Entering Eighth Grade

Math

This year IHM will be using the on-line site

Brain Pop

for our summer math practice.

Entering Eighth Grade students should work on the following skills:

Numbers & Operations

Exponents

Square Roots

Adding & Subtracting Integers

Rational & Irrational Numbers

Absolute Value

Associative Property

Distributive Property

Algebra

Two Step Equations

Slope & Intercepts

Geometry

Types of Triangles

Take all 10 quizzes, one for each topic listed above. Print them out, and bring them to school when we return in August  

or

save them as a pdf. file and up-load them in the Homework Drop Box found in the side menu bar.

Language Arts

Students entering Eighth Grade for the fall of 2011 will use Accelerated Reader 

 to complete their summer reading enrichment.  The goal is to provide our students with the opportunity to practice and improve their core reading skills using the most innovative tools available.

CLICK HERE

for instructions on logging into Accelerated Reader, or select from the side menu under Site Instructions.

After each book is read, students will need to come to the IHM Computer Lab to take the online quiz.  This will take about 10 to 20 minutes.

Computer Lab
Hours of Operation
are available below

Students will earn points based on their summer reading quiz results. 

Students entering Eighth Grade should

earn 20 points.

In addition to the books read for Accelerated Reader points, all students entering Eighth Grade will need to read:

That was Then,

This is Now

By

S.E. Hinton

A test will be given on this book in the beginning of the 1st trimester and will be assigned the first week of school. Additionally, as you read, answer the five questions on the discussion board. You will need the username and password that was inside your report card.