The 8th Grade - Grandview Heights Middle School

Announcements

8th Grade Calendar
Date: Week of March 17, 2008

Pre-Algebra:
•  Unit Test:  Functions on Wednesday the 19th

Algebra:
•  Unit Test:  Graphing linear and quadratic Tuesday 18th.

History: DO NOT THROW OUT OR LOSE ITEMS THAT ARE GIVEN TO YOU IN CLASS!     
*Monday- Finish HW 6-3; HW 6-4 passed out and completed in class
*Tuesday and Wednesday (I will not be in school- formative assessment 
workshop) HW #6-5- Students will be studying the Declaration of Independence
*Thursday- Finish unit 6
*Friday- Review for summative evaluation on Wednesday, 23 January 2008

Language Arts:

* Last week we continued to write our short stories. Students received 
rubrics telling exactly what will be assessed in their short stories. Final 
drafts will be due at the beginning of class on Wednesday, May 21st.
* Monday and Tuesday, students will be peer reviewing their short stories. 
They will need to edit and revise before turning in their final copy on 
Wednesday.  
* Writer’s Notebooks are due this Monday, May 19th. Students should have 
entries #58-70 completed.
* We will begin Literature Circles on Thursday. Students will choose which 
book they would like to read, and they will be discussing that book 
throughout the next couple of weeks with a group. They will have nightly 
reading assignments and bookmarks to complete. After daily discussions, 
students will get a chance to start their assignments in class.

* Please see my website for Homework Calendars and further updates:
http://teacherweb.com/OH/Grandview/mrsmiglesz/index.html
 
Ms. Allison's Math: 
7th Grade Will...
• begin looking at mass using a triple beam balance
• Work with a ruler / meter stick (measuring length in metric units)
Number Sense Review
• Students will continue to review place value of whole numbers and decimals
• Students should be able to read and write large whole numbers and decimals
• Continue to work with money
8th Grade will..
• We will reinforce concepts from science about the metric system      
(measuring)
• Begin looking at converting metric units
• we will measure mass on a triple beam balance

Science:
For Week of May 12 - May 16:
• HW-8 assigned on Monday (reading and questions), and due on Thursday, 5/15.
• Quiz #1 - open notebook on Wed., 5/14:  Radioactivity, Radioactive Decay, 
Nucleus of Atom, 
Atomic Models.
• Begin Periodic Table on Thursday, 5/15. 
• Unit Test:  5/22 covers all that was on Quiz #1 and Periodic Table.

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