The Hornet's Nest
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Last week for Yuda Bands
Beginning Wednesday, February 14th through 28th, Student Council will be selling Yuda Bands in the Gym before school. Yuda Bands are handmade, leather and coconut bracelets that raise funds to create jobs and provide education in Guatemala and Zimbabwe. Bracelets cost $7 and all proceeds will go toward our Sponsor Student, Suarlin. You can read more about Suarlin and his story below!
Meet Suarlin Alvarado
Hi there, I am Suarlin Alexis Alvarado Amira. I currently live with my mom and a brother and a sister in our town; San Martin Jilotepeque. My father works far away from us. We usually see him on the weekends when he gets home. My poor parents have had very hard economical problems. We just moved to a place where my parents are building our new house. My mom works making tortillas in the marketplace, but she doesn't earn enough to pay for my school. Most of our free time we all help to do chores with my mom. I really want to become an accountant and I am working very hard to get good grades and be a successful student. I just want to be able to help my parents and siblings in the future.
Eighth grade students registered for FHS classes on February 21st. The 8th grade parent meeting at FHS was on Wednesday.
8th Grade Math
Math 8
Students will start their understanding of simplifying expressions with powers this week.
Monday: Lesson 1-1 Rational Numbers; Worksheet
Tuesday: Lesson 1-2 Powers and Exponents; pg 19
Wednesday: Discover the Rules to the Game of Powers
Thursday: Discover the Rules to the Game of Powers
Friday: Discover the Rules to the Game of Powers
Advanced Math
Advanced Math
Students will be finishing up their knowledge of powers and carry that knowledge over to polynomials.
Monday: Finish Topic 6 Test
Tuesday: ReTeach
Wednesday: Topic 6 Corrections
Thursday: Lesson 7-1Adding and Subtracting Polynomials; pg 265 15-16, 28-38 even
Friday: Lesson 7-2 Multiplying Polynomials; Worksheet
Science
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Monday: Students will complete their tests on devices and will begin an investigation using an online simulation over the following objective. “Students will construct and describe graphical displays of data to describe the relationships between mass and kinetic energy and mass and speed of an object .” PS3.A.1
Tuesday: Students will complete and analyze graphs of Kinetic energy and mass or speed relationships
Wednesday: We will begin studying potential energy.
"Studetns will develop model to show objects interacting at a distance changes, different amounts of potential energy are stored in the system."
Thursday: Continue to investigate the relationships between potential and kinetic energy and forces
Friday: We will continue with the energy studies. "Students will construct, use, and present arguments to support the claim that when the kinetic energy of an object changes, energy is transferred to or from the object."
Social Studies
Social Studies this week began our persuasive writing project over Thomas Jefferson's Presidency and were happy to host the High School Guidance Counselors to discuss registration for the high school next year! Hope you got your forms turned in, if not, please contact the guidance office.
Next week:
Monday - Continue Persuasive Writing Project
Tuesday - Causes / Effects of the War of 1812
Wednesday - The War of 1812
Thursday & Friday - Reassessments of persuasive writing and Louisiana Purchase
ELA
- Speaking Standard 8.C: Plan and deliver appropriate presentations based on the task, audience, and purpose integrating multimedia into presentations to clarify information, strengthen claims and evidence, and add interest. Students will study Martin Luther King Jr.'s famous "I Have a Dream" speech and then will develop their own presentation, calling their peers to action.
Students will be working towards understanding this standard by watching Martin Luther King's speech, other speeches, and then performing their own speech. Students will be given class time to work on the speech.
Students will read independently every day or work on Read Naturally (both independently and with a teacher). Please have your child bring headphones daily to ELA class.
Chaperones Wanted!
Sports Spectacular 2
Sports Spectacular - Take 2!
Do you enjoy the goofy games that we play during the assemblies? If so, the 2nd Semester Sports Spectacular on March 16th is for you! Sign ups to participate in the events run February 21-28th in the Counselor's Office. Participation costs $10 to pay for an awesome 8th grade, "Class of 2022" yellow t-shirt! Even better, if you bought a shirt and participated in the Sports Spectacular during 1st Semester, it's FREE to participate, just sign up for the events you would like to participate in!