What are we learning?

Students will be reviewing adding, subtracting, multiplying, and dividing integers without a calculator.

What to expect in this unit?

At the end of the unit, students will need to apply integer operations on a formative assessment. Any student who receives a grade that is below a 70% will need to retake it until they earn a grade that is above a 70%.

Why does this unit matter?

Integer operations are foundational to all future units of study this school year.

What are we learning?

Students will be learning how to perform and describe translations, reflections, rotations, and dilations about the coordinate plane.

What to expect in this unit?

At the end of the unit, students will have a summative assessment and will also complete a performance task to apply their understanding of transformations. This year we have IXL as a resource to support student learning. Each unit students will be provided with IXL topics that align with what they are learning. Some topics will be assigned as homework and others are for students to complete if they need extra practice on a particular topic. 

Why does this unit matter?

Transformations allow students to have a deeper understanding of connections between mathematical objects. When students are able to transform objects, it will support them in their ability to simplify calculations in future math courses.

What are we learning?

Students will be learning how to solve multi-step equations with variables on both sides and different types of solutions.

What to expect in this unit?

At the end of the unit, students will have a summative assessment and will also complete a performance task to apply their understanding of solving equations. This year we have IXL as a resource to support student learning. Each unit students will be provided with IXL topics that align with what they are learning. Some topics will be assigned as homework and others are for students to complete if they need extra practice on a particular topic. 

Why does this unit matter?

Solving equations is a foundational algebraic skill.  Students will further develop their problem solving skills as they write and solve equations that model situations.

What are we learning?

Students will be learning how to write and graph linear equations.

What to expect in this unit?

At the end of the unit, students will have a summative assessment and will also complete a performance task in which they will be creating a picture of a stained glass window by graphing equations in both slope-intercept form and standard form. This year we have IXL as a resource to support student learning. Each unit students will be provided with IXL topics that align with what they are learning. Some topics will be assigned as homework and others are for students to complete if they need extra practice on a particular topic. 

Why does this unit matter?

This unit is important for student to develop their critical thinking skills to be able to analyze and compare data that is represented in different ways such as a graph, table, and equation.

What are we learning?

Students will be learning how determine whether a relation is a function and if it is a function, whether it is linear or nonlinear. Students will also be comparing functions that are represented in different ways.

What to expect in this unit?

At the end of the unit, students will have a summative assessment. This year we have IXL as a resource to support student learning. Each unit students will be provided with IXL topics that align with what they are learning. Some topics will be assigned as homework and others are for students to complete if they need extra practice on a particular topic. 

Why does this unit matter?

This unit is important for student to develop their critical thinking skills to be able to analyze and compare data that is represented in different ways such as a graph, table, and equation.

What are we learning?

Students will be focused on simplifying exponential expressions using various properties of exponents. Students will also learn how to express numbers in scientific notations.

What to expect in this unit?

At the end of the unit, students will have a summative assessment. This year we have IXL as a resource to support student learning. Each unit students will be provided with IXL topics that align with what they are learning. Some topics will be assigned as homework and others are for students to complete if they need extra practice on a particular topic. 

Why does this unit matter?

Scientific notation is beneficial to be able to express very large numbers and very tiny numbers.