Karen's Math Profile

Hi my name is Karen, I'm a math student in grade 8. If you were to ask me if I like math, I would say yes and no. I like some of the math we do in class, but I also dislike some of the math work. Sometimes I understand my math but I can't write it properly or explain it right. I learn best when I work in groups, I like to see what other people think and compare my math to their math.

In grade 7 last year in I liked many things, most were the "bedmass," and the means, median, mode, range and outliers. The bedmass method was a bit tricky at times, but I liked how it makes my math stronger, it was a lot of fun when the easy questions came in. For the means, medians and stuff, I really liked them because they were easy and I already knew them before we learned it because my sister taught me. The unit that made me struggle the most was the integers unit, I tried to understand it but I didn't have enough focus. I am able to do it but only really, really easy questions. For this year I could work harder and focus more and not put things aside in able for me not to struggle.

This year for grade 8, I will try to work harder and not put things aside, but I said that for grade 6 and it didn't really happen for grade 7. I guess I'll try some more this year, I will also ask for help if needed. This year I don't have a specific math thing I want to learn, but I'm ready for more math and some old math too.

Last year, for grade 7 my favourite blog was the Circles blog. I honestly only like it because last year I only did 2 blog posts and "Circles" was way neater and longer than my other one. That post had parts and meanings of cirlces and what was for homework. When I made that blog it helped me understand more about diameters and radius. For grade 8 I hope to try and make more blogs so I understand more and get more marks.