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Grade 8 Mathematics Semester 1 Plan

The semester plan outlines the topics, objectives, teaching strategies, aids, and assessments for the mathematics course in the first semester of grade 8. The topics covered include sequences and functions, percentages, and graphs. Objectives include using term rules to generate sequences, representing input/output relationships with functions, calculating percentage increases and decreases, plotting graphs from tables of values, and interpreting gradient and intercept values. Teaching strategies such as brainstorming and exploration will be used along with aids like books and boards. Assessments will incorporate oral work, written work, and tests.

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Grade 8 Mathematics Semester 1 Plan

The semester plan outlines the topics, objectives, teaching strategies, aids, and assessments for the mathematics course in the first semester of grade 8. The topics covered include sequences and functions, percentages, and graphs. Objectives include using term rules to generate sequences, representing input/output relationships with functions, calculating percentage increases and decreases, plotting graphs from tables of values, and interpreting gradient and intercept values. Teaching strategies such as brainstorming and exploration will be used along with aids like books and boards. Assessments will incorporate oral work, written work, and tests.

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  • Algebra and Number Patterns
  • Percentage Calculations
  • Functions and Graphing
  • Proportional Reasoning
  • Probability Experiments
  • Geometry and Position
  • Metric Conversions and Area
  • Data Handling and Graphs
  • Mathematical Properties and Formulas
  • Algebraic Expressions and Operations
  • Exponents and Percentages
  • Equations and Inequalities

Semester plan of mathematics 2022 – 2023 Semester ( 1 ) Grade ( 8 )

Of time
Period

Topic
Unit
Teaching Teachin Assessment
Objectives/Outcomes Remarks
strategies g aids tools

9.1 Generating
sequence
• Books • Oral work
• Use a term-to-term rule to make a sequence of numbers. • Brain storm
• Board • Written work
9.2 Finding rules
for sequences
9: Sequences and functions
1 / 9 / 2022 – 12 / 9 / 2022

• Books • Oral work


• Make a sequence of numbers from patterns. • Explore
• Board • Written work
9.3 Using the
nth term

• Books • Oral work


• Use algebra to describe the nth term of a sequence. • Brain storm
• Board • Written work
9.4 Representing
simple functions

• Books • Oral work


• Work out input and output numbers from functions machines. • Explore
• Board • Written work

Teacher's Name & Signature: Senior Teacher's Signature: Supervisor's Signature: Principal's Signature:
Semester plan of mathematics 2022 – 2023 Semester ( 1 ) Grade ( 8 )
Of time
Period

Topic
Unit

Teaching Teachin Assessment


Objectives/Outcomes Remarks
strategies g aids tools
10.1 Percentage
increases and
decreases
13 / 9 / 2022 – 20 / 9 / 2022

• Learn to calculate percentage increases and decreases. • Brain storm • Books • Oral work
• Learn to write a change in values as a percentage. • Explore • Board • Written work
10: Percentages

10.2 Using a
multiplier

• Learn to use a multiplier to calculate a percentage increase or • Books • Oral work


• Explore
decrease. • Board • Written work

Teacher's Name & Signature: Senior Teacher's Signature: Supervisor's Signature: Principal's Signature:
Semester plan of mathematics 2022 – 2023 Semester ( 1 ) Grade ( 8 )
Of time
Period

Topic
Unit
Teaching Teachin Assessment
Objectives/Outcomes Remarks
strategies g aids tools

11.1 Functions
• Books • Oral work
• Represent situations in words and using functions. • Brain storm
• Board • Written work
11.2 Plotting
21 / 9 / 2022 – 29 / 9 / 2022

graphs

• Construct a table of values for a function. • Brain storm • Books • Oral work
• Use the table to plot a graph. • Explore • Board • Written work
11: Graphs

11.3 Gradient
and intercept

• Learn to interpret the values of m and c for a function of the form • Books • Oral work
• Explore
y = mx + c • Board • Written work
11.4 Interpreting
graphs

• Read and interpret graphs with several components. • Brain storm • Books • Oral work
• Understand why graphs have specific shapes. • Explore • Board • Written work

Teacher's Name & Signature: Senior Teacher's Signature: Supervisor's Signature: Principal's Signature:
Semester plan of mathematics 2022 – 2023 Semester ( 1 ) Grade ( 8 )
Of time
Period

Topic
Unit

Teaching Teachin Assessment


Objectives/Outcomes Remarks
strategies g aids tools
12.1 Ratio and
proportion

• Books • Oral work


• Simplify and compare ratios. • Brain storm
• Board • Written work
2 / 10 / 2022 – 12 / 10 / 2022

12: Ratio and proportion

12.2 Sharing in

• Books • Oral work


ratio

• Divide an amount into two or more parts in a given ratio. • Explore


• Board • Written work
12.3 Ratio and

proportion

• Books • Oral work


direct

• Use the relationship between ratio and direct proportion. • Explore


• Board • Written work

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Semester plan of mathematics 2022 – 2023 Semester ( 1 ) Grade ( 8 )
Of time
Period

Topic
Unit

Teaching Teachin Assessment


Objectives/Outcomes Remarks
strategies g aids tools
13.1 Calculating
probabilities

• Find the probability of complementary events. • Brain storm


13 / 10 / 2022 – 18 / 10 / 2022

• Books • Oral work


• Use lists and diagrams to show equally likely outcomes. • Explore
• Board • Written work
• Use lists and diagrams of outcomes to calculate probabilities. • Cooperative
13: Probability

13.2 Experimental
and theoretical
probabilities

• Calculate experimental probabilities and compare them to theoretical • Books • Oral work
• Explore
probabilities. • Board • Written work

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Semester plan of mathematics 2022 – 2023 Semester ( 1 ) Grade ( 8 )
Of time
Period

Topic
Unit
Teaching Teachin Assessment
Objectives/Outcomes Remarks
strategies g aids tools

Bearings
14.1 • Books • Oral work
• Use bearings as a measure of direction. • Brain storm
midpoint of a • Board • Written work
line segment.
14.2 The

• Books • Oral work


• Workout the coordinate of the midpoint of a segment. • Explore
• Board • Written work
14: Position and transformation
19 / 10 / 2022 – 31 / 10 / 2022

Translating
2D shapes

• Books • Oral work


14.3

• Translate shapes on a coordinate grid using vectors. • Explore


• Board • Written work
Reflecting

• Reflect shapes on a coordinate grid given the equation of the mirror


shapes

• Books • Oral work


14.4

line. • Explore
• Board • Written work
• Identify a reflection and its mirror line.
Rotating
shapes

• Books • Oral work


14.5

• Rotate shapes on a coordinate grid and describe a rotation. • Brain storm


• Board • Written work
Enlarging
shapes

• Enlarge shapes using a positive whole numbers scale factor from a • Books • Oral work
14.6

• Explore
Centre of enlargement. • Board • Written work

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Semester plan of mathematics 2022 – 2023 Semester ( 1 ) Grade ( 8 )
Of time
Period

Topic
Unit
Teaching Teaching Assessmen
Objectives/Outcomes Remarks
strategies aids t tools

and kilometers
between miles
Converting
• Oral work
• Books
15.1

• Convert between miles and kilometers. • Brain storm • Written


• Board
work
15.2 The area of

and a trapezium
a parallelogram

• Oral work
15: Distance, area, and volume

• Derive and use the formulae for the area of a parallelogram and • Books
1 / 12 / 2022 – 10 / 12 / 2022

• Explore • Written
trapezium. • Board
work
triangular prisms
15.3 Calculating
the volume of

• Oral work
• Books
• Derive and use the formulae for the volume of triangular prism. • Brain storm • Written
• Board
work
the surface area of
triangular prisms
15.4 Calculating

and pyramids

• Oral work
• Books
• Calculate the surface area of triangular prisms and pyramids • Explore • Written
• Board
work

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Semester plan of mathematics 2022 – 2023 Semester ( 1 ) Grade ( 8 )
Of time
Period

Topic
Unit
Teaching Teachin Assessment
Objectives/Outcomes Remarks
strategies g aids tools

and drawing
Interpreting

frequency
diagrams
• Draw and interpret frequency diagrams for discrete and • Books • Oral work
16.1
• Brain storm
continuous data. • Board • Written work
16.2 Time

graphs

• Books • Oral work


series

• Draw and interpret time series graphs. • Explore


• Board • Written work
16: Interpreting and discussing results
13 / 12 / 2022 – 23 / 12 / 2022

16.3 Steam-

diagrams
and-leaf

• Books • Oral work


• Draw and interpret steam-and-leaf diagrams. • Explore
• Board • Written work
16.4 Pie

• Books • Oral work


charts

• Compare pie charts. • Brain storm


• Board • Written work
Represent
ing data

• Books • Oral work


16.5

• Choose how to represent data. • Brain storm


• Board • Written work
16.6 Using
Statistics

• Books • Oral work


• Use mode, median, mean and range to compare sets of data. • Explore
• Board • Written work

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Semester plan of mathematics 2022 – 2023 Semester ( 1 ) Grade ( 8 )
Of time
Period

Topic
Unit
Teaching Teachin Assessment
Objectives/Outcomes Remarks
strategies g aids tools

1.1 Irrational
• Learn about the difference between rational and irrational numbers. • Brain storm
numbers
• Books • Oral work
• Use your knowledge of square numbers to estimate square roots. • Explore
• Board • Written work
• Use your knowledge of cube numbers to estimate cube roots. • Cooperative
24 / 11 / 2022 – 30 / 11 / 2022

1: Number and calculation

1.2 Standard

• Books • Oral work


form

• Learn to write large and small numbers in standard form. • Explore


• Board • Written work
1.3 Indices

• Use positive, negative and zero indices. • Brain storm • Books • Oral work
• Use index laws for multiplication and division. • Explore • Board • Written work

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Semester plan of mathematics 2022 – 2023 Semester ( 1 ) Grade ( 8 )
Of time
Period

Topic
Unit
Teaching Teachin Assessment
Objectives/Outcomes Remarks
strategies g aids tools

Substituting

expressions
• Books • Oral work

into
2.1
• Use the correct order of operations in algebraic expressions. • Brain storm
• Board • Written work
Constructing
expressions

• Use letters to represent numbers. • Brain storm • Books • Oral work


2.2

• Use the correct order of operations in algebraic expressions. • Explore • Board • Written work
1 / 12 / 2022 – 14 / 12 / 2022

2: Expressions and formulae

Expressio

indices
ns and

• Books • Oral work


2.3

• Use the law of indices in algebraic expressions. • Brain storm


• Board • Written work
the product
Expanding

expression
of two

• Books • Oral work


linear
2.4

• Expand two brackets. • Explore


s

• Board • Written work


g algebraic
Simplifyin

fractions

• Books • Oral work


2.5

• Simplify algebraic fractions. • Brain storm


• Board • Written work
and using
formulae
Deriving

• Write and use formulae. • Brain storm • Books • Oral work


2.6

• Change the subject of a formulae. • Explore • Board • Written work

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Semester plan of mathematics 2022 – 2023 Semester ( 1 ) Grade ( 8 )
Of time
Period

Topic
Unit Teaching Teachin Assessment
Objectives/Outcomes Remarks
strategies g aids tools
3.1 Multiplying
and dividing by
powers of 10

• Multiply numbers by 10 to the power of any positive or negative • Books • Oral work
• Brain storm
numbers. • Board • Written work
3: Decimals, percentages and rounding

3.2 Multiplying
15 / 12 / 2022 – 21 / 12 / 2022

and dividing
decimals

• Books • Oral work


• Estimate, multiply and divide decimals by integers and decimals. • Explore
• Board • Written work
Understanding

percentage
compound

• Books • Oral work


3.3

• Use and understand compound percentage. • Brain storm


• Board • Written work
Understanding

lower bounds
upper and

• Books • Oral work


3.4

• Workout upper and lower bounds. • Explore


• Board • Written work

Teacher's Name & Signature: Senior Teacher's Signature: Supervisor's Signature: Principal's Signature:
Semester plan of mathematics 2022 – 2023 Semester ( 1 ) Grade ( 8 )
Of time
Period

Topic
Unit Teaching Teachin Assessment
Objectives/Outcomes Remarks
strategies g aids tools
4.1 Constructing
and solving
equations

• Books • Oral work


• Write and solve equations. • Brain storm
• Board • Written work
22 / 12 / 2022 – 29 / 12 / 2022

4: Equations and inequalities

4.2 Simultaneous
equations

• Books • Oral work


• Solve simultaneous equations. • Explore
• Board • Written work
Inequalities

• Books • Oral work


4.3

• Solve inequalities. • Brain storm


• Board • Written work

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Common questions

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Finding the nth term requires identifying a pattern in given terms, usually by analyzing differences, factors, or ratios. For example, for the sequence 2, 4, 8, identifying the pattern as multiplying by 2 allows us to express the nth term as 2^n. This process aids in predicting future terms and is crucial for extrapolation in data analysis .

The gradient (m) represents the rate of change or steepness of the graph, while the intercept (c) indicates where the line crosses the y-axis. Recognizing these components helps in sketching and interpreting linear graphs, predicting future values, and solving real-world problems involving linear relationships .

Learning to translate and reflect shapes cultivates spatial reasoning and visualization skills. These skills enhance problem-solving abilities and conceptual understanding in geometry, fostering students' capability to visualize transformations and apply these operations in real-world contexts, such as computer graphics and architecture .

Using ratios and proportions enables students to handle quantities concerning one another, increasing skills in solving problems that involve scaling and conversions. This understanding is crucial in fields like physics for solving problems involving speed or density and in finance for analyzing investment growth .

The term-to-term rule in sequences involves finding a rule that relates each term to the next. For example, adding 2 to each term of a sequence that starts with 1 generates the sequence 1, 3, 5, 7, etc. This rule can be applied in various disciplines, such as computing interest over time in finance or predicting population growth in biology .

Exploring complementary events solidifies understanding that the total probability of an event system sums to one (e.g., P(A) + P(not A) = 1). Likelihood diagrams visually simplify the comparison of probabilities, aiding students in conceptualizing abstract probability distributions and supporting effective decision-making under uncertainty .

Rational numbers can be expressed as fractions, whereas irrational numbers cannot, often resulting in non-repeating, non-terminating decimals (e.g., π, √2). This difference challenges precision in calculations, particularly in engineering and physics, where exact values are necessary but approximations become inevitable .

Experimental probabilities provide empirical results from actual trials, while theoretical probabilities are based on assumed equally likely outcomes. Understanding both types helps students appreciate the variability in hands-on experiments versus expected mathematical calculations and is essential for teaching statistical concepts .

Constructing tables of values involves selecting inputs, calculating corresponding outputs using a function, and listing these ordered pairs. Plotting these pairs on a graph visually demonstrates the behavior and relationship defined by the function, facilitating more straightforward analysis of trends, such as identifying linearity or curvature in relationships .

Expanding two linear expressions involves multiplying each term in one expression by each term in the other, then combining like terms. Mastery of this process is essential in simplifying expressions and solving equations, forming a foundation for more advanced operations in calculus and polynomial algebra .

Semester plan of mathematics 2022 – 2023 Semester ( 1 ) Grade ( 8 ) Teacher's Name & Signature:
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Semester plan of mathematics 2022 – 2023 Semester ( 1 ) Grade ( 8 ) Teacher's Name & Signature:
Semester plan of mathematics 2022 – 2023 Semester ( 1 ) Grade ( 8 ) Teacher's Name & Signature:
Semester plan of mathematics 2022 – 2023 Semester ( 1 ) Grade ( 8 ) Teacher's Name & Signature:
Semester plan of mathematics 2022 – 2023 Semester ( 1 ) Grade ( 8 ) Teacher's Name & Signature:
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