Brown Middle

Week of August 31

SILENT AUCTION!

 

Our annual Brown School Library Silent Auction will be held at Open House on September 17th. Our goal is to raise $7500 to purchase badly needed books and other educational resources for our students.

 

This year our school-wide instructional focus for reading is “reading for information and content”, in other words helping students learn how to make sense of non-fiction materials. To support this focus we will be purchasing a wide variety of non-fiction books at the earliest reading levels. We will of course be purchasing a wide variety of non-fiction for older readers that support classroom instruction and our curriculum. At the same time we hope to buy a variety of fiction titles. This auction benefits all grade levels at our K-12 school.

 

We would appreciate it if you would donate an item or gift certificate. The item you donate will surely make someone very happy and will truly benefit our students. Ask your friends to donate as well! Items that have been popular in the past are: artworks; gift certificates for restaurants, groceries and a wide variety of services; hand crafted items; antiques; sports gear and memorabilia; jewelry; and much more. We also have very special homemade baked items in the auction as well. You could donate a fancy dinner for two at your house, or a swimming party. 

 

You may drop off your item in the library anytime before the 17th. Thanks in advance for your support. Our kids will truly appreciate it.

 

Kay-o Wicks, EdS

Library Media Specialist

J Graham Brown School

Louisville, KY

 
Fall Pictures: Thursday September 3rd.
8th grade - your pictures will be prior to departure for Blackacre
7th Grade
 

7th Grade Math

The students will continue exploration of the REAL Numbers that include both rational and irrational numbers.  With our new curriculum, Springboard, we will need to work on our computation skills before we start adding, subtracting, dividing and multiplying negative AND positive numbers.

Homework:

Monday:  Create individual Bingo sheet from handouts for following day

Tuesday:  Worksheet due following day

Wednesday:  Study foldable, and folder for quiz on Thursday over the REAL Numbers

Thursday:  Quiz

Friday:  Field Day

 

7th Grade Science:
Mon.:  Read in the Green book (pages will be given in class) about Lavoisier and complete the Review Questions.
8th Grade
 
 

8th Grade Math

The students are on their way studying surface area and volume.  They are practicing their measurement skills as well.

Homework:

Homework was passed out on Friday to give students additional time to complete

Due TUESDAY:  The "How Big is...." problems - all work must be displayed as well as an explanation for each problem

Due WEDNESDAY:  The MINI "Problem of the Week"  Should be word-processed with details and a explanation.  Students need to follow the Rubric to receive full credit.

****Since students will be at Blackacre on Thursday and Field Day on Friday, they will receive their homework for next week due on Tuesday.  The worksheet will consist of Surface Area problems.

 

8th Grade Science:
This Thursday is our first day at Blackacre. 
Bring your lunch and water bottle. 
Dress for the weather.
Some students still need to bring in the permission slip and $10.
 
Homwork:  Monday - complete the reflection on page 21.
                 Wed. - complete the reflection on page 33.