Students read closely to understand information. They cite textual evidence to support inferences/conclusions. They analyze development and interaction of central ideas, themes, individuals, events, or supporting ideas. They summarize key concepts.

Students interpret connotative and figurative meanings of words/phrases. They analyze how word choice affects meaning/ tone and how text structures impact the text. They determine the effects of point of view or purpose.

Students integrate and evaluate content presented in diverse media formats. They evaluate arguments for claims, validity, relevance, and sufficient evidence. They analyze treatment of similar themes or topics.

Students demonstrate command of the conventions of standard English grammar, usage, capitalization, punctuation, and spelling.

Students work with radicals and integer exponents. They understand the connections between proportional relationships, lines, and linear equations

MAFS.8.EE.1.4  MAFS.8.EE.2.5  MAFS.8.EE.2.6

MAFS.8.EE.3.7  MAFS.8.EE.3.8

Students define, evaluate, and compare functions. They use functions to model relationships between quantities

MAFS.8.F.2.4    MAFS.8.F.2.5

Students understand congruence and similarity using physical models, transparencies, or geometry software. They understand and apply the Pythagorean Theorem. They solve real-world and mathematical problems involving volume of cylinders, cones, and spheres.

MAFS.8.G.1.3   MAFS.8.G.1.4  Also Assesses MAFS.8.G.1.1   MAFS.8.G.1.5  MAFS.8.G.2.6

MAFS.8.G.2.7   Also Assesses MAFS.8.G.2.8

MAFS.8.G.3.9

Students investigate patterns of association in bivariate data. They know that there are numbers that are not rational and approximate them by rational numbers.

MAFS.8.SP.1.4  MAFS.8.NS.1.1  MAFS.8.NS.1.2