Interactive Math Notebook Resource Book, Grade 8

Interactive Math Notebook: Grade 8 is designed to allow students to become active participants in their own learning by creating an interactive math notebook. The instructions given in the book lay out an easy-to-follow plant for setting up, creating, and maintaining an interactive notebook for studying math concepts common in grade eight. The lessons cover units of study in numbers and operations, algebra, measurement, geometry, and data analysis and probability. This interactive approach to diagraming math concepts gives students many opportunities to utilize models and demonstrate their knowledge through artistic creation, labeling, and verbal explanation. Students are encouraged to be creative, use color, and work with manipulatives to gain a greater understanding of the topics covered. - Helps students record, store, and organize essential information - Serves as a resource for review and test prep - Involves both right-brain and left-brain activities for processing new information - Correlated to current national, state, and provincial standards