Pacing calendar for 8th Grade: “Big Ideas” and Units of Study

September

• Solving Equations by Adding and

Subtracting

• Solving Equations by Multiplying and

Dividing

• Solving Two-Step Equations

Quiz

• Simplifying Algebraic Expressions

• Solving Multi-Step Equations

• Solving Equations with Variables on

Both Sides

Quiz

• Pairs of Angles

• Angles and Parallel Lines

Unit Exam

October

• Sequences/Patterns and Functions

• Relating Graphs to Events

Quiz

• Relations and Functions

• Tables, Graphs, and Function Rule

• Writing a Function Rule

Quiz

• Direct Variation

• Sequences

Unit Exam
 • Rate of Change and Slope

• Slope-Intercept Form

Quiz

• Applying Linear Functions

November

• Standard Form

Quiz

• Point-Slope Form and Writing Linear

Equations (optional)

• Writing Rules for Linear Function

(Given a Table)

Unit Exam

• Exploring Polynomials

• Adding and Subtracting Polynomials

Quiz

• Multiplication Properties of Exponents

• Division Properties of Exponents

Quiz

• Multiplying and Factoring Monomials

• Multiplying Binomials

December

• Multiplying Special Cases

• Factoring Trinomials of the Type

x 2 + bx + c

Quiz
 • Factoring Trinomials of the Type
ax 2 + bx + c

• Factoring Special Cases

Quiz

• Factoring by Grouping

• Dividing Polynomials

Unit Exam

• Fractions, Decimals, and Percents

• Estimating with Percents

Quiz

• Percents and Proportions

• Percents and Equations

Quiz

• Percent of Change

• Markup and Discount

Quiz

• Simple Interest

Unit Exam

January

• Translations

• Reflections and Symmetry

Quiz

• Rotations

• Dilations

Unit Exam

• Solve Inequalities by Adding and

Subtracting/ Graph Solution
 • Solving Inequalities by Multiplying
and Dividing/ Graph Solution

Quiz

• Solving Multi-Step Inequalities /

Graph Solution

Exam

February

• Solving Systems of Equations by

Graphing

Quiz

• Solving Systems of Equations by

Substitution

• Solve Systems of Equations by

Elimination

Quiz

March – May

Repeat over again