Math Dictionary Sections: 34 Pythagorean Theorem
Upcoming Assessments: NONE!!!
Things are slowly winding down now, but we still have Math 8 topics to cover. This week's topic was the Pythagorean theorem, one of my favorites! We had a little bit of story time with "What's Your Angle, Pythagoras?" by Julie Ellis. The book discusses a hypothetical situation for how the Pythagoras might have come up with the theorem since the actual events are unknown. From there, we moved onto working some real world problems requiring the use of the Pythagorean theorem and then a few practice SOL type questions made by the district. Students who finished up early got started on next week's packet, which they'll be expected to bring everyday next week.
The last day to turn in work for term 4 (missing or incomplete assignments, error analysis for assessments, and/or extra credit work) was Friday. For any students who were absent or making up SOLs, I'll still accept the Pythagorean theorem work packet on Monday, but that will be the deadline for that. At this point, I'm not sure what grades I'll be taking next week as we've not been told when to start sending grades, so we'll have to go day-by-day for future grades. Any additional grades will be designed to help students improve their grades and will not have a negative impact on their overall grade unless the student were to refuse to do the work (thankfully something that rarely ever happens with this group of kids!).
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