• LEARNING TARGETS

     

    Trimester One Learning Targets

     

     

    Unit 1 – Real Numbers and Applications

    1.1

    I can use the relationship between square roots and squares of a number to solve problems.

    1.2

    I can justify the Pythagorean Theorem by using measurements and diagrams.

    1.3

    I can use the Pythagorean Theorem to solve problems involving right triangles. 

    1.4

    I can determine the distance between two points on a coordinate system.

    1.5

    I can classify real numbers as rational or irrational and identify sums and products of numbers as rational or irrational.

    1.6

    I can compare and locate rational and irrational numbers on a number line,                      

             compare real numbers, and make rational approximations of square

             roots.

    1.7

    I can determine rational approximations for solutions to problems involving real numbers.

    1.8

    I can evaluate algebraic expressions containing radicals and absolute values.

     

    Unit 2 – Function Concepts and Representations

    2.1

    I understand function notation and that a function is a relationship between an independent and dependent variable.

    2.2

    I can use linear functions to represent relationships.

    2.3

    I can use linear equations to represent situations involving a constant rate of change.

    2.4

    I can understand that a function is linear if it can be expressed in the form f(x) = mx + b.

    2.5

    I can represent linear functions with tables, verbal descriptions, symbols, equations, and graphs and translate from one representation to another.

    2.6

    I can identify properties of linear functions including slopes and intercepts.

    2.7

    I can identify how changes in the equation f(x) = mx + b affect the graphs of linear functions.

     

     

     
     

    Trimester Two Learning Targets

     

     

    Unit 3 – Representing and Solving Linear Equations

    3.1

    I can justify steps in generating equivalent expressions by identifying the properties used.

    3.2

    I can solve multi-step equations in one variable.

    3.3

    I can express linear equations in slope-intercept, point-slope, and standard forms and convert between these forms.

     

    Unit 4 - Sequences

    4.1

    I can understand that an arithmetic sequence is a linear function that can be expressed in the form f(x) = mx + b.

    4.2

    I can represent arithmetic sequences using equations, tables, graphs, and verbal descriptions and use them to solve problems.

    4.3

    I can understand that a geometric sequence is a non-linear function that can be expressed in the form f(x) = abx.

    4.4

    I can represent a geometric sequence using equations, tables, graphs, and verbal descriptions and use them to solve problems.

    4.5

    I know and can apply the properties of positive and negative integer exponents to generate equivalent numerical expressions.

    4.6

    I can express, multiply, and divide numbers using scientific notation.

     
     

    Trimester Three Learning Targets

     

     

    Unit 5 – Linear Inequalities and

    Absolute Value Equations and Inequalities

    5.1

    I can linear inequalities to represent relationships in various contexts.

    5.2

    I can solve linear inequalities using properties of inequalities and graph their solutions on a number line.

    5.3

    I can represent, solve, and graph relationships of equations and inequalities involving the absolute value of a linear expression. 

     

    Unit 6 – Geometry on the Coordinate Plane

    6.1

    I understand and can apply the relationships between the slopes of parallel and perpendicular lines.

    6.2

    I can analyze polygons on a coordinate system by determining the slopes of their sides.

    6.3

    I can find lines that are parallel and perpendicular to lines on a coordinate 

             system symbolically and graphically.

     

    Unit 7 – Linear Systems

    7.1

    I can solve systems of linear equations in two variables symbolically, graphically, and numerically.

    7.2

    I understand that a system of linear equations may have no solution, one solution, or an infinite number of solutions.

     

    Unit 8 – Scatterplots, Lines of Best Fit, and Predictions

    8.1

    I can collect, display and interpret data using scatterplots.

    8.2

    I can use a line of best fit to make statements about approximate rate of change and to make predictions.

    8.3

    I can assess the reasonableness of predictions using scatterplots by interpreting them in the original context.