8th Grade Explorers
1st Quarter SY 2020- 2021
NORTHWOODS PARK MIDDLE SCHOOL
Website: www.onslow.k12.nc.us/northwoodsparkms
Location: 904 Sioux Drive, Jacksonville, NC, USA
Phone: (910) 347-1202
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/NWPMS/
Twitter: @IHEARTNWP
Upcoming Events
- Oct. 2nd- Fall Pictures Cohort B
- Oct. 6th- Fall Pictures Cohort A
- Oct. 14th- last day to turn in missing assignments
- Oct. 15th- End of Grading Period
- Oct. 22nd- Report Cards
- Nov. 5th- 1st Progress Report for 2nd Quarter
- Nov. 11th- Veteran's Day (No School)
- Nov. 17th- Make up Fall Picture Day for Cohort A
- Nov. 20th- Make up Fall Picture Day for Cohort B
- Nov. 25th- Teacher Workday (No School for Students)
- Nov. 26th-27th- Thanksgiving Break (No School for Students or Staff)
Paperless Progress Reports This Year For The Park
Contact our counselor Ms. Keeler for Parent Portal assistance.
IMPORTANT REMINDERS
- It is VITAL that students are charging their laptops AT HOME each evening.
- Students must have earbuds or earphones at school every day in order to effectively work on their iREADY lessons. Students can buy them from the PBIS Rewards Cart for 24 points
- Lanyards are part of our dress code and must be worn every day, all day.
- ONLY clear water bottles are allowed on campus.
iREADY Math and Reading
Students are provided time during Encores and Lunch/Enrichment time to work through their iREADY lessons.
In addition to progressing through an individualized program, students are keeping track of their own progress. Your child should be able to tell you how many lessons they pass each week. The more they pass, the better their chances are for substantial improvement.
For Our Explorers
What We Are Learning in ELA
We'll be reading creepy or scary literature ( Stephen. King, Edgar Allan Poe, Shirley Jackson, local folklore) up until the end of October in conjunction with our priority standards: mainly RL.8.2-Determine a theme of a text and analyze its development over the course of the text, including its relationship to the characters, setting, and plot; provide an objective summary of the text.
What We Are Learning in MATH
(Lesson 2 in iREADY) square roots & cube roots
(Lesson 3) rational & irrational numbers
(Lesson 4) Approximating irrational numbers
(Lesson 5) Scientific Notation
What We Are Learning in SCIENCE
Periodic Table trends and organization
Balancing Chemical Equations
We will finish the nine weeks with a review of our study of Chemistry
What We Are Learning in SOCIAL STUDIES
Classroom Supplies Needed
Students can deliver these items to their homeroom:
- Clorox or Lysol wipes
- Tissue
Keep Your Child's Supplies Full!
- lanyard with lunch card and PBIS Rewards Badge
- 3 Ring Binder
- pencils
- tape
- glue stick
- scissors
- colored pencils
- highlighter
- sticky notes
- earbuds
8th Grade Explorers Can Travel Anywhere When They Read
Bookmarks should include:
- Name
- Title of book read
- Dates for each day of the week
- 2 sentences per night about the specific chapter/pages read in the summary section
- Specific page numbers for every day in class and at home. IE: pages 3 - 21, 45 - 67, 89 - 115