Important
Families of 8th Graders: Please fill out new student enrollment forms either
online or on paper by February 23rd.
The Coat of Arms project is
due February 16th and is a significant grade for social studies.
Students will still have
spelling the next two, four day weeks. However, students will only be
responsible for reading 80 minutes per week. This is a great opportunity to get
extra credit reading minutes to bring up reading grades before the trimester
ends!
Upcoming Dates
§ February 10th is a
minimum day.
§ February 12th and 15th,
we have no school.
§ February 24th, NU
counselor coming to visit at 12:30.
§ February 26th is the end
of the trimester and movie night to fundraise for 8th grade Skip Day.
New
In
ELA, students will finish up their adversity essay. We will begin our new class
book: a collection of monologues telling an unforgettable story about what it
took to survive the Middle Ages.
In
science, we continue on igneous rocks.
In
social studies, we will be learning about the Bubonic Plague.
Updates and Info
Students
flexed their writing muscles with an hour long timed writing assignment. I was
blown away by the focus and productivity they brought to the task of writing
about adversity in the Middle Ages. They also began their Coat of Arms project
and successfully completed a science experiment comparing the rate of cooling
on salol crystals.
The
trimester ends the 26th and I will be collecting service learning forms on
February 19th. Please check in with your student about how he or she plans to
fulfill this requirement.
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