8th Grade pre-algebra

September--December:  TOPICS 1-3:  Key Concept Understand and use different representations of linear functions and compare and contrast linear functions to non-linear functions.

Identify rational and irrational numbers using the connections between integer exponents and geometry. Connect different numbers to linear relationships and functions.

January: TOPIC 4:  Key Concept Understand, construct and interpret data visualizations, including scatter plots for bivariate measurement data using two-way tables.

Connect analysis of data to understanding of linear functions, including noting clusters and outliers and whether the association is nonlinear or linear.

Feburary:  TOPIC 5: Key Concept Understand linear equations and investigate systems of equations with parallel and non-parallel slopes with the same or different y-intercepts.

Connect understanding of linear equations to multiple representations including graphing and tables created with technology to solve pairs of simultaneous linear equations created from data.

March--May:  TOPICS 6-8: Key Concept Understand and measure geometry shapes in two- and three-dimensional including whether the shapes are congruent or similar. 

Connect geometric measurement to transformations when shapes maintain congruence and solve real-world problems involving two- and three-dimensional figures.