Grade 08

• DESCRIPTION

  • This course is designed to give the student resources to help with their summer reading program to help them remember what they are reading. Using Quizlet the students will be able to work on the basic vocabulary and terms. The students will need a Quizlet account to do this.

• QUIZLET

  • Quizlet is an online learning tool for vocabulary. It allows students to work on their vocab in different ways. The URL address for the Quizlet is listed below. An account has been set-up for you. To take the tests, please go to the URL address below. Then use the Login Name and Password to access your account you used throughout the year. Please contact me (jhale@gardenschool.org) if you forgot your username and password. If you do not have an account please create one and then send me your username so I can add you to the Summer Education Program class.

• The Program

  • Things Fall Apart Chinua Achebe

    • • Things Fall Apart Vocab (Quizlet)

      • Thinks Fall Apart Characters (Quizlet)

  • To Kill a Mockingbird Harper Lee

• • • To Kill a Mockingbird Vocab (Quizlet)

• • Diary of Anne Frank Anne Frank

• • • The Diary of Anne Frank/Holocaust Background Information Vocabulary (Quizlet)

    • Anne Frank Characters (Quizlet)

History

• DESCRIPTION

  • This course is designed to give the student resources to help with their mapping skills and their understanding of their physical relationship to the world.

• World

  • Continents and Oceans

  • Flags of the World

  • US Presidents

  • English Monarchs

  • World Leaders Study Guide

  • World Leaders G20

• North America

  • Caribbean Islands

  • Caribbean Island Capitals

  • Central America & Caribbean Islands

  • Central America

  • Central America Capitals

  • Canada - Provinces & Territories

  • Canada - Provinces & Territories - Capitals

  • Canada - Bodies of Water

  • Canada - Rivers

  • Canada - Geographical Regions

  • Mexico - Federal States

• South America

  • South America Countries

  • South America Capitals

  • South America River and Lakes

• Europe

  • Europe Countries

  • Europe Capitals

  • Europe - Western Major Cities

  • Europe - Bodies of Water

  • Europe - Bodies of Water 2

• Asia

  • Asia Countries

  • Asia Capitals

  • Middle East Countries

  • Middle East Capitals

  • Middle East Bodies of Water

• Oceania

  • Oceania Countries

  • Oceania Islands

  • Australia - States & Territories

• Africa

  • Africa Countries

  • Africa Capitals

  • Africa - Rivers and Lakes

World Language

• DESCRIPTION

  • This course is designed to give the student resources to help with their French and Spanish vocabulary to help them remember what they have learned throughout the year. Using Quizlet the students will be able to work on the basic vocabulary and terms. The students will need a Quizlet account to do this.

• QUIZLET

  • Quizlet is an online learning tool for vocabulary. It allows students to work on their vocab in different ways. The URL address for the Quizlet is listed below. An account has been set-up for you. To take the tests, please go to the URL address below. Then use the Login Name and Password to access your account you used throughout the year. Please contact me (jhale@gardenschool.org) if you forgot your username and password. If you do not have an account please create one and then send me your username so I can add you to the Summer Education Program class.

• The link to the Summer Education Program on Quizlet is -

  • https://quizlet.com/join/9eJMeBhUY

• French

  • • French - Places and Verbs (Quizlet)

    • French Animals, Food, and Place (Quizlet)

    • French Fruits & Veggies (Quizlet)

    • French Numbers 1-1000 (Quizlet)

    • French Places (Quizlet)

    • Grade 6 French Verbs 2013 (Quizlet)

• Spanish

  • • Spanish Food (Quizlet)

    • Spanish Numbers (Quizlet)

    • Spanish Places (Quizlet)

    • Spanish Verbs (Quizlet)

    • Spanish Vocabulary - Animales (Quizlet)

    • Spanish: Dining Out (Quizlet)

Math - Entering Algebra I

• DESCRIPTION

  • This course is designed as an eight-week independent review of basic math skills that will prepare the students for their next math course - Algebra I. It will review the properties of addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division as well as algebra and number theories. A comprehensive review of fractions and decimals will also occur. The eight weeks will be divided into four 2 week sections. Each student is assigned work from the Sadlier-Oxford website and simple review quizzes from Quiz Star. These quizzes are taken from the 6th-grade book and should be used to help jog the brain. The students have the flexibility to complete this work on their own time scale, although it is suggested that they spread the work out throughout the summer. There is a lot of material that has been supplied; please review the material and choose the worksheets and quizzes that you and your child feel are most useful for those areas in which they need review. If you have any questions or need further support please e-mail me atjhale@gardenschool.org.

• ONLINE QUIZZES

  • Quiz Star is a powerful tool used to create and administer tests online. The URL address for the Quiz Star is listed below. An account has been set-up for you. To take the tests, please go to the URL address below. Then use the Login Name and Password to access your account you used throughout the year. Please contact me (jhale@gardenschool.org) if you forgot your username and password. Click on “Summer Math Program - Untaken Quizzes” to see a list of available tests. Click on the quiz you want to take. Try not to hit the Back Button. This will log you out of the quiz. You may take each quiz up to 10 times.

  • Link to QuizStar

  • http://quizstar.4teachers.org/indexs.jsp

Summer Math Program - Syllabus

Online Quizzes on Quiz Star

• • You should take these throughout the summer to jog the mind with simple math problems. Log into Quiz Star (http://quizstar.4teachers.org/indexs.jsp), and use your username and password you created at the beginning of the school year. If you forgot, email me and I will send it to you. Below are the published quizzes.

  • Math Review Section 1

    • Beginning-of-the-Year Test

    • Quarterly Test #1

    • Quarterly Test #2

    • Quarterly Test #3

    • Quarterly Test #4

    • End-of-the-Year Test

  • Math Review Section 2

    • Application of Decimals

    • Metric System Diagnostics

    • Decimal Diagnostics

    • Skills Test B - Measuring and Calculating

    • Fraction Diagnostics

    • Introduction to Algebra

    • Patterns and Functions

    • Whole Number Diagnostics

Algebra I - Sadlier Connect

• • https://www.sadlierconnect.com/anonymous/product.html?productId=758&alias=pim&eventId=ilAJDJAyU3kK9SPO&eventValidation=3256738e0d67c389d286da69cd4943b4._.I3Z7e1ea_QI6U-6clmR9dvJ1EYR_X6XwW6jyx7U4aygmeMJd2mpp0-vAUQxEP4-0Mm6bbzkP8uVXOwa-NPZ31g~~

Physical Science

• DESCRIPTION

  • This course is designed as an eight-week independent review of basic science skills and math skills that will prepare the students for their next science course - Physical Science. The math component will review the properties of addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division as well as algebra and number theories. The science component will review general science theories as well as a review of Life Science. The eight weeks will be divided into four 2 week sections. The students have a choice of different activities to complete. These activities are chosen to help keep the student's mind refreshed with the science material that they had in the lower division and prepare them for the 8th-grade Physical Science class. The students have the flexibility to complete this work on their own time scale, although it is suggested that they spread the work out throughout the summer. Please review the material and choose the activities that you and your child feel would best suit them. If you have any questions or need further support please e-mail me at jhale@gardenschool.org.

• ONLINE QUIZZES

  • Quiz Star is a powerful tool used to create and administer tests online. The URL address for the Quiz Star is listed below. An account has been set up for you. To take the tests, please go to the URL address below. Then use the Login Name and Password to access your account you used throughout the year. Please contact me (jhale@gardenschool.org) if you forgot your username and password. Click on “Summer Science Program - Untaken Quizzes” to see a list of available tests. Click on the quiz you want to take. Try not to hit the Back Button. This will log you out of the quiz. You may take each quiz up to 10 times.

    • http://quizstar.4teachers.org/indexs.jsp

• QUIZLET

  • Quizlet is an online learning tool for vocabulary. It allows to students to work on their vocab in different ways. The URL address for the Quizlet is listed below. An account has been set-up for you. To take the tests, please go to the URL address below. Then use the Login Name and Password to access your account you used throughout the year. Please contact me (jhale@gardenschool.org) if you forgot your username and password. If you do not have an account please create one and then send me your username so I can add you to the classes on Quizlet.

    • The link to the Physical Science Class on Quizlet is - http://quizlet.com/join/qPWP8qB5z

    • The link to the Summer Education Program on Quizlet is - http://quizlet.com/join/NUySnEtv5

Summer Science Program

Weeks 1 and 2

• • 8th Grade Science - Beginning of the Year Diagnostic (Worksheet)

  • Decimal Diagnostics (Quiz Star)

  • Fraction Diagnostics (Quiz Star)

Weeks 3 and 4

• • Chemistry - Beginning of the Year Diagnostic Test (Worksheet)

  • Introduction to Algebra (Quiz Star)

Weeks 5 and 6

• • Skills Test A - Basic Process Skills (Quiz Star)

  • Patterns and Functions (Quiz Star)

  • Whole Number Diagnostics (Quiz Star)

Weeks 7 and 8

• • Skills Test B - Measuring and Calculating (Quiz Star)

  • Introduction to Matter (Quiz Star)