Math - Eighth

8th GRADE MATH (261/262)

Grade 8:  Level 2 and Advanced

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Advanced Prerequisites: 7th grade performance and teacher recommendation

In grade 8, instructional time focuses on three critical areas: (1) formulating and reasoning about expressions and equations, including modeling an association in bivariate data with linear equations and solving systems of linear equations; (2) grasping the concept of a function and using functions to describe relationships; and (3) analyzing two- and three-dimensional space and figures using distance, angle, similarity, congruence, and understanding and applying the Pythagorean Theorem.

Students will proceed from 8th grade math to either integrated Algebra 1 or Honors Geometry based on their performance in this course.