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Teacher's Names: __A. Doody, L. Kislack, S.McLaughlin__ School: __Tonawanda Middle__ Grade Level/Course: __Math 8__ Year: __2010 - 2011__

Curriculum Map blue highlight - technology strategy yellow highlight - literacy strategy Rational Numbers || Algebra || Geometry Inequalities || * Order of Operations || * Evaluating Expressions || * Angles || reasoning, make table/organized list/picture, guess and check, solve a simpler problem, look for a pattern to a variety of word problems - calculate problems using the order of operations (PEMDAS ) - Add, subtract, multiply and divide- fraction and decimal forms of rational numbers - Compare and order rational numbers || - Solve equations and expressions involving rational numbers - evaluate algebraic expressions - solve and check multi-step equations using inverse operations || - Use algebra to solve angle relationships (complementary, supplementary, vertical angles, corresponding, alternate interior & exterior angles) - Classify polygons - Apply the properties of polygons to find missing angles and sides - solve and graph multi step inequalities on a number line - Apply the Pythagorean Theorem to find missing sides in right triangles || Daily assignments Quizzes Unit Test || Classwork Daily assignments Quizzes Unit Test || Classwork Daily assignments Statistics Project Quizzes Unit Test ||
 * || ** September ** || ** October ** || ** November ** ||
 * Unit Title/Theme || Problem Solving
 * Related Literature ||  ||   ||   ||
 * Content || * Problem Solving Strategies
 * Operations with Rational Numbers
 * Solving Equations
 * Combining like terms
 * distributive property
 * solving word problems using algebra
 * Algebra with Rational Numbers
 * Polygons
 * number line graphs
 * Pythagorean Theorem
 * Skills || - apply the strategies of logical
 * Assessments || Classwork

Teacher's Names: __A. Doody, L. Kislack, S.McLaughlin__ School: __Tonawanda Middle__ Grade Level/Course: __Math 8__ Year: __2010 - 2011__

Curriculum Map

Ratio, Proportion, & Percent || Percents Transformations || || * factoring binomials & trinomials || * Applications of Percent || polynomials - use FOIL method to multiply binomials || - factor trinomials into 2 binomials - factor polynomials using GCF - use ratio/proportion to calculate unit price, currency exchange, and map scales. - use proportions to calculate missing of similar figures - use number sense to estimate problems involving percent || -Utilize the equation method to solve percent problems - Solve word problems by applying the concepts of proportion and percent - Calculate discount, tax, percent increase/decrease, commission, & interest using equations - apply translations, rotation, reflections, & dilation to geometric figures on a coordinate plane || Daily assignments Quizzes Unit Test || Classwork Daily assignments Quizzes Unit Test || Classwork Daily assignments Quizzes Unit Test ||
 * || ** December ** || ** January ** || ** February ** ||
 * Unit Title/Theme || Polynomials || Polynomials
 * Related Literature ||  ||   ||   ||
 * Content || * operations
 * FOIL
 * unit price
 * currency exchange
 * Number Sense with percents
 * Similarity
 * Skills || - add, subtract, multiply and divide
 * Assessments || Classwork

Teacher's Names: __A. Doody, L. Kislack, S.__McLauglin School: __Tonawanda Middle__ Grade Level/Course: __Math 8__ Year: __2010 - 2011__

Curriculum Map NYS Assessment Preparation || Geometry || Statistics Probability || Final Exam Review || inequalities || * Measurement (Perimeter, Area, Surface Area, Volume) || * Probability graphs || * Review of all concepts from Sept. to May || on a coordinate plane using a table and slope/y-intercept. - Graph inequalities on a number line and a coordinate plane. - Define and apply the concepts of slope and y-intercept when graphing lines. - Determine the equation of a line given slope and y-intercept. - Recognize the difference between the graph of a line and a parabola - use tables and graphs to analyze and interpret data || - Apply area formulas to irregular figures and word problems - Calculate the surface area and volume of 3-D figures (cones, pyramids, spheres, cylinders, and prisms) - Solve word problems involving surface and volume || - Calculate the probability of independent and dependent events. - Calculate factorials and permutations. - Apply the counting principle. - Read, interpret and construct box and whisker plots, frequency tables and histograms, stem & leaf plots, & scatter plots - Calculate measures of central tendency using a frequency table || - Review all skills from September through May || Daily assignments Quizzes Unit Test Coordinate Geometry Project Practice Multiple Choice & Short Response NYS questions || Classwork Daily assignments Quizzes Unit Tests || Classwork Daily assignments Quizzes Unit Test || Final Exam Daily review assignments ||
 * || ** March ** || ** April ** || ** May ** || ** June ** ||
 * Unit Title/Theme || Coordinate Geometry
 * Related Literature ||  ||   ||   ||   ||
 * Content || * interpret graphs
 * write function rules
 * graph linear equations &
 * slope & y-intercept of lines
 * solve systems of equations
 * Displaying Data
 * Describing Data
 * Reading and interpreting
 * Skills || - Graph linear equations
 * Assessments || Classwork