1st page is entirely notes on polynomials (split into monomials, binomials, and trinomials), includes examples and non-examples, labeled diagrams, and Language Connections.The 2nd page contains student questions organized in a tabular format.Identifying degree and leading coefficient of monomialsIdentifying d