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TEKS
TEKS
Texas has adopted curriculum standards that are to be used in all the state's public schools. The current standards, which outline what students are to learn in each course or grade, are called Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills (TEKS). The standards are adopted by the State Board of Education, after extensive input from educators and other stakeholders.
Math 8 Year at a Glance
Math 8 Year at a Glance
The primary focal areas in eighth grade mathematics are proportionality; expressions, equations, relationships, and foundations of functions; and measurement and data. Students will extend the concepts of proportionality to analyze geometric relationships and determine proportional and non-proportional situations. Students connect verbal, numeric, graphic, and symbolic representations of relationships, including equations and inequalities.
Students begin to develop an understanding of functional relationships. Areas of emphasis offer opportunities for students to use geometric properties and relationships, as well as spatial reasoning, to model and analyze situations, generalize procedures, and solve problems. Students use appropriate statistics, representations of data, and reasoning to draw conclusions, evaluate arguments, and make recommendations. A personal financial literacy component will offer the opportunity for students to apply problem solving and lay the foundation to become knowledgeable consumers and investors.
Units of Study:
Units of Study:
Unit 1: Real Numbers including Scientific Notation
Unit 2: Properties of Expressions, Equations, and Inequalities
Unit 3: One-Variable Equations and Inequalities
Unit 4: Personal Financial Literacy
Unit 5: Angles, Triangles, and Transversal Relationships
Unit 6: Pythagorean Theorem
Unit 7: Surface Area
Unit 8: Volume
Unit 9: Transformations
Unit 10: Similarity and Scale Factor
Unit 11: Dilations
Unit 12: Functions
Unit 13: Proportional and Non-proportional Relationships
Unit 14: Scatterplots and Trend Lines
Unit 16: Data
At Home Connections
At Home Connections
The following are suggestions for reinforcing number sense and mathematical reasoning at home. These ideas can be used throughout the school year. You will find additional ideas to reinforce learning at home within each unit below.
Ask questions that require students to describe and elaborate on their thinking and reasoning. Topics can be about
everyday things as well as mathematics.Engage students in situations that challenge them to inquire and persevere through questioning.
Play card games with students
Play games with students such as Mancala, Yahtzee, Blokus, Rack-O, Mastemind, etc.
Work number puzzles such as Sudoku, KenKen, Kakuro, or Numbrix.
Class Resources
Class Resources
Students and parents can use these resources to support learning and development in mathematics.
Additional support can be found on our resources page.
How it helps parents and students
This is a family resource for information regarding the content that is being covered in your student’s math class. Please note the units do not align to the unit’s in Lanier's curriculum pacing, however the content aligns.
These online resources provide access to virtual manipulatives.
This resource from youcubed.org includes articles for parents on ways to support their students in learning and understanding mathematics.
This resource from youcubed.org includes videos concerning growth mindset in mathematics.
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