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Skill plan for the Redesigned STAAR - 8th grade

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Number and operations
Proportionality
Expressions, equations, and relationships
Two-dimensional shapes
Personal financial literacy

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Number and operations
The student applies mathematical process standards to represent and use real numbers in a variety of forms.
8.2.D: Order a set of real numbers arising from mathematical and real-world contexts.		1. Compare and order rational and irrational numbers
8.2.D: Order a set of real numbers arising from mathematical and real-world contexts.
1. Compare and order rational and irrational numbers

Checkpoint opportunity		1. Checkpoint: Approximate irrational numbers
Checkpoint opportunity
1. Checkpoint: Approximate irrational numbers

Proportionality
The student applies mathematical process standards to use proportional relationships to describe dilations.
8.3.C: Use an algebraic representation to explain the effect of a given positive rational scale factor applied to two-dimensional figures on a coordinate plane with the origin as the center of dilation.		1. Dilations: graph the image 2. Dilations: find the coordinates
8.3.C: Use an algebraic representation to explain the effect of a given positive rational scale factor applied to two-dimensional figures on a coordinate plane with the origin as the center of dilation.
1. Dilations: graph the image 2. Dilations: find the coordinates

Checkpoint opportunity		1. Checkpoint: Dilations and similarity
Checkpoint opportunity
1. Checkpoint: Dilations and similarity
The student applies mathematical process standards to explain proportional and non-proportional relationships involving slope.
8.4.B: Graph proportional relationships, interpreting the unit rate as the slope of the line that models the relationship.		1. Find the constant of proportionality from a graph 2. Graph proportional relationships and find the slope
8.4.B: Graph proportional relationships, interpreting the unit rate as the slope of the line that models the relationship.
1. Find the constant of proportionality from a graph 2. Graph proportional relationships and find the slope

8.4.C: Use data from a table or graph to determine the rate of change or slope and y-intercept in mathematical and real-world problems.		Constant of proportionality 1. Find the constant of proportionality from a table 2. Find the constant of proportionality from a graph Rate of change 3. Rate of change of a linear function: graphs 4. Rate of change of a linear function: tables Slope and y-intercept 5. Find the slope from a graph 6. Write a linear function from a table 7. Interpret the slope and y-intercept of a linear function 8. Find the slope from a table
8.4.C: Use data from a table or graph to determine the rate of change or slope and y-intercept in mathematical and real-world problems.
Constant of proportionality 1. Find the constant of proportionality from a table 2. Find the constant of proportionality from a graph Rate of change 3. Rate of change of a linear function: graphs 4. Rate of change of a linear function: tables Slope and y-intercept 5. Find the slope from a graph 6. Write a linear function from a table 7. Interpret the slope and y-intercept of a linear function 8. Find the slope from a table

Checkpoint opportunity		1. Checkpoint: Interpret slopes and y-intercepts
Checkpoint opportunity
1. Checkpoint: Interpret slopes and y-intercepts
The student applies mathematical process standards to use proportional and non-proportional relationships to develop foundational concepts of functions.
8.5.D: Use a trend line that approximates the linear relationship between bivariate sets of data to make predictions.		1. Make predictions with scatter plots 2. Write equations for lines of best fit 3. Identify lines of best fit 4. Interpret lines of best fit: word problems
8.5.D: Use a trend line that approximates the linear relationship between bivariate sets of data to make predictions.
1. Make predictions with scatter plots 2. Write equations for lines of best fit 3. Identify lines of best fit 4. Interpret lines of best fit: word problems

8.5.G: Identify functions using sets of ordered pairs, tables, mappings, and graphs.		1. Identify functions 2. Identify functions: graphs
8.5.G: Identify functions using sets of ordered pairs, tables, mappings, and graphs.
1. Identify functions 2. Identify functions: graphs

8.5.I: Write an equation in the form y = mx + b to model a linear relationship between two quantities using verbal, numerical, tabular, and graphical representations.		Write a linear equation 1. Write a linear equation from a slope and y-intercept 2. Write a linear equation from a graph 3. Write a linear equation from a slope and a point 4. Write a linear equation from two points 5. Write a linear function from a table Convert into slope-intercept form 6. Convert a linear equation in standard form to slope-intercept form Real-world problems 7. Write linear functions: word problems
8.5.I: Write an equation in the form y = mx + b to model a linear relationship between two quantities using verbal, numerical, tabular, and graphical representations.
Write a linear equation 1. Write a linear equation from a slope and y-intercept 2. Write a linear equation from a graph 3. Write a linear equation from a slope and a point 4. Write a linear equation from two points 5. Write a linear function from a table Convert into slope-intercept form 6. Convert a linear equation in standard form to slope-intercept form Real-world problems 7. Write linear functions: word problems

Checkpoint opportunity		1. Checkpoint: Proportional relationships 2. Checkpoint: Interpret proportional and non-proportional relationships 3. Checkpoint: Linear models 4. Checkpoint: Understand functions 5. Checkpoint: Construct and interpret linear functions
Checkpoint opportunity
1. Checkpoint: Proportional relationships 2. Checkpoint: Interpret proportional and non-proportional relationships 3. Checkpoint: Linear models 4. Checkpoint: Understand functions 5. Checkpoint: Construct and interpret linear functions

Expressions, equations, and relationships
The student applies mathematical process standards to use geometry to solve problems.
8.7.A: Solve problems involving the volume of cylinders, cones, and spheres.		1. Volume of cylinders 2. Volume of cones 3. Volume of spheres
8.7.A: Solve problems involving the volume of cylinders, cones, and spheres.
1. Volume of cylinders 2. Volume of cones 3. Volume of spheres

8.7.B: Use previous knowledge of surface area to make connections to the formulas for lateral and total surface area and determine solutions for problems involving rectangular prisms, triangular prisms, and cylinders.		1. Surface area of cylinders 2. Surface area of prisms 3. Lateral area of prisms 4. Lateral area of cylinders
8.7.B: Use previous knowledge of surface area to make connections to the formulas for lateral and total surface area and determine solutions for problems involving rectangular prisms, triangular prisms, and cylinders.
1. Surface area of cylinders 2. Surface area of prisms 3. Lateral area of prisms 4. Lateral area of cylinders

8.7.C: Use the Pythagorean Theorem and its converse to solve problems.		Converse of the Pythagorean theorem 1. Converse of the Pythagorean theorem: is it a right triangle? Find missing side lengths 2. Pythagorean theorem: find the missing leg or hypotenuse length 3. Pythagorean theorem: find the length of the hypotenuse 4. Pythagorean theorem: find the missing leg length Apply the Pythagorean theorem 5. Pythagorean theorem: find the perimeter 6. Pythagorean theorem: word problems
8.7.C: Use the Pythagorean Theorem and its converse to solve problems.
Converse of the Pythagorean theorem 1. Converse of the Pythagorean theorem: is it a right triangle? Find missing side lengths 2. Pythagorean theorem: find the missing leg or hypotenuse length 3. Pythagorean theorem: find the length of the hypotenuse 4. Pythagorean theorem: find the missing leg length Apply the Pythagorean theorem 5. Pythagorean theorem: find the perimeter 6. Pythagorean theorem: word problems

Checkpoint opportunity		1. Checkpoint: Volume 2. Checkpoint: Surface area of prisms and cylinders 3. Checkpoint: The Pythagorean theorem
Checkpoint opportunity
1. Checkpoint: Volume 2. Checkpoint: Surface area of prisms and cylinders 3. Checkpoint: The Pythagorean theorem
The student applies mathematical process standards to use one-variable equations or inequalities in problem situations.
8.8.C: Model and solve one-variable equations with variables on both sides of the equal sign that represent mathematical and real-world problems using rational number coefficients and constants.		Variables on both sides 1. Solve equations with variables on both sides 2. Solve equations with variables on both sides: fractional coefficients 3. Solve equations with variables on both sides: word problems Multi-step equations 4. Solve equations involving like terms 5. Solve equations using the distributive property 6. Solve multi-step equations 7. Solve multi-step equations with fractional coefficients 8. Solve equations: mixed review 9. Solve multi-step equations: complete the solution
8.8.C: Model and solve one-variable equations with variables on both sides of the equal sign that represent mathematical and real-world problems using rational number coefficients and constants.
Variables on both sides 1. Solve equations with variables on both sides 2. Solve equations with variables on both sides: fractional coefficients 3. Solve equations with variables on both sides: word problems Multi-step equations 4. Solve equations involving like terms 5. Solve equations using the distributive property 6. Solve multi-step equations 7. Solve multi-step equations with fractional coefficients 8. Solve equations: mixed review 9. Solve multi-step equations: complete the solution

Checkpoint opportunity		1. Checkpoint: Problem solving with equations and inequalities
Checkpoint opportunity
1. Checkpoint: Problem solving with equations and inequalities

Two-dimensional shapes
The student applies mathematical process standards to develop transformational geometry concepts.
8.10.C: Explain the effect of translations, reflections over the x- or y-axis, and rotations limited to 90°, 180°, 270°, and 360° as applied to two-dimensional shapes on a coordinate plane using an algebraic representation.		Mixed transformations 1. Identify reflections, rotations, and translations 2. Reflections and rotations: write the rule 3. Describe transformations Translations 4. Translations: graph the image 5. Translations: write the rule 6. Translations: find the coordinates Reflections 7. Reflections over the x- and y-axes: graph the image 8. Reflections over the x- and y-axes: find the coordinates Rotations 9. Rotations: graph the image 10. Rotations: find the coordinates
8.10.C: Explain the effect of translations, reflections over the x- or y-axis, and rotations limited to 90°, 180°, 270°, and 360° as applied to two-dimensional shapes on a coordinate plane using an algebraic representation.
Mixed transformations 1. Identify reflections, rotations, and translations 2. Reflections and rotations: write the rule 3. Describe transformations Translations 4. Translations: graph the image 5. Translations: write the rule 6. Translations: find the coordinates Reflections 7. Reflections over the x- and y-axes: graph the image 8. Reflections over the x- and y-axes: find the coordinates Rotations 9. Rotations: graph the image 10. Rotations: find the coordinates

Checkpoint opportunity		1. Checkpoint: Translations, reflections, and rotations on the coordinate plane 2. Checkpoint: Properties of transformations
Checkpoint opportunity
1. Checkpoint: Translations, reflections, and rotations on the coordinate plane 2. Checkpoint: Properties of transformations

Personal financial literacy
The student applies mathematical process standards to develop an economic way of thinking and problem solving useful in one's life as a knowledgeable consumer and investor.
8.12.D: Calculate and compare simple interest and compound interest earnings.		1. Simple interest 2. Compound interest
8.12.D: Calculate and compare simple interest and compound interest earnings.
1. Simple interest 2. Compound interest

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