Suggested Pacing
8th Grade - Yearlong Pacing - 2020-2021
15 Days Unit 1 - Transformations NC Standard
Completed by 9/4/20
Days 1 & 2 Translations (G.2, G.3) NC.8.G.2 & NC.8.G.3
Days 3 & 4 Reflections over x-axis and y-axis only (G.2, G.3) NC.8.G.2 & NC.8.G.3 Days 5 & 6 Rotations in 90 degree increments only (G.2, G.3) NC.8.G.2 & NC.8.G.3 Day 7 Sequences of transformations to create congruent figures (G.2) NC.8.G.2 Day 8 Review & Quiz on Translations, Reflections, and Rotations
Days 9 & 10 Dilations (G.3) NC.8.G.3
Days 11 & 12 Sequences of transformations to create similar figures (G.4) NC.8.G.4 Days 13 & 14 Unit Review
Day 15 Unit 1 Test - after test review solving two step equations
20 Days Unit 2 - Equations Completed by
10/5/20
Day 1 Review 2-step equations NC.8.EE.7
Day 2 & 3 Review multi-step equations with variables on 1 side NC.8.EE.7
Days 4, 5, & 6 One solution - variables on both sides NC.8.EE.7
Days 7 & 8 No & infinite solutions NC.8.EE.7
Days 9, 10, & 11 Practice, practice practice! NC.8.EE.7
Day 12 Review & Quiz on Solving NC.8.EE.7
Days 13 & 14 Solving multi-step inequalities NC.8.EE.7
Days 15, 16, & 17 Applications NC.8.EE.7
Days 18 & 19 Unit Review Day 20
Unit 2 Test - after test review complementary , supplementary angles, &
vertical angles
12 Days Unit 3 - Angles Completed by
10/22/20
Days 1, 2, & 3 Finding angles in parallel lines cut by a transversal NC.8.G.5 Days 4, 5, & 6 Finding interior and exterior angles in a triangle NC.8.G.5
Day 7 Review & Quiz NC.8.G.5
Day 8 AA Similarity NC.8.G.5
Days 9 & 10 Applications NC.8.G.5
Day 11 Review
Day 12 Unit 3 Test - after test review input/output tables with linear functions
10 Days Unit 4 - Functions Completed by
11/6/20
Day 1 & 2 Function from a set of ordered pairs/table (F.1) NC.8.F.1
Day 3 Function from a graph (F.1) NC.8.F.1
Day 4 Function from an equation (F.1) NC.8.F.1
Day 5 Mixed review & Quiz (F.1) NC.8.F.1
Day 6 Identifying linear functions from a graph or an equation (F.3) NC.8.F.3
Day 7 Identifying linear functions from ordered pairs or table (F.3) NC.8.F.3
Days 8 & 9 Unit Review
Day 10 Unit 4 Test - after the test review writing and graphing proportional equations
15 Days Unit 5 - Analyze Functions Completed by
12/3/20
Days 1 & 2
Introduction to Slope-Intercept Form (F.4)
Graphing Equations in Slope-Intercept Form (F.4) NC.8.F.4
Day 3 Find the slope from a graph. (F.4) NC.8.F.4
Day 4 Writing Equations in Slope-Intercept Form from a Graph (F.4) NC.8.F.4
Day 5 Find slope from two points (F.4) NC.8.F.4 Days 6 &7 Writing Equations in Slope-Intercept Form from Two Points (F.4) NC.8.F.4
Day 8 Review and Quiz (F.4) NC.8.F.4
Days 9 & 10 Interpreting Rate of Change and Initial Values of Linear Functions (F.4) NC.8.F.4 Day 11
Analyze graphs to determine where the graph is increasing, decreasing, linear,
non-linear (F.5) NC.8.F.5
Day 12 Sketch a graph from a given context (F.5) NC.8.F.5
Days 13 & 14 Unit 5 Review Day 15
Unit 5 Test - after test review finding the constant of proportionality from equations, graphs, tables, and verbal descriptions.
8 Days Unit 6 - Compare Functions Completed by
12/15/21
Days 1, 2, & 3
More practice identifying and interpreting rate of change and y-intercepts from
equations, graphs, tables, and verbal descriptions NC.8.F.2
Days 4, 5, 6, & 7 Comparing linear functions given two different representations NC.8.F.2 Day 8 Unit 6 Test - after test review graphing linear functions in y=mx+b form
10 Days Unit 7 - Systems Completed by
1/13/21
Day 1 Solve systems by inspection NC.8.EE.8
Days 2, 3, & 4 Solving systems by graphing - slope intercept form only NC.8.EE.8 Day 5 Determining the number of solutions just by looking at two equations NC.8.EE.8
Days 6 & 7 Applications NC.8.EE.8
Days 8 & 9 Review Day 10
Unit 7 Test - after test review plotting points - Great place to let kids do the Desmos activity “Fit Fights”
15 Days Unit 8 - Statistics Completed by
2/4/21
Days 1, 2, & 3
Create and interpret scatterplots. Find and interpret patterns including:
clustering, outliers, positive/negative association, linear/nonlinear association.
(SP.1) NC.8.SP.1
Days 4 & 5
Informally create and assess a line of best fit for a scatterplot. (SP.2) - can use the centroid (mean of x-values, mean of y-values) as a pivot point to determine
placement of the line. NC.8.SP.2
Day 6 Review and Quiz (SP.1 & SP.2) NC.8.SP.1 & NC.8.SP.2
Days 7, 8, & 9
Create an interpret a line of best fit. (SP.3) This includes:
Selecting two points to create the equation of the line of best fit in slope intercept form
Interpreting slope and y-intercept of line of best fit in context NC.8.SP.3
Days 10, 11, & 12
Two-way tables (SP.4)
Creating and interpreting two-way tables
Creating and interpreting relative frequency tables - using relative frequency to
determine if there is an association between variables NC.8.SP.4
Days 13 & 14 Review
Day 15 Unit 8 Test - after test review whole numbers and their squares and cubes
9 Days Unit 9 - Square and Cube Roots Completed
by2/18/21
Day 1 Defining and calculating perfect squares and cubes NC.8.EE.2
Days 2 & 3 Simplifying expressions with perfect squares and cubes NC.8.EE.2
Days 4, 5, & 6
Solving equations with square and cube roots. In the form x2 = p and x3 = p Being sure to emphasize:
The inverse relationship between exponents and radicals
The potential for two solutions: a positive root and a negative root Solve multi-step equations with perfect roots
*Answers to non-perfect squares/cubes can be left in radical form. Students
will learn to approximate radicals in NS.2. NC.8.EE.2
Days 7 & 8 Review unit 9 Day 9
Unit 9 Test - after test review ordering a set of numbers including fractions, decimals, and numbers in terms of pi.
13 Days Unit 10 - Real Numbers Completed by
3/10/21
Day 1 & 2
Classifying rational and irrational numbers
Create a graphic organizer to show the relationships within the real number system, including natural numbers, whole numbers, integers, rational numbers and irrational numbers. Include examples that are exclusively within each type
of number. (NS.1) NC.8.NS.1
Day 3 & 4 Informally approximating rational numbers and placing on number line (NS.2) NC.8.NS.2
Day 5 Review & Quiz
Days 6, 7, & 8 Estimating square and cube roots to the tenths place. (NS.2) NC.8.NS.2
Day 9 & 10
Estimate the value of expressions with π to the nearest hundredth.
Order numbers
Include perfect square and cube roots, irrational numbers - including non-
perfect roots, and numbers left in terms of pi (NS.2) NC.8.NS.2
Days 11 & 12 Review
Day 13
Unit 10 Test - after test review finding the distance between two points forming a horizontal line or vertical line on a coordinate plane.
10 Days Unit 11 - Pythagorean Theorem Completed by
3/24/21
Day 1
Introduction of Pythagorean Theorem - show students at least one visual proof.
(G.6) NC.8.G.6
Day 2
Continue basic Pythagorean Theorem & its converse - given three sides of a
triangle, students should be able to determine if it is a right triangle. (G.6) NC.8.G.6
Days 3, 4, & 5
Apply Pythagorean Theorem and its converse to real-world applications. (G.7) Word problems
Applications to geometric shapes NC.8.G.7
Days 6 & 7
Apply Pythagorean Theorem to find the distance between two points in the
coordinate plane. (G.8) NC.8.G.8
Days 8 & 9 Review
Day 10 Unit 11 Test - review a number raised to an exponent
15 Days Unit 12 - Exponents & Scientific Notations Completed by
4/22/21
Days 1 - 6 Properties of integer exponents (EE.1) - using numeric expressions only! NC.8.EE.1
Day 7 Quiz (EE.1)
Day 8 Writing numbers in scientific notation (EE.3) NC.8.EE.2
Days 9 & 10
Compare numbers in scientific notation - determine how many times
larger/smaller a quantity is. (EE.3) NC.8.EE.3
Days 11 & 12
Perform multiplication and division with numbers expressed in scientific
notation to solve real-world problems. (EE.4) NC.8.EE.4
Days 13 & 14 Review
Day 15 Unit 12 Test - after test review circumference and area of circles
11 Days Unit 13 - Volume Completed by
5/7/21
Day 1 Volume of cones NC.8.G.9
Day 2 Volume of cylinders NC.8.G.9
Day 3 Volume of spheres NC.8.G.9
Day 4, 5, & 6 Compare the formulas for volume of cones, cylinders, and spheres NC.8.G.9
Days 7 & 8 Composite Volume NC.8.G.9
Days 9 & 10 Review
Day 11 Unit 13 Test - after test start reviewing for the EOG
9 Days EOG Review Completed by
5/20/21
NC End of Grade TEST
5 Days Unit 14 - Polynomials (AFTER EOG) Completed by
5/27/21
Days 1 & 2 Add & subtract polynomial expressions NC.M1.A-APR.1
Days 3 & 4
Multiply polynomials - using both the area model and also the distributive
property NC.M1.A-APR.1
Day 5 Application of add, subtract, & multiply polynomials NC.M1.A-APR.1
