Chapter 14
Curriculum
for Prealgebra (Grade 8)
The following pages include two versions of the
Curriculum for Grade 8. The primary version incorporates references to the
Prentice-Hall Prealgebra textbook, which was recommended by the TEAM-Math
Textbook Review Team. A second version incorporates references to the Glencoe
Prealgebra textbook, which is being used in some schools which chose to align
the Grade 8 textbook selection with the high school textbook recommendations.
These two versions are the same, other than those references. The final section
of the chapter is an appendix showing the alignment of the curriculum with
assessments and textbook recommendations.
Eighth Grade
Quarter at a Glance (Incorporating Prentice-Hall)
1st SEMESTER
1st
QUARTER
UNIT ON NUMBER
Team-Building Activities, Chapter 1:1-3 (or Say It With Symbols Inv. 1) Week 1
Chapter 1:4,5,6,9 and pg 191, Ch 1 TEST Week 2
Investigation 1 Looking for Pythagoras Week 3
Investigations 2 and 3 Looking for Pythagoras, Inv 1-2 TEST Weeks 4,5,6
Investigation 4 Looking for Pythagoras (use 11-2 and 11-5 from text too) Week 7
Investigation 3-4 TEST, Chapter 4:1-4 Week 8
Ch 4:7 -9 and BENCHMARK TEST for 1st Quarter Week 9
(Additional investigations may be found in Looking for Pythagoras, Investigations 5-6)ญญญญญญญญญญญ
2ND
QUARTER
Chapter 6:2-3,5-9 and Chapter 9:5 and Chapter 11:4 , TEST Weeks 1,2
Option 1 (required for Cohort I schools, all other schools may also try)
Investigation 2-3 Say it with Symbols and TEST Weeks 3-5
Chapter 2:5,6,8-10 and Chapter 7:1-3,5-6 and TEST Weeks 6-7
Investigation 4 Say it with Symbols Week 8
SEMESTER REVIEW/ BENCHMARK TEST for 2nd Quarter and 1st Semester Week 9
OR
Option 2
Chapter 2:1-10 and Chapter 3:5-6 and TEST Weeks 3-5
Chapter 7:1-6 and TEST Weeks 6-8
SEMESTER REVIEW/ BENCHMARK TEST for 2nd Quarter and 1st Semester Week 9
3RD
QUARTER
UNIT ON GRAPHING (Choose one option.)
Option 1 (required
for Cohort I schools, all other schools may also try)
Moving Straight Ahead and TEST Week 1-6
(Additional Investigations may be found in Thinking with Mathematical Models, Growing Growing Growing, and Frogs Fleas and Painted Cubes )
OR
Option 2
Chapter 8:1-4 Week 1-2
Chapter 13:1-2 Week 3
Ch 8 and Ch 13 Test, Ch 8 Project on Rental Math pg 741 Week 4-6
(Additional Investigations may be found in Moving Straight Ahead, Thinking with Mathematical Models, Growing Growing Growing, and Frogs Fleas and Painted Cubes )
Chapter 9:1-3,7 Week 7
(Additional investigations may be found in Kaleidoscopes, Hubcaps, and Mirrors)
UNIT
ON MEASUREMENT
Chapter 3:7,
5:5, pg 292-293, 10:1-7,9, and TEST Week
8-9
And BENCHMARK TEST for 3rd Quarter
4TH
QUARTER
Option 1: (required for Cohort I schools, all other schools may also try)
Investigation 1-4 Samples and Populations and TEST Week 1-5
Chapter 8:5-6 and Chapter 12:4-9 and TEST Week 6-8
(Additional investigations may be found in Clever Counting)
SEMESTER REVIEW/ BENCHMARK TEST for 4th Quarter and 2nd Semester Week 9
OR
Option 2:
Chapter 12:1-2,Chapter 3:3, circle graphs pg 487-489, Ch 12 Project pg 743 and TEST Week 1-5
(Additional Investigations may be found in Samples and Populations)
Chapter 8:5-6 and Chapter 12:4-9 and TEST Week 6-8
(Additional investigations may be found in Clever Counting)
Semester Review and Benchmark Tests for 4th Quarter and 2nd Semester Week 9
Eighth Grade
Topics at a Glance (Incorporating Prentice-Hall)
|
Topic |
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TEAM-Math |
AHSGE |
PH |
CMP |
Documentation |
|
Identify
variable and expressions. Write variable expressions |
3, 4c |
|
I-1, VI-1, VII-5 |
Pgs. 4-5 |
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Use order of operations. Use grouping symbols |
3 |
N1d |
I-1 |
Pgs. 8-10 |
Say It with Symbols (Inv.1) |
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Evaluate variable expressions Solve problems by evaluating expressions |
3, 3a, 4c |
N1 |
I-1 |
Pgs. 14-15 |
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Represent,
graph, and order integers. Find opposites and absolute value |
1f |
N1e, N1f |
|
Pgs. 18-19 |
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|
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To use models and rules to add integers. |
1f |
N1 |
I-2 |
Pgs. 24-25 |
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To use models and rules to subtract integers. |
1f |
N1 |
I-2 |
Pgs. 30-31 |
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|
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To multiply and divide integers |
1f |
N1 |
I-2, I-3 |
Pgs. 44-46 |
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|
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To use Venn diagrams to find the GCF of two numbers. |
1b |
N1b, N2 |
I-4 |
Pg. 191 |
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|
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To use coordinates for specifying locations. To use coordinates to specify direction and distance. To connect properties of geometric shapes to coordinate representations. |
4 |
N1f |
|
Pg. 50-51 |
Looking for Pythagoras (Inv. 1) |
|
|
To find areas of polygons drawn on dot grid. To find the length of a line segment on a grid (as the side of a square) To develop the concept of square root. |
1e |
N1 |
|
|
Looking for Pythagoras (Inv. 2) |
|
|
To develop and use the Pythagorean Theorem |
7, 7b, 7c, 7d |
G2 |
VII-2 |
Pg. 584 |
Looking for Pythagoras (Inv. 3) |
|
|
To use the relationships in 45-45-90 and 30-60-90 triangles |
7d, 12 |
|
|
Pgs. 602-604 |
Looking for Pythagoras (Inv. 4) |
|
|
To multiply powers with the same base. To find the power of a power |
2 |
N1a |
|
Pgs. 205-206 |
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|
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To divide expressions with exponents. To simplify expressions with integer exponents. |
2 |
N1a |
|
Pgs. 210-212 |
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To write and evaluate scientific notation. To calculate with scientific notation |
2, 2a |
N1a |
|
Pgs. 215-216 |
|
|
|
Topic |
|
TEAM-Math |
AHSGE |
PH |
CMP |
Documentation |
|
To
solve proportions. |
1c |
N5 |
|
Pgs.
294-295 |
|
|
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To
solve problems with similar figures and scale drawings |
12,
12a |
N5,
N5d, N5e, M6 |
VII-3,
VII-7 |
Pgs.
299-300 |
|
|
|
Write
percents as decimals and fractions. Write
decimals and fractions as percents |
1a |
N1 |
|
Pgs.
310-311 |
|
|
|
To
find percentage, rate and base |
1a,
1c |
N4,
N5 |
VII-7 |
Pgs.
315-317 |
|
|
|
To
write and solve percent equations. To
use equations in solving percent problems. |
1a,
1f |
N4,
N5 |
VI-1 |
Pgs.
320-321 |
|
|
|
To
find percent of change |
1a,
1c, 1f |
N3 |
|
Pgs.
325-326 |
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|
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To
find markups and discounts. |
1a,
1f |
N3,
N4 |
VII-8 |
Pgs.
329-330 |
|
|
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To
solve problems with congruent triangles. |
8,
8b, 12 |
G1b,
M6 |
|
Pgs.
480-481 |
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|
|
Topic |
|
TEAM-Math |
AHSGE |
PH |
CMP |
Documentation |
|
To
identify properties of addition and multiplication. |
3b |
N1c |
VI-1 |
Pgs.
66-67 |
Say
It With Symbols (Inv.2-4) |
|
|
To
use the Distributive Property |
3b |
N1c |
|
Pgs.
71-73 |
Say
It With Symbols (Inv
2-4) |
|
|
To
identify variable expressions. To
simplify expressions |
3,
3b |
N1c |
I-2,
I-3 |
Pg.
76 |
Say
It With Symbols (Inv 2-4) |
|
|
To
classify types of equations. To
check equations using substitution. |
3a,
4c |
N1c,
A3 |
VI-1,
VII-8 |
Pgs.
80-81 |
Say
It With Symbols (Inv 2-4) |
|
|
To
solve one-step equations |
4c,
6 |
A3 |
VI-1,
VII-8 |
Pgs.
86-93; 148-153 |
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|
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To
graph and write inequalities |