IXL skill plan | Math 8th grade plan for the Wisconsin Forward Exam

Skill plan for the Wisconsin Forward Exam - Math 8th grade

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The Number System
Expressions and Equations
Functions
Geometry
Statistics and Probability

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The Number System
Know that there are numbers that are not rational, and approximate them by rational numbers.		Rational and irrational numbers 1. Checkpoint: Rational and irrational numbers Approximate irrational numbers 2. Estimate cube roots 3. Checkpoint: Approximate irrational numbers
Know that there are numbers that are not rational, and approximate them by rational numbers.
Rational and irrational numbers 1. Checkpoint: Rational and irrational numbers Approximate irrational numbers 2. Estimate cube roots 3. Checkpoint: Approximate irrational numbers

Expressions and Equations
Work with radicals and integer exponents.		Exponents 1. Evaluate expressions using properties of exponents 2. Checkpoint: Properties of exponents Square and cube roots 3. Checkpoint: Square and cube roots Scientific notation 4. Convert between standard and scientific notation 5. Checkpoint: Scientific notation
Work with radicals and integer exponents.
Exponents 1. Evaluate expressions using properties of exponents 2. Checkpoint: Properties of exponents Square and cube roots 3. Checkpoint: Square and cube roots Scientific notation 4. Convert between standard and scientific notation 5. Checkpoint: Scientific notation

Understand the connections between proportional relationships, lines, and linear equations.		Proportional relationships 1. Checkpoint: Proportional relationships Slope and linear equations 2. Find the slope from a graph 3. Graph a line using slope 4. Checkpoint: Slope and linear equations
Understand the connections between proportional relationships, lines, and linear equations.
Proportional relationships 1. Checkpoint: Proportional relationships Slope and linear equations 2. Find the slope from a graph 3. Graph a line using slope 4. Checkpoint: Slope and linear equations

Analyze and solve linear equations and pairs of simultaneous linear equations.		1. Checkpoint: Solve linear equations 2. Checkpoint: Systems of equations
Analyze and solve linear equations and pairs of simultaneous linear equations.
1. Checkpoint: Solve linear equations 2. Checkpoint: Systems of equations

Functions
Define, evaluate, and compare functions.		1. Evaluate a linear function 2. Checkpoint: Understand functions 3. Checkpoint: Compare linear functions 4. Checkpoint: Linear and nonlinear functions
Define, evaluate, and compare functions.
1. Evaluate a linear function 2. Checkpoint: Understand functions 3. Checkpoint: Compare linear functions 4. Checkpoint: Linear and nonlinear functions

Use functions to model relationships between quantities.		Model linear relationships 1. Write a linear equation from a graph 2. Write a linear function from a table 3. Checkpoint: Construct and interpret linear functions Sketch and describe graphs 4. Checkpoint: Sketch and describe graphs
Use functions to model relationships between quantities.
Model linear relationships 1. Write a linear equation from a graph 2. Write a linear function from a table 3. Checkpoint: Construct and interpret linear functions Sketch and describe graphs 4. Checkpoint: Sketch and describe graphs

Geometry
Understand congruence and similarity using physical models, transparencies, or geometry software.		1. Checkpoint: Congruence transformations 2. Checkpoint: Transformations on the coordinate plane 3. Checkpoint: Similarity transformations 4. Checkpoint: Triangles and transversals
Understand congruence and similarity using physical models, transparencies, or geometry software.
1. Checkpoint: Congruence transformations 2. Checkpoint: Transformations on the coordinate plane 3. Checkpoint: Similarity transformations 4. Checkpoint: Triangles and transversals

Understand and apply the Pythagorean Theorem.		1. Pythagorean theorem: find the missing leg or hypotenuse length 2. Converse of the Pythagorean theorem: is it a right triangle? 3. Checkpoint: Applications of the Pythagorean theorem
Understand and apply the Pythagorean Theorem.
1. Pythagorean theorem: find the missing leg or hypotenuse length 2. Converse of the Pythagorean theorem: is it a right triangle? 3. Checkpoint: Applications of the Pythagorean theorem

Solve real-world and mathematical problems involving volume of cylinders, cones, and spheres.		1. Surface area of cylinders 2. Checkpoint: Volume
Solve real-world and mathematical problems involving volume of cylinders, cones, and spheres.
1. Surface area of cylinders 2. Checkpoint: Volume

Statistics and Probability
Investigate patterns of association in bivariate data.		Scatter plots 1. Checkpoint: Scatter plots Lines of best fit 2. Checkpoint: Lines of best fit 3. Checkpoint: Linear models: interpret and solve Two-way frequency tables 4. Checkpoint: Two-way frequency tables
Investigate patterns of association in bivariate data.
Scatter plots 1. Checkpoint: Scatter plots Lines of best fit 2. Checkpoint: Lines of best fit 3. Checkpoint: Linear models: interpret and solve Two-way frequency tables 4. Checkpoint: Two-way frequency tables

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