8th Grade
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Week of January 5-9
Week of January 5-9
Bible: In the upcoming week students will continue their unit on the book Pilgrim's Progress. We will finish reading the book and start reviewing for our assessment after break. Through the books various faith lessons we will learn the importance of choosing "the hard but right way".
Bible: In the upcoming week students will continue their unit on the book Pilgrim's Progress. We will finish reading the book and start reviewing for our assessment after break. Through the books various faith lessons we will learn the importance of choosing "the hard but right way".
Friendzy: None
Assignments:
Assessments:
Math
Math
Targets:
Targets:
This week in math we continue with the second half our unit on Chapter 2: Transformations. We will still be working with shapes but focusing largely on dilations and similar figures. Students will learn how dilations change a shape and how similar figures are related, finding missing sides and angles of similar shapes.
Assignments:
Homework 2.5 (est. due Tues.)
Homework 2.6 (est. due Thurs.)
Assessments:
No assessments
Algebra
Algebra
Targets:
This week is our Algebra semester 1 exam week. We began exam review before break and will continue, along with part 1 and part 2 testing of the exam this week.
Assignments:
Study/review for exam!!
Assessment:
Exam pt. 1 Tuesday, January 6
Exam pt. 2 Friday, January 9
Language Arts
Language Arts
Targets:
This week we will continue our nonfiction reading unit. We will be reading Four Perfect Pebbles by Lila Perl and Marion Blumenthal Lazan, a true story about a family who was greatly impacted by the Holocaust. Throughout this unit, we will be building our knowledge and understanding of the Holocaust in order to better understand the story.
Homework:
None unless students have to finish work started in class
Assessment:
Punctuation Quiz on Thursday (semicolons, colons, commas)
Science: In the upcoming week students will be finishing their unit on The Atom by completing their building project and presenting their element slideshow. All parents are welcome to see the presentations and projects Thursday afternoon.
Science: In the upcoming week students will be finishing their unit on The Atom by completing their building project and presenting their element slideshow. All parents are welcome to see the presentations and projects Thursday afternoon.
Homework: Atom Projects: Due Thursday, December 18
Assessments:
Social Studies: We will finish our discussion of the women's movement of the 19th century. We will then move to the Second Great Awakening, and we will explore what Mormonism is and why it was so successful. Finally, we will begin to discuss the rise of Andrew Jackson.
Social Studies: We will finish our discussion of the women's movement of the 19th century. We will then move to the Second Great Awakening, and we will explore what Mormonism is and why it was so successful. Finally, we will begin to discuss the rise of Andrew Jackson.
Assignments: Nothing unless in-class assignments are not complete.
Assessments: No assessments this week.
Specials
Specials
Upcoming assessments in Spanish, physical education, and art will be listed here. If it is empty, there are no assessments.
Spanish:
Physical Education:
Art:
Concert Band: This week we will be having our second playing test of the year! Here is what each section will need to prepare.
Everyone: p. 38 Concert F Major with arpeggio (if there are two octaves listed, play the top option!)
The following measures from our new piece "Celtic Air and Dance"
Flutes: m. 37-45
1st Clarinet: m. 49-52
Bass Clarinet: m. 45-52
Alto Sax: m. 41-45
Tenor Sax: m. 25-34
Bari Sax: m. 45-52
1st Trumpets: m. 45-48
Horn: m. 67-end
Trombone/Baritone: m. 25-34
Tuba: m. 45-52
Percussion:
Bells - m. 49-52
Snare - m. 49-57 (snares off)
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