Science -  Mrs. Sloan    Ms. Johnston  Earth's Resources and Human Impact Agenda

We will continue with learning about earth's resources and how we impact the environment. 

No Unit Test! Instead wil will do a Performance Task Choice Board. 

• Students will have 5 classes (Thursday - Wednesday March 26 - April 1st)

• Some at home work will need to be done in order to complete a high quality project.

• Due: April 2nd with Presentations on April 2nd and 3rd.

• If you are leaving for Spring Break Early, then yur project is due before you leave.

ELA- Mrs. Crouch 

*January: We finished our unit on the Space Race - this covered development of strong background knowledge - and how that shapes understanding of what we read -- as well as covering strong research skills. We continued into a third unit that applied research skills where we wrote our own mini-research papers over the topic of teens and social media usage using MLA formatting. The kids did an incredible job. Final published essays are due Friday 1/30/26. 

* February: We will begin our 4th unit centered around the graphic novel Frankenstein. Because the text is extremely complex, we will focus on paraphrasing 19th-century English. As we read, we will analyze irony, perspective, character development, theme, conflict, and cause-and-effect relationships, while also using both the text and visuals to make inferences and support our ideas with evidence. 

NEW BOOK PROJECTS have also been introduced! Due WEDNESDAY 2/25! 

**Crouch AGENDA

**Frankenstein Intro Letter for Parents

***** ALSO - reminder that 2nd TRIMESTER book projects are due Wednesday, February 25th!! Kids should have read 3 books for the project! 

Math - Mr. Jones, Mrs. Lamoreux, Mrs. Whitlock

Jones: We are excited about a new school year and we can't wait to hear all about YOU! 

Lamoreux:

• Algebra: Be sure to ask your child about the agenda on Google Classroom for what we did in class as well as homework. 

  • • Students are solving quadratic equations with several methods (factoring, graphing, completing the square and with the quadratic formula).  There will start on a test April 2nd.  

    • A parody project over a system of equations or system of inequalities is due April 1st (no joke lol).  

• Geometry: Be sure to ask your child about the agenda on Google Classroom for what we did in class as well as homework. 

  • Students finished Ch. 8 right triangles and trigonometry.  This week they will have a test on geometric mean, special right triangles, trig ratios with right triangles, law of sine, law of cosine and how to find the area of a triangle using trig.   

  • March 30th: Test on Ch. 8

  • Last unit will be Ch. 9 Circles and then prepare for the final exam. 

Whitlock: 

• 8th Grade Pre-Algebra Agenda

• We are finishing solving systems of equations by graphing.  We will have a quiz on Wednesday, April 1.

Social Studies-Mrs. Just

Reconstruction

In Social Studies, students studying Reconstruction, focusing on how the United States rebuilt after the Civil War and how rights expanded through the 13th, 14th, and 15th Amendments. We will also examine the challenges of this time period, including laws and resistance that made equality difficult to achieve. Students will take a unit assessment next Thursday, April 1st.

Daily Slide Deck/Agenda