8th Grade Month of April

Hello!

This month in 8th grade we are:

• Finishing our Greek unit and having a Greek Fest

• Reviewing for GMAS

Students need to bring:

• 3-5 different colored highlighters each day.

• Pencils or pens each day.

• Sticky notes (preferably clear but regular is also fine)

• Students are highly encouraged to purchase a SAIL agenda for $5 to keep up with assignments and due dates.

  
  

Homework:

Students are encouraged to read for 20 minutes per night and complete IXL skills.

8th Grade Month of March

Hello!

This month in 8th grade we are:

• Reading "A Long Way Down" by Jason Reynolds

• We are annotating as we read.

Students need to bring:

• 3-5 different colored highlighters each day.

• Pencils or pens each day.

• Sticky notes (preferably clear but regular is also fine)

• Students are highly encouraged to purchase a SAIL agenda for $5 to keep up with assignments and due dates.

  
  

Homework:

Students are encouraged to read for 20 minutes per night and complete IXL skills.

8th Grade Month of January

Hello!

This month in 8th grade we are:

• Working on a new textbook unit with Lenses on Literature from Carnegie Learning.

• We are on Unit 2 and will be reading "Marigolds" by Eugenia W. Collier as our anchor text.

• In addition we will be reading "The Science of Regrettable Decisions" by Robert Pearl and "The Mysterious Workings of the Adolescent Brain" by Sarah-Jayne Blakemore

• Students will be reading texts multiple times and annotating for understanding.

Students need to bring:

• 3-5 different colored highlighters each day.

• Pencils or pens each day.

• Sticky notes (preferably clear but regular is also fine)

• Students are highly encouraged to purchase a SAIL agenda for $5 to keep up with assignments and due dates.

  
  

Homework:

Students are encouraged to read for 20 minutes per night and complete IXL skills.

8th Grade Month of December

Hello!

This month in 8th grade we are:

• Working on time management to complete assignments on time.

• Exploring concepts of the play, Hamlet.

• Students will complete a historic play based on Hamlet using historic characters. Examples, lesson and rubric are on Canvas.

Students need to bring:

• 3-5 different colored highlighters each day.

• Pencils or pens each day.

• Sticky notes (preferably clear but regular is also fine)

• Students are highly encouraged to purchase a SAIL agenda for $5 to keep up with assignments and due dates.

  
  

Homework:

Students are encouraged to read for 20 minutes per night and complete IXL skills.

8th Grade Month of November

Hello!

This month in 8th grade we are:

• Keeping a reader response Notebook/journal.

• Working on time management to complete assignments on time.

• Exploring concepts of plays, Hamlet.

• Students will complete reader response journal entries as we read through the play.

• Students will craft and present their own "murder boards" as pre-reading inference activities and will write a literary analysis once we have finished reading.

Students need to bring:

• 3-5 different colored highlighters each day.

• Pencils or pens each day.

• Sticky notes (preferably clear but regular is also fine)

• Students are highly encouraged to purchase a SAIL agenda for $5 to keep up with assignments and due dates.

  
  

Homework:

Students are encouraged to read for 20 minutes per night and complete IXL skills.

8th Grade Month of September/ October

Hello!

This month in 8th grade we are:

• Learning how to keep a reader response Notebook/journal.

• Working on time management to complete assignments on time.

• Exploring concepts of poetry.

• Students will complete reader response journal entries and notes as we work through different types of poems.

• Students will craft and present their own spoken word or slam poetry.

Students need to bring:

• 3-5 different colored highlighters each day.

• Pencils or pens each day.

• Sticky notes (preferably clear but regular is also fine)

• Students are highly encouraged to purchase a SAIL agenda for $5 to keep up with assignments and due dates.

  
  

Homework:

Students are encouraged to read for 20 minutes per night and complete IXL skills.

Volunteer/Donation Opportunities: (25 students, 2 teachers)

• SwissMiss Hot Chocolate Packets

• Coffee Cups

• Lemonade

• Paper Plates

• Pastries (muffins, tartes, loaf cakes, etc) (PLEASE NO NUTS)

• Tea Packets

• Honey

• Other cafe snacks

8th Grade Month of August

Hello!

 This month in 8th grade we are:

• Learning how to keep a reader response Notebook/journal.

• Working on time management to complete assignments on time.

• Using micro-mentor texts to understand author's craft.

• Students will complete reader response journal entries and notes as we work through each excerpt.

• Students will have assignments related to author's craft in Canvas.

• By August 22 all parents and students will have access to Canvas.

Students need to bring:

• 3-5 different colored highlighters each day.

• Pencils or pens each day.

• Sticky notes (preferably clear but regular is also fine)

Homework:

Students are encouraged to read for 20 minutes per night and complete IXL activities not finished in class (10 minutes or more).

Volunteer/Donation Opportunities:

None at this time.