This week students took a quiz over review topics covered so far including integer operations, order of operations and evaluating expressions. If they are not happy with their grade, ANY student can retake the quiz. They need to schedule a time with me before or after school or during lunch to do so. Next week we will continue our lessons on equations including solving one and two step equations, evaluating expressions and combining like terms. If you are new to our newsletter, I have included below a copy of our classroom expectations and what you can expect to learn this year in 8th grade math as well as my contact information!

I have included some photos below of the awesome work your students have been doing in class! We worked on review activities like Add it up to get ready for the quiz. Students also had some awesome Numbers About Me notebook assignments. These are just a few!

If you have any questions please feel free to contact me!

Karissa Hammock

karissahammock@usd475.org

785-717-7765

Download the PDF document to see the assignments that we have been working on for the 1st three weeks of class. These assignments are in the grade book and students are allowed to retake them as much as they want to get a higher score.

Hello All!

A Quick update for you! This week we started and completed a DBQ. DBQ Stands for Document Based Question. The Theme of this DBQ was "Valley Forge" The students went over 6 different primary and secondary sources to answer the question "Had you been a solider at Valley Forge, would you have quit?" Below you will see a running poll we did after Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday of their answer to that question! The reasons why they chose their answers were always a fun discussion in class.

This DBQ counts as their test grade for this Unit!! The test grade will be the result of an essay we outlined on Thursday and is due on Friday!

We have been working together on this DBQ for the whole week together as a class so the whole packet should be completed, highlighted, and full! However, the students know that if they have a questions I will be happy to write passes so they can always come in before or after school!

Friday we are playing a fun Vocab game. This vocabulary list is only 10 words. Some of the words included are "Declaration", "Government", "Act", and "Tax".

The vocab quiz will be Tuesday September 3rd.

We are through another week! Proud of your students everyday. Truly a great group!

If you have any questions or comments please contact me at Jillianreilly@usd475.org

Or at extension 4864

This is my 15th year teaching, and 13 of those years have been teaching Middle School students. I absolutely love being a teacher! Along with teaching, I am also passionate about my Family. William is 22 years old, and he is in his 4TH year in the Navy. He is fun and super goofy! He just returned from a six month tour in the Middle East. Cody is 20 years old, a welder, and absolutely full of life. I will also be getting married in November! Let's have a great year.

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