Bullitt County Public Schools
Mathematics Core Content 4.1 / POS

Mathematics - Grade 8


Number Properties and Operations



Program of Studies
Big Idea: Number Properties and Operations
Middle grades students understand fractions, decimals, percents and integers, compare them and locate
their relative positions on a number line. They develop and use proportional reasoning to solve problems.
They work with large numbers and small numbers. They use factors, multiples and prime factorizations.
They perform arithmetic operations with fractions, decimals and integers, use properties in computation,
develop fluency and develop strategies to estimate the result of operations on rational numbers.
Academic Expectations
2.7 Students understand number concepts and use numbers appropriately and accurately.
2.8 Students understand various mathematical procedures and use them appropriately and
accurately.
Grade 8 Enduring Knowledge – Understandings
Students will understand that
• numbers, ways of representing numbers, relationships among numbers and number systems are
means of representing real-world quantities.
• meanings of and relationships among operations provide tools necessary to solve realistic
problems encountered in everyday life.
• computing fluently and making reasonable estimates with fractions, decimals, percents and
integers increases the ability to solve realistic problems encountered in everyday life.
• proportional reasoning is a tool for modeling and solving problems encountered in everyday
situations.
Grade 8 Skills and Concepts – Number Sense
Students will
• continue to develop number sense to include irrational numbers (e.g., square roots, cube roots, ð)
• provide examples of, describe and compare irrational and rational numbers (e.g., magnitude, order
on a number line, scientific notation, very large and very small integers, numbers close to zero)
• describe and provide multiple representations of numbers (rational, square roots, cube roots
and ð) in a variety of equivalent forms using models, diagrams and symbols based on real-world
and/or mathematical situations
Grade 8 Skills and Concepts – Estimation
Students will
• estimate to solve real-world and/or mathematical problems with rational numbers and common
irrational numbers, checking for reasonable and appropriate computational results
• estimate with large and small quantities of objects
Grade 8 Skills and Concepts – Number Operations
Students will
• add, subtract, multiply, divide and apply order of operations (including positive whole number
exponents) using rational numbers to solve real-world problems
• determine and explain the inverse relationship between addition and subtraction, multiplication
and division, or raising to an exponent and taking the root of a number Kentucky Department of Education
Program of Studies – Mathematics – Eighth Grade 323
Big Idea: Number Properties and Operations – Continued
Grade 8 Skills and Concepts – Ratios and Proportional Reasoning
Students will
• use percentages and proportions in problem solving, including consumer applications (e.g.,
simple interest, percentages of increase and decrease, discounts, unit pricing, sale prices)
• derive and use formulas for various rates (e.g., distance/time, miles per hour)
Grade 8 Skills and Concepts – Properties of Numbers and Operations
Students will
• identify and use the commutative properties, the associative properties, the identity properties
and the inverse properties for addition and multiplication, the distributive property and inverse
relationships to justify a given step in solving problems

    MA-08-1.1.1 Rational / Irrational
The learner will be able to provide examples of and describe rational numbers and irrational numbers (square roots and p only). DOK - 1 .
Strand Scope Source
Number Sense Master Bullitt County Public Schools/ Core Content 4.1
Unit Assessment Resources
- Web Link, http://www.bullittschools.org/depts/curriculum/ [Web Link].   Click Curriculum Documents Link for Assessment Options
  
    MA-08-1.1.2 Number Representations
The learner will be able to describe and provide examples of representations of numbers (rational, square roots, and p) and operations in a variety of equivalent forms using models, diagrams, and symbols (e.g., number lines, 10 by 10 grids, rectangular arrays, number sentences), based on real-world and/or mathematical situations.
Strand Scope Source
Number Sense Master Bullitt County Public Schools/ Core Content 4.1
Unit Assessment Resources
- Web Link, http://www.bullittschools.org/depts/curriculum/ [Web Link].   Click Curriculum Documents Link for Assessment Options
  
    MA-08-1.1.3 Number Rep/ convert, compar
The learner will be able to convert, compare and order multiple numerical representations (e.g., fractions, decimals, percentages) of rational numbers and irrational numbers (square roots and p only). DOK 2 .
Strand Scope Source
Number Sense Master Bullitt County Public Schools/ Core Content 4.1
Unit Assessment Resources
- Web Link, http://www.bullittschools.org/depts/curriculum/ [Web Link].   Click Curriculum Documents Link for Assessment Options
  
    MA-08-1.2.1 Estimation / Solve Problems
The learner will be able to estimate to solve real-world and/or mathematical problems with rational numbers, checking for reasonable and appropriate computational results DOK - 2 .
Strand Scope Source
Estimation Master Bullitt County Public Schools/ Core Content 4.1
Unit Assessment Resources
- Web Link, http://www.bullittschools.org/depts/curriculum/ [Web Link].   Click Curriculum Documents Link for Assessment Options
  
    MA-08-1.3.1 Operations / Order of
The learner will be able to add, subtract, multiply, divide, and apply order of operations (including positive whole number exponents) with rational numbers to solve real-world problems. DOK - 2 .
Strand Scope Source
Number Operations Master Bullitt County Public Schools / Core Content for Assessment 4.1
Unit Assessment Resources
- Web Link, http://www.bullittschools.org/depts/curriculum/ [Web Link].   Click Curriculum Documents Link for Assessment Options
  
    MA-08-1.3.2 Operations Inversly Relate
The learner will be able to explain how operations (addition and subtraction; multiplication and division) are inversely related.
Strand Scope Source
Number Operations Master Bullitt County Public Schools / Core Content for Assessment 4.1
Unit Assessment Resources
- Web Link, http://www.bullittschools.org/depts/curriculum/ [Web Link].   Click Curriculum Documents Link for Assessment Options
  
    MA-08-1.4.1 Ratios / Real-world Problem
The learner will be able to apply ratios and proportional reasoning to solve real-world problems (e.g., percents, constant rate of change, unit pricing, percent of increase or decrease). DOK - 3 .
Strand Scope Source
Ratios and Proportional Reasoning Master Bullitt County Public Schools / Core Content for Assessment 4.1
Unit Assessment Resources
- Web Link, http://www.bullittschools.org/depts/curriculum/ [Web Link].   Click Curriculum Documents Link for Assessment Options
  
    MA-08-1.5.2 Properties /Adddition / Mul
The learner will be able to will identify how the commutative properties, the associative properties, the distributive property, the identity properties for addition and multiplication, and inverse relationships justify a given step in solving problems. DOK - 1 .
Strand Scope Source
Properties of Numbers and Operations Master Bullitt County Public Schools / Core Content for Assessment 4.1
Unit Assessment Resources
- Web Link, http://www.bullittschools.org/depts/curriculum/ [Web Link].   Click Curriculum Documents Link for Assessment Options
  

Measurement
Measurement
Students continue to measure and estimate measurements including fractions and decimals. They use formulas to find perimeter, area, circumference and volume. They use rulers and protractors. They use US Customary and metric units of
Program of Studies
Big Idea: Measurement
Students continue to measure and estimate measurements including fractions and decimals. They use
formulas to find perimeter, area, circumference and volume. They use rulers and protractors. They use
US Customary and metric units of measurement. They use the Pythagorean theorem.
Academic Expectations
2.10 Students understand measurement concepts and use measurements appropriately and
accurately.
2.11 Students understand mathematical change concepts and use them appropriately and accurately.
Grade 8 Enduring Knowledge – Understandings
Students will understand that
• there are two major measurement systems (U.S. Customary and metric) and either may be used
to solve problems.
• measurable attributes of objects and the units, systems and processes of measurement are
powerful tools for making sense of the world around them.
• measurements are determined by using appropriate techniques, tools, formulas and degree of
accuracy needed for the situation.
Grade 8 Skills and Concepts – Measuring Physical Attributes
Students will
• read and use measurement tools (e.g., rulers, scales, protractors, angle rulers, CBL/CBRs)
• estimate and find angle measures and segment measures
• determine measures of the lengths of sides and the perimeter both regular and irregular shapes,
including lengths to the nearest sixteenth of an inch or the nearest millimeter
• determine the area of triangles and quadrilaterals
• determine the area and circumference of circles
• develop and apply the Pythagorean theorem
• develop and apply formulas for volume and surface area of cubes, cylinders and right rectangular
prisms; investigate relationships between and among them
• estimate measurements in standard units in real world and/or mathematical situations
• explain how measurements and measurement formulas are related or different (perimeter and
area; rate, time and distance; circumference and area of a circle)
Grade 8 Skills and Concepts – Systems of Measurement
Students will
• provide examples of and apply money, time and U.S. Customary and metric units of
measurement to solve real-world problems

    MA-08-2.1.1 Measuring Phy Attributes
The learner will be able to measure lengths (to the nearest sixteenth of an inch or the nearest millimeter) and will determine and use in real-world or mathematical problems: " area and perimeter of triangles and quadrilaterals; " area and circumference of circles; " area and perimeter of compound figures composed of triangles, quadrilaterals and circles; " area from circumference or perimeter and " circumference or perimeter from area. DOK 3 .
Strand Scope Source
Measuring Physical Attributes Master Bullitt County Public Schools / Core Content for Assessment 4.1
Unit Assessment Resources
- Web Link, http://www.bullittschools.org/depts/curriculum/ [Web Link].   Click Curriculum Documents Link for Assessment Options
  
    MA-08.2.1.2 Measurements Estimates
The learner will be able to estimate measurements in standard units in real world and/or mathematical situations.
Strand Scope Source
Length Estimation Master Bullitt County Public Schools / Core Content for Assessment 4.1
Unit Assessment Resources
- Web Link, http://www.bullittschools.org/depts/curriculum/ [Web Link].   Click Curriculum Documents Link for Assessment Options
  
    MA-08-2.1.3 Measurement Angles
The learner will be able to evaluate the measures of angles by estimation, measurement with a protractor or angle ruler and determine angle measures in mathematical and/or real-world situations (e.g., supplementary, external, vertical). DOK 2 .
Strand Scope Source
Perimeter/Area/Volume Master Bullitt County Public Schools / Core Content for Assessment 4.1
Unit Assessment Resources
- Web Link, http://www.bullittschools.org/depts/curriculum/ [Web Link].   Click Curriculum Documents Link for Assessment Options
  
    MA-08-2.1.4 Right Rectangular Prisims
The learner will be able to apply formulas to determine the volume of right rectangular prisms in real-world problems. DOK - 2 .
Strand Scope Source
Measuring Physical Attributes Master Bullitt County Public Schools/ Core Content 4.1
Unit Assessment Resources
- Web Link, http://www.bullittschools.org/depts/curriculum/ [Web Link].   Click Curriculum Documents Link for Assessment Options
  
    MA-08-2.1.5 Surface Area / Rt Rec Prisi
The learner will be able to will use formulas to find surface area of right rectangular prisms in real world and/or mathematical situations.
Strand Scope Source
Measuring Physical Attributes Master Bullitt County Public Schools/ Core Content 4.1
Unit Assessment Resources
- Web Link, http://www.bullittschools.org/depts/curriculum/ [Web Link].   Click Curriculum Documents Link for Assessment Options
  
    MA-08-2.1.6 Pythagorean Theorem
The learner will be able to apply the Pythagorean theorem to determine the length of a hypotenuse. DOK - 2 .
Strand Scope Source
Measuring Physical Attributes Master Bullitt County Public Schools/ Core Content 4.1
Unit Assessment Resources
- Web Link, http://www.bullittschools.org/depts/curriculum/ [Web Link].   Click Curriculum Documents Link for Assessment Options
  
    MA-08-2.2.1 Convert Units of Measure
The learner will be able to convert units within the same measurement system and use these units to solve real-world problems. DOK 2 .
Strand Scope Source
Systems of Measurement Master Bullitt County Public Schools / Core Content for Assessment 4.1
Unit Assessment Resources
- Web Link, http://www.bullittschools.org/depts/curriculum/ [Web Link].   Click Curriculum Documents Link for Assessment Options
  

Geometry



Program of Studies
Big Idea: Geometry
Middle grade students expand analysis of two-dimensional shapes and three-dimensional shapes. They
translate shapes in a coordinate plane. They extend work with congruent and similar figures, including
proportionality.
Academic Expectation
2.8 Students understand various mathematical procedures and use them appropriately and
accurately.
2.9 Students understand space and dimensionality concepts and use them appropriately and
accurately.
Grade 8 Enduring Knowledge – Understandings
Students will understand that
• characteristics and properties of two-dimensional figures and three-dimensional objects describe
the world and are used to develop mathematical arguments about geometric relationships and to
evaluate the arguments of others.
• representational systems, including coordinate geometry, are means for specifying locations and
describing spatial relationships and are organizers for making sense of the world around them.
• transformations and symmetry are used to analyze real-world situations (e.g., art, nature,
construction and scientific exploration).
• shape and area are conserved during mathematical transformations (flips, slides and turns).
Scale conserves shape but changes size.
• visualization, spatial reasoning and geometric relationships model real-world situations.
Grade 8 Skills and Concepts – Shapes and Relationships
Students will
• describe and provide examples of basic geometric elements that include points, segments, rays,
lines, angles and planes; use these elements in real-world and/or mathematical situations
• identify and compare properties of two-dimensional figures (circles; triangles: acute, right, obtuse,
scalene, isosceles, equilateral; quadrilaterals: square, rectangle, rhombus, parallelogram,
trapezoid; regular/irregular polygons); apply these properties and figures to solve real-world
problems
• compare properties of three-dimensional figures (spheres, cones, cylinders, prisms, pyramids);
apply these properties and figures to solve real-world problems
• provide examples of and apply congruent and similar two-dimensional figures to solve real-world
problems
• apply proportional reasoning to solve problems involving scale models and real objects and scale
drawings and similar two-dimensional figures
Grade 8 Skills and Concepts – Transformations of Shapes
Students will
• investigate the congruence, proportionality and/or similarity of pre-images and images of dilations
(e.g., enlargements, reductions) in a coordinate plane
• describe, provide examples of and apply to real-world and/or mathematical situations rotational
symmetry (45°, 90º, 180º, 270º, 360º)
• rotate (clockwise or counterclockwise) shapes in a coordinate plane about the origin
• transform figures in a coordinate plane (translations, reflections and dilations [magnifications and
contractions] with the center of dilation at the origin); determine the new coordinates of the image
after the transformation

    MA-08-3.1.1 Geometric Elements -Basic
The learner will be able to describe, provide examples of, and identify (using correct notation, label, and name) the basic geometric elements (e.g., points, segments, rays, lines, angles, and planes), including both real world and/or mathematical situations.
Strand Scope Source
Shapes and Relationships Master Bullitt County Public Schools / Core Content for Assessment 4.1
Unit Assessment Resources
- Web Link, http://www.bullittschools.org/depts/curriculum/ [Web Link].   Click Curriculum Documents Link for Assessment Options
  
    MA-08-3.1.2 Two-dimensional Figures
The learner will be able to will identify and compare properties of two-dimensional figures (circles, triangles acute, right, obtuse, scalene, isosceles, equilateral], quadrilaterals [square, rectangle, rhombus, parallelogram, trapezoid], regular/irregular polygons) and will apply these properties and figures to solve real-world and mathematical problems. DOK 2 .
Strand Scope Source
Shapes and Relationships Master Bullitt County Public Schools / Core Content for Assessment 4.1
Unit Assessment Resources
- Web Link, http://www.bullittschools.org/depts/curriculum/ [Web Link].   Click Curriculum Documents Link for Assessment Options
  
    MA-08-3.1.3 Three-dimensional Figures
The learner will be able to compare properties of three-dimensional figures (spheres, cones, cylinders, prisms, pyramids) and will apply these properties and figures to solve real-world and mathematical problems. DOK 2 .
Strand Scope Source
Shapes and Relationships Master Bullitt County Public Schools / Core Content for Assessment 4.1
Unit Assessment Resources
- Web Link, http://www.bullittschools.org/depts/curriculum/ [Web Link].   Click Curriculum Documents Link for Assessment Options
  
    MA-08-3.1.4 Congruent and Simular Fig
The learner will be able to "" provide examples of congruent and similar figures; " apply congruent and similar figures to solve real-world and mathematical problems and " apply proportional reasoning to solve problems involving scale drawings and proportional figures. DOK 3 .
Strand Scope Source
Angles Master Bullitt County Public Schools / Core Content for Assessment 4.1
Unit Assessment Resources
- Web Link, http://www.bullittschools.org/depts/curriculum/ [Web Link].   Click Curriculum Documents Link for Assessment Options
  
    MA-08-3.2.1 Rotational Symmetry
The learner will be able to describe, provide examples of and apply to real-world and mathematical problems rotational symmetry (90º, 180º, 360º).
Strand Scope Source
Angles Master Bullitt County Public Schools/ Core Content 4.1
Unit Assessment Resources
- Web Link, http://www.bullittschools.org/depts/curriculum/ [Web Link].   Click Curriculum Documents Link for Assessment Options
  
    MA-06-3.2.2 Coordinate Plane
The learner will be able to transform (translate and reflect across a horizontal or vertical line) figures in the first quadrant of the coordinate plane and determine new coordinates of the shape after transformation. DOK - 2 .
Strand Scope Source
Transformations Master Bullitt County Public Schools / Core Content for Assessment 4.1
Unit Assessment Resources
- Web Link, http://www.bullittschools.org/depts/curriculum/ [Web Link].   Click Curriculum Documents Link for Assessment Options
  
    MA-08-3.2.3 Rotations / Identify
The learner will be able to identify rotations (clockwise or counterclockwise) of figures about the origin in a coordinate plane.
Strand Scope Source
Transformations of Shapes Master Bullitt County Public Schools / Core Content for Assessment 4.1
Unit Assessment Resources
- Web Link, http://www.bullittschools.org/depts/curriculum/ [Web Link].   Click Curriculum Documents Link for Assessment Options
  
    MA-08-3.3.1 Ordered Pairs
The learner will be able to identify and graph ordered pairs on a coordinate system, correctly identifying the origin, axes, and ordered pairs; and will apply graphing in the coordinate system to solve real-world problems. DOK - 2 .
Strand Scope Source
Coordinate Geometry Master Bullitt County Public Schools / Core Content for Assessment 4.1
Unit Assessment Resources
- Web Link, http://www.bullittschools.org/depts/curriculum/ [Web Link].   Click Curriculum Documents Link for Assessment Options
  

Data Analysis and Probability



Program of Studies
Big Idea: Data Analysis and Probability
Middle grades students extend the early development of data representations and examine the
appropriateness of graphs and representations of data. They examine central tendencies and dispersion.
They develop organized approaches to counting and use experimental and theoretical probabilities.
Academic Expectations
2.7 Students understand number concepts and use numbers appropriately and accurately.
2.8 Students understand various mathematical procedures and use them appropriately and
accurately.
2.13 Students understand and appropriately use statistics and probability.
Grade 8 Enduring Knowledge – Understandings
Students will understand that
• quantitative literacy is a necessary tool to be an intelligent consumer and citizen.
• the collection, organization, interpretation and display of data can be used to answer questions.
• the choice of data display can affect the visual message communicated.
• inferences and predictions from data are used to make critical and informed decisions.
• for a given set of data or a graph, statistical measures (mean, median, mode, range) can be used
to describe the distribution of the data.
• probability can be used to make decisions or predictions or to draw conclusions.
Skills and Concepts – Data Representations
Students will
• collect, organize, construct, analyze and make inferences from data in a variety of graphical
methods (e.g., drawings, tables/charts, pictographs, bar graphs, circle graphs, line plots, Venn
diagrams, line graphs, stem-and-leaf plots, scatter plots, histograms, box-and-whiskers plots)
• select an appropriate graph to represent data and justify its use
• compare similar data from various types of graphs
• relate different representations of data (e.g., tables, graphs, diagrams, plots) and explain how
misleading representations affect interpretations and conclusions about data Big Idea: Data Analysis and Probability
Grade 8 Skills and Concepts – Characteristics of Data
Students will
• determine and interpret clusters, quartiles, gaps and outliers in data
• make predictions, draw conclusions and verify results from statistical data and probability
experiments, making use of technology as appropriate
• determine and interpret the mean, median, mode and range of a set of data
• compare sets of data
• explore how statistics can be interpreted in many ways
Grade 8 Skills and Concepts – Experiments and Samples
Students will
• explain how data gathering, bias issues or faulty data analysis can affect the results of data
collection, data representation and data interpretation
Grade 8 Skills and Concepts – Probability
Students will
• make predictions, draw conclusions and verify results from probability experiments or simulations,
making use of technology as appropriate
• analyze situations, such as games of chance, board games or grading scales and make
predictions using knowledge of probability
• identify and describe the number of possible arrangements of several objects, using a tree
diagram or the basic counting principle; make a list, picture, chart or tree diagram to represent a
sample space
• investigate counting techniques (e.g., networks)
• investigate and explain the role of probability in everyday decision making
• explore concepts of randomness and independent events
• determine theoretical (mathematical) probabilities ( e.g., express probability as a ratio, decimal,
percent, area model as appropriate for a given situation)
• compare theoretical and experimental results and explain reasons why there might be differences

    MA-08-4.1.1 Data Displays
The learner will be able to analyze and make inferences from data displays (drawings, tables/charts, pictographs, bar graphs, circle graphs, line plots, Venn diagrams, line graphs, stem-and-leaf plots, scatter plots). DOK - 3 .
Strand Scope Source
Representations of Data Sets Master Bullitt County Public Schools / Core Content for Assessment 4.1
Unit Assessment Resources
- Web Link, http://www.bullittschools.org/depts/curriculum/ [Web Link].   Click Curriculum Documents Link for Assessment Options
  
    MA-08-4.1.2 Data sets /Related
The learner will be able to explain how different representations of data (e.g., tables, graphs, diagrams, plots) are related.
Strand Scope Source
Representations of Data Sets Master Bullitt County Public Schools / Core Content for Assessment 4.1
Unit Assessment Resources
- Web Link, http://www.bullittschools.org/depts/curriculum/ [Web Link].   Click Curriculum Documents Link for Assessment Options
  
    MA-0-4.1.4 Data Displays / Construct
The learner will be able to "" construct data displays (Venn diagrams, tables, line graphs, stem-and-leaf plots, circle graphs, scatter plots); " explain why the type of display is appropriate for the data and " explain how misleading representations affect interpretations and conclusions about data (e.g., changing the scale on a graph). DOK 2 .
Strand Scope Source
Representations of Data Sets Master Bullitt County Public Schools / Core Content for Assessment 4.1
Unit Assessment Resources
- Web Link, http://www.bullittschools.org/depts/curriculum/ [Web Link].   Click Curriculum Documents Link for Assessment Options
  
    MA-08-4.1.5 Box/Whisker Plots
The learner will be able to construct box-and-whiskers plots.
Strand Scope Source
Characteristics od Data Sets Master Bullitt County Public Schools/ Core Content 4.1
Unit Assessment Resources
- Web Link, http://www.bullittschools.org/depts/curriculum/ [Web Link].   Click Curriculum Documents Link for Assessment Options
  
    MA--8-4.2.1 Mean/Median/Mode/Range
The learner will be able to "" determine the mean, median, mode and range of a set of data; " identify clusters, gaps and outliers and " apply these concepts to compare sets of data. DOK 2 .
Strand Scope Source
Characteristics of Data Sets Master Bullitt County Public Schools / Core Content for Assessment 4.1
Unit Assessment Resources
- Web Link, http://www.bullittschools.org/depts/curriculum/ [Web Link].   Click Curriculum Documents Link for Assessment Options
  
    MA-08-4.3.1 Data / Bias issues
The learner will be able to explain how data gathering, bias issues and faulty data analysis can affect the results of data collection.
Strand Scope Source
Characteristics od Data Sets Master Bullitt County Public Schools/ Core Content 4.1
Unit Assessment Resources
- Web Link, http://www.bullittschools.org/depts/curriculum/ [Web Link].   Click Curriculum Documents Link for Assessment Options
  
    MA-08-4.4.1 Sample Space / Size
The learner will be able to apply counting techniques to determine the size of a sample space. DOK - 2 .
Strand Scope Source
Characteristics of Data Sets Master Bullitt County Public Schools / Core Content for Assessment 4.1
Unit Assessment Resources
- Web Link, http://www.bullittschools.org/depts/curriculum/ [Web Link].   Click Curriculum Documents Link for Assessment Options
  
    MA-08-4.4.2 Simple Probabilities
The learner will be able to "" Determine theoretical probabilities of simple events; " Determine probabilities based on the results of an experiment; and " Make inferences from probability data. DOK - 3 .
Strand Scope Source
Probability Master Bullitt County Public Schools / Core Content for Assessment 4.1
Unit Assessment Resources
- Web Link, http://www.bullittschools.org/depts/curriculum/ [Web Link].   Click Curriculum Documents Link for Assessment Options
  
    MA-08-4.4.3 Results / tabulate
The learner will be able to tabulate experimental results from simulations and explain how theoretical and experimental probabilities are related.
Strand Scope Source
Probability Master Bullitt County Public Schools/ Core Content 4.1
Unit Assessment Resources
- Web Link, http://www.bullittschools.org/depts/curriculum/ [Web Link].   Click Curriculum Documents Link for Assessment Options
  
    MA-08-4.4.4 Data Models
The learner will be able to will determine theoretical probabilities and represent them using area models.
Strand Scope Source
Data Representations Master Bullitt County Public Schools/ Core Content 4.1
Unit Assessment Resources
- Web Link, http://www.bullittschools.org/depts/curriculum/ [Web Link].   Click Curriculum Documents Link for Assessment Options
  

Algebraic Thinking



Program of Studies
Big Idea: Algebraic Thinking
Middle grade students extend pattern work to include arithmetic sequences. They use linear functions
and linear equations. They plot rational number pairs in the Cartesian plane. They simplify algebraic and
numeric expressions. They explore the effects of change on related variables. They use and solve twostep
single variable equations and inequalities.
Academic Expectations
2.8 Students understand various mathematical procedures and use them appropriately and
accurately.
2.11 Students understand mathematical change concepts and use them appropriately and accurately.
2.12 Students understand mathematical structure concepts including the properties and logic of
various mathematical systems.
Grade 8 Enduring Knowledge – Understandings
Students will understand that
• patterns, relations and functions are tools that help explain or predict real-world phenomena.
• numerical patterns can be written as rules that generate the pattern.
• algebra represents mathematical situations and structures for analysis and problem solving.
• real-world situations can be represented using mathematical models to analyze quantitative
relationships.
• functions are used to analyze change in various contexts and model real-world phenomena.
Functions can be written in words, in a symbolic sentence or in a table.
Grade 8 Skills and Concepts – Patterns, Relations and Functions
Students will
• recognize, create and extend patterns (generalize the pattern by giving the rule for the nth term
and explain the generalization)
• represent, interpret and describe linear and simple quadratic functional relationships
(input/output) through tables, graphs and symbolic rules
• organize input-output coordinate pairs into tables, plot points in all four quadrants of a coordinate
(Cartesian) system/grid and interpret resulting patterns or trends using technology as appropriate
• interpret and explain relationships between tables, graphs, verbal rules and equations, using
technology as appropriate
• graph linear functions in a four quadrant (Cartesian) system/grid and interpret the results, using
technology as appropriate
• explain how change in the input affects change in the output (e.g., in d=rt, increasing the time (t)
increases the distance (d))
Grade 8 Skills and Concepts – Variables, Expressions and Operations
Students will
• apply order of operations to evaluate and simplify algebraic expressions
• given a formula, substitute appropriate elements from a real-world or mathematical situation
• describe, define and provide examples of variables and expressions with a missing value based
on real-world and/or mathematical situations
Grade 8 Skills and Concepts – Equations and Inequalities
Students will
• use multiple representations to model and solve one- and two-variable linear equations
• solve problems using formulas
• investigate linear inequalities using a variety of methods and representations
• model and solve real-world problems with one- or two-step equations or inequalities (e.g.,
4x+2=22, x-4<-60)

    MA-08-5.1.1 Numerical Patterns / Variab
The learner will be able to use variables to describe numerical patterns based on arithmetic sequences in real-world and mathematical problems (e.g., ( ) = 2 +3).
Strand Scope Source
Patterns, Relations, and Functions Master Bullitt County Public Schools / Core Content for Assessment 4.1
Unit Assessment Resources
- Web Link, http://www.bullittschools.org/depts/curriculum/ [Web Link].   Click Curriculum Documents Link for Assessment Options
  
    MA-08-5.1.2 Tables/Analyze
The learner will be able to represent, analyze and generalize simple first and second degree functional relationships using tables, graphs, words and algebraic notations and will apply the first degree relationships to solve real-world and mathematical problems. DOK 2 .
Strand Scope Source
Patterns, Relations, and Functions Master Bullitt County Public Schools / Core Content for Assessment 4.1
Unit Assessment Resources
- Web Link, http://www.bullittschools.org/depts/curriculum/ [Web Link].   Click Curriculum Documents Link for Assessment Options
  
    MA-08-5.1.5 Change in one Variable
The learner will be able to will explain how the change in one variable affects the change in another variable (e.g., if rate remains constant, an increase in time results in an increase in distance). DOK 2 .
Strand Scope Source
Patterns, Relations, and Functions Master Bullitt County Public Schools / Core Content for Assessment 4.1
Unit Assessment Resources
- Web Link, http://www.bullittschools.org/depts/curriculum/ [Web Link].   Click Curriculum Documents Link for Assessment Options
  
    MA-08-5.2.1 Algebraic Expressions/Simp
The learner will be able to evaluate and simplify algebraic expressions applying the order of operations. DOK 2 .
Strand Scope Source
Variables, Expressions,and Operations Master Bullitt County Public Schools / Core Content for Assessment 4.1
Unit Assessment Resources
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    MA-08-5.2.2 Expressions / Missing Value
The learner will be able to describe, define and provide examples of variables and expressions with a missing value based on real-world and mathematical problems.
Strand Scope Source
Equations and Inequalities Master Bullitt County Public Schools/ Core Content 4.1
Unit Assessment Resources
- Web Link, http://www.bullittschools.org/depts/curriculum/ [Web Link].   Click Curriculum Documents Link for Assessment Options
  
    MA-08-5.3.1 Single Variable Problems
The learner will be able to model and solve single variable, first-degree real-world and mathematical problems (e.g., 5x+2 = x+22, x-4 < -60). DOK 2 .
Strand Scope Source
Equations and Inequalities Master Bullitt County Public Schools / Core Content for Assessment 4.1
Unit Assessment Resources
- Web Link, http://www.bullittschools.org/depts/curriculum/ [Web Link].   Click Curriculum Documents Link for Assessment Options
  

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