- Wall Intermediate School
- Course Overview
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Envisions
Standards for Mathematical Practice
Students will:
* Make sense of problems and persevere in solving them
*Reason abstractly and quantitatively
*Construct viable arguments and critique the reasoning of others
*Model with mathematics
*Use appropriate tools strategically
*Attend to precision
*Look for and make use of structure
*Look for and express regularity in repeated reasoning
Common Core Domains
*Ratios and Proportional Relationships
*The Number System
*Expressions and Equations
*Functions
*Geometry
*Statistics and Probability
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Our Course of Study - We will choose from the following:
Unit 1: Real Numbers
Understand Irrational Numbers
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Classify a number as rational or irrational
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Understand the concepts of square roots and perfect squares
Evaluate Square Roots
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Evaluate square roots to solve problems.
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Evaluate perfect squares
Solve Equations Using Square Roots
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Solve equations involving perfect squares
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Solve equations involving imperfect squares
Power or Products Property, Product of Powers Property, Quotient of Powers Property
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Multiply and divide expressions with integer exponents.
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Find the power of a power.
Negative Exponent Property, Zero Exponent Property
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Simplify exponential expressions using the Zero Exponential Property and the Negative Exponent Property.
Use Powers of 10 to Estimate Quantities
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Estimate and compare very large and very small quantities using powers of 10.
Understand Scientific Notation
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Write very large and very small numbers in scientific notation.
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Convert scientific notation to standard form.
Unit 2: Analyze and Solve Linear Equations
Combine Like Terms to Solve Equations
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Combine like terms.
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Solve equations with like terms on one side of the equation.
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Make sense of scenarios and represent them with equations.
Solve equations with Variables on Both Sides
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Solve equations with like terms on both sides of the equation.
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Make sense of scenarios and represent them with equations.
Solve Multistep Equations
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Plan multiple solution pathways and choose one to find the solution.
Equations with No Solutions or Infinitely Many Solutions
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Determine the number of solutions to an equation.
Compare Proportional Relationships
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Analyze equations, linear graphs, and tables to find unit rates and compare proportional relationships.
Connect Proportional Relationships and Slope
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Find the slope of a line using different strategies.
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Interpret a slope in context and relate it to steepness on a graph.
Analyze Linear Equations: y=mx
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Understand how the constant of proportionality and the slope relate in a linear equation.
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Write a linear equation in the form y=mx when the slope is given.
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Graph a linear equation in the form y=mx.
Understand the y-intercept of a Line
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Interpret and extend the table or graph of a linear relationship to find its y-intercept.
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Analyze graphs in context to determine and explain the meaning of the y-intercept.
Analyze Linear Equations: y=mx+b
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Graph a line from an equation in the form y=mx+b.
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Write an equation that represents the given graph of a line.
Unit 3: Use Functions to Model Relationships
Understand Relations and Functions
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Identify whether a relation is a function.
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Interpret a function.
Connect Representations of Functions
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Identify functions in different representations: equations, tables, and graphs.
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Identify linear and nonlinear functions in different representations.
Compare Linear and Nonlinear Functions
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Compare properties of linear functions in different representations.
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Compare properties of linear and nonlinear functions in different representations.
Construct Functions to Model Linear Relationships
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Construct a linear function to model a relationship using an equation in the form y=mx+b.
Intervals of Increase and Decrease
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Describe qualitatively the behavior of a function by analyzing its graph.
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Describe the graph of a function at each interval.
Sketch Functions from Verbal Descriptions
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Draw a qualitative graph of a function based on a verbal description.
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Analyze and interpret the sketch of a graph of a function.
Unit 4: Investigate Bivariate Data
Construct and Interpret Scatter Plots
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Construct a scatter plot graph to model paired data.
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Utilize a scatter plot to identify and interpret the relationship between paired data.
Analyze Linear Associations
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Recognize whether the paired data has a linear association, a nonlinear association, or no association.
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Draw a trend line to determine whether a linear association is positive or negative and strong or weak.
Use Linear Models to Make Predictions
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Use the slope and y-intercept of a trend line to make a prediction.
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Make a prediction when no equation is given by drawing trend lines and writing the equation of the linear model.
Interpret Two-Way Frequency Tables
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Organize paired categorical data into a two-way frequency table.
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Compare and make conjectures about data displayed in a two-way frequency table.
Interpret Two-Way Relative Frequency Tables
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Construct two-way frequency tables and two-way relative frequency tables.
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Compare and make conjectures about data displayed in a two-way relative frequency table.
Unit 5: Analyze and Solve Systems of Linear Equations
Estimate Solutions by Inspection
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Examine graphs of linear systems of equations to determine the number of solutions, based on number of intersection points.
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Compare the equations in a linear system to look for a relationship between the number of solutions and the slope and y-intercepts of the equations.
Solve Systems by Graphing
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Create and examine graphs of linear systems of equations to determine the solution.
Solve Systems by Substitution
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Understand how substitution can be used to solve a linear system of equations.
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Apply this understanding to solve a system of linear equations with one solution, no solutions, or infinitely many solutions.
Solve Systems by Elimination
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Understand how the process of elimination can be used to solve a system of linear equations with no solutions, one solution, or infinitely many solutions.
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Apply this understanding to solve mathematical and real-world problems.
Unit 6: Congruence and Similarity
Analyze Translations
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Understand translations
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Translate a figure on a coordinate plane.
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Describe a translation.
Analyze Reflections
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Understand and describe a reflection.
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Reflect two-dimensional figures.
Analyze Rotations
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Identify and perform a rotation.
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Determine how a rotation affects a two-dimensional figure.
Compose Transformations
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Understand a sequence of transformations.
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Describe and perform a sequence of transformations.
Understand Congruent Figures
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Understand congruence of figures using a series of transformations.
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Identify congruent figures.
Describe Dilations
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Understand dilations.
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Dilate to enlarge or reduce a figure in a coordinate plane.
Understand Similar Figures
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Understand similarity.
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Complete a similarity transformation.
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Identify similar figures.
Angles, Lines, and Transversals
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Understand the relationships of angles formed by parallel lines and a transversal.
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Find unknown angle measures.
Interior and Exterior Angles of Triangles
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Understand the relationship of the interior angles of a triangle.
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Find unknown angle measures.
Angle-Angle Triangle Similarity
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Determine whether triangles are similar.
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Solve problems involving similar triangles.
Unit 7: Understand and Apply the Pythagorean Theorem
Understand the Pythagorean Theorem
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Understand the Pythagorean Theorem
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Given two side lengths of a right triangle, use the Pythagorean Theorem to find the length of the third side.
Understand the Converse of the Pythagorean Theorem
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Understand why the Converse of the Pythagorean Theorem is true.
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Apply the Converse of the Pythagorean Theorem to identify right triangles.
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Use the Converse of the Pythagorean Theorem to analyze two-dimensional shapes.
Apply the Pythagorean Theorem to Solve Problems
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Apply the Pythagorean Theorem and its converse to solve real-world problems.
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Apply the Pythagorean Theorem to solve problems that involve three dimensions.
Find Distance in the Coordinate Plane
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Apply the Pythagorean Theorem to find the distance between two points on a map or coordinate plate.
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Find the perimeter of a figure on a coordinate plane.
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Identify the coordinates of the third vertex of a triangle on the coordinate plane.
Unit 8: Solve Problems Involving Surface Area and Volume
Find Surface Area of Three-Dimensional Figures
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Find the surface areas of cylinders, cones, and spheres.
Find Volume of Cylinders
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Recognize the relationship between the volume of a rectangular prism and the volume of a cylinder.
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Solve real-world problems involving the volume of a cylinder.
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Use the formula for the volume of a cylinder to find an unknown measure.
Find Volume of Cones
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Recognize the relationship between the volume of a cylinder and the volume of a cone.
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Use the Pythagorean Theorem when solving volume problems.
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Find the volume of a cone. Given the circumference of the base, find the volume of a cone.
Find Volume of Spheres
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Recognize the relationship between the volume of a cone and the volume of a sphere.
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Find the volume of a sphere. Given the surface area, find the volume of a sphere.
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Find the volume of a composite figure.
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