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Stepping Up to Algebra - Incoming 8th Grade

Stepping Up to Algebra

The following 60 lesson plans are Silicon Valley Education Foundation’s (SVEF) Stepping Up To Algebra (SUTA) intervention program, designed to help prepare rising 8th graders successfully complete Algebra I through a 75-hour summer preparatory program. SUTA provides students classroom instruction by a credentialed teacher following this curriculum created specifically for this program and a recommended technology component reinforcing the lesson plans through practice tools and games.



#Lesson Plan Title
1Real Numbers
2Perfect Squares, Rational, and Irrational Numbers: “Where Do I Belong?â€
3Mathematical Properties of Rational Numbers
4Properties of Rational Numbers: Distributive and Inverse Properties
5Rational and Irrational Numbers: Are You for Real?
6Ratios: Tables and Simplification (Equivalent Ratios and Simplification of Fractions)
7Equivalent Ratios and Rates
8Operations with Fractions: Add and Subtract
9Operations with Fractions: Multiplying
10Operations with Fractions: Dividing
11Converting Percents to Decimals and Back
12Fraction, Decimal, Percent Bingo
13Algebra Boutique Percent Applications – Discounts, Commissions, and Markups
14Percent Applications – Simple Interest
15Percent Applications – Compound Interest
16Project with Percents: Your Internet Store – Part 1
17Project with Percents: Your Internet Store – Part 2
18Exponents as Repeated Multiplication of Integers
19Operations with Exponents: Adding and Subtracting Monomials with Like and Different Bases
20Multiply and Divide Exponents using Monomials with Like and Different Bases
21Exponent Operations with Different Bases (Monomials)
22Operations with Negative Exponents
23Powers of Ten - Number Names Greater than a Thousand
24Powers of Ten, the Very Small Number Names
25Scientific Notation
26Scientific Notation/Exponents - Compare the Values
27Exponent Story Problems
28Exponents, Squares, and Roots
29Measuring Earthquakes: Group Project Session 1: Seismic Waves
30Measuring Earthquakes: Group Project Session 2: Earthquake Energy
31Algebra Vocabulary and Substitution of Variables in Expressions
32Writing Expressions from Context
33Order of Operations Musical Chairs
34Solving Single Step Linear Addition Equations
35Solving Single Step Linear Subtraction Equations
36Solving Single Step Linear Multiplication Equations
37Solving Single Step Linear Division Equations
38Solve Two-Step Linear Equations
39Rate, Speed, Distance, and Time Equations
40One- and Two-Step Linear Equations in Real World Situations
41Graping in the Four Quadrants
42Independent and Dependent Variables in Tables and Graphs
43Plotting Points in Quadrant I on a Coordinate Graph: Battleship! Game
44Continuous Data – Connecting Coordinate Points
45Is the Graph Linear? An Introduction to Slope
46Plotting Curves: Identifying Meanings of Graphs
47Creating a Graph from a Linear Equation
48Creating Linear Equations from Graphs
49Variables in Tables and Graphs
50Constants in Tables, Ratios, and Proportions
51Introducing Functions as Ratio Tables
52Tables and Ratios
53Fractional Representation of Constants
54Creating Function Tables From Linear Equations
55Real World Graphing Applications: Time
56Real World Graphing Applications: Distance
57Real World Graphing Applications: Speed
58What about the Distribution? Line of Best Fit
59Non-linear Graphs and Trends
60Is it a Function? The Vertical Line Test

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