1. Welcome to CJHS Helping Your Child with Mathematics 8 th Grade Math Team: Regina Hytower Wendy Cole Alison Silva Ambrae Phillips Tamika Floyd

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3. Daily Deal Students have homework EVERY night! ALL work must be shown on assignments. Homework may be turned in late, but points may be deducted. It is beneficial to complete the MATHia Module for each unit. Math teachers are available before and after school for help, and Trojan University is available.

4. Our New Curriculum is from Carnegie Learning This curriculum has four volumes. We will be tearing out one unit at a time, and placing it in a three ring binder. Carnegie Resource Center - Login Page **If a page is lost or misplaced, it can be printed from this site.

5. Supports… in the Text Materials Embedded Instructional Strategies (worked examples, peer analysis, graphic organizers) Chapter Summaries with Worked-Out Problems Academic Glossary Answers to Odd Problems of Skills Practice – Back of Book – Resource Center Student Access to the Resource Center

6. What else can you do as a parent? Talk with your child! – Ask about the specific mathematics they are learning in the classroom and lab. Give me an example of what you did today. Did anyone solve it in a different way from you? I understand you don’t want to write in math class, but I have to write things all the time in my job/business/organization/life. We don’t get to separate these things in life. – Talk with teachers about the quality of the work your student is completing. Celebrate hard work! – It’s not just about making an A – celebrate perseverance and effort! – Be aware of the progress your student is making and celebrate with them. – Remind them they can get better in math with practice – just like we get better at anything else with practice! Promote the importance of understanding math – not just doing it!

7. MATHia This is the online software that mirrors the text covered in class. Teachers can track objectives mastered for every student individually with this software. This can be accessed from any computer, but Adobe flash and Java 7 are required. Suggested browsers are Google Chrome or Mozilla Firefox. Log in Page Getting Started

8. Teacher Web Pages