Back to School Night Grade 8 ELMS School Year 2019-2020 The 8th - - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
Back to School Night Grade 8 ELMS School Year 2019-2020 The 8th Grade Team Team Leader/US History - Will Pearl Math 8 - Rachel Hess US History - Tim Murdock MAth 8/Geometry - Calvin Jackson English/ELA - Elease Martin Instruction and
Team Leader/US History - Will Pearl US History - Tim Murdock English/ELA - Elease Martin English/ELA - Mike Baird Science - Christine Deering Science - Katie Haslup Math 8/Algebra - Rachael Degnan Math 8 - Rachel Hess MAth 8/Geometry - Calvin Jackson Instruction and Innovation/Future of Food - Brianna Gibson Special Education - Amy Fantz Special Education - Leslie Hall Paraeducator - Cheryl Merson Paraeducator - Pattie Bennett
Val Lawrence - Orchestra Ashley Gavidida - Spanish 8 Kristine De Luca - Health Deb Johnson - Health
Staff and Parents
Day
Week) ○ Talent Show and Carnival Participation in these Activities is dependent upon appropriate student behavior
○ Argument/Evidence Based Writing ○ Political Cartoon Analysis
○ Sourcing (Understanding Bias) ○ Critical Reading ○ Corroboration of Evidence ○ Contextualization
○ Theme 2019-2020: Breaking Barriers in History
○ Test will be piloted this year (May/June) ■ 4 Sessions, 40 Mins Each ○ Colonial America through Reconstruction ○ Combination of Skills and Content (Think PARCC)
Will Pearl will_pearl@hcpss.org Tim Murdock Timothy_Murdock@hcpss.org
Feel Free To Contact Us At Our Email Addresses Here. Please Allow 24 Hours For Us To Respond To Emails Written During the Week (Before Friday Afternoon) Emails Sent On School Breaks Or Weekends May Not Be Viewed Until The Next School Day.
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○ Second year of implementation county-wide ○ Curriculum focuses on the conceptual understanding and depends on communication and collaboration among peers
○ MAP (Measures of Academic Progress) ■ Twice: once in the fall, once in the winter ○ MCAP (new name for PARCC) ■ Once: some time in May ■ More information will be coming!
○ Group work every day, discussion-based, task oriented, discovery activities! ○ Focus on conceptual understanding, then procedural
○ Passing with a score of 750 is a high school graduation requirement ○ Students passing Algebra I (grade of A, B, C, D) will receive 1 high school credit ○ Course grade WILL be recorded on the high school transcript, but NOT calculated into GPA
○ Calculator will be used throughout high school, into college ○ TI 84/plus/CE/silver edition → About $85 on Amazon ○ School has loaner calculators, if needed
○ im.kendallhunt.com
○ GT Geometry will extend beyond IM curriculum ○ All extra resources can be founded in Canvas
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Unit 1: Transformations, Similarity and Congruence ○ Unit 2: Triangles, Proofs, and Trigonometry ○ Unit 3: Circles, Proofs and Constructions ○ Unit 4: Extending to Three Dimensions ○ Unit 5: Applications of Probability
○ Scientific Required (Graphing calculator is a good investment) ○ Kendall Hunt provide Scientific and Graphing Calculators under MATH TOOLS on the website. ○ Geometry Tool Kit (Compass, Protractor, Ruler)
Units:
○ Unit Focus: Science Fiction ○ Anchor Texts: Flowers for Algernon by Daniel Keyes, Frankenstein by Mary Shelley
○ Unit Focus: Speeches ○ Anchor Texts: “I Have a Dream” by Martin Luther King Jr., “Ain’t I a Woman” by Sojourner Truth
○ Unit Focus: Shakespearean Drama ○ Anchor Text: Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare
Steps for Success:
○ Daily announcements are posted on Canvas including objectives, classwork, homework. Digital copies of documents are usually available. ○ Resources and links are posted as needed. ○ If you, as a parent, have difficulty seeing information, get your child’s login information.
○ Most homework assignments consist of reading portions of our focused text(s) in preparation for the next day’s class. ○ Students will be required to annotate as they are reading. Your child will receive more information about this within the first two weeks of school. Resources will be available on Canvas. ○ Typically, students use sticky notes to annotate in their books.
(PBIS)
○ Vehicles in Motion (VIM) ○ Energy ○ Air Quality
real-world scientists.”
○ Risk-taking ○ Problem-solving ○ Iterations, trials, & performance
How do scientists work together to:
that meet specific criteria?
changes in energy to design solutions to problems?
improve air quality?
Contact Information
christina_deering@hcpss.org
katie_haslup@hcpss.org General Housekeeping
Composition book or single-subject spiral
Good condition with lid
PE Health Art FACS Tech Ed Music World Languages
Stephanie Facundo Pena 7th and 8th grade French, 7th grade Spanish Laura Monroe 7th and 8th grade Spanish Ashley Gavidia 8th grade Spanish
course, but spread out over two years (7th and 8th grade)
French 2.
intercultural communication skills.
Band: (Mrs. Owens) Concert Band (6) Symphonic Band (7,8) Wind Ensemble (7,8) Jazz Band Concerts: Jan 8 - Orch/Band (HoHS) Jan 21 - Choir/Jazz Band (LRHS) March - Howard County Assessments/Adjudications May 15 - Hershey - Music in the Parks Festival June 2 - Choir (LRHS) June 3 - Orchestra (LRHS) June 8 - Band (HoHS) Other performance opportunities: GT/Honors/All State groups for all disciplines Solo/Ensemble Festival H
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Four Units/Strands of Curriculum for all grade levels - increasing rigor at each level: Keyboard/Piano Guitar Music Technology World Music Drumming
**All equipment provided except headphones - needed for technology and piano
National Standards for Music: Creating, Performing, Responding, Connecting
Uniform is required for PE. Students may buy the uniform for $8 top $8 bottom $15 for set. Cash or checks made payable to ELMS. Uniforms will not be required until Sept 16. Gray crew neck t-shirt and any color athletic bottoms can be worn if uniform is not purchased. Sweatshirts may be any color if they are zip up and must be gray if they are a pull over. Laced or velcro sneakers MUST be worn. Students get 4 borrows (if they are unprepared) during a semester. When they borrow, their agenda book will be stamped on the date that they borrow. On the 5th borrow, students will receive a “0” and an incident report. Students will have a PE locker all year to store items and are required to lock up all valuables. ** A print out of the proposed yearly plan and rules for PE will be available
Computational Thinking:
Computer programing
Computer aided design!
Google SketchUp
Design Process Tool Safety 3D Printing Measurement Innovation: Design and build a
Kinetic sculpture!
Enrichment @ ELMS
G/T Resource Teacher @ ELMS The Enrichment Room is... room #221, on the second floor near 6th grade pod, next to the elevator. EVERYONE is welcome in room #221!
Specialist