Hornet's Nest
FMS 8th Grade Newsletter: November 23 - November 27
Upcoming Information
- Nov 25 - 27 No School
- Monday, November 30, will be a Catch Up day. Students that have missing assignments from the closure will be expected to work on and finish these assignments. Any students that have no missing work will have some fun activities to do.
- Kids should be logging on daily and do the work posted in Google Classroom. If you have questions, please contact your 8th grader's advisory teacher.
- If 8th graders are not doing work for at least 2 days/assignments, phone calls will be made home.
ELA
Unit Objective:
8RL1D: Using appropriate text, determine the theme(s) of a text and analyze its development over the course of a text; provide an objective summary of the text.
8RL1B: Determine the meaning of words and phrases
This Week in ELA:
*ALL WORK is posted in GC. Please check the Weekly Agenda to know exactly what to complete each day. Assignments are due each day.*
Monday- Flowers for Algernon One Pager/ Catch Up on Missing Work
Tuesday-Catch up on missing work
Wednesday- No School
Thursday- No School Happy Thanksgiving!
Friday- No School
Questions? Please email us.
Ms. Hickerson vhickerson@fulton58.org
Mrs. AuBuchon maubuchon@fulton58.org
Ms. Washington maddywashington@fulton58.org
Mrs. Cathey ecathey@fulton58.org
Math
Students will start working on Exact Path, a program that is designed to help students who may struggle in certain areas or give enrichment to students who might be ready for more. Below is a link you can click on for resources.
All activities, assignments, and slides will be posted in Google Classroom. Practice Problems (PP) will be due the next day.
ELO 4:
Apply concepts of slope and y-intercept to graphs, equation, and proportional relationships.
MATH 8
Learning for the Week
This week students will build on their knowledge of solving equations with one variable.
Monday: Lesson 4.2: Keeping the Equation Balanced; PP #1-3
Tuesday: Solving Equations Activity
Wednesday: No School
Thursday: No School
Friday: No School
ADVANCED MATH
Learning for the Week
This week students will continue to solve equations with one variable.
Monday: Lesson 4.6: Strategic Solving; PP #2-3
Tuesday: Solving Equations Activity
Wednesday: No School
Thursday: No School
Friday: No School
If you have any questions or concerns, please contact your child's teacher.
Ms. Barkho - bbarkho@fulton58.org
Mr. Lorentzen - jlorentzen@fulton58.org
Mrs. Jacobs - csimon@fulton58.org
Mr. Wilbers - mwilbers@fulton58.org
PHYSICAL SCIENCE
This week in 8th grade science we will be completing are unit on Thermal Energy and get a quick look at our next unit on Chemical and Physical Changes.
Virtual Learning--Science assignments/work will be posted each morning by 8:00AM to Google Classroom. Students should check Google Classroom every other day for science work.
If you have any questions or concerns, please email your child's science teacher:
Mr. Knipe--pknipe@fulton58.org
Mrs. Shrout---lshrout@fulton58.org
Social Studies
Week at a Glance:
We will be wrapping up our unit on Washington and the troubles facing the new nation. We hope to test on this unit when we come back from our shut down.
Learning Target for the Week:
Identify and/or explain ways the Founding Fathers responded to challenges facing the new nation.
Key Terms & Events:
precedents, isolationism, cabinet, impressment, Neutrality Proclamation, Whiskey Rebellion, Farewell Address
Questions? Email your child's social studies teacher:
Lara Brunk - lbrunk@fulton58.org
Chris Crowson - ccrowson@fulton58.org
Patrick Reinkemeyer (Mr. Crowson's long term sub) - preinkemeyer@fulton58.org
Heather Yates - hyates@fulton58.org