2014-2015 8th Grade Algebra Curriculum Map

Month/
Quarter
August

Chapters/Key Concepts

Septemb
er
Quarter
1

Septemb
er
Quarter
1

Rules and
Procedures
District
assessment

Chapter 1: Solving
Linear Equations
Solving Simple
Equations
Solving Multi-Step
Equations
Solving Equations
with Variables on
Both Sides
Rewriting
Equations and
Formulas
Chapter 2: Graphing and
Writing
Linear
Equations
Graphing Linear
Equations

Aligned Standards

School wide
and
classroom
rules and
procedures
MAP Test
(NWEA)
A.CED.1,
A.CED.4
A.REI.1,
A.REI.3

Pacin
g
1
week

Vocabulary

3
weeks

absolute
value
equation
literal
equation

Resources

A.CED.2,A.REI 1
.10,
F.IF.4, week
F.IF.6

linear
equation
solution
of a linear
equation
Slope

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Septemb
er/Octob
er
Quarter
1

October
Quarter
1 and 2

Slope of a Line

Chapter 2: Graphing and

Writing
Linear
Equations
Graphing Linear
Equations in SlopeIntercept Form
Graphing Linear
Equations in
Standard Form
Writing Equations
in Slope-Intercept
Form
Writing Equations
in Point-Slope
Form
Solving Real-Life
Problems
Chapter 3: Solving
Linear Equalities
Writing and
Graphing
Inequalities
Solving
Inequalities Using
Addition or

A.CED.2,
A.REI.10,
F.IF.4, 8.F.3,
A.CED.3,
F.IF.6, 8.F.4

4
weeks

Rise
Run

perpendic
ular lines
xintercept
yintercept
slopeintercept
form
standard
form
pointslope
form

Inequality
solution
of an
inequality
solution
set
graph of
an

A.CED.1,
A.CED.3,
A.REI.3

1
week

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Subtraction
Novemb
er
Quarter
2

Chapter 3: Solving
Linear Equalities
Solving
Inequalities Using
Multiplication
or Division
Solving Multi-Step
Inequalities
Graphing Linear
Inequalities in Two
Variables

inequality

A.CED.1,
A.CED.3,
A.REI.3,
A.REI.12

2
weeks

Novemb
er
Quarter
2

Chapter 4: Solving
Systems of
Linear Equations
Solving Systems of
Linear Equations
by Graphing
Solving Systems of
Linear Equations
by Substitution

8.EE.8a,
8.EE.8b,
8.EE.8c,
A.CED.3,
A.REI.6

1
week

compoun
d
inequality
absolute
value
inequality
linear
inequality
in two
variables
solution
of a linear
inequality
graph of
a linear
inequality
halfplanes
system of
linear
equations
solution
of a
system of
linear
equations

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Decembe Chapter 4: Solving

r
Systems of
Quarter
Linear Equations
2
Solving Systems of
Linear Equations
by Elimination
Solving Special
Systems of Linear
Equations
Systems of Linear
Inequalities

January
Quarter
2 and 3

Chapter 5: Linear
Functions
Domain and Range
of a Function
Discrete and
Continuous
Domains
Linear Function
Patterns
Function Notation
Comparing Linear
and Nonlinear
Functions
Arithmetic

8.EE.8a,
8.EE.8b,
8.EE.8c,
A.CED.3,
A.REI.6,
A.REI.12,
A.REI.5

3
weeks

8.F.1, F.IF.1,
F.IF.5, 8.F.3,
8.F.4, F.BF.1a,
F.LE.2, F.BF.3,
F.IF.2, F.IF.7b,
F.LE.1b,
F.BF.2, F.IF.3,
F.LE.2

3
weeks

system of
linear
inequaliti
es
solution
of a
system of
linear
inequaliti
es
graph of
a system
of linear
inequaliti
es
function
domain
range
independ
ent
variable
dependen
t variable
relation
Vertical
Line Test
discrete
domain
continuou

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Sequences

February
Quarter
3

Chapter 6: Exponential
Equations and Functions
Properties of
Square Roots
Properties of
Exponents
Radicals and
Rational

N.RN.1,
N.RN.2,
N.RN.3,
A.REI.3,
A.REI.11,
F.BF.3, F.IF.7e,
F.LE.1a,
F.LE.2,

3
weeks

s domain
linear
function
function
notation
piecewise
function
step
function
absolute
value
function
nonlinear
function
sequence
term
arithmeti
c
sequence
common
difference
closed
nth root
exponenti
al
function
exponenti
al growth
exponenti

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Exponents
Exponential
Functions
Exponential
Growth
Exponential Decay
Geometric
Sequences

A.SSE.1a,
A.SSE.1b,
F.BF.2, F.IF.3

March
Quarter
3

Chapter 7: Polynomial
Equations
and Factoring
Polynomials
Adding and
Subtracting
Polynomials
Multiplying
Polynomials
Special Products of
Polynomials
Solving Polynomial
Equations in

A.SSE.1a,
A.APR.1,
A.REI.4b,
A.SSE.3a,
A.SSE.2

4
weeks

al growth
function
compoun
d interest
exponenti
al decay
exponenti
al decay
function
geometri
c
sequence
common
ratio
recursive
rule
monomial
degree of
a
monomial
polynomi
al
binomial
trinomial
degree of
a
polynomi
al
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Factored Form
Factoring
Polynomials Using
the GCF
Factoring x + bx
+c
Factoring ax + bx
+c
Factoring Special
Products

April
Quarter
4

Chapter 8: Graphing
Quadratic
Functions
Graphing y = ax 2
Focus of a
Parabola
Graphing y = ax 2
+c
Graphing y = ax
+ bx + c
Comparing Linear,
Exponential, and
Quadratic

F.BF.3, F.IF.4,
F.IF.7a, F.IF.6,
F.IF.7a, F.LE.3

3
weeks

Method
factored
form
ZeroProduct
Property
root
factoring
by
grouping
prime
polynomi
al
factored
completel
y
quadratic
function
parabola
vertex
axis of
symmetry
focus
zero
maximum
value
minimum
value
vertex

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April
Quarter
4

May
Quarter
4

May/June
Quarter
4

Functions
Chapter 9: Solving
Quadratic
Equations
Solving Quadratic
Equations by
Graphing
Solving Quadratic
Equations Using
Square Roots
Chapter 9: Solving
Quadratic
Equations
Solving Quadratic
Equations by
Completing the
Square
Solving Quadratic
Equations Using
the
Quadratic Formula
Solving Systems of
Linear and
Quadratic
Equations
Chapter 10: Square Root
Functions and Geometry
Graphing Square
Root Functions

A.REI.4b,
A.REI.11

1
week

form
quadratic
equation
completin
g the
square

A.REI.4a,
A.REI.4b,
A.SSE.3b,
F.IF.8a A.REI.7

2
weeks

quadratic
formula
discrimin
ant

F. IF.4,
F.IF.7b,N.RN.2,
8.G.6, 8.G.7,
8.G.8

2
weeks

square
root
function
simplest

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Solving Square
Root Equations
The Pythagorean
Theorem
Using the
Pythagorean
Theorem

form of a
radical
expressio
n
rationalizi
ng the
denomina
tor
conjugate
s
square
root
equation
extraneo
us
solution
theorem
legs
hypotenu
se
Pythagor
ean
Theorem
distance
formula

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