On Thursday, March 12, 8th grade students met with Sabrina Culyba, a game designer at Schell Games. Schell Games is based in Station Square, and has focused on developing educational games for the last five years. Sabrina talked with the students about playtesting (or the process of playing a game to see if and how it works), how game-like thinking can benefit learning and other important gaming principles. The students showed her theirgames-in-progress, which are modified versions of Monopoly. The students' games integrate information they researched during their Pittsburgh Project, which is a research paper that they've just completed over the last six weeks. The students will take their information and apply it to the Monopoly board, pieces and rules, and will ultimately develop a working boardgame (including game pieces printed on the district's 3D printers) that they'll be able to share and play with each other.
Thursday, March 19, 2015
Wednesday, March 18, 2015
Reading Tasks due for Next Week
Reading Literary Terms Review
Literary Terms Packet
due Monday, 3/23
Literary Terms Test
due Wednesday, 3/25
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Layered Curriculum Begins in Science
Many resources for the layered curriculum are available on the internet. Students will have a choice of assignments from a menu of activities. Students are to start with “Level C – Basic Knowledge” assignments and move to “Level B – Advanced Practice” and then on to “Level A – Assessment” assignments. Each class period starts with a mini-lesson and concludes with time to work on layered activities.
Scores for the layered curriculum will be tracked by the students in their layered curriculum activity guides (folder created in class). Copies are available from the internet.
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Monday, March 16, 2015
Calendar Update!
Thursday, March 19
[Event] Courthouse Field Trips
Friday, March 20
[SCI LC] Checkpoint 8 pts due
[SCI LC] Parent signature for 2
pts {C10}
[SCI LC] Word Wall due {C7}
Monday, March 23
[Reading] Literary Terms Packet Due
[SCI LC] Word Wall Quiz open to
all {C7}
Tuesday, March 24
[SCI LC] Quiz- Atomic Structure
in class {A4}
[Social Studies] STUDY for
Judicial Branch Test
Wednesday, March 25
[SCI LC] Week One Question due
{B13}
[Social Studies] STUDY for
Judicial Branch TEST
Thursday, March 26
[SCI LC] Checkpoint 38 pts
[SCI LC] Quiz: Radioactivity
& Nuclear Reactions {A5}
[SCI LC] Strange Symbols Poster
due {B6}
[SCI LC] Vocab TV due {C8}
Friday, March 27
No School for Students - Schools
closed due to previously scheduled parent conferences
No School for Teachers
Monday, March 30
School closed (inclement weather
forgiveness)
Tuesday, March 31 - Friday,
April 3
Spring Vacation - No School
Monday, April 6
[SCI LC] Flashcard quiz {C6}
School in Session (Inclement
weather make up day)
Tuesday, April 7
[SCI LC] Atomic Scientist
Presentation due {B10}
School in session
Wednesday, April 8
[SCI LC] A-2 Periodic Table
Presentation due
[SCI LC] Critical Thinking
Question Week 2 due {B14}
Friday, April 10
[SCI LC] Checkpoint 48 points
[SCI LC] Quiz: Elements &
their properties {A6}
Monday, April 13 - Thursday,
April 16
{TESTING} ELA PSSA
Friday, April 17
[SCI LC] Critical Thinking
Question Week 3 due {B15}
[SCI LC] Last day to turn in LC
- all assignments due
[SCI LC] Unit Test (ALL
STUDENTS) {A7}
Tuesday, April 21 - Thursday,
April 23
{TESTING} Math PSSA
Monday, April 27 & Tuesday, April 28
{TESTING} Science PSSA
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