EIGHTH GRADE MATH

Standards

• Standards: HRCSD Priority Standards
• K-12 Common Core State Standards (CCSS) (DOE website)
• Common Core State Standards specifically for Eighth Grade (PDF file)
• Common Core State Standards Domains & Clusters for Eighth Grade (PDF file) 
• Emphases
• Flipbook
• Unpacking the Grade 8 Standards with Check for Understanding
• Grade 8 SBAC Claim 1 Targets and Specs
• Grade 8 SBAC Claim 2 Targets and Specs
• Grade 8 SBAC Claim 3 Targets and Specs
• Grade 8 SBAC Claim 4 Targets and Specs

Big Ideas 8th Grade Pacing Guide

2021-2021 List of Priority Lessons

Intervention Resources

RED  = TOP PRIORITY (do all of these ones first, starting at the top of the list) 
BLUE  = 2nd PRIORITY 
GREEN = LAST PRIORITY

Algebra (key skills for our first unit!)

• Ordered Pairs - identifying, finding, plotting
• Evaluating algebraic expressions
• Solving algebraic equations Equation to table & graph
• Slope of a line from a graph Basic

Operations & Understandings

• Place Value
• Addition of whole numbers
• Subtraction of whole numbers
• Multiplication of whole numbers
• Multiplication Tables (1-12)
• Division by 1 & 2 digits - whole numbers
• Order of Operations

Number Theory

• Divisibility Prime or Composite Numbers
• Multiples
• Factors
• Greatest Common Factor (GCF)
• Least Common Multiple (LCM)

Decimals Operations

• Addition of decimals
• Subtraction of decimals
• Rounding decimals
• Multiplication of decimals
• Division of decimals

Converting between Fractions, Decimals & Percents

• Fractions to Decimals & Percents
• Decimals to Fractions & Percents
• Percents to Fractions & Decimals

Fractions

• Equivalent Fractions
• Simplifying Fractions
• Adding Fractions - like & unlike denominators
• Subtracting Fractions - like & unlike denominators
• Multiplying Fractions
• Dividing Fractions
• Comparing Fractions
• Ordering Fractions

Geometry

• Perimeter
• Area of basic geometric shapes
• Angles - classify as acute, obtuse or right
• Triangles - classifying by angles, by sides
• Lines - classifying as parallel, perpendicular, neither

Teacher Resources

Extensions

Student Practice Websites

Educational Math Games for Eighth Graders
Cool Math for Kids	Cool Math Games	Algebra Games	Math Playground
Soft Schools	Sheppard Software	Mangahigh	Fun Brain
IXL	Oswego	The Math Games	LearnZillion
Digit Whiz	Sumdog