Grade: 8th Grade
Course: Pre-Algebra
Discipline: Math
Objectives:
Unit
Frogs, Fleas, & Painted Cubed
Local Objective
NO2C Students will apply properties of operations to rational numbers, including order of operations and inverse operations.
AR1B Students will generalize patterns represented graphically or numerically using words or symbolic rules, including explicit
notation.
AR1C Students will compare and contrast various forms of representations of patterns.
AR3A Students will model and solve problems, using multiple representations such as graphs, tables, equations, or inequalities.
GS4A Students will create isometric drawings from a given mat plan.
GS4B Students will draw or use visual models to represent and solve problems.
Unit
Dilation (Shrinking/Enlarging - Missing in CMP2)
Local Objective
GS3B Students will describe the relationship between the scale factor and the area of the image using a dilation (stretching/shrinking).
Unit
Thinking w/ Math Models
Local Objective
NO1B Students will use fractions, decimals and percents to solve problems.
NO2C Students will apply properties of operations to rational numbers, including order of operations and inverse operations.
AR1B Students will generalize patterns represented graphically or numerically using words or symbolic rules, including recursive
notation.
AR1C Students will compare and contrast various forms of representations of patterns.
AR1D Students will compare properties of linear functions between or among tables, graphs and equations.
AR2A Students will use symbolic algebra to represent and solve problems that involve linear relationships, including recursive
relationships.
AR3A Students will model and solve problems, using multiple representations such as graphs, tables, equations or inequalities.
AR4A Students will analyze the nature of changes (including slope and intercepts) in quantities in linear relationships.
MS2D Students will analyze precision and accuracy in measurement situations and determine number of significant digits.
GS4B Students will draw or use visual models to represent and solve problems.
Unit
Growing, Growing, Growing
Local Objective
NO1A Students will compare and order rational and percents, including finding their approximate locations on a number line.
NO1B Students will use fractions, decimals and percents to solve problems.
NO1C Students will recognize equivalent representations for the same number and generate them by decomposing and composing
numbers, including scientific notation.
AR1B Students will generalize patterns represented graphically or numerically using words or symbolic rules, including recursive
notation.
AR1C Students will compare and contrast various forms of representations of patterns.
AR3A Students will model and solve problems, using multiple representations such as graphs, tables, equations or inequalities.
GS4B Students will draw or use visual models to represent and solve problems.
Unit
Looking for Pythagoras
Local Objective
AR1D Students will compare properties of linear functions between or among tables, graphs and equations.
AR4A Students will analyze the nature of changes (including slope and intercepts) in quantities in linear relationships.
MS2D Students will analyze precision and accuracy in measurement situations and determine number of significant digits.
GS1A Students will describe, classify and generalize relationships between and among types of a) 2D objects and b) 3D objects using
their defining properties including > Pythagorean Theorem.
GS4B Students will create isometric drawings from a given mat plan.
Unit
Kaleidoscopes, Hucaps, and Mirrors
Local Objective
MS2D Students will analyze precision and accuracy in measurement situations and determine number of significant digits.
GS1A Students will describe, classify and generalize relationships between and among types of a) 2D objects and b) 3D objects using
their defining properties including > Pythagorean Theorem.
GS2A Students will use coordinate geometry to analyze properties of right triangles and quadrilaterals (including the use of the
Pythagorean Theorem).
GS3A Students will reposition shapes under formal transformations, such as reflection, rotation and translation.
GS3C Students will identify the number of rotational symmetries of regular polygons.
GS4B Students will draw or use visual models to represent and solve problems.
MS2B Solve problems of angle measure, including those involving triangles and parallel lines cut by a transversal.
Unit
Precision and Accuracy with Measurement (Missing in CMP2 Series)
Local Objective
MS2D-Students will analyze precision and accuracy in measurement situations and determine number of significant digits. (DOK 3)
MS2B-Students will solve problems of angle measure, including those involving triangles and parallel lines cut by a transversal. They
will use rulers to determine the measure lengths in customary and metric measures to the nearest 1/16 inches and 1 mm respectively.
(DOK 2)
GS4B-Students will use or draw visual models to represent and solve problems used for MS2C. (DOK 3)
Unit
Samples and Populations
Local Objective
DP1C Students will select, create and use appropriate graphical representation of data (including scatter plots) and box plots (box and
whiskers).
DP2A Students will find, use and interpret measures of center, outliers and spread, including range and interquartile range.
DP2B Students will compare different representations of the same data and evaluate how well each representation shows important
aspects of the data.
DP3A Students will make conjectures about possible relationships between 2 characteristics of a sample on the basis of scatter plots of
the data and approximate lines of fit.
MS2D Students will analyze precision and accuracy in measurement situations and determine number of significant digits.
Unit
Say It with Symbols
Local Objective
AR1B - Students will generalize patterns represented graphically or numerically using words or symbolic rules, including explicit
notation. (DOK2)
AR2B - Use properties to generate equivalent forms for simple algebraic expressions that include all rational.
AR3A - Students will model and solve problems, using multiple representations such as graphs, tables, equations or inequalities.
(DOK 2 & 3)
GS4B - Students will draw or use visual models to represent and solve problems. (DOK 1,2, & 3)
Unit
The Shapes of Algebra
Local Objective
AR1D Students will compare properties of linear functions between functions between or among tables, graphs and equations.
AR2A Students will use symbolic algebra to represent and solve problems that involve linear relationships.
AR3A Students will model and solve problems, using multiple representations such as graphs, tables, equations or inequalities.
AR4A Students will analyze the nature of changes (including slope and intercepts) in quantities in linear relationships.