8th Grade White Team

Image: One Word Resolution Activity

Miss Matush

8th Grade Science

To kick off the new year in 8th grade science, we started the year with our one word resolution activity. This activity allowed students to think about a word that they want to stand by in the year of 2024 while setting a goal meaningful to them! See some of their work below.

The content we are covering in January consists of energy and energy transformations. To study energy students will engage in a project-based unit where they will be responsible for using their understanding of energy and energy transformations to build a simple machine. Each simple machine must achieve a defined goal such as traveling a certain distance or completing 10 or more rotations. So far, students have picked rubber-band cars, solar towers, and paper airplane launchers for their project. I think we are all excited to see what our students come up with!

Image: Ethos, pathos, logos; Source: https://boords.com/ethos-pathos-logos

Mrs. Rogers

8th Grade ELA

Students have returned to the new year with a new ELA unit. We have begun Unit 3 from the MyPerspectives book - "What Matters". The unit's big idea question is "When is it Right to Take a Stand?" Students will reflect on this question throughout the readings in this unit. Students will learn a variety of argumentative techniques - including logos, ethos, and pathos. They will then use this knowledge to analyze the effectiveness of a variety of argumentative texts.

Mr. Friel

8th Grade Math

Now that it is February, 8th graders will begin the process of scheduling classes for 9th grade. Please look back to last month’s newsletter for details on 9th grade math classes. As this time approaches, please feel free to reach out to the 8th grade math teachers if there are questions or concerns. As we approach the end of winter and beginning of spring we are looking forward to the standardized testing windows. All 8th graders will take the PSSA and all Algebra 1 students will be taking the Keystone Exam. Look for more information on this moving into March and April.

As for now, the Intro to Algebra classes are finishing up linear relationships and will be progressing into the geometry portion of the course. This will entail volume of three dimensional shapes and the Pythagorean Theorem. In Algebra I we are discussing and solving systems of equations & inequalities.

Before we get into the busyness of “testing season” a reminder about Get More Math is probably due. Your students complete the majority of their math work in Get More Math, which is an online program for providing problems in place of traditional worksheets or book work. All students have a unique login and password and the program can be accessed from any device. If you need that login information please contact your student’s math teacher. Also, their homework is usually done in this program. The homework is usually achieving a certain number of points for the week, and if you have your student login to the program it will be easily viewed at the top left of the screen.This is an easy way to track progress for your student on a daily and weekly basis. As always, if you have any questions or concerns, please contact your student’s math teacher.

Image: Student work

Mr. Jones

8th Grade Social Studies

Hello,

I wanted to follow up December's newsletter with some of the projects that I said to look for. Below is the original paragraph to set up the project followed by some thumbnails that are links to some of the projects.

In Chapter 2 Lesson 2, we got into the settlement of the 13 English Colonies. After an overview of the colonial regions students investigated the individual colonies with teams. As we moved into winter break, students assumed the identity of a colonist and began creating projects to depict their life in one of the 13 English Colonies. Click on the thumbnails below to check out some of the projects.

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