Time to use your math Brain!

Welcome to the SWAT Math 8 page! Send me an email if you ever have questions or need anything!!! Remember, if you are gone or just need some extra practice sites or pages, always look at the Lesson Overview colorful PDF found in the first post for each week in Google Classroom.

😊 Ms. Bruce

👀Class Information👀

I am a very reasonable person, but I also expect my students to put forth their best effort and develop good habits for high school. Here are a few things you might want to know:

Weighted Grades: 70% Tests and Projects, 30% Assignments (Building Policy)
Missing Work: No penalty ( I don't give out that much work, so I need you to do EVERY assignment I give); accepted through the midway point of each quarter and end of quarter. It is in your best interest (especially in math) to not let missing work go past a week. Unfortunately, if work is not turned in, it results in a 0, which can really hurt your grade.
Redo Work: You may redo any assignment that you score below a 85%. I will give you full points back for all of your corrections.
Quiz Corrections: I always prefer that you redo assignments and ask for help BEFORE we take a quiz. If you score below an 85%, you may fill out a "2nd Chance Quiz Corrections" green sheet and attach it to your quiz or test. If completed correctly, I will give you a half point for every point you corrected, but you cannot score higher than an 85%.
Extra Practice: Each Weekly Lesson Overview colorful PDF that is posted in Google Classroom has extra videos and online or paper practice you can do for the topics for that week. These are perfect when you "have nothing to do" in Advisory.
Extra Help: You are ALWAYS welcome to come see me during advisory to get extra help on an assignment. Sometimes a quick email response is all you need. I check my email frequently and will do my best to respond as soon as I am able. Get the help on daily assignments as you need it; don't wait until after you take a test and realize you had no clue. You can't really fake it in math!

Math 8

These are all topics for Math 8. You can Google any of them, or search in Khan Academy specifically to review. Click here to see the USD 437 Math 8 Standards in detail.

- Operations with Integers
- Order of Operations
- Simplifying Expressions
- Equivalent Expressions
- Factoring Equivalent Expressions
- Solving One-Step Equations
- Solving Two-Step Equations
- Solving Multi-Step Equations
- Fractions in a Multi-Step Equation (BIG Parentheses!)
- Variables on Both Sides of an Equation
- Equations with Special Cases
- Proportional Relationships - Constant Rate of Change
- Drawing and Measuring Angles
- Identifying Types of Angles
- Finding Missing Angles Using Angle Relationships

- Finding Missing Angles Using Transversals
- Linear Equations
- Slope
- Slope-Intercept Form
- Identifying, Comparing, and Graphing Functions
- Linear Functions
- Find Equation of a Line from Two Points
- Intervals of Increasing or Decreasing on a Graph
- Sketch a Graph from a Verbal Description
- Scatter Plots - Cluster, Outlier, +/- Association, Linear/Nonlinear Association
- Line of Best Fit, Slope, and Y-Intercept
- Converting Decimals and Fractions, Including Repeating Decimals
- Rational and Irrational Numbers
- Pythagorean Theorem
- Volume of Cylinder, Cone, Sphere

Instruction

• Kahn Academy - This links directly to 8th grade math topics. You can find videos, practice, quizzes, etc. AWESOME resource.

• Virtual Nerd Video - These are the "NEAT" videos that we watch in class.

• Math Antics - Most of these are review skills, but might help fill in if you have forgotten some things.

• Math in Demand Webquests - Follow the clear instructions and check your understanding

practice

• CK-12 Interactive Math - This is a PHENOMENAL resource for instruction and practice. Scroll down to find the topics.

• Math Caching - These are fun exercises that cover lots of topics. Find the answers and follow the clues.

• Pre-Algebra Practice - This is sorted by topic. Worksheets and activities.

• MathGames - The practice site we used in class.

• Legends of Learning - Requires a free registration, but tracks your progress on various math and science skills.

explore

• Desmos - Try to create points and lines. There is also a great calculator here.

• Daily Routines - Here are some great thinking activities that aren't directly tied to specific standards.

fun!

• Math is Fun - This site also has good explanation of different math concepts.

• Hooda Math - Lots of math-related games to help reinforce skills.

• Desmos Marble Slides - Play with linear functions to move the marbles. This is setup for our class. Let me know if you would like more of these!

• Math-Play - Lots of games over lots of math topics.

• Math Chimp - Links to many other sites; some load/some do not.

• Make Code Arcade - Try out some coding!