Standards: Connecticut has adopted the Common Core State Standards (CCSS) as the Connecticut State Standards (CSS).

Personalized Learning Resources: DreamBox, NWEA Assessment

Standard Assessments: Students take the NWEA Assessment three times a year and Smarter Balanced Assessment in the Spring.

CONTENT OBJECTIVES

Students will be able to . . .

• find the absolute value of rational numbers.
• express numbers in m/n form.
• locate rational numbers on the number line.
• write rational numbers as terminating or repeating decimals.
• compare rational numbers on the number line.
• understand irrational numbers and how they fill the number line.
• use rational numbers to locate irrational numbers approximately on the number line.
• introduce the real number system and number line.
• solve real-world problems.

CONTENT OBJECTIVES

Students will be able to . . .

• perform integer operations.
• find the distance between two integers on a number line.
• perform rational number operations.
• solve real-world problems.

CONTENT OBJECTIVES

Students will be able to . . .

• calculate circumference and the distance around semicircles and quadrants.
• calculate the distance around irregular figures involving circles.
• calculate the area of circles, semicircles, and quadrants.
• calculate the area of irregular figures involving circles.
• solve real-world problems.

CONTENT OBJECTIVES

Students will be able to . . .

• simplify algebraic expressions with decimal and fractional coefficients with two or more terms and with two variables.
• expand and simplify algebraic expressions with fractional, decimal, and negative factors.
• factor algebraic expressions with one or two variables and negative terms.
• translate verbal descriptions into algebraic expressions with one or more variables and with parentheses.
• solve real-world problems.

CONTENT OBJECTIVES

Students will be able to . . .

• identify equivalent equations.
• solve two-step and multi-step algebraic equations.
• solve algebraic equations with variables on both sides.
• solve algebraic equations in factored form.
• explore and apply the properties of complementary angles, supplementary angles, adjacent angles, angles at a point and vertical angles.
• write and solve equations to find unknown angle measures in figures.
• solve real-world problems.
• solve algebraic inequalities including multi-step inequalities.
• graph the solution set on a number line.
• solve real-world problems.

CONTENT OBJECTIVES

Students will be able to . . .

• identify whether an equation has one solution, no solution or infinitely many solutions.
• represent a relationship between two variables using a linear equation.
• represent a linear relationship using a table of values.
• solve for a variable in a two-variable linear equation.
• solve real-world problems.

CONTENT OBJECTIVES

Students will be able to . . .

• identify a direct proportion based on a table, graph, and equation.
• determine the constant of proportionality.
• interpret a line graph representing a direct proportion.
• understand scale drawings and scale factors.
• solve real-world problems.

CONTENT OBJECTIVES

Students will be able to . . .

• understand and apply the concepts of outcomes, events, and sample space.
• calculate the probability of events.
• use Venn diagrams to illustrate events and their relationships.
• find relative frequencies and use as experimental probability to make predictions.
• compare long-run relative frequencies to related theoretical probabilities.
• develop probability models: use to make predictions and graph using a histogram.
• solve real-world problems.

CONTENT OBJECTIVES

Students will be able to . . .

• understand and use exponential notation.
• use exponents to write the prime factorization of a number.
• multiply and divide expressions in exponential notation.
• understand and simplify zero and negative exponents.
• evaluate square roots and cube roots of positive real numbers.
• solve real-world problems that use equations involving variables that are squared or cubed.

CONTENT OBJECTIVES

Students will be able to . . .

• use the Pythagorean Theorem to find unknown side lengths.
• solve real world problems using the Pythagorean Theorem.
• use the distance formula.