Monday, September 14, 2026

 Social Studies:

1.  Add 3 terms to your Colonization study set (unalienable, preamble, propaganda)

2.  Complete side 1 of the A.G.R.S. graphic organizer if you did not finish in class.  Review the notes on side 1 when you are finished adding the information.

Science

Finish reading & annotating the text from today, "When Chemistry Changes Temperature." Complete the questions if you did not finish in class today. 

Bring a hair tie tomorrow and each day this week. Long hair will need to be tied back all week. 

Continue working on your periodic table. Bring your posterboard to school if you have not already done this. 

Math I: Finish Average Rate of Change practice (check Google Classroom). Quiz on Features of Functions and Average Rate of Change on Wednesday!

Math 8: Finish Multi-Step Inequalities practice (check Google Classroom).

ELA

Finish the lesson 10 handout.

Core Connections:

1. Please bring in your Poster Board to work on your project.

2. Make sure you have completed the Periodic Table Check-in#1 Google Form.  

Friday, September 11th, 2026

 ELA

Flash Narratives rough drafts due Monday. Remember -- if you handwrote it you still need to scan/take a CLEAR picture and upload it to the assignment in Google Classroom.

Math I: Features of Functions practice (check Google Classroom).

Math 8: Solving inequalities practice (check Google Classroom).

Science

Continue working on your periodic table project. Bring poster board so that you can begin working on your project when you are ready and have been approved to start. 

Thursday, September 10, 2026

 Science:

Finish the Mystery Picture assignment if you did not finish in class today.

Continue working on your periodic table project. You should be selecting elements and arranging them according to the patterns on the real periodic table.

ELA:

1) Quiz tomorrow!

• the EXACT questions (without answer choices) that you will see on the quiz will be posted in Google Classroom TODAY so you can read through them. 
• Review your classwork from last Friday ("Check_1_Package" in Google Classroom). You can see the questions and your answers now.
• Study your handout from this week and last (All of Unit 1 Packet 1)
• The quiz will cover: theme, warm-up vocab from the current warm-up set, and evaluating evidence
• You will have a copy of all texts ("The Necklace" and "The Ransom of Red Chief")
• Unless you have an accommodation for extended time OR have a reason and have spoken with me ahead of time: you will have ONLY one class period to finish.
• Today's MTSS assignment is a good study resource, too.

2) Flash narrative rough draft

• Period 1 - due tomorrow (speak with me if you will need more time)
• Periods 2, 3, 4 - due Monday

Math 8: Finish your Quiz Error Analysis sheet.

Math I: Finish your classwork (check Google Classroom).

Wednesday, September 9, 2026

 Social Studies

1.  Finish labeling the map of the 13 original colonies if you did not finish after the test!

Science

Finish the Flocabulary: Physical & Chemical Changes if you did not finish in class today. 

Finish the LearnEd assignment from Viking Time if you did not finish at school today. 

ELA

If you are absent, please remember to be checking the Google Classroom stream for the daily updates.

Prep for your quiz on Friday! Remember -- 

• the EXACT questions (without answer choices) that you will see on the quiz will be posted in Google Classroom TODAY so you can read through them. 
• Review your classwork from last Friday ("Check_1_Package" in Google Classroom). You can see the questions and your answers now.
• Study your handout from this week and last (All of Unit 1 Packet 1)
• The quiz will cover: theme, warm-up vocab from the current warm-up set, and evaluating evidence
• You will have a copy of all texts ("The Necklace" and "The Ransom of Red Chief")
• Unless you have an accommodation for extended time OR have a reason and have spoken with me ahead of time: you will have ONLY one class period to finish.

Core Connections:

1.  Please make sure you've turned in today's completed Picture Prompt: Lottery. 

2.  You should be working on your Periodic Table Projects.  

Tuesday, September 8, 2026

 Social Studies

1.  Study for your test which is tomorrow.

*The Jeopardy Review game will be posted at the end of the day

**The link to the game is in your google classroom account

Math I: Finish Relations and Functions Practice (check Google Classroom).

Math 8: Good work on today's quiz! No HW.

ELA:

1) Finish reading "Ransom of Red Chief" and filling in the gists on your Lesson 6 handout.

2) Prep for your quiz on Friday! Remember -- 

• the EXACT questions (without answer choices) that you will see on the quiz will be posted in Google Classroom TODAY so you can read through them. 
• Review your classwork from last Friday ("Check_1_Package" in Google Classroom). You can see the questions and your answers now.
• Study your handout from this week and last (All of Unit 1 Packet 1)
• The quiz will cover: theme, warm-up vocab from the current warm-up set, and evaluating evidence
• You will have a copy of all texts ("The Necklace" and "The Ransom of Red Chief")
• Unless you have an accommodation for extended time OR have a reason and have spoken with me ahead of time: you will have ONLY one class period to finish.

Science:

1 - Finish the Wizer review on Metals, Nonmetals, and Metalloids if you did not finish in class today. 

2 - Continue to brainstorm and work on your periodic table project. The exact due date will be communicated later in the project. For now, you should be selecting a topic, designing groups, and beginning to select elements for your table. 

Friday, September 4, 2026

 Social Studies

1.  Test next Wednesday. Use study materials to prepare.  Have a wonderful weekend!

Math I: Great job on the Unit Test! No HW over the weekend.

Math 8: Take the weekend to complete missing work (check Infinite Campus and Google Classroom). Quiz on Equations with Fractions and Equations with Different Numbers of Solutions on Tuesday!

Our first field trip will be Thursday, October 8. See below for details and the permission form. Parents, please complete the form for your student. Payments should be made in Infinite Campus. We look forward to a great experience!
Harris Energy Center Permission Form

Thursday, September 3, 2026

 Social Studies

1.  Study for your test next week.  Remember that we will play a Jeopardy Review Game next Tuesday, the day before the test.

Gimkit: Colonization

Math I: Be ready for tomorrow's test!

Math 8: Finish the classwork from today (check Google Classroom).

ELA:

-All classes have a short graded classwork assignment tomorrow about theme and evaluating strong evidence.

Period 1: Do the "Exit" section of your Lesson 4 handout.

Period 2: Make sure these sections of your Lesson 4 handout are FULLY completed: "My Claim," "Exhibit A," "Exhibit B," and "The argument against me"

Period 3: Finish the card sort chart on your Lesson 3 handout, if not finished in class. (The card sort materials are posted in Google Classroom).

Period 4: Review your "My Claim," "Exhibit A," "Exhibit B," and "The hardest box" sections:

• If you were moved to a corner you did NOT prepare for originally: Make sure that your evidence and explanations fit your NEW corner.
• If you ARE in your original corner: make sure your evidence fits the claim about the FINAL result of the story. "She is/is not greedy" is not sufficient to prove the END result is any single character's fault.

Period 5: 

If you changed corners, make sure you have at least ONE piece of evidence to support your new corner.

Science

Continue to brainstorm and think about ideas for your periodic table project.  I've seen many great ideas so far!

Wednesday, September 2, 2026

 Social Studies

1.  Complete the Flocabulary assignment if you did not finish in class (The Lost Colony of Roanoke)

2.  Study for Test 1- Study Materials listed below

Anchor Vocab and Colonization Vocab

History's Habits of Mind and What is Annotation handouts

5 Themes of Geography and I.N. Activities 1-3

Native American Culture Reading and European American Culture Reading plus questions

America 1.2 Team notes and First Language Questions

NC 2.4 The Lost Colony PPT notes and Jamestown Reading and questions

NC Ch. 3 Mapping and Fill in the Blank Activity and America 3.1 "First English Settlements" notes

Math I: Study for the Unit 1 Test on Friday (study guide on Google Classroom)!

Math 8: Finish the Equations with Different Solutions practice (See Google Classroom).

ELA:

Periods 1, 2, 4, 5: Finish the Lesson 3 handout if not done in class.

Period 3: 

1. Finish reading "The Necklace" (we left off on paragraph 93 in class). It's posted in Google Classroom.
2. Do sections "First Read" and "After the Last Line" in your Lesson 2 handout (in Unit 1 Packet 1).

Science: 

Finish the Periodic Table interactive reviews (posted in Google Classroom) if you did not finish at school today. 

Tuesday, September 1, 2026

 Science:

1 - Finish the Family Matters / P. Table Scavenger Hunt if you did not finish in class today. 

2 - Periods 1, 2, 4, 5 - Finish the Flocabulary: Properties of Chemical Families if you did not finish in class today. 

3 - Finish the Mixtures Questions if you have not finished them. This was assigned after last week's quiz on Friday. 

Social Studies

1.  Finish the reflection questions about "First Language" if you didn't finish in class.

2.  Study your new vocab: colonization

ELA:

Periods 1, 2, 4, 5: Finish reading "The Necklace" (posted in Google Classroom). As you read,

complete the "First Read" and "After the last line" sections of your Lesson 2 handout. As usual,

the challenge is optional.

Period 2: left of at paragraph 54.

Period 4: finished chunk 2.

Period 5: finished reading chunk 2, but you still need to answer the

question with it in the handout.

Core Connections:

-1st Period, 2nd Period, 4th Period, 5th Period - Make sure you've finished the Chemistry Activities.

Brain Pop (1 and 2), and Biotech Lab Safety.

-3rd Period - We'll get you caught up on Wednesday.

Math I: Inequalities practice (check Google Classroom).

Math 8: Equations with different solutions practice (check Google Classroom).

Monday, August 31, 2026

 Social Studies

1.  Make sure that you have viewed the first 25 minutes of "First Language:  The Race to Save Cherokee"

2.  Answer some of the reflection questions if you are able.  If you are not able, we will work on them tomorrow in class.

3.  Study your colonization vocab words-your first test will be on Wednesday September 9.  A study guide will be provided this Wednesday,

Science

Finish color-coding the periodic table (both sides). Be sure to follow directions.  Use pages 10-11 in your LearnEd to help you find the different groups. 

Math I: Finish your classwork (check Google Classroom). Reminder: Unit 1 Test is on Friday, study guide will be shared on Wednesday!

Math 8: Finish your Quiz Error Analysis sheet.

Friday, August 28, 2026

 Science

You need your colored pencils on Monday. Please bring them to class with you. 

Have a wonderful weekend!

Math I: Finish your classwork (see Google Classroom)

Math 8: Good job on the quiz, no HW this weekend!

Core Connections: 

1. Flocabulary: Primary and Secondary Sources

2.  Chemistry and Philanthropy

(We will continue with our Chemistry Scavenger Hunt on Monday). 

Thursday, August 27, 2026

 Social Studies

1.  Finish your European culture reading and comprehension questions!

Science

Study for tomorrow's quiz on atoms, matter, and the periodic table.  Use the study material posted in Google Classroom. 

Core Connections:

1. Make sure you've completed (and, if necessary, fixed) your Atoms Worksheet.

2.  You should be through Parts 1 and 2 of the Chemistry and Cosmetics activity.  If you have completed it, please consider the Honors optional component.

ELA:

1) Graded vocab classwork is tomorrow. Make sure you know your words!

2) If you did not finish your MTSS assignment today, finish by Monday.

Math I: Inequalities practice (check Google Classroom).

Math 8: Get ready for quiz tomorrow!

Wednesday, August 26th, 2026

 ELA:

Graded vocab classwork on Friday.

Period 1: "Argument Map" on page 7 of your handout packet. Stop after you do the "Verdict" question.

Periods 2,3, 4, 5: 

• Finish "The Power of Introverts" (listening to the video & annotating the text). -- The video is in Google Classroom.
• Argument Map (in your handouts packet, in the Classwork section of your binder)

Social Studies

1.  Finish the Native American Culture Reading and answer the questions which accompany the reading.  Make sure you have chunked the reading passage into manageable parts.  You must also annotate as you go!

Math I: Finish Literal Equations assignment (check Google Classroom).

Math 8: Finish Multi-step equations assignment (check Google Classroom). Quiz on Friday!

Tuesday, August 25, 2026

 Science:

1. Finish the diagrams on the Models of Atoms assignment. Be sure to make your protons, electrons, and neutrons big enough to count.

2. Study for Friday's quiz on matter, mixtures, atomic structure, and the periodic table. Use the Study Guide posted in Google Classroom. 

Social Studies

1.  Complete the Flocabulary assignment "What is History?"  (video, vocab game, read and respond practice and the quiz)

2.  Quiz on Anchor Words and 5 Themes of Geography tomorrow.  Study!

ELA:

1) Surveys are due tomorrow. Make sure you and an adult have completed it. Your adult answers based on THEMSELVES, not based on what they would describe YOU.

2) Graded vocab classwork on FRIDAY. You will not have the meanings of the words in front of you, so make sure you're studying your warm-up vocab!

Math I: Finish your classwork (check Google Classroom)

Math 8: Finish your classwork (check Google Classroom)

Monday, August 24, 2026

 Social Studies

1.  Warm up #6

2.  Finish the "What is an American?" questions 

3.  Quiz on SS Anchor Vocabulary and 5 Themes of Geography on Wednesday!

Science
1. Finish annotating the Mixtures reading passage if you did not finish in class.

2. Finish the Mixtures Review (in GC) if you did not finish in class.

3. Finish the BrainPop: Ions (video and quiz) if you did not finish in class.

You need colored pencils tomorrow ~ please bring them to class with you. 

ELA:

-Make sure your Monday (2) warmup is done

-Survey due WEDNESDAY. Make sure you take it YOURSELF, and have an ADULT take it. Your adult should answer for themselves, not based on how they view you.

Math I: Good work in class today! No HW

Math 8: Finish your classwork (check Google Classroom).

Core Connections: 

Interactive Notebook - I-40 Graphing

Friday, August 21, 2026

 Social Studies

1.  Make sure that you finish Interactive Notebook activity #3 during Viking time today if you did not finish it during class! (Applying the 5 Themes of Geography)

Gimkit Anchor Vocab (Practice): https://www.gimkit.com/practice/62fd38267dd6aa0021815319

ELA:

-Survey due WEDNESDAY. Make sure you take it YOURSELF, and have an ADULT take it. Your adult should answer for themselves, not based on how they view you.

Core Connections:

Please make sure you've turned in the following that are due today:

1.  Flocabulary: Source Evaluation

2.  Applying Fact Checkers - Don't forget part 2!

Don't forget to check for missing work from this week

-Picture Prompt: Integrity

-I is for Integrity

-The Whole Truth

-MLA Citations Game

Math I: Finish your classwork (see Google Classroom)

Math 8: Finish your classwork (see Google Classroom)

Thursday, August 20, 2026

Picture Day is tomorrow!  Bring your money for pictures. Pictures can also be ordered online: 

strawbridge.net  Code: PX522908 

Social Studies

1.  Complete your 8th Grade Mission Patch- make sure that you have followed the rubric

2.  Study your Anchor Vocabulary and notes on the 5 Themes of Geography.  You will have a quiz next Wednesday, August 26.

Science

Finish the Atomic Structure Tutorial assignment if you did not finish in class today. See details in Google Classroom. Follow directions and include the screenshot (from the end of each tutorial) in your assignment doc.

Math I: Good work on the quiz! No HW today.

Math 8: No HW today.

Wednesday, August 19, 2026

 Social Studies

1.  Work on your 8th Grade Mission Patch using the template provided.  The patch is due on Friday, August 21.  It will be laminated by your Mission Control Specialist!

Science

Finish the Pure Substances questions if you did not finish during class today. 

Finish the LearnEd assignment if you did not finish during Viking Time today. See details in Google Classroom.

Math I: Be ready for tomorrow's quiz! Study guide is on Delta Math.

Math 8: Finish the assignment from Google Classroom. Make sure to submit the assignment in Google Classroom when you are done!

ELA:

1) Finish annotating "The Open Window"

2) Finish the front page of the handout packet ("Annotation: Reading Like a Detective")

Core Connections:

Make sure you've turned in 

1. I is for Integrity

2. Plagiarism IRL Google Form

Tuesday, 8/18

 Math I: Complete unfinished classwork (check Google Classroom). Quiz on Thursday!

Math 8: Complete unfinished classwork (check Google Classroom).

Social Studies:

1.  Complete the Reading about Mission Patch Designer Robert McCall.  Write a 2-3 paragraph reflection about his occupation and legacy.

Science:

Finish the Classifying Matter online module if you didn't finish in class today. Remember to add the screenshot including your name on the document and submit this in Google Classroom.

ELA:

Do the Monday (1) and Tuesday (1) sections of your warm-up packet.

Monday, August 17, 2026

 Science:

1 - Finish the Flocabulary: Substance & Mixtures if you did not finish during class today.

2 - Finish reading and annotating the Pure Substances reading passage if you did not finish during class today. 

Social Studies

1.  Finish the SS Anchor Words Pictionary assignment

ELA

Finish anything you need to be ready for In-a-Word graded presentations tomorrow! The checklist is on the last page of the packet posted in Google Classroom.

Core Connections:

Make sure you've turned in:

1. Picture Prompt - Screentime  

2.  Digital Footprint Google Form (from Friday)

3.  Digital Footprint Art

Friday, August 14th, 2026

 ELA:

1) HIGHLY Recommended: Finish your card (paragraph on the back, design + word on the front). Follow the directions from today's slides (posted in Google Classroom titled "In-a-Word Packet & Slides").

Final cards are due on TUESDAY for presentations. Monday's class will be for binder setup and rehearsing your presentation, so you will not have much (if any) time to design that day.

Science:

Thanks for a great first week!  The Flocabulary we worked on in class today is not homework. We will continue on Monday. Enjoy your weekend!

Thursday, August 13, 2026

 Social Studies

1.  Finish the Flocabulary assignment: 5 Themes of Geography

Core Connections:

1. Please make sure you bring in your signed syllabus this Friday

2.  You should have submitted the following this week:

• -Jump In Google Form
• -Jump In Paper Activity
• -Welcome Slide Show
• -Double Check
• -Interactive Notebook: Pages L1 Directions to H.S. and R1:  Voyager Map

ELA:

Finish revising and editing your draft.

Wednesday, August 12, 2026

Social Studies

1.  Make sure that you submit your letter of introduction before the end of the day!  Make sure that you follow the template provided or your letter will be returned for completion. 

ELA:

1) Finish anything from the "Choosing Your Word" post in Google Classroom that was not finished in class.

2) ON LOOSELEAF: write the first draft of your paragraph that explains why your word fits you, including a specific moment in your life that proves it fits you. You will turn this in as you walk through the door tomorrow.

Science

You need your colored pencils tomorrow. Please bring them to class with you.

Tuesday, August 11th

 ELA

1) Finish your student survey (if not done in class)

2) Get your syllabus acknowledgement slip signed by an adult at home.

Science

Finish the Introduction assignment (front & back) if you did not finish this already. 

Social Studies

1.  Finish the Interactive Notebook Activity 1

2.  Review the Q1 Syllabus

Core Connections:

1.  You've received a syllabus. We will review them in class on Wednesday. Signatures are due Friday 8/14.

2.  Please turn in the Jump In paper activity from Monday in the Orange Basket.

3 . Please make sure you've completed the Jump In Google Form.

Monday, August 10, 2026

Science: Finish the Introduction assignment. Add color to the front.  Answer the writing prompt on the back. This is due Wednesday, August 12 at the beginning of class.

Social Studies:

1.  Review the Daily Routine slideshow, the Requirements and Expectations sheet and the Q1 Syllabus before Tuesday's class!

2.  Make sure that you join Google Classroom!

Friday, May 15, 2026

 8th Grade Ceremony - Wednesday, May 20 at 8:45 am

Your parents and families are invited. This is the last event for 8th graders; you are dismissed for the summer when the ceremony ends. Please dress nicely for this occasion - no Crocs, slides, or athletic wear, please. We look forward to celebrating with you!

Use this link for tickets:

8th Ceremony Tickets

EOG Retest Schedule:

Monday, 5/18 - Math

Tuesday, 5/19 - Science

Core Connections:

Make sure you've completed your 8th Grade Slide.

ELA:

Periods 2, 5: If you are not done with your "Revisiting 'In-a-Word'" assignment, finish for homework.

Thursday, May 14

 Social Studies

1.  Deep Dive Project work (group)

2.  I.N. notebook check (quiz grade)

3.  Civil Rights Movement Quiz tomorrow!

 8th Grade Breakfast is on Friday, May 15. Yay - testing will be over for most of you! 

8th Grade Ceremony - Wednesday, May 20 at 8:45 am

Your parents and families are invited. This is the last event for 8th graders; you are dismissed for the summer when the ceremony ends. Please dress nicely for this occasion - no Crocs, slides, or athletic wear, please. We look forward to celebrating with you!

Use this link for tickets:

8th Ceremony Tickets

EOG Retest Schedule:

Friday, 5/15 - Reading

Monday, 5/18 - Math

Tuesday, 5/19 - Science

Wednesday, May 13, 2026

 8th Grade Breakfast is on Friday, May 15. Yay - testing will be over for most of you! 

8th Grade Ceremony - Wednesday, May 20 at 8:45 am

Your parents and families are invited. This is the last event for 8th graders; you are dismissed for the summer when the ceremony ends. Please dress nicely for this occasion - no Crocs, slides, or athletic wear, please. We look forward to celebrating with you!

Retesting Schedule:

Upcoming retest schedule:

• Friday, 5/15: Reading Retest
• Monday, 5/18: Math Retest
• Tuesday, 5/19: Science Retest

Monday, May 11, 2026

Core Connections:

Make sure you've completed the EOG Tutorials Form.  

Bring CORDED (not wireless) headphones if you need them.

8th Grade Breakfast is on Friday, May 15. Yay - testing will be over for most of you! 

8th Grade Ceremony - Wednesday, May 20 at 8:45 am

Your parents and families are invited. This is the last event for 8th graders; you are dismissed for the summer when the ceremony ends. Please dress nicely for this occasion - no Crocs, slides, or athletic wear, please. We look forward to celebrating with you!

Friday, May 8, 2026

Science:

Finish pages 16-17 in your Review LearnEd, if you did not finish during class today. 

Finish EOG Practice 41-60 if you did not finish in class today. 

ELA:

Finish any stations that you started in class.

Period 1: completed THREE stations today (so we have done a total of 6 stations over the last 2 days)

Period 2: completed these stations today: "Tone & Figurative Language" and 

Period 3: completed ONE station today (so we have done a total of 2 over the last 2 days)

Period 4: completed TWO stations today (so we have done a total of 5 over the last 2 days).

EOG Testing begins next week:

Monday - ELA

Tuesday - Math 1 EOC / Math 8 EOG

Wednesday - Science

Please bring WIRED headphones on Tuesday and Wednesday!

8th Grade End of Year Breakfast - Friday, May 15
Bring your breakfast items the morning of May 15.  

8th Grade Ceremony - Wednesday, May 20 at 8:45 am

Your parents and families are invited. This is the last event for 8th graders; you are dismissed for the summer when the ceremony ends. Please dress nicely for this occasion - no Crocs, slides, or athletic wear, please. We look forward to celebrating with you!

Thursday, May 7, 2026

 Science:

Finish pages 6-7 in your Review LearnEd. See details in GC.

Finish the EOG Review, 21-40 if you did not finish in class today.

ELA:

Note: Stations packets, materials, and information about the order of the stations will be uploaded to Google Classroom.

Period 1: Finish any stations that you started in class. -- We completed 3 stations in class

Period 2: Finish the "Word Connotation" station page (front and back). DO NOT DO THE WHOLE PACKET.

Period 3: Finish the page (front and back) for the station your group worked on in class. -- We worked on 1 station in class.

Period 4: Finish any stations that you started in class. -- We completed 3 stations in class

Period 5: Finish any stations you started in class. -- We completed 3 stations today, and one yesterday. You should have 4 total stations done by tomorrow.

Social Studies

1.  Gimkit-Civil Rights Vocab Review

2. Civil Rights Movement Deep Dive Group work!

3.  Study for your quiz

EOG Testing begins next week:

Monday - ELA

Tuesday - Math 1 EOC / Math 8 EOG

Wednesday - Science

8th Grade End of Year Breakfast - Friday, May 15
Bring your breakfast items the morning of May 15.  

8th Grade Ceremony - Wednesday, May 20 at 8:45 am

Your parents and families are invited. This is the last event for 8th graders; you are dismissed for the summer when the ceremony ends. Please dress nicely for this occasion - no Crocs, slides, or athletic wear, please. We look forward to celebrating with you!

Wednesday, May 6, 2026

8th Grade End of Year Breakfast - Friday, May 15
Bring your breakfast items the morning of May 15.  

Science:
Finish the Chemistry EOG Review questions if you did not finish in class today. Enter your answers on the Google form with the assignment. Remember to submit your form when you finish.

ELA:

Period 5: Finish station page (front and back) for the station you went to today.

Tuesday, May 5

Our 8th Grade Presentation of Learning will be Wednesday, May 6 in the middle school gym. Parents are invited to attend from 12:50 - 1:45. Students will present projects they have created throughout the year.  The format will be a gallery walk. 

Social Studies

1.  POL Prep

2.  Music of the era

3. America Text 26.3 "The Civil Rights Movement Continues"

pp.  886-892/review slideshow notes in GC

4.  Study new vocab-quiz on Friday, May 8!

**Warm up doc due on Friday for a Project grade! You have an extra week to make it perfect.  Do not miss this opportunity to improve your average!!

Math

Math 1: Complete the quizizz and quadratic delta math. Feel good about this topic!!

Math 8: Complete the 5/5 delta math.

Science: 
Finish EOG Practice 1-20 if you did not finish in class today. Use an unmarked copy of the periodic table.

8th Grade End of Year Breakfast - Friday, May 15
Bring your breakfast items the morning of May 15. 

Monday, May 4, 2026

 Science: 

Finish pages 4-5 in your Review LearnEd (the purple one). See more details in Google Classroom.

If you did not finish the Classifying Matter review (in GC), please finish.  If you did not finish the Independent/Dependent Variable practice (from last week), please complete it.  Finish strong!

Math

Math 8: Complete the scatterplot delta math.

Math 1: Finish systems quizizz

Friday, May 1st, 2026

 ELA:

Period 2: If you have not finished the open response half-sheet for "Splashy River Town," finish it for homework.

Period 3: If you will not be able to finish your "Splashy River Town" open-ended questions AND multiple choice questions in 5-10 minutes at the beginning of class next week, do enough over the weekend that you will be able to finish.

Core Connections:

Please make sure you've completed your Bird Poster.

All Create projects are due Tuesday.

Our Project Celebration is Wednesday.

Thursday April 30, 2026

 Math

Math 8: Linear Functions Delta math due tomorrow for a grade.

Math 1: Finish the quizizz and delta math on features of functions. Complete Thursday on your review sheet.

Social Studies

1.  Warm up #18

2.  WWII whole class review/Flocab whole class

3.  ATSOU #10 WWII- first 25 minutes of film + questions on handout

4.  Boom to Bust quiz tomorrow!

ELA:

Periods 1, 4, 5: Finish through question 15 for the "Battle of Mogadishu" article. For each question, make sure you do the "Question Analysis/Tips" side FIRST, and then answer the question. Make sure you are ready to discuss WHY you chose what you chose. We will have a graded class discussion tomorrow.

Period 2, 3: Finish reading and annotating "Splashy River Town." We will work on questions tomorrow in class.

Science:

1 - Finish the CK-12 interactive lesson on Independent/Dependent Variables, if you did not finish in class today.  Be sure you click "Turn in Practice" at the top, once you have answered 10 practice questions correctly. 

2 - Finish the Independent & Dependent Variables practice questions from today's handout, if you did not finish in class today.

3 - Finish pages 18-19 in your Diversity of Life LearnEd, if this applies to you. This assignment was due today in class. 

Song Request Link for semi-formal

Wednesday, April 29

 Social Studies

1.  Warm up #18

2.  Gimkit vocab review

3.  Flocab: The Great Depression (due tomorrow)

4.  America Text Reading 23.2 "Roosevelt and the New Deal"

*review notes in GC

5.  Study for Boom to Bust quiz

ELA:

Period 1: Before tomorrow, you need to have completed:

-The "Evidence Reflection"

-The "Multiple Choice Match" (directions to be posted soon) 

-Read and annotate "Battle of Mogadishu" -- you do NOT need to answer the questions. (if you were absent today, you can view and print the article here)

Periods 2, 3, 4: Finish your "Evidence Reflection"

Period 5: 

-Finish "Evidence Reflection"

-Annotate "Battle of Mogadishu" article -- you do NOT need to answer the questions  (if you were absent today, you can view and print the article here)

Math

Math 8: Linear Function Review Delta math due FRIDAY.

Math 1: Complete Wednesday on the review sheet from this week. Finish the quizizz or delta math on linear and exponential functions or do both. You know what you need!

Science: 
Finish pages 18-19 in your Diversity of Life LearnEd, if you did not finish during Viking Time today. Follow directions for the bottom of page 19. 

Song Request Link for semi-formal

Tuesday April 28, 2026

 Math

Math 8: Linear Functions Delta Math due Friday.

Math 1: Complete Tuesday on your review sheet. Make sure you feel GREAT about sequences. There is a quizizz and delta math available to practice.

Social Studies

1.  Warm up #17

2.  ATSOU #9 notes review

3.  Arpillera Submission

4.  WWI Review, Primary Source Exploration and Reading (NC 11.5 "NC and the First World War")

5.  Review for Boom to Bust quiz this Friday!!

ELA:

Period 1: Finish the evidence color matching (Part 1 on the worksheet). I will post the color coded sheet in Google Classroom by the end of the day.

Periods 2, 3: Finish the "Queen's English" open-ended questions (on the half-sheet I handed out in class)

Periods 4 & 5: Finish the "Queen's English" questions (multiple choice). Compare the questions with what you answered on your half-sheet. If your answer matches one of the answer options, select that answer choice. If not, go back to the text and find the right answer. Then fix your evidence in the passage.

Monday, April 27th, 2026

 ELA:

-Finish annotating "Queen's English." Upload pictures of the front and back of the passage to Google Classroom.

Science:

Finish the Natural Resources Review questions if you did not finish in class today.  DO NOT submit the assignment; we will review the answers in class tomorrow before you submit. Do your best!

Social Studies

1.  Warm up #16

2.  Arpillera Artist Statement workday (last)

3.  ATSOU #9 plus questions (watch last 25 minutes/make sure questions 1-5 on handout are answered)

4.  Study Boom to Bust vocab-quiz on Friday!

Friday April 24, 2026

 Math

Math 1: Test Monday on statistics.

ELA:

Congratulations -- you've done it! Presentations are over, and you all successfully made it to the end of the project.

-If you were absent yesterday, you will do your presentation when you return to class.

-If you were absent today, please complete the project review form in Google Classroom.

Science:

Finish any unanswered Hydrosphere Practice questions (in GC) if you did not finish in class / Viking Time today. 

Check Infinite Campus. Complete any missing work, if this applies to you.

Thursday, April 23

 Social Studies

1.  Arpillera Art Day 4

2.  Continue to work on your Artist Statement-due 4/28 at the beginning of the classperiod

*all printing of paragraphs will take place on Friday and Monday.  If you do not get approval and printing by Monday, you are on your own to complete the artist statement!

Math

Math 1: Finish classwork (linear and exponential regressions)

Math 8: Geometry Review due on Delta Math tomorrow.

Science

Finish any incomplete classwork from today:

• EdPuzzle - Natural Selection
• EdPuzzle - Amoeba Sisters
• Diversity of Life LearnEd - pages 10, 11, 14 (see details in GC).

Bring back your signed permission form about EOG/EOC retests.  Give the form to your homeroom teacher.

Tickets to the 8th grade formal are on sale during morning carline. See Ms. Farrish in the hallway to purchase. 

Wednesday April 22, 2026

 Math

Math 1: Finish exponential regression delta math.

Math 8: Finish geometry review delta math.

Science:

Finish the Peppered Moth:Natural Selection in Action assignment (GC) if you did not finish in class today. 

Bring back your signed permission form about EOG/EOC retests.  Give the form to your homeroom teacher.

Tuesday April 21, 2026

 Math

Math 1: Finish worksheet from class. Complete the IXL: WJC. 

Math 8: Finish delta math from MTSS today,

Science

Finish the Un-Bead-Able Survival activity if you did not finish in class today. Answer the questions based on your data and our class discussion during the activity.

Social Studies

1.  Another Arpillera Workday!

Bring back your signed permission form about EOG/EOC retests.  Give the form to your homeroom teacher.

Core Connections:

Make sure you've submitted your revised, final Brain Rot Campaign!

Monday, April 20th, 2026

PARENTS:  The email to RSVP for the Brain Rot Project Celebration was resent by Ms. Sauer via School Status yesterday. We hope you can join us! 

ELA

1) Presentation prep

2) Todays goals: finish slideshow and work on notecards

3) Presentations due Wednesday (for in-class presentations)

4) Parent presentations Thursday

Math 

Math 8: Test tomorrow on Pythagorean Theorem, Distance between Points, Rational/Irrational Numbers, Approximating Square Roots. Make sure you understand how to do every question on the study guide. Complete the Delta math named PT Test Practice.

Science:

Finish the Darwin's Natural Selection assignment if you did not finish in class today. 

Review your notes on natural selection & biological evolution.

Core Conections:
Make sure you've turned in the following:

1. BR Backup 
2. BR 4/17
3. Postive Change Brain Rot Form

Friday, April 17th, 2026

PARENTS:  An email was sent through School Status on Tuesday with details for the Brain Rot Project Celebration and a form to RSVP. We hope you can join us! 

Bring back your signed permission form about EOG/EOC retests.  Give the form to your homeroom teacher.

ELA:

1) Essay final drafts due 11:59pm tonight in MiWrite. Make sure to click the "Finalize" button!

2) Presentations are due Wednesday next week, so we can practice in class.

3) Presentations to parents are Thursday. See the "Presentations" post in Google Classroom for the schedule.

Math

Math 8: Test Tuesday! On square roots, irrational/rational numbers, pythagorean theorem.

Math 1: Finish Delta Math on standard deviation.

Thursday, April 16, 2026

PARENTS:  An email was sent through School Status on Tuesday with details for the Brain Rot Project Celebration and a form to RSVP. We hope you can join us!

Social Studies

1.  Warm up #14

2.  HW Check Arpillera Planning

3.  Boom questions/discussion

4.  Arpillera Art Week materials distribution and Painting Protocols!!

Core Connections:

Your Brain Rot Campaign is due by Midnight tonight.

Each person should submit a copy of the final project through Google Classroom.

Please check through the rubric.

Clarifying notes:

    Page One: Your Brain Rot Campaign

    Page Two:  Your explanations (refer to rubric)

          1.  Focus area: Bullet Points about how your campaign and strategy addresses your focus area (Digital compulusivity, attention dysregulation, or cognitivie dependency) 
        2. PLE:  Bullet points that explain how your campaign uses Pathos, Ethos, and Logos   
        3. Graphic Design:  Bullet points that explain how you started with and template and changed it to make it better by applying best practices of graphic design.
        4.  References:  Your MLA references.

We'll have a separate reflection form about collaboration on Friday.  

ELA:

1) Classwork: Complete assignment titled "Essay Edits & Revisions" in Google Classroom

2) Final drafts of essays are due in MiWrite by 11:59pm tomorrow. You will have time to ask questions in class tomorrow about your essay, but then we are started on presentation prep. Tomorrow is NOT an essay writing day. Come prepared with any questions you have.

Science:

Great job working hard on your Science Check In today!

Finish the Evidence for Evolution questions (yes, the front & the back!) if you did not finish during class today. 

Math

Math 8: Finish the delta math (distance between 2 points)

Wednesday, April 15th

 ELA:

-In-class: work on the assigned Peer Review. Use the directions in Google Classroom.

-Homework: Finish the peer review (if not finished during class)

-Essay final drafts due Friday

Social Studies

1.  Warm up #13 (classwork)

2.  Peer share/arpillera ideas/feedback editing (classwork)

3.  Final Arpillera Planning form due tomorrow/hw check tomorrow guaranteed

4.  Finish ATSOU #8 Boom-last 18 minutes + questions on handout 3-5 (homework)

Science:

Finish reading and annotating the Evidence for Evolution information you received in class today. Remember to answer the 2 questions on the last page. 

Core Connections:

Your GROUP project - Brain Rot Campaign is due tomorrow (Thursday, 4/16). Each individual still submits it. Please check the rubric.

You are invited to attend the 8th grade semi-formal - see more details:
8th Grade Semi-Formal  
Tickets will go on sale Monday during morning carline.

Tuesday, April 14, 2026

 Social Studies

1.  Warm up #12

2.  Arpillera Planning HW check and peer share (peer share cancelled due to the number of students who did not complete the homework/will try again tomorrow)

3.  New Vocab List in GC for unit "Boom to Bust"/make a study set

4. Watch the first 25 minutes of ATSOU #8 "Boom"/answer the questions on the handout

5.  Submit your product for on-time grading (Legacy Project part 3).  If you have a paper product you must turn it in to me during class or by the end of the day!

ELA:

-Essay rough drafts are due TOMORROW

-Essay final drafts are due Friday

**Note: when I grade it, each MiWrite section (Organization, word Choice, etc.) will get +0.3 points. No final section score will be higher than 5.

Science:

Finish the EdPuzzle: Homologous, Analogous, & Vestigial Structures if you did not finish at school.

Math

Please get a good night's sleep and bring a pencil tomorrow!

Core Connections:

Your public health campaign project is due on Thursday.  This group project is submitted by each person in the group.  Please make sure that you've checked over the rubric.

Monday, April 13, 2026

 Social Studies

1.  Warm up #11- classwork

2.  Legacy Project part 5 Kickoff:  What is an Arpillera? (group classwork)

3.  What is "broken" in our democracy which you would like to fix?  Brainstorming ideas for your Arpillera /worksheet page 2 from classwork(homework)

4.  Project Product for part 3 due tomorrow by 11:59pm

Core Connections:

Today is a project work day for SS.

CC Public Health Campaign Project is Due on Thursday, April 16th.  

Check through your rubric with your group before you submit it. 

Each person submits the CC project.  

Science:

1 - Finish the Comparative Anatomy Interactive Lesson if you did not finish during class today. 

2 - Remember to complete the Flocabulary: Adaptations lesson (due Friday) if you have not yet completed it. 

Math

Math 8: Complete the applying the PT worksheet from class.Finish PT applications in delta math.

ELA:

1) Essay rough drafts are due Wednesday.

2) Essay final drafts are due Friday

**Essay scoring adjustment: each MiWrite section score will get +0.3 points.

Thursday, April 9, 2026

Bring back your Human Growth & Development permission form, signed by your parent.  Give the signed form to your homeroom teacher.  

Science:

Quiz tomorrow! Study your notes on geologic time, earth history, relative dating, and fossils.  Use the study guide posted in Google Classroom. Study your notes, slideshows, assignments, and completed pages in your Earth History LearnEd (the yellow one).

The Rock Cycle Interactive is not homework. You can work on this after the quiz tomorrow.

Core Connections:

Thank you for submitting any late work from prior to Spring Break using Monday's Reality Check activity.  

Our final CC Project: Brain Rot Campaign is DUE THURSDAY, April 16th.  Please check through the rubric to ensure you understand the expectations.  

Regarding our work schedule:  You will have 1/2 of class on Friday and all of Monday to work on Social Studies projects.  The rest of your time should be spent on the CC Brain Rot Campaign.  

Math

Math 1: Be prepared for your quiz tomorrow. You will need to prove shapes.

ELA:

-Tomorrow you have your Friday graded warm-up

-Essay rough drafts are due Wednesday next week.

-Essay final drafts are due Friday next week.

Social Studies

1.  Gimkit Vocab review: Industrialization

2. America Text Reading 18.4 "The New Immigrants" (classwork)

3.  Review the slideshow notes in GC-quiz tomorrow (classwork and homework)

4.  Product workday (you must also work on your product at home!)

5.  Finish the last 18 minutes of ATSOU#7 Cities and questions 10-15 (homework)

Wednesday, April 8th, 2026

Bring back your Human Growth & Development permission form, signed by your parent.  Give the signed form to your homeroom teacher. 

ELA:

Period 1:

• Research Notes Review/Revision (in Google Classroom)
• Recommendation: sort research notes for the first 3 paragraphs
• Essay rough draft: Due Wednesday next week

Periods 2 & 3:

• sort research notes for the first 3 paragraphs
• Essay rough draft: Due Wednesday next week

Science:

1 - Finish the Starburst Rock Cycle lab if you did not finish in class today. 

2 - Finish the Earth History LearnEd pages (13 & 16) if you did not finish during Viking Time.

3 - Study for Friday's quiz on geologic time, earth history, relative dating, and fossils.  Use the study guide posted in Google Classroom. Study your notes, slideshows, assignments, and completed pages in your Earth History LearnEd.

Social Studies

1.  Warm up Reading:  America Text 18.3 "Cities Grow and Change" pp.620-624

2.  Classwork:  Product Development Project 3 and/or ATSOU #7 "Cities" with handout/questions

3.  Homework:  Finish classwork and study for your Industrialization quiz

Math

Math 1: Brush up on the delta math review sections for your check in.

Math 8: IXL:NV6

Tuesday, April 7, 2026

Bring back your Human Growth & Development permission form, signed by your parent.  Give the signed form to your homeroom teacher.

Science:

1 - Finish the rock cycle diagram on the back of today's notes, if you did not finish in class today.  Follow directions.  See today's slideshow for examples of pictures of rocks.

2 - Complete the Flocabulary: Types of Rocks if you did not finish at school today. Remember to access this assignment through Clever.  The quiz will be recorded as a grade, but only if all other parts of the assignment are completed and on time.

3 - Study for Friday's quiz on geologic time, earth history, relative dating, and fossils.  Use the study guide posted in Google Classroom. Study your notes, slideshows, assignments, and completed pages in your Earth History LearnEd (the yellow one).

Social Studies

1.  I.N. Activity #4 Graphic Organizer and Reading "Economic Cycle" (classwork)

2.  America Text Reading 18.2 + notes (classwork)

3.  Project Part 3 Workday- (classwork and homework)  The project is due one week from today!!

4.  Study for your Industrialization Quiz (Friday, April 10)

*vocab, America Ch. 18 notes, ATSOU #7 Cities, I. N. Economic Cycle)

Math

Math 8: Finish delta math from today's class.

Friday, March 27th, 2026

 ELA:

Any assignments not finished in class today should be finished by end of break. These include:

1) "Stage 3: Public Health Campaign Choice" (handed out yesterday)

2) CDC Clear Communication score sheet (handed out today. If you are absent, I will post an electronic copy you can use by end of day.

Science 

 Finish any incomplete work, if this applies to you (LearnEd, Brain Pop, etc.) Check Infinite Campus. 

Have a wonderful, safe, and enjoyable Spring Break next week!  We'll see you on April 7, 2026!

Thursday, March 26

 Social Studies

1.  Warm up #9

2.  Reconstruction Quiz

3.  Feedback/Project 3 Kick Off

4.  You must pick a product to reveal knowledge by tomorrow.  Workday 1 begins tomorrow.  Bring your supplies and be prepared!!

Science

Finish the BrainPop: Plate Tectonics if you did not finish at school today (yes, all of it).  You do not need to take the Graded Quiz if you score 100 on the Practice Quiz. 

Math

Math 8: Finish estimating square roots delta math. Review 5 in delta math due tomorrow.

Math 1: Review 5 in delta math due tomorrow.

Wednesday, March 25th, 2026

 ELA
-Stage 2 is due tomorrow at the beginning of class. Remember that you must click "Mark as Done" in Google Classroom in order to be considered done/turned in. If you don't mark as done before class tomorrow, it will be considered late/missing.

-BEFORE TURNING IT IN: Grade yourself using the rubric. Is there anything you need to fix before submitting?

-If you will not be here on Friday, you may take your graded warmup tomorrow OR after the break.

-Tomorrow is a library day.

Social Studies

1.  Warm up #8

2.  Study for your quiz tomorrow on Reconstruction

3.  Guest Speaker: Glenn Stiles (Character, Collaboration, Choices, College Experience)

Science

Finish pages 10-12 in your Earth History LearnEd notebook if you did not finish during class and Viking Time today. 

Finish any incomplete work, if this applies to you. 

Tuesday, March 24th, 2026

 ELA:

-Stage 2 is due Thursday

-Recommended progress: Finish adding your 3 sources to the Research Notes app.

Social Studies:

1. Warm up #7

2.  Students will access their graphic organizer from Friday’s primary source lesson lesson and answer this question:

What were the political, social, and economic impacts of the event you studied?   Responses should be in paragraph form.  2-3 paragraphs required.  There is nothing to turn in.  We will review responses on Wednesday. 

3 .  Create a new vocabulary study set: Industrialization

Technology, monopoly, supply, demand, rural, urban, immigrant, urbanization, interest, Industrial Revolution, migration, patent, tenement, industrialist

4. Read in the America test Ch 18.1 “ A New Industrial Revolution pp. 608-613.  Take notes as you go!

Math

Review 5 in Delta math due Friday!!

Science

Finish the "How Fossils are Made" reading passage (underline key terms!) and crossword puzzle if you did not finish during class today.

Complete your missing work, if this applies to you!  Remember to email me when you complete any assignment after the due date. 

Monday 3/23

 Math

Math 8: Scientific Notation Quiz tomorrow. Complete quizizz in google classroom to help you study.

Math 1: Complete study guide for your systems test tomorrow.

Science
1 - Complete pages 6-7 (!!) in your Earth History LearnEd booklet (the new one you got today).  Follow directions given in class; see directions in Google Classroom if you didn't record the fossil types on p.7 during class today.

2- Finish the Layers of Time digital activity if you did not finish in class today. 

3 - Finish the Index Fossils Review if you did not finish this assignment last week.  Remember to email me upon completion of late work! If you have a 0 in Infinite Campus, you need to finish this assignment.

ELA:

-Stage 2 is due Thursday.

-Recommended homework for tonight:

    1) Finish putting your scientific study into the Research Notes app

    2) Put the first HALF of a second source in (up to the essential questions)

**The full recommended timeline and some tips for entering your scientific study are attached to the "Stage 2" assignment in Google Classroom.

Friday March 20th, 2025

 ELA:

-Stage 2 (of your project) is due Thursday next week.

-Recommendation: Have your Literature Search #2 done by Monday.

Core Connections:

Check for Missing Work.

Thursday March 19

 Math

Math 8: Finish the IXLs posted in google classroom.

Science

Finish the Index Fossil Review in Google Classroom if you did not finish during class today.

Spring Picture Day is March 23. Pictures can be ordered at strawbridge.net using these codes:

Individual Pictures - FM493452

8th Grade Group Picture - FM493449 

Wednesday, March 18, 2026

 Spring Picture Day is March 23. Pictures can be ordered at strawbridge.net using these codes:

Individual Pictures - FM493452

8th Grade Group Picture - FM493449 

Science:

1 - Finish reading and annotating the Fossils review passage if you did not finish in class. 

2 - Answer the questions based on the reading (yes, the front and back sides of this). 

3 - Finish the Geologic Time Organizer, if this applies to you.  This was due today. 

ELA:

Period 1: Finish reading and annotating your group's section in the Literature Review of the article.

Period 2: Finish reading the Introduction section of the article. As you read:

• Circle unknown words
• Make 2 annotations for meaning (putting a sentence or phrase into your own words)

Period 3: Read the last sentence in "1. Transformation of Digital Media Consumption Patterns" and write down the meaning in your own words.

Period 4: Read the section of Literature Review that is for your group's focus area. Circle any unknown words.

Core Connections:

Make sure that you have completed and turned in the following:

1.  3rd QuarterGrades/GPA Graph of your 1, 2, and 3rd quarter grades.

2.  BR:  Intro to Public Health. Specifically, I am checking for revised, updated, correct information on slides 3, 4, and 6.  

3.  You should have completed Part ONE of BR: PEL today.  We will continue working on it tomorrow.