Getting Ready for 8th Grade
Welcome to 8th Grade!
The Douglas County School System invites parents to help their future eighth-grade students prepare with these fun resources. Students are encouraged to practice reading, writing, and math each day AND to choose at least one other subject to practice.
Every Day- Choose a Core Subject and Read
Students should read and/or be read to for 15-20 minutes EVERY DAY.
Skills & Review
Skills and activities to review and preview for students entering the eighth grade.
Math
Sumdog offers free parent accounts. Sign up, and your child can practice math and spelling skills!
Time for Kids
Need support during the summer? Sign up for free access to a library of grade-specific digital editions.
Click to sign up for a FREE 6-week summer math challenge!
Challenges will be tailored to your child's grade level.
Each day, choose another subject to practice
SOCIAL-eMOTIONAL lEARNING
Keep your kids’ emotional health in tip-top shape this summer! Every Respectful Ways course comes with a Home Connects printout (in English and Spanish) to help parents and guardians engage directly with their students’ social-emotional learning.
Georgia Home Classroom is a collaboration between GPB Education and the Georgia Department of Education (GaDOE) to support at-home learning for students in Pre-K through 12th grade.