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Descriptive Statement: Making connections enables students to see relationships between different topics, and to draw on those relationships in future study. This applies within mathematics, so that students can translate readily between fractions and decimals, or between algebra and geometry; to other content areas, so that students understand how mathematics is used in the sciences, the social sciences, and the arts; and to the everyday world, so that students can connect school mathematics to daily life.
 

Topic/Unit Timeline	Cumulative Progress Indicators	Objectives	Suggested Activities	Materials	Evaluation
Interrelationships Timeline All year All year	Building upon knowledge and skills gained in the preceding grades, and demonstrating continued progress in Indicators 1, 2, 3, and 4, by the end of Grade 8, students will: Recognize and apply unifying concepts and processes, which are woven throughout mathematics.	Identify the underlying concepts basic to the solution of math problems Summarize the processes used in developing solutions for problem-centered activities	See "Problem Solving Practice" activities in each chapter. See Putting It All Together activity in each chapter.	See teacher’s edition for a list of materials needed for each activity Same as #1	Self assessment Portfolio assessment
Timeline 2nd Q All year	Use the process of mathematical modeling in mathematics and other disciplines, and demonstrate understanding of its methodology, strengths, and limitations.	Construct solutions to problems by modeling and solving a simpler problem Model problems in mathematics and other disciplines using concrete materials and pictorial, graphic, or symbolic models	See Lesson 6-4. See pages 304, 308, and many other samples of modeling located throughout the text.	Math journal See teacher’s edition for a list of materials needed for each lesson	"On Your Own" examples, teaching resources provided by the publisher Portfolio assessment

 
 

Topic/Unit Timeline	Cumulative Progress Indicators	Objectives	Suggested Activities	Materials	Evaluation
Interrelationships Timeline All year All year	Apply mathematics in their daily lives and in career-based contexts.	Solve real life problems using rational numbers Show how mathematics permeates all careers	Every lesson contains problems relating to real-life experiences. Look up "Career" in the index for specific examples.	See teacher’s edition for a list of materials needed for each activity Same as #1	Self assessment Portfolio assessment
Timeline All year All year	Recognize situations in other disciplines in which mathematical models may be applicable, and apply appropriate models, mathematical reasoning, and problem solving to those situations.	Illustrate the applications of mathematical concepts to other disciplines Design solutions to real-life problems situations based on mathematical models and reasoning	Look up "Connections" in the index for specific examples. Every lesson contains problems relating to real-life experiences.	See teacher’s edition for a list of materials needed for each activity Same as #1	Group assessment Self assessment

 

Resources The Digits Project  -Check out your favorite digits!!! The Global Grocery Project -Global Grocery List is a long standing project that generates real, peer                                                              collected data for student computation, analysis, and conclusion building                                                              within the context of social studies, science, mathematics and other                                                              disciplines. Plane Math  MathStories.com  -Math Word Problems for Grades 7 and 8 Word Problems For Kids  -This Web Site contains word problems for students and teachers. The problems are                                                      classified into grade levels from Grade 5 to Grade 12.