Welcome to CJHS
Helping Your Child with Mathematics
8th Grade Math Team:
Patti Allen
Denise Botkin
Regina Hytower
Ahmad Webb
Jamoris Wyatt
Georgia Curriculum Standards
GPS to CCGPS
2011-2012 – GPS
2012-2013 – CCGPS Transition Year
2013-2014 - CCGPS
About the Common Core State Standards
*Led by National Governors Association (NGA) and
Council of Chief State School Officers (CCSSO)
*Co-chaired by Governor Perdue
*Developed by standards experts and educators
*Supported by rigorous international standards
*Received multiple rounds of feedback from states
and national organizations representing educators
{e.g., International Reading Association (IRA),
National Council of Teachers of Mathematics
(NCTM), National Council of Teachers of English
(NCTE)}
Content standards for Grade 8 are arranged within the following domains and clusters:
The Number System
• Know that there are numbers that are not rational, and approximate them by rational
numbers.
Expressions and Equations
• Work with radicals and integer exponents.
• Understand the connections between proportional relationships, lines, and linear equations.
• Analyze and solve linear equations and pairs of simultaneous linear equations.
Functions
• Define, evaluate, and compare functions.
• Use functions to model relationships between quantities.
Geometry
• Understand congruence and similarity using physical models, transparencies, or geometry
software.
• Understand and apply the Pythagorean Theorem.
• Solve real‐world and mathematical problems involving volume of cylinders, cones and
spheres.
Statistics and Probability
• Investigate patterns of association in bivariate data.
8th Grade Units:
Unit 1: Transformations, Congruence and
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Unit 7: Solving Systems of Equations
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.
The MATHia Module must be
completed for each unit.
Math teachers are available before
and after school for help, and Trojan
University is available.
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.
Worked Examples
Analysis of Correct and
Incorrect Solutions
Analysis of Correct and
Incorrect Solutions
Who’s Correct?
Parent Supports
• Embedded Instructional Strategies (worked examples,
peer analysis, graphic organizers)
• Chapter Summaries with Worked-Out Problems
• Academic Glossary
• Student /Parent Access to the Resource Center
– Online Help with MATHia
– Online Access to Text Materials
• Skills Practice Books
– Available on the Resource Center
– Answers to Odd Problems of Skills Practice on Resource Center
• Access to Help Desk
CARNEGIE LEARNING RESOURCE CENTER:
HOME CONNECTION
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!
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.
Mathia Video
http://online.carnegielearning.com
Additional Online Resources for Parents
www.khanacademy.org
Teacher Web Pages