8th Grade Math Course
Instructional time will focus on three critical areas: formulating and reasoning about expressions and equations, including modeling an association in bivariate data with a linear equation, and solving linear equations and systems of linear equations; grasping the concept of a function and using functions to describe quantitative relationships; analyzing two- and three-dimensional space and figures using distance, angle, similarity, and congruence, and understanding and applying the Pythagorean Theorem. The *Mathematical Practice Standards will apply throughout to ensure that students experience mathematics as a coherent, useful, and logical subject that makes use of their ability to make sense of problem situations.
*Mathematical Practice Standards:
Make sense of problems and persevere in solving them
Reason abstractly and quantitatively
Construct viable arguments and critique the reasoning of others
Model with mathematics
Use appropriate tools strategically
Attend to precision
Look for and make use of structure
Look for and express regularity in repeated reasoning
*Mathematical Practice Standards:
Make sense of problems and persevere in solving them
Reason abstractly and quantitatively
Construct viable arguments and critique the reasoning of others
Model with mathematics
Use appropriate tools strategically
Attend to precision
Look for and make use of structure
Look for and express regularity in repeated reasoning
Calculator Information
Students in 8th grade math need at least a scientific calculator that they can use on activities, homework, and formal assessments, when necessary. Graphing calculators are not required this year, but will continue to become more imperative in modeling mathematics in the transition to 8th grade math. The high school does require that students purchase a graphing calculator for use at school and home within the first week of school. Therefore, it may be beneficial to purchase a graphing calculator this year in order to learn the functionality of a new calculator. Below is a list of recommendations to assist with the purchase of a new calculator, but if you currently own a calculator it is not necessary to purchase an additional or different one.
Calculator Recommendations:
Texas Instrument brand scientific calculators: TI-30 XIIS, TI-30XS MultiView, or TI-34 MultiView
Texas Instrument brand graphing calculators: TI-83, TI-84, TI-84 Plus, TI-84 Plus C, or TI-84 Plus CE
Calculator Recommendations:
Texas Instrument brand scientific calculators: TI-30 XIIS, TI-30XS MultiView, or TI-34 MultiView
Texas Instrument brand graphing calculators: TI-83, TI-84, TI-84 Plus, TI-84 Plus C, or TI-84 Plus CE
8th Grade Math Syllabus
Parent Road Map to Common Core State Standards
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