Math

On this page, please find information about your child's current math program.

October 29, 2014

The following links are for neat games that students can play to practice naming angles and to identify various types of angles in diagrams (e.g., vertical/opposite, complementary, supplementary, alternate, corresponding, interior):
http://www.ixl.com/math/grade-8/identify-complementary-supplementary-vertical-adjacent-and-congruent-angles 
http://www.xpmath.com/forums/arcade.php?do=play&gameid=104 
An example of the type of question that your child might encounter:

http://www.shodor.org/interactivate/activities/Angles/

There are also several Khan Academy videos that are helpful in explaining and understanding different angle relationships:

Complementary and supplementary angles: Basics of complementary, supplementary, adjacent and straight angles. Also touching on what it means to be perpendicular 

https://www.khanacademy.org/math/geometry/parallel-and-perpendicular-lines/complementary-supplementary-angl/e/complementary_and_supplementary_angles

Angles Formed by Parallel Lines and Transversals: Parallel lines, transversal lines, corresponding angles 

https://www.khanacademy.org/math/geometry/parallel-and-perpendicular-lines/old_angles/v/angles-formed-between-transversals-and-parallel-lines

September 2, 2014

taken from http://www.fortheteachersblog.org/friday-five-ways-parents-can-help-with-math/#.U_IgJVZVa2w

Come back for more information as the year progresses.