The curriculum map that follows for the eighth grade uses a sequence represented by the Big Ideas Common Core Curriculum. Our current math curriculum Math Connects Course 3 is not aligned to the Common Core. We anticipate using Big Ideas Math when we fully implement Common Core instruction in school year 2014-2015. The Big Ideas Math curriculum will be piloted during the 2013-2014 year in several classes. Instructional activities are from Big Ideas Math (BI), and “Teaching the Common Core Math Standards with Hands-On Activities (HOCC). Common Core (CC) Standards Curriculum Map Grade 8 1 Critical Areas Expressions and equations Unit 1 Equations 12 Days CC Standard and Content Mathematical Practices and Essential Questions Prior Learning Instructional Activities(IA) Formative Assessments(FA) Summative Assessments(SA) Unit 1.1 Solving Simple Equations 8.EE.7a 8.EE.7b SMP 1, 3, 7, What steps would you use to solve any linear equation in one variable? 6.EE.3 Simplifying Algebraic Expressions 7.NS.1d Adding and Subtracting Integers (IA) Activitities 1-3 Sums of the Angles of a Triangle (BI pg. T2) Writing and Applying a Rule (IA) Unit 1.1 Practice and Application (FA) Unit 1.1 Quiz Unit 1.2 Solving Equations 8.EE.7b SMP 1, 4, 6 How can you a multi-step linear equation? (IA) Solving for the Angles of a Triangle, Problem- Solving Strategy, and Puzzle Act. 1-3 (BI pg. 10-11) (IA) Unit 1.2 Practice and Application- solving two step, combining like-terms , distributive property (FA) Unit 1.1-1.2 Quiz
Unit 1.3 Solving Equation with Variables on Both Sides 8.EE.7b SMP 1, 5, 6 How do you solve equations that have variables on both sides? (IA) Equal Perimeter and Area Problems, Act.1-3 (BI pg 16) (IA) Unit 1.3 Practice and Application-Solving an Equation with Variables on Both Sides, Multi-Step with Distributive Property Common Core (CC) Standards Curriculum Map Grade 8 Susan Jedrey Quarter 1 Critical Areas – Expressions and Equations Unit 1 Equations 12 Days CC Standard and Content Mathematical Practices and Essential Questions Prior Learning Instructional Activities(IA) Formative Assessments(FA) Summative Assessments(SA) Unit 1.3b Solutions of Linear Equations 8.EE.7b SMP What indicates an equation has one solution, infinitely many or no solutions? (IA) Unit 1.3b Practice and Application Mid Unit Quiz 1.1-1.3b Unit 1.4 Rewriting Equations and Formulas SMP How can you use a formula for one measurement to write the formula for different measurement? (IA) Using Perimeter and Area Formulas (BI pg 24) (solve equations for a specified variable) (IA) Unit 1.4 Practice and Application
Unit 2.2 Translations 8. G. 1 8. G. 2 8. G. 3 SMP 3, 8 How can you arrange tiles to make a tessellation? (IA) Describing Tessellations Tessellations and Basic Shapes Designing Tessellations (BI pg 48) (IA) Practice and Problem Solving (BI pg.52) Unit 2.3 Reflections 8. G. 1 8. G. 2 8. G. 3 SMP 3, 4, 6 How can you use reflections to classify a frieze pattern? (IA) Frieze Reflections and Reflections Reflecting in the Coordinate Plane (BI pg. 54) (IA) Practice and Problem Solving Unit 2.4 Rotations SMP 3, 6 What are the three basic ways to move an object in a plane? (IA) Activity 1-2 Three Basic Ways to Move Things Rotating in the Coordinate Plane (BI pg. 60) (IA) Practice and Problem Solving (FA) 2.1-2.4 Quiz Common Core (CC) Standards Curriculum Map 8 Susan Jedrey Quarter 1 Critical - Geometry Unit 2 Transformations CC Standard and Content Mathematical Practices and Essential Questions Prior Learning Instructional Activities(IA) Formative Assessments(FA) Summative Assessments(SA) Unit 2.5 Similar Figures 8. G. 4 SMP 4, 6 How can you use proportions to help make decisions in art, design, and magazine layouts? (IA) Activity 1-2 Reducing Photographs Creating Designs (BI pg. 70) (IA) Practice and Problem-Solving
Unit 3.2 Angles of Triangles 8.G.5 SMP 1, 7, 8 How can you describe the relationships among the angles of a triangle? (IA) Activity 1-3 (BI) 1.Exploring the Interior Angles of a Triangle 2.Interior Angles #2 3.Exploring an Exterior Angle of a Triangle 4.Measuring the Exterior Angles of a Triangle (IA) Finding the Sum of the Interior Angles of a Triangle (HOCC) (IA) Practice and Problem Solving Mid-Unit Quiz 3.1-3.2 Unit 3.3 Angles of Polygons 8.G.5 SMP 5, 8 How can you find the sum of the interior angle measures and the sum of the exterior angle measures of a polygon? (IA) Activity 1-2 (BI) 1. Exploring the Interior Angles of a Polygon 2. Exploring the Exterior Angles of a Polygon (IA) Practice and Problem Solving Unit 3.4 Using Similar Triangles 8.G.5 SMP 2, 5, 8 How can you use angles to tell whether triangles are similar? (IA) Activity 1-3 (BI) 1. Constructing Similar Triangles 2. Using Technology to Explore Triangles 3. Indirect Measurement (IA) Angle-Angle Similarity (HOCC) (IA) Practice and Problem Solving (FA) Unit Quiz 3.3-3.4 (FA) Unit 3 Test Common Core (CC) Standards Curriculum Map Grade 8 Jedrey Quarter 2 Critical Areas -Expressions and Equations Unit 4 Graphing and Writing Linear Equations 19 Days CC Standard and Content Mathematical Practices and Essential Questions Prior Learning Instructional Activities(IA) Formative Assessments(FA) Summative Assessments(SA) Unit 4.1 Graphing Linear Equations 8.EE.5 SMP 3, 4, 5 How can you recognize a linear equation? How do you draw its graph? How does slope represent a unit rate? 6.EE.2c Evaluating Expressions 6.NS.6c Plotting Points (IA) Activity 1-2 Graphing a Linear Equation Using a Graphing Calculator (IA) Practice Exercises
Unit 8.1 Volume of Cylinders 8.G.9 SMP 1, 2, 3, 4, How can you find the volume of a cylinder? 7.G.6 Finding the Area of a Composite Figure 7.G.4 Finding the Areas of Circles (IA) Activity 1-4 (BI) 1. Finding a Formula Experimentally 2.Making a Business Plan 3. Science Experiment 4. Comparing Cylinders (IA) “Finding the Volume”(HOCC) (IA) Practice and Problem Solving Unit 8.2 Volume of Cones 8.G.9 SMP 2, 4 How can you find the volume of a cone? (IA) Activity 1-3 (BI) 1. Finding a Formula Experimentally 2. Summarizing Volume Formulas 3. Volumes of Oblique Solids (IA) “Finding the Volume”(HOCC) (IA) Practice and Problem Solving (FA) 8.1-8.2 Quiz Unit 8.3 Volume of Spheres 8.G.9 SMP 1, 4, 7 How can you find the volume of a sphere? (IA) Activity 1-3 (BI) 1. Exploring the Volume of a Sphere 2. Deriving the Formula for the Volume of a Sphere 3. Formula for the Volume of a Sphere 2 (IA) Practice and Problem Solving Unit 8.4 Surface Areas and Volumes of Similar Solids 8.G.9 SMP 8 When the dimensions of a solid increase by a factor of k, how does the surface area change? How does the volume change? (IA) Activity 1-2 (BI) 1. Comparing Surface Areas and Volumes #1 2. Comparing Surface Areas and Volumes #2 (IA) “Out of This World”(HOCC) (IA) Practice and Problem Solving (FA) 8.3-8.4 Quiz (FA) Unit 8 Test Common Core (CC) Standards Curriculum Map Grade 8 Susan Jedrey Quarter 4 Critical Unit 9 Data Analysis and Displays 12 Days CC Standard and Content Mathematical Practices and Essential Questions Learning Instructional Activities(IA) Formative Assessments(FA) Summative Assessments(SA)