Grade Level & Subject: Grade 8-Honors Math-Algebra 1		Curriculum Map	Year 2003
Calendar	August	September	October/November
	First Nine Weeks - August - October
Possible Resources	McDougal Little Algebra One (2001) Chapter 1-3 (pages 1-188) AMATH
Nine Weeks Focus
Skills/Standards	Number and Number Sense and Operations Standard 1. Identify and justify whether properties (closure, identity, inverse, commutative and associative) hold for a given set and operations; e.g., even integers and multiplication. 2. Compare, order and determine equivalent forms for rational and irrational numbers. 3. Explain the effects of operations such as multiplication or division, and of computing powers and roots on the magnitude of quantities. 4. Demonstrate fluency in computations using real numbers. 5. Estimate the solutions for problem situations involving square and cube roots. Measurement Standard 1. Convert rates within the same measurement system; e.g., miles per hour to feet per second; kilometers per hour to meters per second. 2. Use unit analysis to check computations involving measurement. 5. Solve problems involving unit conversion for situations involving distances, areas, volumes and rates within the same measurement system. Geometry and Spatial Sense Standard Patterns, Functions and Algebra Standard 1. Define function with ordered pairs in which each domain element is assigned exactly one range element. 2. Generalize patterns using functions or relationships (linear, quadratic and exponential), and freely translate among tabular, graphical and symbolic representations. 5. Describe and compare characteristics of the following families of functions: linear, quadratic and exponential functions; e.g., general shape, number of roots, domain, range, rate of change, maximum or minimum. Data Analysis and Probability Standard
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