IXL skill plan | 8th grade plan for the Illinois Assessment of Readiness

Skill plan for the Illinois Assessment of Readiness - 8th grade

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Major Content
Additional and Supporting Content
Reasoning
Modeling

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Major Content
Expressions and Equations
Radicals and integer exponents		1. Checkpoint: Properties of exponents 2. Checkpoint: Square and cube roots 3. Checkpoint: Scientific notation
Radicals and integer exponents
1. Checkpoint: Properties of exponents 2. Checkpoint: Square and cube roots 3. Checkpoint: Scientific notation

Proportional relationships, lines, and linear equations		1. Checkpoint: Proportional relationships 2. Checkpoint: Slope and linear equations
Proportional relationships, lines, and linear equations
1. Checkpoint: Proportional relationships 2. Checkpoint: Slope and linear equations

Solve linear equations and systems of linear equations		1. Checkpoint: Solve linear equations 2. Checkpoint: Systems of equations
Solve linear equations and systems of linear equations
1. Checkpoint: Solve linear equations 2. Checkpoint: Systems of equations

Understand, evaluate, and compare functions		1. Checkpoint: Understand functions 2. Checkpoint: Compare linear functions 3. Checkpoint: Linear and nonlinear functions
Understand, evaluate, and compare functions
1. Checkpoint: Understand functions 2. Checkpoint: Compare linear functions 3. Checkpoint: Linear and nonlinear functions

Model relationships between quantities		1. Checkpoint: Construct and interpret linear functions 2. Checkpoint: Sketch and describe graphs
Model relationships between quantities
1. Checkpoint: Construct and interpret linear functions 2. Checkpoint: Sketch and describe graphs
Geometry
Congruence and similarity		1. Checkpoint: Congruence transformations 2. Checkpoint: Similarity transformations
Congruence and similarity
1. Checkpoint: Congruence transformations 2. Checkpoint: Similarity transformations

Pythagorean Theorem		1. Checkpoint: Pythagorean theorem and its converse
Pythagorean Theorem
1. Checkpoint: Pythagorean theorem and its converse

Additional and Supporting Content
The Number System
Approximate irrational numbers		1. Checkpoint: Rational and irrational numbers 2. Checkpoint: Approximate irrational numbers
Approximate irrational numbers
1. Checkpoint: Rational and irrational numbers 2. Checkpoint: Approximate irrational numbers
Statistics and Probability
Bivariate data		1. Checkpoint: Scatter plots 2. Checkpoint: Lines of best fit
Bivariate data
1. Checkpoint: Scatter plots 2. Checkpoint: Lines of best fit
Geometry
Volume of cylinders, cones, and spheres		1. Checkpoint: Volume
Volume of cylinders, cones, and spheres
1. Checkpoint: Volume

Expressing Mathematical Reasoning
Reasoning
Graphs of two-variable relationships		1. Graph a line from an equation in slope-intercept form 2. Identify graphs: word problems
Graphs of two-variable relationships
1. Graph a line from an equation in slope-intercept form 2. Identify graphs: word problems

Equations		1. Solve multi-step equations: complete the solution
Equations
1. Solve multi-step equations: complete the solution

Chains of reasoning		Linear and nonlinear functions 1. Identify linear and nonlinear functions: equations Geometry 2. Congruence statements and corresponding parts 3. Checkpoint: Triangles and transversals Expressions 4. Evaluate expressions using properties of exponents 5. Identify equivalent expressions involving exponents I 6. Identify equivalent expressions involving exponents II
Chains of reasoning
Linear and nonlinear functions 1. Identify linear and nonlinear functions: equations Geometry 2. Congruence statements and corresponding parts 3. Checkpoint: Triangles and transversals Expressions 4. Evaluate expressions using properties of exponents 5. Identify equivalent expressions involving exponents I 6. Identify equivalent expressions involving exponents II

Multi-step problems		1. Solve a system of equations using any method: word problems 2. Checkpoint: Transformations on the coordinate plane
Multi-step problems
1. Solve a system of equations using any method: word problems 2. Checkpoint: Transformations on the coordinate plane

Geometric reasoning involving coordinates		1. Graph a line using slope 2. Describe a sequence of transformations 3. Checkpoint: Applications of the Pythagorean theorem
Geometric reasoning involving coordinates
1. Graph a line using slope 2. Describe a sequence of transformations 3. Checkpoint: Applications of the Pythagorean theorem

Modeling & Applications
Modeling
Multi-step word problems		1. Solve one-step and two-step equations: word problems 2. Evaluate a linear function: word problems 3. Solve equations with variables on both sides: word problems 4. Checkpoint: Two-way frequency tables
Multi-step word problems
1. Solve one-step and two-step equations: word problems 2. Evaluate a linear function: word problems 3. Solve equations with variables on both sides: word problems 4. Checkpoint: Two-way frequency tables

Micro-models		1. Checkpoint: Linear models: interpret and solve
Micro-models
1. Checkpoint: Linear models: interpret and solve

Reasoned estimates		1. Estimate population size using proportions 2. Estimate cube roots
Reasoned estimates
1. Estimate population size using proportions 2. Estimate cube roots

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