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Remember when I mentioned youthful enthusiasm as the perfect counter to winter’s fury? Well, I don’t doubt it still is, but we decided to play it safe this week. We hope you stayed warm and your tires stayed full! Even though we had a bumpy start to the week, it was still a busy one! We did a second spelling bee round, and 8th took a field trip to Jamie Peck Productions. Congrats to Trennan for winning this week and Tesla for being the runner-up. They are 1-1. Please see details about Reimagine Middle School being rescheduled.
English w/ Mr. Rouse –
- Upcoming Tests/Quizzes- Aimsweb date moved. TBA.
- Continued our reading of The Prince of Nowhere.
- Thesis Paragraph topic was to identify what they believe to be the most important quality in a leader.
- Watched a Ted Talk on leadership.
Math w/ Mrs. Boldrick –
- Upcoming Tests/Quizzes – Pythagorean Theorem and Triangles, Wed. January 29
- The students will take a quiz on using the Pythgorean Theorem next Wednesday, January 29.
- This week, they demonstrated their confidence with solving for a missing side of a triangle.
- Against much reluctance, we applied the Pythagorean Theorem to real world problems; AKA – Word Problems! Their challenge was drawing the picture. Once they understood how to draw out their triangle, they solved the problems with ease. These word problems will be on their quiz next week.
Math w/ Mrs. Howells
- Upcoming Test – Aimsweb on Monday, January 27
- Students took the Chapter 3 test on Inequalities. Their grades will be added to Google Classroom.
- We started some very preliminary work on our next topic: Rational Numbers.
- Next week we will jump into this topic and classify rational numbers and begin operations with rational numbers.
Science w/ Mrs. Farris –
- Upcoming Tests/Quizzes –
- We created a double helix model using twizzlers and gumdrops!
- The gumdrops represented the four DNA bases, and students were challenged to develop genetic codes.
- We wrapped up the week with a successful vocabulary quiz—great job, 8th grade!
Music w/ Mrs. Chelsey –
- Friday morning we went on our field trip to Jamie Peck Productions recording studio! We all worked together to meld our thoughts for what instruments the students wanted and the specific sound they were going for. Jamie was incredible at taking our ideas and turning them into a background track that we will then continue working with in the classroom. Next up, crafting lyrics for the verses and chorus!!
