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Grade 8 skill plan
Every Grade 8 skill in Vita, in the order we suggest teaching them. Tap a skill to practice it, or print the plan and check skills off as your child earns each gold star.
71 skills this year: 42 math, 29 language arts. That's about 2 a week over a 36-week school year, and 15 to 20 minutes of practice a day is plenty for most kids.
Standards: Common Core State Standards for math and language arts.
Math 42 skills
Numbers and exponents
- 8.1Rational or irrational?8.NS.A.1
- 8.2Estimate square roots8.NS.A.2
- 8.3Square roots and cube roots8.EE.A.2
- 8.4Properties of exponents8.EE.A.1
- 8.5Scientific notation8.EE.A.3
- 8.6Operations in scientific notation8.EE.A.4
- 8.7Repeating decimals to fractions8.NS.A.1
- 8.8Perfect squares8.EE.A.2
- 8.9Zero and negative exponents8.EE.A.1
- 8.10Scientific notation for tiny numbers8.EE.A.3
- 8.11Compare scientific notation8.EE.A.3
Linear equations
- 8.12Equations with variables on both sides8.EE.C.7b
- 8.13Systems of equations8.EE.C.8b
- 8.14How many solutions?8.EE.C.7a
- 8.15Solve systems by graphing8.EE.C.8a
- 8.16Compare proportional relationships8.EE.B.5
- 8.17Multi-step equations8.EE.C.7b
- 8.18Solve systems by substitution8.EE.C.8b
Functions and slope
- 8.19Is it a function?8.F.A.1
- 8.20Slope from two points8.EE.B.6
- 8.21Equation of a line from a graph8.F.B.4
- 8.22Linear or nonlinear?8.F.A.3
- 8.23Slope and intercept in real life8.F.B.4
- 8.24Linear or nonlinear?8.F.A.3
- 8.25Rate and initial value from a table8.F.B.4
- 8.26Describe a graph8.F.B.5
- 8.27Write y = mx + b8.F.B.4
- 8.28Slope from a table8.F.B.4
Geometry
- 8.29Transformations8.G.A.1
- 8.30Angles in triangles8.G.A.5
- 8.31The Pythagorean theorem8.G.B.7
- 8.32Distance between points8.G.B.8
- 8.33Volume of cylinders, cones and spheres8.G.C.9
- 8.34Transformations on coordinates8.G.A.3
- 8.35Dilations and scale factor8.G.A.3
- 8.36Is it a right triangle?8.G.B.6
- 8.37Pythagorean word problems8.G.B.7
- 8.38Translation rules8.G.A.3
Statistics
- 8.39Scatter plots8.SP.A.1
- 8.40Outliers on a scatter plot8.SP.A.1
- 8.41Interpret a trend line8.SP.A.3
- 8.42Two-way tables and relative frequency8.SP.A.4
Language arts 29 skills
Grammar
- 8.1Gerunds, participles and infinitivesL.8.1a
- 8.2Active and passive voiceL.8.1b
- 8.3Change passive to activeL.8.3a
- 8.4Verb moodsL.8.1c
- 8.5Avoid shifts in voice and moodL.8.1d
Punctuation
- 8.6Dashes and ellipsesL.8.2a
- 8.7Commonly misspelled wordsL.8.2c
- 8.8Use an ellipsis to shorten a quoteL.8.2b
Vocabulary
- 8.9Greek and Latin rootsL.8.4b
- 8.10Context cluesL.8.4a
- 8.11PunsL.8.5a
- 8.12Word relationshipsL.8.5b
- 8.13Academic wordsL.8.6
- 8.14Choose words for a positive toneL.8.5c
- 8.15Shades of meaningL.8.5c
- 8.16Technical meaningsRI.8.4
Reading
- 8.17Types of ironyRL.8.6
- 8.18ToneRL.8.4
- 8.19CounterclaimsRI.8.6
- 8.20How a theme developsRL.8.2
- 8.21What dialogue revealsRL.8.3
- 8.22Modern retellings of classic storiesRL.8.9
- 8.23The role of a sentenceRI.8.5
- 8.24Irrelevant evidenceRI.8.8
- 8.25Conflicting sourcesRI.8.9
- 8.26Central ideaRI.8.2
Writing
- 8.27Strong conclusionsW.8.2f
- 8.28Write a strong claimW.8.1a
- 8.29Match evidence to a claimW.8.1b
Tip for homeschool families: the progress report on your Family page shows which of these skills your child has mastered, with dates. Print both to keep a record of the year.