Download PreAlgebra Syllabus - Manville School District

PreAlgebra
Syllabus
Grade Levels:
Eighth grade
Number of Periods:
Two periods per day, five days per week for one year
State Assessment:
Students enrolled in this course will take the PARCC Grade 8 assessment.
Textbook Information:
Math Course 3 – Common Core Edition ©2013; The McGraw-Hill Companies
Access the online student edition at connected.mcgraw-hill.com.
Each student is provided with a usernames and password.
Course Units and Objectives:
The Number System
Students will …
 Know that there are numbers that are not rational and approximate them by
rational numbers.
Expressions and Equations
Students will …
 Work with radicals and integer exponents.
 Understand the connections between proportional relationships, lines, and linear
equations.
 Analyze and solve linear equations and pairs of simultaneous linear equations.
Functions
Students will …
 Define, evaluate and compare functions.
 Use functions to model relationships between quantities.
PreAlgebra Syllabus 1
Geometry
Students will…
 Understand congruence and similarity using physical models, transparencies or
geometry software.
 Understand and apply the Pythagorean Theorem.
Statistics and Probability
Students will …
 Investigate patterns of association in bivariate data.
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Tests
Performance Assessments
Quizzes
Homework
Class Participation
PreAlgebra Syllabus 2