Pre-Algebra

District 2853

Month

Content

Performance Standards Addressed

           Grade 7                           Grades 8-9

Skills for Student Achievement

Assessment

 

September

·         Order of Operations

·         Variables-Equations

·         Solving Equations

·         Inequalities

·         Collecting Data

Computation & Operation

 - Benchmark #6

Algebra

 - Benchmark #1

Mathematical Reasoning

 - Benchmarks #1, #4, #5

Data and Statistics

 - Benchmark #2

Mathematical Reasoning

 - Benchmarks #1, #2, #4,

   #5

Algebra

 - Benchmark #4

Patterns and Functions

 - Benchmark #3

·         Solve problems using the four-step problem-solving plan

·         Select appropriate method of computation

·         Use variables & algebraic properties

·         Graph points in coordinate system

·         Gather, record, and analyze data

 

October

·         Exploring Integers

·         Coordinate Systems

·         Patterns in Problem Solving

·         Solving Equations using Formulas

·         Area & Perimeter

·         Solving Inequalities

Mathematical Reasoning

 - Benchmarks #1, #2, #4

Number Sense

 - Benchmark #3

Computation & Operation

 - Benchmark #1

Algebra

 - Benchmark #3

Mathematical Reasoning

 - Benchmarks #1, #2, #4

Patterns and Functions

 - Benchmark #2

Number Sense

 - Benchmarks #1, #2

Algebra

 - Benchmark #4

Computation & Operation

 - Benchmarks #2, #5

·         Graph on number line and coordinate system

·         Add, subtract, multiply and divide integers

·         Evaluate problems using integers

 

·         Solve one-step equations

·         Use formulas to solve problems

 

·         Solve one-step inequalities

 

November

·         Powers & Exponents

·         Factors (Greatest Common Factor) (Least Common Multiple)

·         Simplify Fractions

Computation & Operation

 - Benchmark #5

Mathematical Reasoning

 - Benchmark #6

Number Sense

 - Benchmark #1

Computation & Operation

 - Benchmarks #1, #5

Mathematical Reasoning

 - Benchmark #6

Number Sense

 - Benchmark #3

·         Solve problems involving powers and exponents

·         Find the GCF of numbers and monomials

 

·         Find the LCM of numbers and monomials

 

·         Simplify and compare fractions

 

December

·         Rational Numbers

·         Adding and Subtracting Decimals

·         Adding and Subtracting Fractions

·         Solving equations and Inequalities

·         Sequences

Computation & Operation

 - Benchmark #1

Algebra

 - Benchmark #2

Mathematical Reasoning

 - Benchmark #2, #4

Number Sense

 - Benchmark #4

Computation & Operation

 - Benchmarks #1, #7

Mathematical Reasoning

 - Benchmarks #2, #4

Patterns and Functions

 - Benchmark #1

·         Estimate and find sums and differences of rational numbers

 

 

 

 

 

·         Solve equations and inequalities involving rational numbers

·         Find terms of sequences

 

January

·         Write Fractions as Decimals

·         Multiply and Divide Fractions

·         Multiply and Divide Decimals

·         Measures of Central Tendency

Number Sense

 - Benchmark #1

Computation & Operation

 - Benchmark #1

Data & Statistics

 - Benchmark #2

Mathematical Reasoning

 - Benchmarks #2, #4

Number Sense

 - Benchmarks #1, #2

Computation & Operation

 - Benchmark #1

Data and Statistics

 - Benchmark #2

·         Express fractions as decimals and decimals as fractions

·         Find products and quotients of rational numbers

 

 

·         Determine mean, median and mode of a set of data

 

January

·         Equations and inequalities using decimals and fractions

Mathematical Reasoning

 - Benchmarks #2, #4

Mathematical Reasoning

 - Benchmarks #2, #4

·         Solve equations and inequalities using decimals and fractions

 

February

·         Two-Step equations

·         Multi-Step Inequalities

·         Writing equations and writing inequalities

Mathematical Reasoning

 - Benchmarks #2, #3, #4

Mathematical Reasoning

 - Benchmarks #2, #3, #4

·         Write and solve multi-step equations

·         Write and solve multi-step inequalities

 

 

March

·         Relations and Functions

·         Graphing Relations and Functions

·         Slope, Systems of Equations

·         Graph Inequalities, Ratios and Proportions

·         Percents

Patterns and Functions

 - Benchmarks #1, #2

Mathematical Reasoning

 - Benchmarks #1, #2, #4

Data and Statistics

 - Benchmark #1

Computation & Operation

 - Benchmark #3

Probability

 - Benchmark #1

Patterns and Functions

 - Benchmarks #2, #3

Mathematical Reasoning

 - Benchmarks #1, #2, #4

Data and Statistics

 - Benchmark #2

Probability

 - Benchmarks #1, #2

·         Determine if a relation is a function

 

·         Graph equations

 

·         Determine slope

·         Solve systems of equations

·         Graph inequalities

·         Use ratios and proportions to solve problems

 

·         Solve percent problems

 

April

·         Area

·         Surface Area

·         Volume

Algebra

 - Benchmark #3

Algebra

 - Benchmark #2

Spatial Sense

 - Benchmark #1

Geometry

 - Benchmarks #1, #2, #3,

   #4, #5

·         Find the area of polygons and circles

·         Find the surface area of three dimensional figures

·         Calculate the volume of three dimensional figures

 

May

·         Polynomials

·         Classify Polynomials

·         Powers

Algebra

 - Benchmark #1

Computation & Operation

 - Benchmark #5

Algebra

 - Benchmarks #1, #4

Computation & Operation

 - Benchmark #3

·         Classify polynomials

·         Perform basic operations on polynomials

 

·         Evaluate expressions using laws of exponents