Grade 8
Math: Geometry and Statistics and Probability

Use the information below to get a deeper understanding of what your child has mastered and areas where your child may need more help. There are also resources you can use to find activities to support your child’s learning at home.

Help can I help my child progress?

Next Steps

Here are some exercises you can work on at home with your Grade 8 student.

Below Mastery

With your student, practice using the Pythagorean Theorem to find the third side of right triangles; look at scatter plots to identify whether the data have positive, negative, or no association.

At or Near Mastery

With your student, use the Pythagorean Theorem to find the height of isosceles and equilateral triangles; use lines of best fit to describe data and examine how it helps extrapolate information.

Above Mastery

With your student, use known shapes to estimate the volume of a plastic bottle; interpret the slope and intercept of the line of best fit for the graph of time spent studying and math grades.

Talking With Your Child's Teacher

This document titled “Moving Forward: A Guide for Conversations with Your Child’s Teacher” includes helpful tips and questions to discuss with the teacher about your child’s classroom performance, academic progress, and more.

Additional Free Resources Available to Support Your Child's Learning

Use this information to have a meaningful conversation with your child’s teacher about the skills and content in the grade level and to support your child’s learning at home.

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What Can I Do to Help My Child?

Visit the college- and career-readiness resource hub for families to find tools to help your child achieve college and career readiness by the time they graduate from high school.
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Talking with your child's teacher

This document titled “Moving Forward: A Guide for Conversations with Your Child’s Teacher” includes helpful tips and questions to discuss with the teacher about your child’s classroom performance, academic progress, and more.
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