Grade 8 Pacing Guide Overview 2015-2016
The Pacing Guide Overview is a quick look at the school year. It provides suggested time frames
for each unit in Connected Mathematics Project 3 across the 2015-2016 calendar year. Please
refer to the Pacing Guides for each individual instructional block for detailed information on the
alignment of curriculum, instruction, and assessment.
SLCSD Instructional Blocks
and CMP3
General Education Pacing
Instructional Block 1
 Unit 1: Thinking With Mathematical Models
Linear Relationships, Bivariate Data, Relative
Frequency
August 24 – November 11
August 24 – September 30
 Unit 2: Looking for Pythagoreus
Square and Cube Roots, Real Number System,
Pythagorean Theorem
October 1 – November 11
Instructional Block 2
 Unit 3: Growing, Growing, Growing
Exponential Expressions, Scientific Notation
November 12 – February 5
November 12 – December 18
 Unit 4: Butterflies, Pinwheels, and Wallpaper
Congruence and Similarity, and
Transformations
January 4 – February 5
Instructional Block 3
 Unit 5: Say it with Symbols
Linear Equations and Functions
Volumes of Spheres, Cones, and Cylinders
February 8 – March 18
February 8 – March 18
5 Investigations: 26 days
5 Investigations: 27 days
Interim 1: Nov. 11
5 Investigations: 24 days
4 Investigations: 24 days
Interim 2: Feb. 5
5 Investigations: 28 days
Interim 3: March 18
Instructional Block 4
 Unit 6: It’s in the System
Systems of Equations
March 28 – April 29
March 28 – April 29
4 Investigations: 25 days
Interim 4: April 29
Instructional Block 5
 Part A: SAGE Review
 Part B: Review Key Grade Concepts
https://www.engageny.org/resource/grade-8mathematics-module-4
May 2 – June 3
May 2 – May 13
May 16 – June 3