District 11 Division of Operations & Instruction
Mathematics

 

Grade 8, January Unit  (@ 20 days)

Overview                                                                              
During the first four weeks of quarter 3, 8th graders will be able to construct different graphs to show data about their friends’ interest and dislikes.  Students will make predictions and analyze results from their graphs. Patterns will be used to find what comes next in a puzzle or the real world. Pay close attention to the Essential Questions. You may be asked to answer the questions at the end of this unit.

Daily Lessons 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20


Enduring Understandings - important ideas that students should carry with them years beyond the instruction received this year.

  • Algebra is a language.

  • Data can be used and represented in many forms.

  • Data can be used to draw conclusions.

  • Data displays can be misleading.

  • Data interpretation varies.

  • Data can be used to draw conclusions.  

  • Models assist in determining outcomes.

  • Through probability predictions are made.

  • Models or counting techniques assist in determining outcomes.

Essential Questions - most important “big picture” questions students should be able to answer after completing learning activities.

  • How would you describe, analyze, and determine the rule of patterns from multiple representations?       

  • How would you organize and construct displays of data?

  • What conclusions or predictions could you make from data organizers?

  • How would you display and use measures of central tendency and variability in problem solving situations?

  • How do you determine when data organizers are misleading?

  • How do you know if data has been misused?

  • How do you determine when data misleads or manipulates?

  • How would you analyze data to make convincing arguments?

  • How could you use a model to solve problems involving probability?

  • How would you use theoretical probability to make predictions?

  • How would you conduct an experiment to determine all possible outcomes?

Standards Highest Frequency High Frequency Other Standards and E-Skills

Standard 2:  (Algebra) Students use algebraic methods to explore, model and describe patterns and functions involving numbers, shapes, data, and graphs in problem-solving situations and communicate the reasoning used in solving these problems.
Describe algebraic and geometric patterns and make connections between tables, graphs, and rules

Standard 3:  (Probability and Statistics) Students use data collection and analysis, statistics, and probability in problem-solving situations and communicate the reasoning and processes used in solving these problems.
Read and construct display of data: circle graphs, scatter plots, box and whisker, stem and leaf, histograms
Compute range, mean, median, and mode.

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