Math Equals Fun

It's everyone's favorite whodunit mystery game! In this round, students will practice their skills of adding, subtracting, multiplying, and dividing expressions in scientific operations, in order to eliminate suspects, locations, and weapons and ultimately figure out the who, what, and where of this fictional murder. How I play with my 8th graders: Students work out problems on a separate piece of paper. Once they find the answer, they look for it on the poster and then cross off the suspect,

This is a compilation of learning goals (similar to I Can statements) that address the standards of 8th Grade Math according to Common Core. CC has proven to be complicated in how it words the new standards (I'm looking at you, Algebra 1), and I finally decided to sit down, research each one, and figure out exactly what my students need to be able to do. I used the website Schmoop (fantastic resources for CC standards) and several other sites to determine what was being asked for some of the mor