May 11-May 15
Grade 8 Digital Learning Activities
ELA
ELA
May 11 - 15, 2020
Day 1
Title: First Read of "There But for the Grace"
Teacher Cover Sheet: Teachers, review this cover sheet to prepare for this activity. Teacher Cover Sheet Day 1 & Day 2
Instructions: Open the activity in Google Slides to see the directions for today. All directions and translations can be found on slide 2.
Link to Interactive Google Slides: Week of 5/11 - 8th ELA Interactive Slides Day 1
Teacher Cover Sheet: Teachers, review this cover sheet to prepare for this activity. Teacher Cover Sheet Day 1 & Day 2
Instructions: Open the activity in Google Slides to see the directions for today. All directions and translations can be found on slide 2.
Link to Interactive Google Slides: Week of 5/11 - 8th ELA Interactive Slides Day 1
May 11 - 15, 2020
Day 2
Title: Theme in "There But for the Grace"
Teacher Cover Sheet: Teachers, review this cover sheet to prepare for this activity. Teacher Cover Sheet Day 1 & Day 2
Instructions: Open the activity in Google Slides to see the directions for today. All directions and translations can be found on slide 2.
Link to Interactive Google Slides: Week of 5/11 - 8th ELA Interactive Slides Day 2
Teacher Cover Sheet: Teachers, review this cover sheet to prepare for this activity. Teacher Cover Sheet Day 1 & Day 2
Instructions: Open the activity in Google Slides to see the directions for today. All directions and translations can be found on slide 2.
Link to Interactive Google Slides: Week of 5/11 - 8th ELA Interactive Slides Day 2
May 11 - 15, 2020
Day 3
Title: Introduction to The Diary of Anne Frank
Teacher Cover Sheet: Teachers, review this cover sheet to prepare for this activity. Teacher Cover Sheet Day 3, Day 4, & Day 5
Instructions: Open the activity in Google Slides to see the directions for today. All directions and translations can be found on slide 2.
Link to Interactive Google Slides: Week of 5/11 - 8th ELA Interactive Slides Day 3
Teacher Cover Sheet: Teachers, review this cover sheet to prepare for this activity. Teacher Cover Sheet Day 3, Day 4, & Day 5
Instructions: Open the activity in Google Slides to see the directions for today. All directions and translations can be found on slide 2.
Link to Interactive Google Slides: Week of 5/11 - 8th ELA Interactive Slides Day 3
May 11 - 15, 2020
Day 4
Title: Figurative Language and Central Idea in The Diary of Anne Frank
Teacher Cover Sheet: Teachers, review this cover sheet to prepare for this activity. Teacher Cover Sheet Day 3, Day 4, & Day 5
Instructions: Open the activity in Google Slides to see the directions for today. All directions and translations can be found on slide 2.
Link to Interactive Google Slides: Week of 5/11 - 8th ELA Interactive Slides Day 4
Teacher Cover Sheet: Teachers, review this cover sheet to prepare for this activity. Teacher Cover Sheet Day 3, Day 4, & Day 5
Instructions: Open the activity in Google Slides to see the directions for today. All directions and translations can be found on slide 2.
Link to Interactive Google Slides: Week of 5/11 - 8th ELA Interactive Slides Day 4
May 11 - 15, 2020
Day 5
Title: Comparing and Contrasting "There But for the Grace" and The Diary of Anne Frank
Teacher Cover Sheet: Teachers, review this cover sheet to prepare for this activity. Teacher Cover Sheet Day 3, Day 4, & Day 5
Instructions: Open the activity in Google Slides to see the directions for today. All directions and translations can be found on slide 2.
Link to Interactive Google Slides: Week of 5/11 - 8th ELA Interactive Slides Day 5
Teacher Cover Sheet: Teachers, review this cover sheet to prepare for this activity. Teacher Cover Sheet Day 3, Day 4, & Day 5
Instructions: Open the activity in Google Slides to see the directions for today. All directions and translations can be found on slide 2.
Link to Interactive Google Slides: Week of 5/11 - 8th ELA Interactive Slides Day 5
Newcomers/ELD
Newcomers/ELD
Week of May 11 - 15, 2020
Title: What makes a family? Cells, Genes, Chromosomes and Traits
Teacher Cover Sheet: Week of May 11
Day One
- Instructions: Day 1 lesson is background information on heredity and traits.
- Link to Interactive Assignment: Google Slides
- Link to Video:
Day Two
- Instructions: Day 2 will focus on prepositions, cells, genes, chromosomes, and DNA.
- Link to Interactive Assignment: Google Slides
Day Three
- Instructions: Day 3 will focus on the verb “to have,” acquired and inherited traits, and dominant and recessive genes.
- Link to Interactive Assignment: Google Slides
- Links to Videos:
Day Four
- Instructions: Day 4 will focus on inherited and acquired traits in two poems.
- Link to Interactive Assignment: Google Slides
Day Five
- Instructions: Day 5 will focus on (1) comparing / contrasting the poems and (2) writing an informational paragraph on cells, genes, chromosomes and traits.
- Link to Interactive Assignment: Google Slides
Math
Math
Week of May 11 - May 15
- Title: Pythagorean Theorem, Part 2
- Teacher Cover Sheets: Review these documents prior to the lesson
- Instructions: Follow the directions on the google slides.
- Link to Interactive Assignment: LINK
Science
Science
Week of May 11 - 15, 2020
Title: Parts of an Ecosystem
Teacher Cover Sheet: Teachers review this document prior to the lesson.Teacher Cover Sheet for the week
Directions: General Instructions:Go through each slide. Read the information on each slide, and respond to the activities.
Throughout this slideshow, you will see yellow boxes: These yellow boxes indicate something for you to do or complete. Be sure to either type your response or complete the task when you see one of these yellow boxes. Your teacher will be able to see your responses as you work on the assignment.
For more practice with the vocabulary for this unit, access the “Focus on Language” document from your Google Classroom.
If you need more help, click the links in the slideshow that say “Need Help?” or “Sentence Starters.”
Special InstructionsSlide 10: In the table, record at least five living and five nonliving parts of this ecosystem. Slide 14: Type in the green and blue boxes to identify living and non-living components of the prairie dog’s ecosystem. Then type in the yellow boxes to describe how the prairie dog interacts with those components. One example is done for you.
Slide 16: An individual organism is the smallest level of organization in an ecosystem. Think about the levels of organization in an organism. Drag the green boxes into the yellow boxes to order them from smallest to largest.
Slide 26: Build levels of organization in this savanna ecosystem, starting with an individual giraffe. Drag each biotic or abiotic factor (green) in the yellow circle in which it belongs. If a factor is placed in an inner circle, it is automatically included in each larger circle.
Slide 28: Calculate the average frog count for each treatment. Write the averages in the yellow boxes in the table.
Slide 32: Which statement most completely summarizes how the sea dragon pictured here interacts with its environment? Move the best answer into the pink box.
Slide 33: Select any items from this list that are abiotic factors in the sea dragon’s ecosystem. Move all correct answers into the pink box.
Slide 35: Which factors are included in a forest ecosystem? Move all correct answers into the pink box.
Slide 36: Which option describes how the fish in the picture interacts with abiotic factors in the ecosystem? Move all correct answers into the pink box.
Links: Interactive Slide Deck: Parts of am EcosystemFocus on Language_Writing: You have two options (choices) for this writing activity. Read each option and choose one to complete. Option 1: Show what you learned this week by writing a poem, a song, or a rap about force and motion. Make sure to use the key terms from this week in your work. If you speak another language, in addition to English, feel free to write a bilingual poem, song, or rap. Option 2: Imagine a conversation happening between potential energy and kinetic energy. What will they say to each other? Write a dialogue between them and remember to use the key terms from this week. Link to: Interactive Slide Deck
Teacher Cover Sheet: Teachers review this document prior to the lesson.Teacher Cover Sheet for the week
Directions: General Instructions:Go through each slide. Read the information on each slide, and respond to the activities.
Throughout this slideshow, you will see yellow boxes: These yellow boxes indicate something for you to do or complete. Be sure to either type your response or complete the task when you see one of these yellow boxes. Your teacher will be able to see your responses as you work on the assignment.
For more practice with the vocabulary for this unit, access the “Focus on Language” document from your Google Classroom.
If you need more help, click the links in the slideshow that say “Need Help?” or “Sentence Starters.”
Special InstructionsSlide 10: In the table, record at least five living and five nonliving parts of this ecosystem. Slide 14: Type in the green and blue boxes to identify living and non-living components of the prairie dog’s ecosystem. Then type in the yellow boxes to describe how the prairie dog interacts with those components. One example is done for you.
Slide 16: An individual organism is the smallest level of organization in an ecosystem. Think about the levels of organization in an organism. Drag the green boxes into the yellow boxes to order them from smallest to largest.
Slide 26: Build levels of organization in this savanna ecosystem, starting with an individual giraffe. Drag each biotic or abiotic factor (green) in the yellow circle in which it belongs. If a factor is placed in an inner circle, it is automatically included in each larger circle.
Slide 28: Calculate the average frog count for each treatment. Write the averages in the yellow boxes in the table.
Slide 32: Which statement most completely summarizes how the sea dragon pictured here interacts with its environment? Move the best answer into the pink box.
Slide 33: Select any items from this list that are abiotic factors in the sea dragon’s ecosystem. Move all correct answers into the pink box.
Slide 35: Which factors are included in a forest ecosystem? Move all correct answers into the pink box.
Slide 36: Which option describes how the fish in the picture interacts with abiotic factors in the ecosystem? Move all correct answers into the pink box.
Links: Interactive Slide Deck: Parts of am EcosystemFocus on Language_Writing: You have two options (choices) for this writing activity. Read each option and choose one to complete. Option 1: Show what you learned this week by writing a poem, a song, or a rap about force and motion. Make sure to use the key terms from this week in your work. If you speak another language, in addition to English, feel free to write a bilingual poem, song, or rap. Option 2: Imagine a conversation happening between potential energy and kinetic energy. What will they say to each other? Write a dialogue between them and remember to use the key terms from this week. Link to: Interactive Slide Deck
Social Studies
Social Studies
Activities 1-3
Title: The Era of Good Feelings
Teacher Cover Sheet: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1qnu196OF1CF_TkNSfJ0yIRfGVBb0M_SkP2s_7AHUhyI/copy
Instructions:
- Navigate the Google Slide deck, following all directions and completing all activities
- Complete Evaluating the Era of Good Feelings activity
Resources:
- Google Slide deck: https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1iJ3vpJuy39EaINtNKK5M-NNN-PFHhN7iy2-UF-eLlNg/copy
- Evaluating the Era of Good Feelings activity: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1kh6uPSDtQzz7d1lvaXM0DeJOVKG87ZzoT48cdxCsIjs/copy
Activities 4-5
Title: Manifest Destiny
Teacher Cover Sheet: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1xOWJ5oO4kp9ByNb17SmZIZTZqqXjU5n90yDEMd10pPg/copy
Instructions:
Resources:
Teacher Cover Sheet: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1xOWJ5oO4kp9ByNb17SmZIZTZqqXjU5n90yDEMd10pPg/copy
Instructions:
- Navigate the Google Slide deck, following all directions and completing all activities
Resources: