Literature

Mrs. Cary: We will be starting our novels in September. Most of the 8th grade students will be reading Drums, Girls and Dangerous Pie and the advanced class will be reading Witness. Both books will earn students some points, but students will have read on their own to earn the rest of their 10 or 15 AR points, plus a literacy book to get those points! Don’t forget, AR & Literacy are 10% of their grade for Literature!

Mrs. Pearson

We will be starting our first novel in September. This novel will give students at least 7 AR points. They will still need to read a Literacy book and get the rest of their 10 points

Math

Mrs. Brouwer

8th grade:We start off our year with geometry concepts. We will be transforming objects by translation, reflection, rotation, and dilation! We will also be working with angles and triangles. Unit 1 Test will be 9/10.

Algebra 1:We start with graphs, graphing and functions. Review of  concepts from last year. First test will be on 9/12.

Both classes need to work on their weekly ixl skills.

Mrs. Pearson

The focus of the September is to get back into the groove with math. We will start with transformations! Please look out for the weekly math IXL lessons that will be due each Monday!

Science

Welcome back! We are kicking off the school year learning about the overarching themes in science (Cross-Cutting Concepts). After finishing, we will move right along to the units of measurement introduction. This is an especially important skill for science labs.  Once finished, off to the world of animals we go! We will explore different types of invertebrates and vertebrates. Students will learn identifying characteristics and will eventually be able to pick them out of a lineup. Super cool, right?

History

For our first unit we will be learning  about the events, people, and aftermath of the Civil War. Afterwards we will study Reconstruction and Westward Expansion.

English

In September, we will be finishing up our first unit of reviewing sentences before moving into our first official essay unit, the suspenseful narrative essay. At the end of the unit, students will be creating their own suspenseful narrative essays.

Computers

In September, we will start working on making websites.  By the middle of the month, we will begin our unit on Excel.

We will be taking weekly typing tests to improve our typing skills.

Reminders:

Midterm- September 6th

2:30 Dismissal- September 18th

AR Points are Due October 10th

Science AR Point due by October 3rd

Math IXL skills are assigned on Monday and due the following Monday

Important Dates:

Labor Day- September 2nd- No School

Softball 8th Grade Night- September 10th @ 4:30

Baseball 8th Grade Night- September 16th @ 4:30

School Picture Day-September 17th