Thursday, January 12, 2012

Time To Catch Up!

Wow!
We have been busy since returning back to school!
So what has been taking up our time?

8th graders have been learning their way around Pythagorean's Theorem.


Questions to ask your 8th grader?
~ What in the world is the hypotenuse?!
~ What are the other parts of the triangle called?
~ What is this famous theorem?
~ How do you use Pythagorean's Theorem?
~ What kind of triangle can this theorem be used with?

Algebra students are totally immersed in Functions.


Questions to ask your Algebra student:
~ How is a function similar to an equation?
~ Besides an equation, what two other ways can a function be represented?
~ Can you show me an example of a function?

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