8th Grade Update – Week of April 27th Please use this information to help you keep aware of what is happening at J.L. Simpson and to reinforce lessons occurring in the classroom.
Upcoming Events: Uniting Concept of the Week: . Kings Dominion May 29th . Book Fair - April 27th - May 1st Preparation
Science What We Are Studying Questions t0 Discuss @ Home Important Upcoming Dates* Mr. Boxwell Periodic Table What are the 11 groups on the Periodic Periodic Table Quiz - April 30/May 1 Ms. Check Chemical Reactions Table? For homework, students must complete a Chemical Bonding Which 2 groups are the most reactive? 20 question jlab for Mrs. Check or a 40 Ms. Hronik What are the 3 types of chemical bonds? question jlab for Mr. Boxwell and Mrs. Hronik. The score must be 70% - 90% depending on your teacher and class. Language Arts What We Are Studying Questions t0 Discuss @ Home Important Upcoming Dates*
Review Text Features and What is the difference between text features Roots and Affixes Quiz on Ms. Bolyard Text Structures and text structures? Monday, April, 27th for Mrs. Introduction to Point of View Why does an author use a particular text Sheridan's B Day Ms. Marks Introduction to Irony structure? Book Review for Independent Ms. Sheridan How does the point of view change a story? Novels due April 30th and May 1st for Mrs. Sheridan's class German 2 What We Are Studying Questions t0 Discuss @ Home Important Upcoming Dates* Allergies Wie lebst du gesund? 27-8 April Quiz 6-2 Healthy habits Wogegen bist du allergisch? 29,30 April Vocab Quiz Herr Reimert Future tense Was wirst du im Sommer machen? 8-9 June CPAs
Algebra What We Are Studying Questions t0 Discuss @ Home Important Upcoming Dates* Mr. Black Simplifying Radicals Compare solving a quadratic Monday, April 27 and Mr. Elhai Solving Quadratic Equations equation algebraically to solving a Wednesday, April 29: After Ms. Mullen Curve/Line of Best Fit quadratic equation using a graph. school SOL review sessions. Would you rather have a positive or More information posted on Mrs. Nibbelink Statistics SOL Review negative z-score associated with a Math Dept. web page grade on a test? Why? Q4-4: iTest due Friday, May 1 Algebra SOL: Thursday, May 7 (B Day) or Friday, May 8 (A Day)
Math 8 What We Are Studying Questions t0 Discuss @ Home Important Upcoming Dates* Mr. Elhai Transformations Ms. Mullen Construct and analyze Why do we estimate a line of best fit Graded Class Work (Elhai) - Mrs. Carbone various types of graph for a scatterplot? April 30 on graphs What kind of transformation does a I-test- due Friday (Mullen) clock represent?
History What We Are Studying Questions t0 Discuss @ Home Important Upcoming Dates* Ms. Edwards The Judicial Branch Explain how the Supreme Court uses County essay due-see specific Ms. Baird Beginning Economics judicial review. teacher Mr. Fawcett Describe the characteristics of the Judicial branch test-see specific United States economy. teacher 8th Grade Update – Week of April 27th Please use this information to help you keep aware of what is happening at J.L. Simpson and to reinforce lessons occurring in the classroom. Spanish I What We Are Studying Questions t0 Discuss @ Home Important Upcoming Dates* Household chores ¿Cómo ayudas en casa? Quiz every Thursday and Friday Conjugation of -AR, ¿Arreglas tu dormitorio? Ms. Hook -ER, -IR verbs ¿Ayudas a limpiar tu casa? Oral presentations: Ms. López Making ¿Lavas los platos? La casa de mis sueños comparisons Block 02: Thursday, April 30 (López) Block 06: Friday, May 01 (López)
Spanish II What We Are Studying Questions t0 Discuss @ Home Important Upcoming Dates* Childhood toys, pets and What you used to do? activities. Oral Presentation: What was your favorite toy? Activities that you used to SPANISH 2 do as a child, pets, toys What was your favorite place to go De niño me gustaba.... and games. with your family? Ms. López BLOCK 01/04 Casi se muere- Chapter 4- Thursday, April 30, 2015 *Visit the teacher website for more 5 Reading comprehension details "Casi se muere" chapters will be BLOCK 07/08 available on line for your convenience. Friday, May 01, 2015
French I What We Are Studying Questions t0 Discuss @ Home Important Upcoming Dates* Ms. Minnick Block 1: voc. 1 quiz 4/28 Food/store/markets What do you eat for breakfast, Blocks 6 & 8: voc. 1 quiz 4/27 Partitive articles lunch, and dinner? The verbs vouloir and Where do you go to buy these foods? pouvoir French II What We Are Studying Questions t0 Discuss @ Home Important Upcoming Dates* Ms. Minnick Rooms/furniture/household Describe a room in the house Test: Fri April 24 chores (vocab./passé compose v. imparfait/vivre) Spectrum What We Are Studying Questions t0 Discuss @ Important Upcoming Home Dates* 1. What makes your role(s) We will finish up our mock trial this important? week and move on to Rainbow Bay 2. Why are there so many (road system engineering and . Justice – Verdict (mock potential witnesses? Why environmental science) immediately. trial) is it important to have both We will transition from one to the eyewitnesses and expert other by examining the concept of Ms. Wilfong witnesses? eminent domain and will discuss our 3. How can you craft your thoughts regarding its usefulness and direct and cross- constitutionality. examinations in order to best represent your client (defense = defendant, prosecution = the state)? Language Arts What We Are Studying Questions t0 Discuss @ Important Upcoming Home Dates* Mrs. Mullin’s Classes . We are focusing on . Do you know the difference . April 30th-Irony Quiz/"Ransom Blocks vocabulary this week. between a prefix, root, and of Red Chief" . . April 30th-Library 1 and 4 Our class will be breaking suffix? words apart by prefixes, . How many words can you roots, and suffixes. think of that are related to the root ped?
Geometry What We Are Studying Questions t0 Discuss @ Important Upcoming Home Dates* Mr. Black We are preparing for the Geometry Have I completed the SOL Geometry SOL: Wednesday, May 5 SOL. materials?
* Please note that dates are subject to change for all or some classes depending on the readiness of each class.