8th Grade Weekly Overview!
September 9-13, 2024
Course | Teacher | Here is what’s happening this week! |
ELA | This week, students finished reading “Lamb to the Slaughter” and took an assessment on the story. They also began morphology by examining the root “act.” Finally, students are half way through their book club novel! | |
Math | This week, we continued with our unit on exponent rules. So far, students have learned how to apply exponent rules to single digit positive integers or one letter variable bases. We also looked at how to use a scientific calculator to evaluate expressions with exponents. Math support in science is focusing on how to classify angles and angle pair relationships. | |
Science | This week, students are building community within the classroom, establishing classroom routines, and finishing their first group assignment in pathogens. Students will take a formative assessment for immediate feedback on their learning thus far. Students are encouraged to review their vocabulary on Infinite campus. September 9th and the16th will be the last Mondays for after school tutoring for the refresher for the four basic operations, addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division. For the students that have been attending there has been great progress made. | |
Social Studies |
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Spanish | Students have continued Unit 12 - El Cortejo. We will continue to do various activities that support the language acquisition of the target structures: No conoce a nadie - s/he doesn’t know anyone Agarra la mano - s/he grabs the hand Sale de- s/he goes out of/from | |
PE | Fitness Testing Coach Burroughs- Basketball unit (dribbling and passing) Teamwork and Sportsmanship | |
AVID | This week, AVID students began a new unit on college and career research. Students defined “success” and what it means to them. They also completed a interest survey that suggested potential careers, then they researched colleges that offered degrees in those programs. | |
PLTW Medical Detectives | In medical detectives we are starting our second unit in disease detectives. Students will learn about the secrets of the nervous system.. | |
PLTW Computer Science | This week, students continued to explore concepts in programming through different activities with Microbits. We also looked at current issues with cyber security and discussed how to use online tools and resources effectively and safely. | |
Financial Literacy | Diana Jones | We are beginning this class with a project on the complexities of budgeting when going through adulthood. In this project students will determine what college and career path they would like to take. Then they will determine what they want and also need to spend their earned income on. Lastly, they will determine a monthly budget and strategies for saving and spending money. |
Beth Burroughs | Learning terms and definitions that will be important throughout our unit. Making predictions on career choices, living situations, types of vehicles, cost of living…. | |
Art | We have been working on using colored pencils in the way that an artist does. We have practiced techniques and demonstrated our skills. Here are some photos of the amazing works that they’ve made: | |
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