5 Week Progress Reports

You received your 5-week report from me today in class. Take it home and have a parent/guardian sign the report. Comments/questions are welcome from parents and students. Return it to me no later than Monday, October 15th for homework credit. To help you understand how averages are determined in Math 8, please refer back to the course information handed out to you on the first day of school.

Parents, you can find a copy of this course information paper attached to the parent letter sent home with your eighth grader for you to sign the first week of school. I will try to scan it on to this post as soon as I can figure out how to do that!

My Grade Book

Your parents may have received a classword and password to access your grades for math class. My Grade Book is up and running. It is updated through Friday, September 28th---the same as the reports you received in class today. What a great way to show off the good work you are doing to the people at home who care about you!!! Grades will be updated frequently.

On to Equations...

Wow! I was very pleased to see how well you all did on the first test of the year. Some of the names of impressive work include...

Sierra K, Stephanie B, Keegan D, Kyle J, Steven S, Marissa N, Alen Q, Zach R, Courtney W, George M, Sierra E, Peter F, and Chris G.

Way to go Eighth Graders!

Parents, make sure to ask your eighth grader what integers are and what they are used for.

Integers

Today, we finished the week by making a "foldable." This helps organize the integer operation rules that we have practiced. Keep this handy in your homework folder or 3-ring binder to use any time you need a reminder of the adding, subtracting, multiplying, or dividing integer rules.

Logic Madness

Over the past few days the 'Who's Finished' bin has been absolutely jam packed with Logic Links, and more recently Perplexers, so congratulations to all of you on a job well done!!!
Almost everyone has turned in a few puzzles and some of you have turned in quite a few of them. So I just want to take a moment to give a special shout out to those of you who have completed 15 or more puzzles, and therefore are done with logic puzzles for the first ten weeks! And they are:

Jeff B.
Savanah B.
Stephanie B.
Emily F.
Ricky N.
Jordan T.

Also of note are those who only have a couple more to go in order to have 15 completed puzzles! They are:

Jai A.
Jason H.
Nicole W.

Great Job everybody and keep up the good work!!!

~Miss James

A New Face!

I hope you all had a great summer!
I just wanted to take a moment to introduce myself to you all. My name is Angela James and I am going to be joining you for the next 7 weeks. I'm really excited to be here in Groton and I'm looking forward to working with all of you.
As some of you may know I'm a student teacher from SUNY Geneseo, which is just outside of Rochester in case you were wondering. I grew up in a small town similar to Groton and I love it. Some of my favorite past times include camping, fishing, arts and crafts, and reading.
Well, I look forward to getting to know you all these first few weeks!
See you all in class!
~Miss James

The First Week

It was nice to see everyone back at school this week ready to work! The first day we discussed expectations and class information, and also welcomed Ms. James to the classroom. The last two days students have impressed me by stepping up to the challenge of some difficult problems called logic links. Great job, students!