Study Island due tomorrow!

Evaluating Expressions is due by Friday at 3:00.  All late completions will earn ½ credit.  Encourage your kids to take a vacation to Study Island!

Stacking Cups

This week in math, we completed a problem solving task developing a relationship between Styrofoam cups, graphs, and equations.  How many cups do we need to reach the top of the bulletin board? Students used multiple problem solving strategies to develop the relationship. After finding the pattern and equation, students looked for the relationship between the graph and the equation.  Finally, students applied their method to another type of cups.  Lots of excitement in math class. We hope that students will relate this activity to our upcoming unit in Linear Equations in Pre-Algebra and Systems of Linear Equations in Algebra! 

Students working on the stacking cups project in math class.

Science Quiz

There is a science quiz on Tuesday on electric current. This is a date change from the original assignment sheet. Review content for the quiz online: https://sites.google.com/site/sci8haskins/unit-h-electricity/quiz-review---electric-circuits

Civics Test

There is a civics test on chapter 4 on Thursday.

This week...

Tuesday, November 12

 [English] Mock Trial due

 [Reading] Declaration of Independence Annotations due 

Wednesday, November 13

 [Science] D1 Simple Circuits Lab due

Thursday, November 14

 [Social Studies] CHAPTER 4 TEST

 Recycling Assembly

Friday, November 15

 [Math] Study Island: Evaluating Expressions

 [Science] Quiz Electric Current

Veterans Day

Let us remember all the sacrifices made by the men and women of our armed forces so that we could have a safer life. No amount of appreciation would be sufficient enough to honor them.  

There will be no school on Monday, November 11, 2013 due to Veterans Day and parent-teacher conferences that were held earlier this week.

Declaration of Independence

To supplement their study of the American Revolution in civics class, students are tackling the complex text of the Declaration of Independence in their reading class. Students will formally present their analysis of a passage from this important historical document next week.  Because scholars believe that Thomas Jefferson meant for the Declaration to be dramatically performed, students will reveal their understanding of the document by completing their own dramatic reading in our makeshift Independence Hall.  

Electric Usage Audit project to bring energy conservation home!

Next week students will be coming home asking for help from their parents and guardians as they complete an electric usage audit. In science, students will  be learning about electricity and how it impacts our lives. As adults paying the bills, we know the impact of wasted electricity on the budget. This project aims to help students understand electric utilities and how some simple changes could lower the power bill! Students will be introduced to the project on Tuesday, 11/12/13. There are many resources students will need to access from the class website, www.HaskinsSci8.info. Students will be asked to research various facts about commercial electricity, collect data from their homes, and analyze how to save power resources. Also, there are plenty of helpful hints and explanations on the website to assist students as they put together their portfolios. The choices and habits students make today could have a great impact on the environment and the pocketbook!

Audit (download the organizer): 

 

 

 

• Part 1 House electricity scavenger hunt  
• Part 2 Electric usage in-depth
• Part 3 - Level A & B Survey the energy use of the kitchen at your home 
• Part 3 - Level C Searching for power vampires
• Part 4 Should you use CFL, LED or traditional incandescent light bulbs in your room?

Events and Dates

Friday, November 8

 [Event] Veterans Day Experience

 AMS Parent Network Fundraiser due

 Holiday art contest ends

Monday, November 11

 No School - Parent/Teacher Conferences held earlier in the week

 Veterans Day

Monday, November 25

 [Reading] AR Midterm Progress Check

Wednesday, November 27

  No School - Teacher In-service ACT 80

Thursday, November 28 & Friday, November 29

 No School - Thanksgiving break

Monday, December 2

 School back in session

Tuesday, December 17

 [Event] Niki's Family Movie (Field Trip)

Monday, December 23 through Wednesday, January 1, 2014

 No School - Winter Vacation

Thursday, January 2, 2014

 

 

The 8th grade homework calendar is available on our Edline page. 

Student Council Holiday Project

This holiday season, Student Council is collecting school supplies for the children of Osman Hope, a non-profit organization that provides educational services for children in Honduras.  We are collecting materials for 25 students in one of Osman Hope’s shelters.  Some students have volunteered to “adopt a classmate”, which means that they are collecting classroom materials for one student and will be able to write that student a note to accompany their donation.  Osman Hope is requesting:

                                                                                                       

Crayons

Colored Pencils

Pencils

Pens

Erasers

Scissors

Finger Paint

Pencil Sharpeners

In addition, Osman Hope has also requested:

Coloring Books

Play dough

Puzzles

Construction Paper

If you have any new or gently used materials listed above that you would like to donate to Osman Hope, please send them to Mrs. Hickman for collection by Nov 26, or if your family would like to “adopt a classmate” Mrs. Hickman can give you a name to write your note!  All collected materials will be sent to Honduras on December 5.  

Thank you from Student Council!

Flowers for Algernon

Students are gearing up for the Mock Trial!  Students are acting as lawyers and witnesses to decide whether or not Charlie Gordon should have had the surgery to make him intelligent.  The trial begins on Tuesday!

Grade 8 Update!

Algebra test tomorrow! Fundraiser due Friday! Pre-algebra test on Friday. No school on Monday!

This week...

Thursday, November 7

 [Algebra] Test

 Advisory

 Electronic Field Trip

Friday, November 8

 [Event] Veterans Day Experience
 [Pre-algebra] Test

 AMS Parent Network Fundraiser due

 Holiday art contest ends