Important Dates/Updates
- Please have your student take a look at the menus for Avenue Eats and Wood Fire Pizza Company over the weekend. We are planning a special treat for them next week: lunch at the waterfront. We will order ahead, and just like our Starbucks Days, we will have the 6th grade go on Tuesday (9/10), the 7th Grade on Wednesday (9/11), and the 8th Grade on Thursday (9/12). Please send your child with enough money for their purchase on their designated day.
- On Monday, we will walk the entire middle school to the Waterfront to see the USS LST-325 (the last fully operational WWII landing ship tank). We are excited for our students to tour the ship before it takes off for its next location.
- We have sent home the Meat Raffle tickets for our Boots for Buses event with your child. They are in their agendas in the front pocket, along with a flyer for the event.
As you probably know, we wrapped up our first week at Northern. The kids made a seemingly seamless transition into the new space, and it’s good for the kids to get a look at a college campus. The weather was beautiful, and lunch in the courtyard has been wonderful. Also, the kids loved wellness at Northern’s gym!
English w/ Mr. Rouse –
- Upcoming Tests/Quizzes- None
- Students continued their reading of I Must Betray You.
- Students started a general essay as the first writing assignment of the trimester.
Deep Dive w/ Mrs. Ochap and Mr. Jividen –
- Upcoming Tests/Quizzes – No Tests or Quiz Scheduled
- As a class we discussed the ABCs of biking
- We talked about what each student needs as we prepare for our first bike ride
- We discussed biking etiquette and expectations
- Blurb (3 Bullet Points) –
Math w/ Mrs. Boldrick –
- Upcoming Tests/Quizzes – None scheduled yet
- We reviewed how to simplify fractions, turn improper fractions to mixed numbers, and turning fractions to decimals and decimals to fractions.
- The students learned out Real Numbers – ask your child the difference between the natural numbers and whole numbers.
- We reviewed how to plot fractions and decimals on a number line.
Math w/ Mrs. Howells
- Upcoming Quiz – Tuesday, Sept. 10; Quiz on Lessons 1-6
- Students have a math packet to use as a study guide for Tuesday’s quiz. There are also many math games posted on our class website for practicing the skills which will be on the quiz. (www.mhowells.weebly.com)
- Please ensure that your student has headphones for math class.
- This week students perfected their understanding of adding and subtracting integers and learned to multiply and divide integers.
Social Studies w/ Mr. Jividen –
- Upcoming Tests/Quizzes – No Tests or Quizzes Scheduled
- Students spent time sharing their current events.
- We also discussed the upcoming presidential debate at length.
- Students watched footage from the first televised debate from 1960(only one student asked how old I was in 1960.)
Science w/ Mrs. Farris –
- Upcoming Tests/Quizzes – no test or quiz scheduled
Way to go 8th grade!!
- Scored 80% or above on the first science test (without bonus points)
- Utilized a gimkit study tool to prepare and earn bonus points