Instructional Timeline for 8th
grade Honors
1st Quarter:
Rational / Irrational Numbers- 3weeks
Positive integer exponents – 2 weeks
Negative integer exponents and scientific notation – 2 weeks
Simplify radical expressions – 2 weeks
2nd Quarter
Solve equations with one variable -2 weeks
Pythagorean Theorem -2 weeks
Graphing linear equations with 2 variables – 2 weeks
Finding equations of lines algebraically – 1week
Parallel and perpendicular lines – 1 week
3rd Quarter
Solving systems of equations – 3 weeks
Problem solving with systems of equations – 2 weeks
Functions – 2 weeks
Bivariate Data- 2 weeks
4th Quarter
Transformations- rigid motions – 2 weeks
Transformations – dilations – 1 week
Parallel lines cut by a transversal- 2 weeks
Volume of cylinders, spheres, and cones – 2 weeks
Special right triangles – 1 week
Surface area of shapes made of pyramids, cones, prisms and spheres- 1 week
*This timeline is subject to change and may include additional topics as time allows.
1st Quarter:
Rational / Irrational Numbers- 3weeks
Positive integer exponents – 2 weeks
Negative integer exponents and scientific notation – 2 weeks
Simplify radical expressions – 2 weeks
2nd Quarter
Solve equations with one variable -2 weeks
Pythagorean Theorem -2 weeks
Graphing linear equations with 2 variables – 2 weeks
Finding equations of lines algebraically – 1week
Parallel and perpendicular lines – 1 week
3rd Quarter
Solving systems of equations – 3 weeks
Problem solving with systems of equations – 2 weeks
Functions – 2 weeks
Bivariate Data- 2 weeks
4th Quarter
Transformations- rigid motions – 2 weeks
Transformations – dilations – 1 week
Parallel lines cut by a transversal- 2 weeks
Volume of cylinders, spheres, and cones – 2 weeks
Special right triangles – 1 week
Surface area of shapes made of pyramids, cones, prisms and spheres- 1 week
*This timeline is subject to change and may include additional topics as time allows.