8th Grade Math Lesson Plans...any good idea's?
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Mandelbrot Set\nWe just went over it in algebra 2/trig but it is easy enough to learn at an 8th grade level
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If it's math you can get some pretty good help at math.com. going to google for extra practice in pretty much anything. edhelper has worksheets you can print.
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well, you could find a multiplication table and memorize it (that's what I did in 3rd grade). It's realyl very useful to memoize it, because if you know all the basic multiplication formulas, then you've got it all set!\n\nI would also suggest printing out an already-filled-out muliplication table, memorizing it, and then puttinjg white-out or cancelling out the answers, and trying to fill them out yourself.\n\nI've included a few sources that might help you learn the multiplication table...Hope this helps!
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Hmmm.. are you studying anything in particular this year that you find interesting?\n\nHere is a website with a number of topics just perfect for a 9th grade project.\n\nhttp://school.discovery.com/lessonplans/9-12.html#\n\nPerhaps some of these might interest you.  They actual have a lesson plan for each topic.
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MATH.\n\nhttp://www.sosmath.com/wwwsites.html\n\nhttp://www.webmath.com/index.html\n\nhttp://mathforum.org/dr.math/\n\nhttp://www.tc.cornell.edu/Services/Education/Gateways/Math_and_Science/mathematics.htm\n\nKindergarten to 8th Grade Interactive Sites\n\nhttp://www.internet4classrooms.com/skills_4th.htm\n\nhttp://www.apples4theteacher.com/math.html\n\nhttp://www.kidsolr.com/math/index.html\n\nhttp://www.center.k12.mo.us/edtech/edm/4.htm\n\nhttp://www.learningplanet.com/act/mayhem/index.asp\n\nhttp://www.mathisfun.com/\n\nhttp://www.sparknotes.com/math/\n\nhttp://its.leesummit.k12.mo.us/studentsites.htm\n\nhttp://springfieldpublicschoolsmo.org/depts/edtech/Resources/Math/index.htm\n\nhttp://www.math.com/\n\nMATH WEBSITES FOR TEACHERS AND STUDENTS\n\nhttp://www.cumbavac.org/Math.htm\n\nGood luck.\n\nKevin, Liverpool, England.
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I teach math too.  First off, teach it clearly and relate it to the real world when possible.  Emphasize that you LOVE when they ask questions to clarify anything and praise that.  Teach harder topics in words (steps) as well as with numbers and provide a few types of examples that the students could encounter so they are not thrown off.  Be aware that math scares some kids (esp. in MS and HS) and understand where they are coming from (some lack basic skills).  They can tell if you love it.  You'll be great.
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Check out some of these:\n\nhttp://www.atozteacherstuff.com/Printables/index.shtml\n\nhttp://www.lessonplanz.com/\n\nhttp://school.discovery.com/lessonplans/\n\nhttp://math.rice.edu/~lanius/Lessons/\n\nhttp://lessonplanspage.com/
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www.proteacher.com has some great chat boards, lesson plan ideas, content ideas, strategies, etc.  Good site, I think all grades.
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Here are some good websites. I have to freshen up my algebra also , and it helped a lot.\n\nwww.algebra.help.com\nwww.about.com\nwww.mathforum.org\nwww.tutorial.math.lamar.edu\nwww.clc.mnscu.edu\nwww.library.thinkquest.org\nwww.gomath.com \n\nA lot of them are with printable worksheets.\n\nI hope that I could help a little.\nHave fun with studying.:-)\n\nJ.Z
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You could start here and write a program:\nhttp://www.math.nmsu.edu/~breakingaway/Lessons/spiral_K_1/spiral_K.html
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Asking your third grader's teacher for some extra material is a good idea. Otherwise, it depends on the topic. \n\nIf it is reading and comprehension help I think the best thing you can do is to encourage your third grader to practice and participate as much as you can. \n\nYou can look for 3rd grade level websites put on the internet by many grade school teachers. Here's one that I found that has a lot of good math-related links:\nhttp://www.internet4classrooms.com/skills_3rd_original.htm\n\nAs for Yahoo! Answers, I would not recommend relying on it. I find a lot of questions here get factually incorrect answers and still get voted as correct. There is good information here, but it takes some judgment to wean the wheat from the chafe here. I also think it gets abused by kids who don't want to do their own homework and simply want to copy someone else’s answer. If they make the effort to verify the answers they get, and only use it to get examples of solutions, it can be helpful.\n\nHere's another site that might be useful:\nhttp://www.internet4classrooms.com/skills_3rd_original.htm
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That can seem like an overwhelming task. A quick way to lean the 9 x's tables is to use the finger math method. I've included a link. (The link has a few other tricks as well.) Then this is a method I used with classes from about third grade on.\n\nWrite all the tables in lists from the zero multiplication tables to the 12 times, or however far you need to learn. I used a chalkboard, but a whiteboard, or even a large sheet of paper will do.\n\nWith classes I would then say, "Ok - we have to learn all these multiplication tables!" And of course everyone would groan. But then say, "Let's look at how easy this really is."\n\nAsk yourself how many you already know. For example you probably already know all the 0 x's, the 1 x's, the 2 x's, the 5 x's, and the 10 x's, so erase all of those in both places that they appear on the board or paper. (Think about counting by 2's, 5's, and 10's if necessary.) Then go on to erase the 9 x's as you can figure these very quickly using finger math. Then look at what is left. Each one that is left appears there twice since 7 x 8 is the same as 8 x 7, so erase one of each pair. What is left are the only ones you really need to focus on for learning, and the job should seem much less intimidating to you now.\n\nThere are many on line sites to teach times tables.  These links may help.
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To a third grader the task seems insurmountable so you need to make it seem less intimidating.  With all my classes I always did this activity at "times tables" time.\n\nI wrote all the times tables lists on the chalk boardor white board, from 0x0 to 9x9 in lists of the 0 times, 1 times, and so on.  Then I would say to the kids something like, "Ok, here are all the times tables you have to learn" and they would all groan.  Then I'd say, "Let's look at this and see how easy it really is".  So first we'd see how many they already knew, and usually we could establish that everyone already knew all the 0 times, 1 times, and often 2 times and 5 times, and we would clean all of those off the board in each place they occurred (two places) so we would begin to have gaps. \n\nThen we'd talk about the finger math method of figuring out all the 9 times and erase all of those because they could quickly come up with those.  (The method is described in the first link.) \n\nThen we'd look at the ones that were left and talk about the fact that every single one was there twice, as 8x7 is the same as 7x8, etc., and we'd erase one of each pair.  Then we'd be left with the ones they actually had to concentrate on learning.  By then the task didn't seem nearly as insurmountable.\n\nI've included a couple of other links that should be helpful.  Good luck with it.
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MATH, ACTIVITIES and FUN.\n\nhttp://mathforum.org/dr.math/\n\nKindergarten to 8th Grade Interactive Sites\n\nhttp://www.internet4classrooms.com/skills_4th.htm\n\nhttp://www.apples4theteacher.com/math.html\n\nhttp://www.kidsolr.com/math/index.html\n\nhttp://www.center.k12.mo.us/edtech/edm/4.htm\n\nhttp://www.learningplanet.com/act/mayhem/index.asp\n\nhttp://www.mathisfun.com/\n\nhttp://www.sparknotes.com/math/\n\nhttp://its.leesummit.k12.mo.us/studentsites.htm\n\nhttp://springfieldpublicschoolsmo.org/depts/edtech/Resources/Math/index.htm\n\nhttp://www.math.com/\n\nMATH WEBSITES FOR TEACHERS AND STUDENTS\n\nhttp://www.cumbavac.org/Math.htm\n\nGood luck.\n\nKevin, Liverpool, England.
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Bring in items with shapes.....ice cream cone, cookie sheet, book, rubrics cube, etc.  Also, trace these shapes and have kids go on geometric shape hunt to try to find the shapes in school. \nFollow up with some type of worksheet.
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math.com\n\ngreat for  teachers, parents and kids
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This site has a good explanationa and some examples to help explain ratios.  At the end of the lesson, there is even a practice test you can take.\n\nhttp://www.math.com/school/subject1/lessons/S1U2L1GL.html\n\nBy the way, try to be a little more specific next time.  Add as many details as you can.  It's hard for people to help when they don't know exactly what you need an answer or advice on.  Good Luck with the math!!