8th Grade Weekly Overview!
January 3-5, 2024
Course | Teacher | Here is what’s happening this week! |
ELA | Students spent time reflecting on 2023, then selected one word for 2024. The one word should help guide them mentally, physically, emotionally, relationally, and/or spiritually. | |
Math | 8th Grade Math: This week we reviewed the distributive property and how to identify and combine like terms as preparation for working with linear equations. Â Math 1: This week we reviewed exponent rules and applied them to operations with monomials. Â | |
Science | We are continuing to work on the second part of ecosystems. Students will be completing a biome project and we will assess before winter break. | |
Social Studies | We started Unit 2: Road to Revolution this week. This unit focuses on the settlement and colonization of the thirteen colonies. Â Students will be using critical reading strategies to analyze primary and secondary sources to learn about different economic, social and political aspects of American colonial life. | |
Spanish | The phrase of the week: ¡Lo siento! - I’m sorry! 1B students will continue to engage with Senor Wooly’s song Billy y las botas 3. We will play games and do activities that support the understanding and acquisition of the language in this resource. | |
PE | Coach Burroughs- Â We are still on the turf, and will be learning about soccer techniques, and how to play the game. Please dress warm for this cooler weather. Coach Dameron - Pickleball & CPR Training | |
AVID | Students are continuing work in the financial literacy unit. The unit focuses on building familiarity with financial literacy terms and concepts. | |
PLTW Medical Detectives | We are finishing the mysteries of the human body unit and have dissected our sheep brains. | |
PLTW Computer Science | This week students are completing their projects and finalizing their presentations. Â | |
Art | This week we considered in a creative way what we want more and less of in the coming year. Then we began to think about how we might represent our more column with an animal in the style of Eric Carle. If you aren’t familiar with his art, just find any copy of The Very Hungry Caterpillar and all of the illustration is his. Happy New Year!  This is the demo for students to begin to think about how the art is made. | |
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Chorus | Check back next week. | |
Band | We will be sending  out a bi-weekly band specific newsletter that will have all necessary reminders and upcoming events for band! If you do not receive it, please email us so we can add you to our list! | |
Theater | Check back next week. |
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