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8th Grade Math Syllabus 2016-2017 Beard
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Notebook Paper
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1 Package of Copy Paper
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Pencil Pouch (to go in binder)
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Calculators used in class: TI-30XIIS (optional)
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2 inch Binder
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8 Dividers
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Pencils
1st Nine Weeks
Unit 1: The Number System (Tentative Test Date: September 4, 2016)
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Convert between mixed numbers, fractions, decimals, and percents
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Compare irrational numbers using rational approximations
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Locate irrational numbers on a number line
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Long division of integers and decimals
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Multiplication of integers and decimals
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Estimate non-perfect square roots to the nearest tenth
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Use square root and cube root symbols to represent solutions to equations
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Evaluate square roots of small perfect squares
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Evaluate cube roots of small perfect cubes
Unit 2: Expressions and Equations (Tentative Test Date: October 16, 2016)
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Explain and apply the properties of integer exponents to produce equivalent
numerical expressions
o Product of powers
o Quotient of powers
o Power of a power
o Power of zero
o Power of a product
o Power of a quotient
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Convert between scientific and standard notation
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Add, subtract, multiply, and divide scientific notation
2nd Nine Weeks
Unit 3: Linear Relationships (Tentative Test Date: December 4, 2016)
8th Grade Math Syllabus 2016-2017 Beard
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Apply the distributive property
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Combine like terms
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Solve expressions using order of operations
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Solve one and two-step equations in one variable
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Solve multi-step equations in one variable
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Solve equations that have one solution, infinitely many solutions, and no
solution
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Create a linear table
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Create a linear equation
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Sketch a linear graph
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Interpret linear tables, graphs, and equations
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Calculate slope by rise/run (y2-y1/x2-x1)
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Find slope from graphs, tables, and equations
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Find y–intercept from graphs, tables, and equations
3rd Nine Weeks
Unit 4: Systems of Equations (Tentative Test Date: January 29, 2017)
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Solve Systems of Equations (One solution, Infinitely many solutions, No
solution)
o Tables
o Graphs
o Substitution
o Elimination
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Identify functions using graphs, tables, and equations
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Compare and contrast 2 functions with different representations
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Sketch a graph given a verbal description and qualitative features
Unit 5: Geometry (Tentative Test Date: March 4, 2017)
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Apply the Pythagorean Theorem to find a leg or hypotenuse
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Determine what triangles are right triangles by applying the Pythagorean
Theorem
8th Grade Math Syllabus 2016-2017 Beard
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Find the distance between two points on coordinate plane using the
Pythagorean Theorem
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Calculate the volume, radius, or height of cylinders, cones, and spheres
4th Nine Weeks
Unit 6: Scatterplots (Tentative Test Date: March 25, 2017)
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Define and identify rotations, reflections, translations, and dilations
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Identify corresponding sides and angles
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Understand prime notation (example: a’) to describe an image after a
translation, rotation, reflection and dilation
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Identify line of reflection
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Identify center of rotation
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Describe sequences of rotations, reflections, translations that exhibit the
congruence between 2-D figures using words
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Define Congruency
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Identify symbols for congruency and similarity
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Define and identify transversals
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Identify angles created when parallel lines are cut by a transversal
(alternate interior, alternate exterior, vertical, adjacent, supplementary)
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Know the sum of interior angles of a triangle is 180 degrees
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Justify that the exterior angle of a triangle is equal to the sum of the two
remote interior angles
Unit 7: Scatterplots (Tentative Test Date: April 29, 2017)
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Construct and interpret a scatterplot based on data
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Describe patterns of scatterplots such as clustering, outliers, positive
association, negative association, no association, linear association, or
non-linear association)
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Create a line of best fit
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Create a linear equations based on the line of best fit
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Make predictions based on the equation of the line of best fit