What is the "Myth" of the math brain, or math person? 

The myth that you are either a math person, or you aren't. That there are only two categories to be in, even though if you look at graphs there are almost always more than two categories. 

Why are mistakes important in math class? 

Mistakes are important in class because your brain, actually improves and grows if you make mistakes. Even if you don't realize you are making mistakes, and even when you do, your brain is growing from those mistakes even if you correct them or not. 

How do you feel about math right now?

I don't really like math, but I think the TED talk kind of made math sound better. I also feel better about making mistakes in math because of the article we read. 

What are some specific, actionable steps you can take to improve your math Mindset this year? 

Understand that its ok to make mistakes in math, and that its ok to ask for help and to communicate with other around me. 

We sometimes get our workbook checked to make sure that we are following along with the class. I got a meets on this because I always follow along when we are doing something as a class, and on my own. 

Our Unit one workbook was about angles, rigid transformations, congruent figures, translations, rotations, reflections, and more. I got a meets on my workbook because I did everything we were doing in class, and always participated in activities in our workbook. 

My goal for my learning performance on the next unit workbook is to be more organized and have better handwriting. This is my goal because my main goal for this year was to be organized, and when I am organized I like to learn more and understand better. 

Topics: Some of the topics that we have been talking about in the second unit are dilation, similarity, and slope. A dilation is when you make a shape bigger or small using a scale factor. Similar shapes are shapes that are similar, and congruent shapes are always similar but similar shapes aren't always congruent. Slope is measuring the steepness of a line. 

In my workbook, I received a meets because I always followed along with what we were doing in class and made sure I got the right answers, or understood the answer, by asking questions and paying attention. 

I received a meets on my math test (13.5/ 16) because some questions I got part of it right, and some questions I got part of it wrong so I would either go up by .5 or down by .5. 

I can continue doing well in the next unit by following along in our math book, and studying for tests. I can also ask questions If I am confused to help clarify things that are confusing. 

Every week we get assigned Delta Math as homework. We work on things we do in class, to help us better understand the unit and the lessons. I have completed 6 lessons so far in 8th grade, and I have gotten to 100% on all of them. 

This was our unit 4 workbook check. I recieved a meets- beacuse I was only missing a few questions, however I was gone for some things so I couldn't re do what was missing. But I followed along with what we were doing in class so I got a meets. 

My overall grade level and score in math was grade 7 (506), this means that at the beginning of the year I scored in 7 grade math. The national norm I got (Or percentile) was 64, meaning I scored in the 64th percentile. The four domains that I scored were, 7th grade, 7th grade, 7th grade, and early 8th grade. I scored the highest in my geometry and scored the lowest in number and operations, Algebra and Algebraic thinking, and measurement and data. 

By the end of the year I-Ready test I want to score 8th grade or end of 8th grade In every category. I will do this by practicing math, and if I get confused about something, I can ask questions to help me better understand.