Algebra Grade 8

Avon Lake City Schools 

Curriculum Framework

Algebra - Grade 8

Course Overview:

This class is aligned to the national Common Core Standards for Algebra I to prepare our students to compete in a college setting. High school credit can be earned with a minimum average score of 80%. A graphing calculator (TI-83 or TI-84) is required. 

Textbook (Title and Publishing Company): 

Big Ideas Learning - Algebra 1 Common Core (available as text and online)

Online/Supplemental Materials:

Desmos

Delta Math 

Assessments: 

Ohio State Test

NWEA Map Growth

Topic Common Assessments

Content/Topics/Learning Goals

Subject to Change based on Pacing and Schedules

1st Quarter 

  • Foundations of Algebra:

    • Simplifying Expressions

    • Order of Operations

    • Real Number Systems

  • Solving One-Variable Equations

    • Modeling quantities

    • Solving one-variable equations

    • Literal Equations

  • Solving One-Variable Inequalities

    • Writing and graphing inequalities 

    • Expressing solutions to inequalities in interval notation

    • Solving one-variable inequalities

    • Solving compound inequalities

2nd Quarter 

  • Functions:

    • Identify characteristics of functions

    • Function notation

    • Standard form for linear functions

    • Slope-Intercept form for linear functions

    • Identifying linear versus non-linear functions

    • Domain and Range

    • Discrete versus Continuous

  • Writing Linear Functions:

    • Slope-Intercept Form

    • Point-Slope Form

    • Parallel versus Perpendicular 

    • Scatter Plots 

    • Analyzing Lines of Best Fit

    • Arithmetic Sequences

  • Systems of Equations:

    • Solve by graphing, substitution, and elimination

    • Special Situations

    • Applications of Systems of Equations

    • Two-Variable Inequalities

    • Two-Variable Inequality Systems 

3rd Quarter

  • Exponents:

    • Exponent Rules

    • Negative Exponents

    • Scientific Notation (conversions, computations, and applications)

  • Exponentials

    • Exponential Functions

    • Graphing Exponential Functions 

    • Growth and Decay

    • Geometric Sequences

    • Recursive Functions

  • Polynomials and Factoring

    • Operations of Polynomials (addition, subtraction, multiplication)

    • Special Products

    • Solving Factored Form

    • Factoring Polynomials

4th Quarter  

  • Graphing Quadratics:

    • Identifying characteristics of quadratic graphs

    • Graphing by transformations

    • Graphing from Vertex-Form

    • Applications of Quadratics

  • Solving Quadratics:

    • Solve by graphing

    • Solve by Square Roots

    • Solve by Completing the Square

    • Solve by Quadratic Formula

    • Writing Quadratics in Vertex Form

    • Finding and Interpreting the Discriminant 

  • Statistics:

    • Measure of central tendency

    • Box-Whisker Plots

    • Relative Frequency


If Time Allows: 

  • Radicals:

    • Simplifying radicals

    • Pythagorean Theorem in Radical Form

    • Quadratic Formula in Radical Form

    • Simplifying Square and Cubed Roots

    • Operations with Radicals 

Last Updated:

September, 2023