Addy's News about the 8th Grade Classes 

For Bible the eighth graders are working on the God-Man Christ in the Gospel. This week they have been learning that Jesus was a teacher and the theme of his teaching is the Kingdom of God; today they are learning about the kingdom already here but also the kingdom yet to come. The book of the Bible they are learning are the Gospels of Matthew, Mark, Luke and John. Then they are taking a test on Identifying verses. Jesus had three years of ministry and they have learned about his 1st year of ministry. Now they are on year two of ministry. How they able to learn all of this well: Mrs. Erica plays Bible games with them so they can know about Jesus and God’s work. 

     In Science, they have been learning about the Earth, all of the plants, tectonics, glaciers, floods. They have been working in their books on Chapter 5 and they have just gotten done with the Chapter 5 test on the Earth. Currently, they are learning about the old and new Earth, and for the next chapter they are going to learn about Earthquakes, how they are formed, and what causes them. They get QOD’s (Questions of the Day) everyday  and sometime Mrs. Suttles gives them questions that are going to be on their test or quiz, so they can know about the Earth.

    In GA Studies, they have been learning about Georgia’s first Constitution, on which they did a test. Now they are doing the U.S Constitution and they are getting two pages about it, learning what the U.S Constitution is like, who, what, when, where, and how they are studying for their test coming up. They will fill out two pages and study them. In addition, they are learning about the government branches. The year this is all happening is 1777.