1. CURRICULUM NIGHT 8 TH GRADE MATHEMATICS 2014 Mrs. Blevins

2. MATERIALS Students will need: a 2 inch binder 5 tab binder dividers a 1 subject spiral notebook Pencils Red marking pens Loose leaf paper Calculator Graph paper

3. BOOK AND WORKBOOK Students will have a math text that they will be able to write directly in. They will be taking notes, completing in-class work, and homework directly in their math book.

4. ON-LINE COMPONENT This book series comes with an amazing on-line component. Each student will have their own login and password. The book is also available online. Students will be completing homework assignments and submitting some of them online.

7. BOOK Interactive Video Math On the Spot Animated Math Personal Math Trainer

8. VIDEOS Videos are used to introduce lessons with real world applications. http://link.brightcove.com/services/pl ayer/bcpid1861182355001?bckey=A Q~~,AAAA2fV0xfE~,Tmydk9UFFWVJKh SHBEdCMdi5yCXNIT1G&bctid=ref:TXG OMTH_RW_V8.01

9. MATH ON THE SPOT At certain places in the text there will be places for students to scan the QR code. This allows the students to get instruction from one of the main writers of the textbook. http://my.hrw.com/content/hmof/math/ common/tools/videoplayer/player.html? contentSrc=7277/7277.xml

10. ANIMATED MATH Students will be able to explore different key concepts and see how the math actually works. These skills are all reviewed interactively. http://my.hrw.com/content/hmof /math/common/simulations/S8_2 /index.html

11. PERSONAL MATH TRAINER Students have the ability to go through different math problems that correspond to the lesson they are completing. There is a “tutor” that will help the students through each of the problems, giving hints as needed. http://my.hrw.com/wwtb/api/viewer.pl?uid =practice_user&cid=1&wid=nama15gra8iyt u1m01l1ye1

12. ON-LINE ASSIGNMENTS Students will be assigned different assignments that will need to be completed on-line. These will be listed for each of the students to complete by a certain date.