Download Grade 8 Math Scope and Sequence

Grade Eight Scope and Sequence
Unit 1 – Real Numbers
3 Weeks
September 3 – September 20 (15 instructional days)
Reteaching/Enrichment: Week of September 23 – September 27 (+4 instructional days, 1
testing)
Standards
Number Systems

Know that there are numbers that are not rational, and approximate them by rational numbers.
Expressions and Equations

Work with radicals and integer exponents.
Unit 2 – Pythagorean Theorem
4 Weeks
September 30 – October 25 (19 instructional days)
Reteaching/Enrichment: Week of October 28 – November 1 (+4 instructional days, 1
testing)
Geometry

Understand and apply the Pythagorean Theorem.

Work with radicals and integer exponents.
Unit 3 – Congruence and Similarity
4 Weeks
November 4 – December 13 (23 instructional days)
Reteaching/Enrichment: Week of December 16 – December 20 (+3 instructional days, 1
testing)
Geometry

Understand congruence and similarity using physical models, transparencies, or geometry software.
Unit 4 – Linear Relationships
5 Weeks
January 2 – February 7 (26 instructional days)
Reteaching/Enrichment: Week of February 10 – February 14 (+4 instructional days, 1
testing)
Expressions and Equations

Understand the connections between proportional relationships, lines, and linear equations.

Analyze and solve linear equations
Functions

Define, evaluate, and compare functions.

Use functions to model relationships between quantities.
Unit 5 – Systems of Linear Relationships
3 Weeks
February 24 –March 14 (15 instructional days)
Reteaching/Enrichment: Week of March 17 –March 21 (+4 instructional days, 1 testing)
Expressions and Equations

Analyze and solve linear equations and pairs of simultaneous linear equations.
Functions

Use functions to model relationships between quantities.
Unit 6 – Volume
2 Weeks
March 24 – April 4 (10 instructional days)
Reteaching/Enrichment: Week of April 7 – April 11 (+4 instructional days, 1 testing)
Geometry

Solve real-world and mathematical problems involving volume of cylinders, cones, and spheres.
3 Weeks
Unit 7 –Patterns in Data
April 21 – May 9 ( 15 instructional days)
Reteaching/Enrichment: Week of May 12 – May 16 (+4 instructional days, 1 testing)
Statistics and Probability

Investigate patterns of association in bivariate data.
* May 19 – June 12 (4 weeks of buffer room at the end of the year)