summer math packet information (rising 8th grade)
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Summer Math Packet Information (Rising 8th Grade)
This summer we are using Khan Academy as the basis for our summer math practice. Your task will be
to answer correctly questions from the selected missions in Khan Academy. This extra practice will
ensure you stay current with the material taught in the 2016-17 school year in PreAlgebra. Your
summer math work will earn you bonus credit toward your final average for the Fall semester!
Logging In (YOU MUST LOG IN TO HAVE YOUR WORK TRACKED! IF YOU DO NOT LOG IN, THERE WILL BE NO RECORD OF YOUR
WORK!)
1. First go to ” https://www.khanacademy.org/login” 2. Then follow one of the two boxes below.
Current Mill Springs Student Log In (Through Google Link) DO NOT CHANGE YOUR PASSWORD! Username: Use Mill Springs email address Password: Mustangs Example: Username: [email protected] Password: Mustangs
Be sure to add your coaches (See below)
If you are a newly accepted PreUpper student, touch base with Thomas Berg [email protected] to get your Mill Springs email address.
Once you have your MSA email address, follow the directions to the left to get the Khan Summer Packet process started.
Make sure you use the above Log In procedure every time you get on to Khan. If you have a personal Gmail
account, you will automatically log on to Khan using that account as your ID. When/If this happens, log out of
Khan, click Log In, click the google icon again and select SIGN IN WITH A DIFFERENT ACCOUNT…then click ADD
ACCOUNT.
Adding Coaches
Once you have logged in you need to add Josh Hersko as your coach.
Go to the HOME screen and select COACHES
Enter [email protected] in the Add a coach window and click Join the class.
Although it says 4th grade math, you will be working on the fundamental skills necessary to be successful in your
Algebra class next year. Also, I assure you the concepts will challenge you by testing your pre-existing knowledge as
well as teaching you new concepts. So, do not freak out when you click 4th. We don’t know why Khan lists it as 4th.
Log on to Khan, select Subjects and then select 4th or if after reading the assignment you need to select PreAlgebra, do
so.
If you are asked to take a Mission Warm Up do it by selecting Get Started.
Your summer assignment depends on the number of skills not started.
If the number of skills not started is more than 40, your assignment is to Practice all of the 4th Grade Math mission. You will work until the number of skills not started is zero.
If the number of skills not started is less than 40, your assignment is to Master all of the 4th Grade Math mission. You will work until the number of skills not started is zero AND you will take Mastery Challenges until you’ve mastered all of 4th Grade Math.
If you’ve already Mastered 4th Grade Math or if you know you’re registered to take Algebra One next year,
you need to aim to master 5th Grade Math and complete at least 40 skills in the PreAlgebra Mission. If you finish your assignment and want to keep working, work to master the PreAlgebra mission and
beyond.
The skills not started are indicated by the green arrow. To select a skill to practice, click on the Practice bubbles on the
right side of the screen. You’ll be taken to that Khan skill, and when you correctly answer the required number of
questions in a row, your points will total and you’ll come back to this 4th Grade mission screen. With each skill you
Practice, the number of skills not started will decrease by one. Taking Mastery Challenges will not decrease the
number of skills not started as Mastery Challenges only ask you about skills you’ve already Practiced.
If you have any questions over the summer, reach out to [email protected]. Do your best!
Look forward to seeing you next school year!!
Josh Hersko