The Hornet's Nest
8th grade newsletter
Week of February 18 - 22
Announcements:
Important Dates:
February
18th: No School
Math
Students need to either have their book or have access to the online book to be able to ensure their understanding of the concepts by doing their independent work.
Students will use the Laws of Exponents to work with scientific notation.
This Week's Objectives:
Students will understand scientific notation.
Daily Independent Work:
Monday: No School
Tuesday: Corrections/ReTest ELO6
Wednesday: Lesson 1-6 Scientific Notation; pg 55 1-7
Thursday: Lesson 1-7 Operations with Scientific Notation; pg 63 1-6
Friday: Lesson 1-7 Operations with Scientific Notation; Worksheet
Advanced Math
This week students will be applying their knowledge of the Laws of Exponents
This Week's Objectives:
Students will apply the Laws of Exponents to volume as well as scientific notation.
Daily Independent Work:
Monday: No School
Tuesday: 6.1 Laws of Exponents; Apply Worksheet and 6.1 Quiz
Wednesday: 6.1 Scientific Notation; Conversion Worksheet
Thursday: 6.1 Scientific Notation; Operations Worksheet (multiply, divide, and powers)
Friday: 6.1 Scientific Notation; Operations Worksheet (add and subtract)
Social Studies
Students this week will be answering the question, "Was Andrew Jackson a Hero or a Villain?" Students will have assignment choices:
Assignment Choices:
Create a cereal box about Andrew Jackson
Use Google Slides to create a virtual cereal box (same directions as above).
Create photo flashcards about Andrew Jackson (In google classroom).
Write a persuasive essay answering the questions “Was Andrew Jackson an American Hero or Villain?” and use all the key terms.
Students will be learning:
Objective #9
Was Andrew Jackson a Hero or a Villain?
Objective 9 Important Vocabulary:
Trail of Tears, National Bank, Kitchen Cabinet, Jacksonian Democracy, Nullification Crisis, The Spoils System, Tariff of Abominations
Learning Target for the Week:
Objective #9: Students will explain connections between historical context and peoples' perspectives at the time in American History.
ELA
Weekly Overview
We have had another great week in ELA! Students were able to learn how Tom received such high praise from the superintendent in the story of Tom Sawyer! We will continue this upcoming week to discuss the themes and ideas present in the story. Students will have daily reading, and can choose to do this during or outside of school hours. Please click here to see our daily reading schedule.
Weekly Agenda
Monday: No School
Tuesday: Read Tom Sawyer & look at themes
Wednesday: Read Tom Sawyer & Vocab
Thursday: Read Tom Sawyer & continue to discover themes
Friday: Read Tom Sawyer
Important Notes
Students will need charged chrome books everyday to be successful during this unit.
PHYSICAL SCIENCE
Objective:
Develop models to describe the atomic composition of simple molecules and extended structures.
Weekly Agenda:
Monday: No School
Tuesday: Complete Waves test (if needed): Learn the parts of an atom
Wednesday: Pre-Test over the periodic table: Atoms family review and song
Thursday: Atomic basics and intro to the periodic table
Friday: Begin our Baby Book for an element
This week we will also be reteaching and reassessing students over the waves unit if they do earned a D or F on last weeks test. Our goal is to get all students at or above a C. Please let us know if you have any questions about this.