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Suggested Summer Homework Kensington Hall Grade 8 Suggested summer Homework Kensington Hall Grade 8 During the summer you might want to … …take your children to Detroit’s Cultural Center. Within a few blocks you have the Detroit Institute of Arts, The Museum of African-American History, the Detroit Science Center, the Detroit Historical Museum (two great exhibits currently on display: “1920s-Detroit’s Building Boom” and “Detroit’s Classic Radio Voices”), the Detroit Children’s Museum, the Scarab Club and the main branch of the Detroit Public Library. While in the neighborhood you can visit St. Paul’s Cathedral (Episcopalian) and have a nice lunch at Union Street, or at the Majestic Café which is attached to the Majestic Theatre (the site of Harry Houdini’s last performance.) …take your children to Belle Isle and watch the freighters go by. On the island (where the Grand Prix will be run) you can stop at the Dossin Maritime Museum (there is a great exhibit there currently…), or the Belle Isle Conservatory. Stop at Pewabic Pottery while you are in the neighborhood and drive through Indian Village. …go to Detroit’s River Walk- a three-mile walkway along the Detroit River. You can see a map of the world outside of the Renaissance Center’s Winter Garden; see the statues that commemorate the Underground Railroad. …travel to Mexicantown for a great meal. …get up early on a Saturday morning and go to a farmer’s market at Detroit’s Eastern Market, or in Royal Oak, or Pontiac. …take advantage of the largest theatre district outside of New York---including the Fisher Theatre, The Fox, The Gem, The Music Hall and others. …do a tour of Detroit’s great architecture like the Fisher Building, The Guardian Building, the Penobscot, and the Masonic Temple (the largest Masonic Temple in the world.) …the Detroit Zoo in Royal Oak is a great place to visit. …head to Dearborn and tour the Arab-American Museum. …visit Detroit’s Motown Museum. …go to The Henry Ford at Greenfield Village, the Rouge Plant Tour, or the Holocaust Memorial (for older students). … a little farther afield there are science museums in Ann Arbor (The Ann Arbor Hands-On Museum) and Toledo (COSI). Ann Arbor boasts the Arboretum and Toledo also has a fine art museum. … explore Frankenmuth. …stay at home and play “Rice Bowl” on the computer. The program builds vocabulary while players earn rice for developing countries. June, 2009 Dear Parent and Eighth Grade Son, Welcome to eighth grade mathematics. The eighth grade math course is a traditional first year algebra course, and we use a textbook that several area high schools use for Algebra 1. The class will hear me say many times next year that mathematics is a skill, and the only way to get better at mathematics is to practice. If a person wants to get better at golf, they practice. They go to a driving range and work on their woods, their irons, and their putting. Homework is nothing more than practice. There is no traditional packet this summer. In an effort to reduce expenses and let students target the skills they need to practice, I’ve identified several web sites that students can visit to “practice” math. Our first chapter in algebra covers prerequisite algebra skills students learned in seventh grade. Hopefully, we can spend only two or three days on Chapter 1 as a quick review. In order to do this, I need students to practice that part of their algebra game that needs strengthening. I’m sure the amount of practice and the areas of practice will differ for each student. I would like the students to use personal initiative to work on the things they need to work on. Our first chapter includes these topics - - - Writing algebraic expressions with variables (i.e. two more than twice a number plus seven) Order of operations Finding absolute value Adding, subtracting, multiplying, and dividing rational numbers: fractions, decimals, and whole numbers in both positive and negative forms. The Distributive Property for addition and for multiplication Properties of real numbers o Commutative Property of Addition and of Multiplication o Associative Property of Addition and of Multiplication o Identity Property of Addition and of Multiplication o Inverse Property of Addition and of Multiplication o Multiplication Property of Zero o Multiplication Property of -1 Perhaps the best website for practice is: http://www.kutasoftware.com/free.html It has practice problems (and answer keys) on a variety of algebra topics. And while it’s marketed to teachers, students and parents can use it also. For starters, go to the “Infinite Pre-Algebra” area and click on “Free Worksheets.” Under the “Arithmetic” and “Algebraic Expression” sections you will find practice problems for the topics in our first chapter. For more challenging practice, go to the “Infinite Algebra” area on the home page and click on “Free Worksheets.” Under the “Basics” section, you will find practices for our first chapter topics. As a little incentive, I will award up to 10 extra credit points on the first algebra test depending on the amount of practice a student does. I’ve listed below additional sites you can access this summer and during the school year. Instruction http://www.aaamath.com/ (How to instructions) http://www.purplemath.com/ (How to instructions) The Basics http://www.simplekidsmath.com/ Make Your Own Worksheets http://www.edhelper.com/math.htm?gclid=CJnC2YKq1JMCFQOaFQod5HiGkw Practice Problems http://www.coolmath.com/ (One-by-one practice problems) http://www.aplusmath.com/ (Flashcards) http://www.internet4classrooms.com/ (a little bit of everything) And, if all else fails, there’s a You Tube (youtube.com) video of the topic. Yes, You Tube covers math! Who knew?!?!?!? Take care, stay safe, have fun this summer, and see you in September. Mr. Kuhn June, 2009 Dear Parent and Eighth Grade Son, Our study of science next school year will concentrate on Newtonian physics with emphasis on Newton’s Laws of Motions, energy, and forces in various physical environments. One area that students can easily explore during the summer (and prepare for their project where they build a “Nifty Lifting Machine”) is the area of simple machines. The objective here is to become familiar with the six simple machines. Students are to “write” a short (three to four page) report on the six simple machines. Your report may be in a traditional written form; or you can do it poster board, make a power point presentation, or construct your own “virtual museum”. (See ideas below.) You need to include in your report the following things: 1. Identify the six simple machines and if a machine is divided into “classes” identify those also. 2. Include pictures or photographs of the six simple machines. 3. Define mechanical advantage and identify the ideal mechanical advantage of each machine. Notes: You may use the internet or text materials to identify the six simple machines. There are “virtual museums” that will identify them. You can download pictures from the internet (Google images) and/or take pictures of simple machines. You will be surprised how many simple machines are found around your home and you use every day. Students may receive up to 10 extra credit points on their first science test for completing this report. Take care, Mr. Kuhn KENSINGTON HALL 7th and 8TH GRADE LANGUAGE ARTS AND SOCIAL STUDIES SUMMER ACTIVITIES 2009 7th and 8th GRADE LANGUAGE ARTS I hope that over the summer, you read a thousand books. I hope that you read what you enjoy. I hope that you read on those lazy, hot days when it is too hot to go outside. I hope that you read when it rains and you have nothing to do. I hope that you go to the library or the book store and select books that will be piled at the side of your bed, so that you can read until the sun comes up. Being a reader allows you to travel the world, make new friends, expose yourself to different cultures, and see yourself in a multitude of settings. I wish you a very happy and fun-filled summer. I challenge you to write down all the books that you have read over the summer on the attached sheet. I have enclosed a list of books that you might want to try; however, choose books that you will enjoy. READ, READ, READ!!!!! You must read a minimum of five books and write them down on the attached list. When you return to school in the fall, you should be prepared to stand up and tell us about one of the books that you read. You should act as the main character in the story. As the main character, you will tell your audience about the setting, the time period, your character’s personal history, the problem the main character might have, and the resolution of that problem. If you think that your main character does not have a problem, take us on a journey that the author develops for the main character. Remember, you are the main character and you are there to entertain us. Make us want to read your book. You should entertain us for three – five minutes. You may need to use a few props that can help us visualize your character. We will be doing this activity during the first week of school. Fill out the attached book report form. You will turn it in to me when I call on you to act out your story. This is for a grade. Write in complete sentences with well-developed paragraphs.
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