8th grade geometry...

[Anonymous]

What would be the best review strategy to prepare a student for 8th grade geometry?
Should we review basic geometry concept or focus more on reviewing Algebra?

[Anonymous]

We did nothing and DC was fine.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:We did nothing and DC was fine.

How is that helpful?

[Anonymous]

None of the posters admit to their children prepping for anything. Not for AAP, math class, TJ test, SAT nothing. None of the posters' kids ever prep.

[Anonymous]

So if your special snowflake doesn't review for the coming year's math course, is it necessary to post just to state that fact?

Come on. We know everybody on this board preps for everything. I even see posts asking for the exact route for the driving test.

Since your amazing dc breezed through geometry, maybe you could at least help OP out by telling him/her what type of review would be relevant to the course.

[Anonymous]

My DS did not prep for 8th grade geometry either and he was fine. The only thing DS did was do the summer assignment for geometry. My DS has always refused to prep for anything. I don't have the time or energy to fight him. I have bigger battles to fight. Not everyone preps.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:My DS did not prep for 8th grade geometry either and he was fine. The only thing DS did was do the summer assignment for geometry. My DS has always refused to prep for anything. I don't have the time or energy to fight him. I have bigger battles to fight. Not everyone preps.

My dc was not given a summer assignment for geometry. How would finding similar material be considered "prepping?" It would be great if someone could get off their high horse for a second and say what these summer assignments cover.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:My DS did not prep for 8th grade geometry either and he was fine. The only thing DS did was do the summer assignment for geometry. My DS has always refused to prep for anything. I don't have the time or energy to fight him. I have bigger battles to fight. Not everyone preps.

My dc was not given a summer assignment for geometry. How would finding similar material be considered "prepping?" It would be great if someone could get off their high horse for a second and say what these summer assignments cover.

Go to a local middle school website and see if the summer assignments are posted there.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:My DS did not prep for 8th grade geometry either and he was fine. The only thing DS did was do the summer assignment for geometry. My DS has always refused to prep for anything. I don't have the time or energy to fight him. I have bigger battles to fight. Not everyone preps.

My dc was not given a summer assignment for geometry. How would finding similar material be considered "prepping?" It would be great if someone could get off their high horse for a second and say what these summer assignments cover.

Go to a local middle school website and see if the summer assignments are posted there.

I tried that. My dc is at a FCPS middle school. I have checked several other FCPS middle school websites, and they don't really post any academic info at all.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:My DS did not prep for 8th grade geometry either and he was fine. The only thing DS did was do the summer assignment for geometry. My DS has always refused to prep for anything. I don't have the time or energy to fight him. I have bigger battles to fight. Not everyone preps.

My dc was not given a summer assignment for geometry. How would finding similar material be considered "prepping?" It would be great if someone could get off their high horse for a second and say what these summer assignments cover.

Go to a local middle school website and see if the summer assignments are posted there.

I tried that. My dc is at a FCPS middle school. I have checked several other FCPS middle school websites, and they don't really post any academic info at all.

Frost Middle School has the summer math assignments posted on its website. Take a look at them and you will see what they cover.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:My DS did not prep for 8th grade geometry either and he was fine. The only thing DS did was do the summer assignment for geometry. My DS has always refused to prep for anything. I don't have the time or energy to fight him. I have bigger battles to fight. Not everyone preps.

My dc was not given a summer assignment for geometry. How would finding similar material be considered "prepping?" It would be great if someone could get off their high horse for a second and say what these summer assignments cover.

Go to a local middle school website and see if the summer assignments are posted there.

I tried that. My dc is at a FCPS middle school. I have checked several other FCPS middle school websites, and they don't really post any academic info at all.

Frost Middle School has the summer math assignments posted on its website. Take a look at them and you will see what they cover.

Thank you!

[Anonymous]

I teach middle school algebra and geometry in FCPS. As long as your child can successfully manipulate equations (distributive property, variables on both sides, etc), they will be okay in geometry. I'd review the basics--evaluating functions, solving equations, and maybe systems, just to get their brain comfortably manipulating numbers again.

Most students find geometry easier than algebra, because it's (for the most part), just applications of what they learned the prior year. The constructions and the proofs aren't something you can prep for unless you want to pre-teach it all. There's nothing like that in algebra to review.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I teach middle school algebra and geometry in FCPS. As long as your child can successfully manipulate equations (distributive property, variables on both sides, etc), they will be okay in geometry. I'd review the basics--evaluating functions, solving equations, and maybe systems, just to get their brain comfortably manipulating numbers again.

Most students find geometry easier than algebra, because it's (for the most part), just applications of what they learned the prior year. The constructions and the proofs aren't something you can prep for unless you want to pre-teach it all. There's nothing like that in algebra to review.

Thank you. My dc isn't a math whiz, but did pretty well in Algebra. When dc makes mistakes, it isn't because of not understanding concepts, it is usually because of going too fast and trying to skip steps and losing something in the process. I'm guessing some of that is just a maturity issue, but I want to have something for dc to work on over the summer a little to help work out the kinks.

Thank you again for your help.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:My DS did not prep for 8th grade geometry either and he was fine. The only thing DS did was do the summer assignment for geometry. My DS has always refused to prep for anything. I don't have the time or energy to fight him. I have bigger battles to fight. Not everyone preps.

My dc was not given a summer assignment for geometry. How would finding similar material be considered "prepping?" It would be great if someone could get off their high horse for a second and say what these summer assignments cover.

Go to a local middle school website and see if the summer assignments are posted there.

I tried that. My dc is at a FCPS middle school. I have checked several other FCPS middle school websites, and they don't really post any academic info at all.

Email the head of the math department at the school.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:We did nothing and DC was fine.

How is that helpful?

It should allay fears that the OP's daughter needs to do summer work to be able to be successful in Geometry.