Monday 8/31

Today we spent the class period working with the MATHia software. Your goal for the end of the week is 50 problems complete or more. A rubric for MATHia assessment has been uploaded to the Document Locker (link available in the toolbar above); we'll be applying this rubric every other week to assess two weeks worth of work at a time.

Having a hard time getting MATHia working at home? Be sure to check our Carnegie Learning's Getting Started guide!

Homework: MATHia practice (30 minutes or more each week)

Friday 8/28

Week 3 is in the books and August is all but over!

Next week we'll dive into Chapter 2 which will focus on sequences and functions.

Parents: Thank you for coming to Back to School Night last evening! It was great to get to see so many parents in attendance, and I really cherished the opportunity to share some of the details of this year with you. 

Thursday HW Solutions: Chapter 2 Pre-Test answer key

Here is this week's extra credit:

Thursday 8/27

We took our Chapter 1 test today in class.

Parents: I look forward to seeing you tonight at Back to School Night! Classroom presentations begin at 6:30. Please ask your students for the schedule they wrote for you on Wednesday; it's a goldenrod sheet. 

Homework: Chapter 2 Pre-Test

Wednesday HW Solutions: Student Assignments workbook 1.3 answer key

Wednesday 8/26

Today we wrapped up Lesson 1.3 with another look at writing and solving multi-step linear equations.

We'll be taking our Chapter 1 test tomorrow. Be sure to go back and study Lessons 1.1, 1.2, and 1.3 to get yourself fully prepared! Doing math is always better thank looking at math. :-)

I'll be online in the Honors Community tonight from 7:30 to 8:30 to answer any test questions anyone has. Come by and say hi!

Homework: Student Assignments workbook 1.3

Tuesday 8/25

We tackled the first half of Lesson 1.3 in class today, which was additional work with writing equations and solving equations. We worked through Problem 1 in class today and the first three parts of Problem 2. Be sure to double-check your class work with the lesson linked in the first sentence.

Homework: Textbook page 28 (#4-5)

Monday 8/24

We spent today working with MATHia software in class. We're all now familiar with the basics, and prepared to begin working on our own at our own pace.

Homework: Spend some time at home working with the MATHia software. It may take a little bit of time to get it configured at home, so be sure to do that today. Students are required to complete 30 minutes of MATHia work outside the classroom each week.

MATHia Student Orientation Guide
MATHia Tech Support
MATHia System Requirements

Note: Java needs to be enabled and allowed to run in order to use MATHia, so please set your permissions to "yes" and disable your popup blocker for Carnegie's websites.

Friday 8/21

Congratulations on successfully navigating your second week of math 8. It was new, tough, different, and challenging - but you made it!

If you didn't finish today's classwork, make sure you complete it over the weekend.

Thursday's HW Solutions: Student Assignments workbook 1.2 answer key

Have a great weekend, and here's this week's extra credit: