Unit

Bloom's

Objective

A.1

Ch.1

Application

A.10

Ch.13

Analysis
Analysis

A.9

Supplem
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materia
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Curriculum Pacing Chart

2014 - 2015
Subject: Algebra I Middle School
Week of

SOL #

A.1

Ch.1

Application

Familiarization with graphing calculator

10a - Compare, contrast, and analyze data, including data from real-world
situations displayed in box-and-whisker plots.
9a - Analyze descriptive statistics to determine the implications for the realworld situations from which the data derive.
9b - Given data, including data in a real-world context, calculate and interpret
the mean absolute deviation of a data set.
9c - Given data, including data in a real-world context, calculate variance and
standard deviation of a data set and interpret the standard deviation.
9d - Given data, including data in a real-world context, calculate and interpret
z-scores for a data set.
9e - Explain ways in which standard deviation addresses dispersion by
examining the formula for standard deviation.
9f - Compare and contrast mean absolute deviation and standard deviation in
a real-world context.
1a - Translate verbal quantitative situations into algebraic expressions and
vice versa.

A.1

Ch.1

Analysis

A.4

Ch.1

Application

4b - Simplify expressions and solve equations, using the field properties of the
real numbers and properties of equality to justify simplification and solution.

A.1

Ch. 2

Synthesis

9/29

A.3
A.3

Ch. 2
Supp

Application
Application

10/6

A.1

Ch. 2

Synthesis

A.3

supp

Application

1c - Evaluate algebraic expressions for a given replacement set to include

rational numbers.
3a - Express square roots of a whole number in simplest form.
3b - Express the cube root of a whole number in simplest form.
1d - Evaluate expressions that contain absolute value, square roots, and cube
roots.
3c - Express the principal square root of a monomial algebraic expression in
simplest form where variables are assumed to have positive values.

10/13

A.4

Ch. 3

Application

4e - Solve multistep linear equations in one variable.

10/20

A.4

Ch. 3

Synthesis

1st Nine Weeks

8/27

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9/1

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A.9

9/8

A.9
A.9

9/15

9/22

Application
Application
Application
Analysis
Synthesis

1b - Model real-world situations with algebraic expressions in a variety of

representations (concrete, pictorial, symbolic, verbal).

4f - Confirm algebraic solutions to linear and quadratic equations, using a

graphing calculator.

2nd Nine Weeks

10/27

A.4

Ch. 3

Analysis

A.4

Ch. 3

Application

A.7

Ch. 4

Analysis

A.7

Ch. 4

Synthesis

A.7

Ch. 4

Application

A.7

Ch. 4

Analysis

A.7

Ch. 4

Analysis

A.6

Ch. 5

Application

A.6

Ch. 5

Analysis

A.6
A.6

Ch. 5
Ch. 5

Application
Application

11/24

A.6

Ch. 5

Analysis

12/1

A.

Ch. 5

Synthesis

A.6

Ch. 5

Synthesis

A.6
A.6
A.6

Ch. 5
Ch. 5
Ch. 5

Application
Application
Application

A.6

Ch. 5

Application

A.6

Ch. 5

Application

A.11

Ch. 5

Application

12/15

A.11

Ch.5

Synthesis

1/5

A.11

Ch.5

Evaluation

11/3

11/10

11/17

12/8

4l - Determine if a linear equation in one variable has one, an infinite number,

or no solutions.
4a - Solve a literal equation (formula) for a specified variable.
7a - Determine whether a relation, represented by a set of ordered pairs, a
table, or a graph is a function.
7b - Identify the domain, range, zeros, and intercepts of a function presented
algebraically or graphically.
7c - For each x in

the domain of f, find f(x).

7d - Represent relations and functions using concrete, verbal, numeric,

graphic, and algebraic forms. Given one representation, students will be able
to represent the relation in another form.
7e - Detect patterns in data and represent arithmetic and geometric patterns
algebraically.
6d - Find the slope of a line, given the coordinates of two points on the line.
6f - Recognize and describe a line with a slope that is positive, negative, zero,
or undefined.
6e - Find the slope of a line, given the graph of a line.
6c - Find the slope of the line, given the equation of a linear function.
6a - Graph linear equations and inequalities in two variables, including those
that arise from a variety of real-world situations.
6b - Use the parent function y = x and describe transformations defined by
changes in the slope or y-intercept.
6g - Use transformational graphing to investigate effects of changes in
equation parameters on the graph of the equation.
6h - Write an equation of a line when given the graph of a line.

x = a.
6l - Write the equation of a horizontal line as y = c.
6k - Write an equation of a vertical line as

6j - Write an equation of a line when given the slope and a point on the line
whose coordinates are integers.
6i - Write an equation of a line when given two points on the line whose
coordinates are integers.
11a - Write an equation for a curve of best fit, given a set of no more than
twenty data points in a table, a graph, or real-world situation.
11b - Make predictions about unknown outcomes, using the equation of the
curve of best fit.
11c - Design experiments and collect data to address specific, real-world
questions.

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Ch. 5

Synthesis

11d - Evaluate the reasonableness of a mathematical model of a real-world

situation.

A.8

Ch. 5,12

Analysis

8a - Given a situation, including a real-world situation, determine whether a

direct variation exists.

A.8

Ch. 5,12

Analysis

8b - Given a situation, including a real-world situation, determine whether an

inverse variation exists.

A.8
A.8
A.8
A.5

Ch. 5,12
Ch. 5,12
Ch. 5,12
Ch. 6

Application
Application
Application
Application

A.5

Ch. 6

Synthesis

A.5

Ch. 6

Synthesis

A.6

Ch. 6

Analysis

A.4

Ch. 7

Analysis

8c - Write an equation for a direct variation, given a set of data.

8d - Write an equation for an inverse variation, given a set of data.
8e - Graph an equation representing a direct variation, given a set of data.
5a - Solve multistep linear inequalities in one variable.
5b - Justify steps used in solving inequalities, using axioms of inequality and
properties of order that are valid for the set of real numbers.
5c - Solve real-world problems involving inequalities.
6a - Graph linear equations and inequalities in two variables, including those
that arise from a variety of real-world situations.
4i - Determine whether a system of two linear equations has one solution, no
solution, or infinite solutions.

A.4

Ch. 7

Evaluation

4j - Write a system of two linear equations that models a real-world situation.

A.4

Ch. 7

Analysis

4k - Interpret and determine the reasonableness of the algebraic or graphical

solution of a system of two linear equations that models a real-world situation.

A.4

Ch. 7

Application

4h - Given a system of two linear equations in two variables that has a unique
solution, solve the system graphically by identifying the point of intersection.

A.4

Ch. 7

Application

4g - Given a system of two linear equations in two variables that has a unique
solution, solve the system by substitution or elimination to find the ordered
pair which satisfies both equations.

A.5

Ch. 7

Application

3/2

A.2

Ch. 8

Application

3/9

A.2

Ch. 8

Analysis

3/16

A.2

Ch. 8

Evaluation

5d - Solve systems of linear inequalities algebraically and graphically.

2a - Simplify monomial expressions and ratios of monomial expressions in
which the exponents are integers, using the laws of exponents.
2c - Relate concrete and pictorial manipulations that model polynomial
operations to their corresponding symbolic representations.
2b - Model sums, differences, products, and quotients of polynomials with
concrete objects and their related pictorial representations.

A.2

Ch. 8

Application

2d - Find sums and differences of polynomials.

1/12

3rd Nine Weeks

1/19

1/26

2/2

2/9

2/16

2/23

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A.2

Ch. 8

Application

2e - Find products of polynomials. The factors will have no more than five
total terms (i.e. (4x+2)(3x+5) represents four terms and (x+1)(2x2 +x+3)
represents five terms).

A.2

Ch. 8

Application

2f - Find the quotient of polynomials, using a monomial or binomial divisor, or

a completely factored divisor.

4th Nine Weeks

Ch.9

Application

A.4

2g - Factor completely first- and second-degree polynomials with integral

coefficients.
Ch.9 Comprehension 2h - Identify prime polynomials.
2i - Use the x-intercepts from the graphical representation of the polynomial to
Ch.9
Application determine and confirm its factors.
7b - Identify the domain, range, zeros, and intercepts of a function presented
Ch. 9
Synthesis
algebraically or graphically.
Ch. 10
Application 4c - Solve quadratic equations.

A.4

Ch. 10

Application

A.4

Ch. 10

Application

A.11

Ch. 10

Application

A.11

Ch. 10

Synthesis

A.11

Ch. 10

Evaulation

A.11

Ch. 10

Synthesis

3/30

A.2

4/13

A.2
A.2
A.7

4/20

4/27

5/4

Analysis
5/11

4d - Identify the roots or zeros of a quadratic function over the real number
system as the solution(s) to the quadratic equation that is formed by setting
the given quadratic expression equal to zero.
4f - Confirm algebraic solutions to linear and quadratic equations, using a
graphing calculator.
11a - Write an equation for a curve of best fit, given a set of no more than
twenty data points in a table, a graph, or real-world situation.
11b - Make predictions about unknown outcomes, using the equation of the
curve of best fit.
11c - Design experiments and collect data to address specific, real-world
questions.
11d - Evaluate the reasonableness of a mathematical model of a real-world
situation.
7e - Detect patterns in data and represent arithmetic and geometric patterns
algebraically.
Review