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Welcome to 8th Grade Math!
I'm looking forward to this school year and have high expectations of success. To achieve this success, communication between us is vital. Please feel free to contact me during school hours by phone or by email. My email address is clong@cameronisd.net.
Eighth Grade Math is not easy and will require a fair amount of time and diligent work. The focus will be on state-mandated objectives called Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills (TEKS) which will be our guideline for our new testing criteria, the State of Texas Assessments for Academic Readiness (STAAR), which has replaced the TAKS. Our curriculum will be based on C-Scope criteria along with the Holt 8th Grade Math textbook. Math textbooks will not be issued except upon parent/guardian or student request.
There will be homework almost every night. I completely understand the busy schedules the students will have and will attempt to limit the homework to short assignments, whenever possible.
Here are my class policies for Homework, Test/Evaluations, Class Work, and Grade Calculation:
Homework
1. Students will be required to show all work and strategies. If work is not shown, in student’s own handwriting, it will be considered incorrect.
2. There will be no late work accepted unless following an excused absence. Homework lost or forgotten in locker is considered late.
Test/Evaluations
1. Computation Tests: Tests that review basic computational skills
2. Vocabulary Tests: Tests over mathematical vocabulary words
3. Unit Tests: Tests given at the end of each unit
4. Progress-Monitoring Tests: Tests given at 3-week intervals
Class Work
1. Warm ups: Short math problems to be complete immediately upon entering classroom. Students will have warm ups each and every day.
2. Notes: Students will take class notes in their spirals each day. These spirals will be checked on a daily basis.
3. Class Participation
Grade Calculation
1. Homework: 25% of Six Weeks Grade
2. Class work: 25% of Six Weeks Grade
3. Tests: 50% of Six Weeks Grade |
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Classwork and Homework Schedule:
Week of Dec 12-16
Monday: Review for Semester Exam
No Assignment
Tuesday: Semester Exam
No Assignment
Wednesday: Finish Semester Exam
No Assignment
Thursday: Simple Interest, Lesson 6-7
No Assignment
Friday: More Simple Interest, Lesson 6-7
No Assignment
Week of Dec 19-23
Monday: To Computer Lab/Study Island
No Assignment
Tuesday: Early Release (Noon)
Classes will resume on Thursday, Jan 5.
Have a Wonderful Holiday Season!
Week of Jan.2 - 6
Thursday, Jan 5: Classes Resume
Angles in Triangles
Assignment: PR/PS 7-3
Friday: Classifying Polygons
Assignment: PR/PS 7-4
Week of Jan 9-13
Monday: Coordinate Geometry
Assignment: PR/PS 7-5
Tuesday: Congruence
Assignment: PR/PS 7-6
Wednesday: Transformations
Assignment: PR/PS 7-7
Thursday: Perimeter and Area of Rectangles and Parallelograms
Assignment: PR/PS 8-1
Friday: Perimeter and Area of Triangles and Trapezoids
Assignment: PR/PS 8-2
Week of Jan 16-20
Monday: Holiday
Tuesday: Review for Progress-Monitoring Exam
Assignment: Study for Exam
Wednesday: Progress-Monitoring Exam
Assignment: None
Thursday: Circles
Assignment: PR/PS 8-3
Friday: Drawing 3D Figures
Assignment: PR/PS 8-4
Week of Jan 23-27
Monday: Volume of Prisms and Cylinders
Assignment: PR/PS 8-5
Tuesday: Volume of Pyramids and Cones
Assignment: PR/PS 8-6
Wednesday: Surface Area of Prisms and Cylinders (Total and Lateral)
Assignment: PR/PS 8-7
Thursday: Surface Area of Pyramids and Cones (Total and Lateral)
Assignment: PR/PS 8-8
Friday: Spheres
Assignment: PR/PS 8-9
Week of Jan 30-Feb 3
Monday: Scaling 3D Figures
Assignment: PR/PS 8-10
Tuesday :Validity of Samples and Surveys
Assignment: PR/PS 9-1
Wednesday: Organizing Data
Assignment: PR/PS 9-2
Thursday: Measures of Central Tendency
Assignment: PR/PS 9-3
Friday: Review Packet
Assignment: Classwork/Homework Packet
Week of Feb 6-10
Monday: Review for Six Week Exam
Assignment: Study for Exam
Tuesday: Six Weeks Exam
Assignment: None
Wednesday: Variability using Box and Whisker
Assignment: PR/PS 9-4
Thursday: Displaying Data
Assignment: PR/PS 9-5
Friday: Misleading Statistics
Assignment: PR/PS 9-6
End of Six Weeks
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