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Greetings
Parents and New 8th Grade Students,
We are so excited to
get to know you better, as well as, challenge your student/you with many new
concepts. Please do not get discouraged or give up!
In 8th
Grade your child will be learning and held responsible for:
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Transformations, congruence, and similarity
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Exponents, Scientific notation, and Rational
numbers
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Irrational numbers and the Pythagorean Theorem
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Functions represented as Equations, Graphs, and
Tables
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Writing, Graphing, and Solving Equations/Multi-Step
Equations
To accomplish these things, we will be investigating the
concepts, working on skills to help us solve problems, creating projects to
show understanding, and assessing to make sure students can reach their
potential.
In order for your
child to be prepared for class each day they will need to have:
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Composition book
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Loose leaf lined / graph paper
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Pencils (All work and assignments must be done
in pencil)
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Colored pen (Anything besides black for grading)
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Dry Erase Marker and sock
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Markers &/or Colored Pencils (your choice)
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Scissors
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Glue Stick
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Calculator
Students will be doing projects both in the classroom and at
home so we ask that they keep the supplies with them to do the projects in
either place.
Please label all supplies to avoid confusion.
Feel free to fill out your contact information early by
going to the link below and if any of your information changes throughout the
year please feel free to fill it out again so that the teachers have the most
up to date way to communicate with you.
https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1_eCSEv_mHkEMXAFGRVk_0uvePeUMROMo7-qDsMyky_k/viewform
(also posted at www.thatchermathcafe.blogspot.com
)
SUMMER HOMEWORK
Students will be working on a basic skills test
and an algebra readiness test so that we can understand what you know coming
into our class. You may take either as many times as you would like. No
calculators on the basic skills test!
Please go to www.ThatcherMathCafe.Blogspot.com
and follow the links provided.
This assignment will be worth a grade based on
whether it is complete before the first day of school not based on what “grade”
you received.
Your New Math Teachers,
Dana Lakins and Lauren
Thatcher
