Functions Unit | 8th Grade Math | Identifying Functions Guided Notes & Practice

✨ Functions Unit | 8-Day CCSS-Aligned Math Unit | Guided Notes, Practice, Assessments & Google Slides™

Simplify your planning and engage your students with this 8-day Functions Unit that’s fully aligned to CCSS 8.F.1–8.F.5! This complete, ready-to-teach resource helps your students build a deep understanding of functions through clear instruction, scaffolded guided notes, real-world applications, and higher-order thinking tasks — all without the stress of prepping materials from scratch.

Perfect for 8th Grade Math, Pre-Algebra, or Algebra 1 review!

📘 Learning Focus

Students will learn to:

• Identify and classify functions as linear or nonlinear
• Write equations for functions from tables, graphs, or ordered pairs
• Compare and interpret functions in different representations
• Analyze and describe functional relationships, including distance vs. time graphs

📦 What’s Included

1️⃣ Unit Overview & Teacher Tools

• Essential questions, big ideas, vocabulary, and vertical alignment
• Common misconceptions and pacing guide
• Teaching tips to save prep time and increase clarity

2️⃣ Student Handouts

• Scaffolded, student-friendly guided notes for each lesson
• Versions available as PDF and Google Slides™
• Perfect for interactive notebooks, digital lessons, or distance learning

3️⃣ Independent Practice

• Daily homework perfectly aligned to each lesson
• Flexible for in-class practice, homework, or intervention

4️⃣ Assessments

• 1–2 quizzes, unit study guide, and a unit test
• Editable test (PPT format) for easy differentiation and customization

5️⃣ Answer Keys

• Complete answer keys for all guided notes, homework, quizzes, and test

🧮 Standards Alignment

✔️ 8.F.1 — Understanding functions

✔️ 8.F.2 — Comparing functions

✔️ 8.F.3 — Recognizing linear vs. nonlinear functions

✔️ 8.F.4 — Constructing and interpreting linear functions

✔️ 8.F.5 — Describing qualitative features of functions

💡 How to Use This Resource

• Use in whole-group guided instruction
• Assign in small groups or math workshop rotations
• Combine with the Functions Activity Bundle for extra practice
• Easily adapt for digital or print classrooms

🕐 Time to Complete

Each handout is designed for one class period, but you can adjust pacing to meet student needs. Each lesson includes multiple problems for flexible use and differentiation.

💬 Teachers Love This Unit!

⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ “This Functions Unit made my planning so easy! My students really understood the difference between linear and nonlinear functions thanks to the clear notes and visuals.”

— Angela R., 8th Grade Math Teacher