Grade 8 Math UBD 

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Fraction Unit (Numbers Strand) 

At the end of this unit, students will be able to
● Add and subtract fractions with unlike denominators.
● Simplify fractions into lowest terms by dividing out the GCF.
● Convert between proper, improper, and mixed number fractions.
● Multiply and divide fractions with common and unlike denominators.
● Simplify fractions when multiplying or dividing by cancelling prime factors.
● Describe the differences between dividing a whole number by a fraction and a fraction by a whole number.
● Explain how multiplying two fractions represents taking the rate of one fraction by another.
● Solve word problems involving +, -, x, ÷ of fractions by selecting the appropriate procedure.
Outcomes Lesson Sequence Notes & Assignments Assessments
Students will use factors and Fraction Review Guided Notes – Fraction Review Pt. Formative practice work
1½
multiples to
How can we verify that two ● Properties of equivalent Group activity using fraction pieces
● compare fractions with
fractions are equivalent? fractions - Students will attempt to
common denominators
● Converting to lowest make the given fraction
● convert fractions into
How can we use LCM to find a terms using the GCF using 2 or 3 fractions with
lowest terms (Gr. 6) common denominator (to compare unlike denominators
fractions)? - Students will verify their
Students will demonstrate their Guided Notes – Fraction Review Pt. answer by finding
understanding of adding and How can we use GCF to convert 2 common denominators
subtracting positive fractions and fractions into lowest terms? ● Finding common
mixed numbers, with like and unlike denominators
denominators, concretely, Why do we need to change the ● Adding and subtracting Coins & Cookies Entrance Slip (F)
pictorially and symbolically. (Gr. 7) numerator and denominator to proper, improper - Students will explain what
keep fractions equivalent? fractions, and mixed each component of an
numbers with unlike Improper fraction or
Why do fractions need common denominators mixed number represents
denominators before they can be
● Borrowing from the whole in a real-world application
added or subtracted? ​RELATED:
number in Mixed Numbers
What are the characteristics that
to subtract
are necessary for it to be Kahoot ​→​ export results
considered a fraction?
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● Regrouping when we have
Why do we only change the an improper fraction with
numerator when a mixed number
​ ELATED:
adding/subtracting? R
What does the denominator of a
fraction represent?

Multiplying Fractions by Whole Guided Notes – Multiplying Word Problems Involving

Students will demonstrate an
understanding of multiplying and
dividing positive fractions and
mixed numbers, concretely,
pictorially and symbolically.
Numbers
How is multiplying a fraction by a
whole number similar to adding
fractions with common
denominators?
Fractions & Dividing Fractions Multiplying Fractions by Whole
● You are asking, “how Numbers (F)
many equal sized
fraction pieces do I have
in total?”

Dividing a Fraction by a Whole Guided Notes – Multiplying Formative practice work

Number
When we divide, are we changing
the total of the whole, or the
groupings within that whole?
Fractions & Dividing Fractions
● You are asking, “how can
I break this fraction into
smaller pieces?”
● Dividing a fraction
changes the denominator

Dividing Whole Numbers by
Fractions
What patterns can we observe for
changing divisors or dividends?
Guided Notes – Dividing Whole #’s
by Fractions
● You are asking, “how
many times can this
fraction fit into this
whole number?”
● Your quotient should be a
LARGER number
Dividing and Multiplying Fractions
Review (F)
- Comparison of multiplying
a fraction by a whole
number, dividing a
fraction by a whole
number, and dividing a
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Students will demonstrate an
understanding of ratio and rate.
Students will solve problems that
involve rates, ratios and
proportional reasoning.
Multiplying Two Fractions
How would multiplying by a
number that is less than one whole
affect the product?
When multiplying two fractions,
does the order matter?
whole number by a
fraction
Fraction Quiz (S)
- Students will describe
patterns of the quotient
when the divisor or
dividend changes
- Students will simplify
fractions using GCF from
factor trees
- Students will apply
understanding of fraction
form to explain what the
numerator, denominator,
and whole number in a
Mixed number represent
- Students will solve word
problems with adding,
subtracting, multiplying,
and dividing fractions
Guided Notes – Multiplying Two Formative practice work
Fractions
● You are asking, “What is
the rate of the first
fraction?”
● Procedure to solve these
problems
● Simplifying before finding
the product by breaking
numbers into prime
factors and cancelling
common factors above &
below
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Dividing Two Fractions
Why does the order of the divisor
and dividend affect the quotient
(while it does not in
multiplication?)
Guided Notes – Dividing Two
Fractions
● You are asking, “How
many times does this
fraction (divisor) fit into
the first fraction
(dividend)?”
Frayer Models for Adding,
Subtracting, Multiplying, and
Dividing Fractions (F)
- Definition (what are you
asking?), characteristics
(procedure), example,
non-example

Problem Solving with Percentages (Numbers Strand) 

At the end of this unit, students will be able to
● Explain why equivalent fractions can be represented as the same decimal or percent.
● Convert between decimals and percentages using proper place value.
● Describe the relationship between decimals from 0 to > 1 and percents from 0% to >100%.
● Determine the percent when given the product of a number.
● Apply skills in problem-solving with percents to determine the most effective or sustainable course of action.

 
Outcomes Lesson Sequence Notes & Assignments Assessments
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Students will demonstrate an
understanding of the addition, subtraction,
multiplication and division of decimals to
solve problems.
Students will demonstrate an
understanding of percent (limited to whole
numbers), concretely, pictorially and
symbolically. (Gr. 6)
Review Solving Problems Guided Notes – Solving Problems Formative practice work
with Decimals with Decimals
● Adding and subtracting
Why is place value decimals using place value
important when ● Multiplying decimals
performing operations with ● Dividing decimals
decimals? ● Verify using a calculator
Review Percentages Guided Notes – Fractions, Frayer Model for Fractions,
Decimals, and Percentages Decimals, and Percents (F)
What is the relationship ● Review converting - Definition, characteristics,
between fractions, fractions into decimals example, non-example
decimals, and percents? ● Procedure for converting - Pictoral, symbolic,
decimals into percentages concrete, word problem
How do the decimals and
percentages of equivalent
fractions compare?
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Students will solve problems involving
percents from 1% to 100%. (Gr. 7)
Students will demonstrate an
understanding of percents greater than or
equal to 0%, including greater than 100%.
Problem-Solving with Guided Notes – Problem Solving
Percentages with Percentages Pt. 1
● Determining the percent
In what situations do we represented by a fraction
use percents? (ex. 36 of 42 is what
percent?)
How can we use percents to ● Identifying sight-fractions
compare and evaluate
different situations?
Guided Notes – Problem Solving
with Percentages Pt. 2
● Finding the product of the
percent of a number ​(ex.
75% of 18)
Percentage Activity (F)
- Students will use fraction
and percent tiles to
compare and determine
equivalency
- Students will use number
lines to represent
equivalent fractions,
decimals, and percentages
-

Guided Notes – Problem Solving

with Percentages Pt. 3
● Working backwards to
find the original number
when given the numeric
percent ​(ex. 42 is 36% of
what number?)
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Students will solve problems involving
percents from 1% to 100%.
Critique ways in which data is presented in
circle graphs, line graphs, bar graphs and
pictographs. (​Stats and Probability Strand)
Cross-Curricular connections: ​Grade 8
Science
● Analyze qualitative and
quantitative data, and develop and
assess possible explanations
○ compile and display data,
by hand or computer, in a
variety of formats,
including diagrams, flow
charts, tables, bar graphs
and line graphs (SKILL)
● Conduct investigations into the
relationships between and among
observations
○ organize data, using a
format that is appropriate
to the task or experiment
(SKILL)
Application and
Assessment of
Problem-Solving with
Percents
How can percentages be
used to represent
information in a different
way?
How can we relate
percentages to degrees of a
circle using equivalent
fractions?
Percentages Project Overview &
Rubric
Percentages Project (S)
- Discussion real-world
application of percents
- Have students select a
topic where they can use
percents to represent their
information
- Have students relate
percentages to degrees in
a circle to create a Pie
Chart
Percentages Quiz (S)
- Students will compare
fractions, decimals, and
percents
- Students will determine
the percent represented
by a fraction
- Students will find the
product of the percent of a
number
- Students will find the
original value when given
a percentage and numeric
equivalent
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Integers and Roots (Numbers Strand) 

At the end of this unit, students will be able to
● Apply order of operations to solve problems involving integers.
● Relate integers using number lines.
● Communicate the relationship between squares (exponents) and square roots.
● Use order of operations to explain why negative integers are positive once squared.
● Use order of operations to explain why negative square roots cannot be solved.
● Break composite numbers into perfect-square factors in order to estimate non-perfect squares.
 
Outcomes Lesson Sequence Notes & Assignments Assessments
Students will demonstrate an Review Number Lines Guided Notes – What is an integer? Formative practice work
understanding of multiplication and
division of integers, concretely, pictorially How can we relate integers Guided Notes - Using integer tiles
and symbolically. to one another using
number lines?

Review Order of
Operations
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Students will demonstrate an
understanding of perfect squares and
square roots, concretely, pictorially and
symbolically (limited to whole numbers).

Students will determine the approximate

square root of numbers that are not perfect
squares (limited to whole numbers).