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 learn to . . .

• solve literal equations for a specified variable.
• write and solve equations and inequalities for real-world scenarios.
• solve absolute value equations.
• write, solve, and graph absolute value inequalities.
• write, solve, and graph compound inequalities.

CONTENT OBJECTIVES

Students will learn to . . .

• identify whether or not a pattern is arithmetic.
• write a recursive rule for an arithmetic sequence.
• write an explicit rule for an arithmetic sequence.
• real-world applications of arithmetic sequences.
• find a missing term(s) in an arithmetic sequence.

CONTENT OBJECTIVES

Students will learn to . . .

• identify the range and domain of a relation.
• determine whether or not a domain is discrete or continuous.
• identify independent and dependent variables.
• determine whether or not a relation is a function.
• use function notation.
• graph functions and be able to interpret them.
• determine if a function is linear or nonlinear.
• real-world applications of functions.
• write and graph absolute value functions.
• write and graph step functions.

CONTENT OBJECTIVES

Students will learn to . . .

• prove whether or not a point is a solution to an equation.
• create a table of values for a linear equation.
• graph a linear equation from a table of values.
• find the slope of a line from a graph, a table, and using slope formula.
• find the slope of a line parallel to another line.
• find the slope of a line perpendicular to another line.
• find the slope of a line given two points.
• write and graph an equation of a line in slope-intercept form.
• write and graph an equation of a line in standard form.
• write and graph an equation of a line in point-slope form.
• write and graph a direct proportion equation.
• write an equation of a line given two points and from a table of values.
• find x and y-intercepts and interpret them in a word problem.
• real world application problems including exploration of distance/time graphs using Vernier motion detector.

CONTENT OBJECTIVES

Students will learn to . . .

• solve systems of equations in two variables by graphing.
• solve systems of equations in two variables using substitution.
• solve systems of equations in two variables using elimination.
• check that an ordered pair is a solution to a system of equations.
• write a systems of equations to represent a real world scenario.
• recognize when a system of equations has no solution, one solution, or infinite solutions.

CONTENT OBJECTIVES

Students will learn to . . .

• determine what it means for a number to be rational or irrational.
• determine square and cubes of numbers.
• simplify radical expressions.
• add, subtract, multiply, and divide radical expressions.
• rationalize denominators of radical expressions.
• rationalize denominators of rational expressions using conjugates.
• simplify radical expressions involving variables.
• simplify expressions involving rational exponents.
• prove the Pythagorean Theorem.
• use the Pythagorean Theorem to find unknown side lengths.
• solve real world problems using the Pythagorean Theorem.
• apply the converse of the Pythagorean Theorem to solve problems.
• derive and use the distance formula.
• derive and use the midpoint formula.
• solve 3D Pythagorean Theorem problems.

CONTENT OBJECTIVES

Students will learn . . .

• Products of Powers
• Quotients of Powers
• Zero and Negative Exponents
• Rational Exponents

CONTENT OBJECTIVES

Students will learn to . . .

• identify the degree of a polynomial and write it in standard form.
• add, subtract, and multiply polynomials.
• real world applications.
• factor polynomials.
• solving polynomial equations.
• Quadratic Formula ​and completing the square.
• graphing quadratic equations.

CONTENT OBJECTIVES

Students will learn to . . .

• identify measures of central tendency.
• read & construct dot plots, stem and leaf plots, histograms, box and whisker plots.
• identify measures of dispersion.
• calculate the 5 Number Summary and standard deviation.
• apply the 1.5 x IQR rule for finding outliers.
• identify the shape of the distribution.
• interpolate and extrapolate on a graph.
• construct scatterplots and lines of best fit.
• interpret the correlation coefficient for a scatterplot.
• read and construct two-way tables.