Resources for Math Help

Does your child sometimes have trouble with their math homework? If you answered yes to this, please encourage your child to take advantage of all the resources their online textbook has to offer.

 

Math 6 – The textbook for this course is completely digital. Students have access to the book through BCPS One – Digital Content – HMH (Houghton-Mifflin-Harcourt). One version of the book is a pdf file of the book. If internet access is an issue at home, this pdf file can be downloaded for your child to use on the desktop of their computer. HMH also provides your child with an interactive edition which starts each lesson with a video and then shows the students step by step how to work through the examples. The lesson then provides the students the opportunity to work through problems themselves with feedback from the computer using the Personal Math Trainer. If at any time your child needs to have a teacher explain the steps another way, students can view the Math On The Spot videos. The interactive version also comes with a tool box of manipulatives such as integer tiles, fraction tiles, algebra tiles, and a graphing calculator. The multi-lingual glossary offers definitions in 13 languages. 

 

GT Math 6 – While this course provides a hardcover book for students to use at school and at home, the online version of the textbook includes instructional videos for every lesson. By selecting the “Show Me More” button at the top of the lesson page, students can access the instructional videos. 

 

PreAlgebra 7 – The textbook for this course is completely digital. Students have access to the book through BCPS One – Digital Content – HMH (Houghton-Mifflin-Harcourt). One version of the book is a pdf file of the book. If internet access is an issue at home, this pdf file can be downloaded for your child to use on the desktop of their computer. HMH also provides your child with an interactive edition. The interactive edition starts each lesson with a video and then shows the students step by step how to work through the examples. The lesson then provides the students the opportunity to work through problems themselves with feedback from the computer using the Personal Math Trainer. If at any time your child needs to have a teacher explain the steps another way, students can view the Math On The Spot videos. The interactive version also comes with a tool box of manipulatives such as integer tiles, fraction tiles, algebra tiles, and a graphing calculator. The multi-lingual glossary offers definitions in 13 languages. 

 

Math 8 – While this course provides a paperback book for students to use at school and at home this year, the online version of the textbook provides many additional resources. Students have access to the book through BCPS One – Digital Content – HMH (Houghton-Mifflin-Harcourt). One version of the book is a pdf file of the book. HMH also provides your child with an interactive edition. The interactive edition starts each lesson with a video and then shows the students step by step how to work through the examples. The lesson then provides the students the opportunity to work through problems themselves with feedback from the computer using the Personal Math Trainer. If at any time your child needs to have a teacher explain the steps another way, students can view the Math On The Spot videos. The interactive version also comes with a tool box of manipulatives such as integer tiles, fraction tiles, algebra tiles, and a graphing calculator. The multi-lingual glossary offers definitions in 13 languages. 

 

Algebra I – While this course provides a hardcover book for students to use at school and at home, the online version of the textbook provides many additional resources. Students have access to the book through BCPS One – Digital Content – HMH (Houghton-Mifflin-Harcourt). HMH provides your child with an interactive edition. The interactive edition starts each lesson with a video and then shows the students step by step how to work through the examples. The lesson then provides the students the opportunity to work through problems themselves with feedback. If at any time your child needs to have a teacher explain the steps another way, the students can select to view the Dr. Burger videos. The interactive version also comes with a tool box of manipulatives such as algebra tiles and a graphing calculator. The multi-lingual glossary offers definitions in 13 languages. 

 

Geometry – While this course provides a hardcover book for students to use at school and at home, the online version of the textbook provides many additional resources. Students have access to the book through BCPS One – Digital Content – HMH (Houghton-Mifflin-Harcourt). If at any time your child needs to have a teacher explain the lesson, students can select to view the Professor Burger videos. The online version also comes with a tool box of manipulatives such as algebra tiles and a graphing calculator. The multi-lingual glossary offers definitions in 13 languages. The online version also provides students with interactive Practice Tests.