Keystone Exams to be taken Next Week!

The 8th graders who are enrolled in Integrated Math I (Algebra), will take the Keystone Exams.

On May 17 & 19 (Periods A through D) each of the 2 modules have 23 multiple choice questions and 4 constructive response questions. Students may use a graphing or scientific calculators on this test. For more information on the Keystone Exams, please go to www.pde.state.pa.us.

IM1 Students to take Keystone Exams in May

Mark your calendars!  The 8th graders who are enrolled in Integrated Math I (Algebra), will take the Keystone Exams the week of May 16.  For more information on the keystone exams, please go to www.pde.state.pa.us or see the page on the AMS Grade 8 Blog.

Thanks for the hard work today on the exam

Mrs. Costantino would like to thank all of the algebra students for their hard work on the Algebra I Keystone Exam.  The students completed all of the requirements at a high level of mastery, and is sure the test scores will reflect that mastery for students this summer!  

Thank you for your support!

Keystone Algebra I Exam

8^th grade students enrolled in Algebra will be testing periods a-d on Wednesday and Thursday.  Please encourage your child to get a good night’s sleep and to eat breakfast, too!  For more information on the Keystone exams, go to http://www.pdesas.org/module/assessment/Keystone.aspx

Study Island due tomorrow!

Evaluating Expressions is due by Friday at 3:00.  All late completions will earn ½ credit.  Encourage your kids to take a vacation to Study Island!

Stacking Cups

This week in math, we completed a problem solving task developing a relationship between Styrofoam cups, graphs, and equations.  How many cups do we need to reach the top of the bulletin board? Students used multiple problem solving strategies to develop the relationship. After finding the pattern and equation, students looked for the relationship between the graph and the equation.  Finally, students applied their method to another type of cups.  Lots of excitement in math class. We hope that students will relate this activity to our upcoming unit in Linear Equations in Pre-Algebra and Systems of Linear Equations in Algebra! 

Students working on the stacking cups project in math class.