8th Grade - Mrs. Franke

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(Week of March 7)

8F Homeroom:

·   This Week's Bible Verse - "Praise the Lord! Yes, give praise, O servants of the Lord!  Praise the name of the Lord."  Psalm 113:1

·  Penny Wars - Students did an excellent job of bringing in money for this past week's penny wars.  Way to go!   We had the most positive points on Tuesday, so students earned an extra recess!  Yippee!  We also just found out that our 8F classroom total was the highest in the school.  8F students brought in a total of $304.03!  Wow!  Mr. Behmlander has awarded us a pizza party for our efforts.  All funds raised will be given to Good Shepherd Lutheran in Haiti. 

• Mission Offering - Please encourage your child to bring in his chapel offering envelope each week.  The mission focus for March is Trinity Lutheran High School.  
  
• Hoops for Heart - Congratulations to Ally Posey.  Ally was the top fundraiser for the program.  Ally received a cool prize.
  
• NLWS - Sunday begins National Lutheran Schools week.  We'll begin our week with a special worship on Sunday at Immanuel Lutheran Church.  All students will sing, and the advanced band will play.  We'll also have a special worship service on Monday at Trinity Lutheran High School.  Lutheran schools from the surrounding areas will worship together on Monday.  Immanuel students are to wear maroon and gold.  The eighth graders can wear their '10 shirts or another maroon Warrior Wear shirt.  Other special activities and dress up days are listed in the Weekly Warrior and in the calendar section below.
• Inflatables - Our PTL will sponsor inflatables again this year for NLSW.  8th graders with signed permission slips will be bouncing during first period on Thursday and Friday with confirmation pastors.  Permission slips for participating will be coming home on Monday.  Please sign and return the permission slip so that your child will be able to participate.
  
• Friday, March 12 - Friday, March 12 marks the end of the third quarter.  Grades for the quarter are due to the office before 8 a.m. as  teachers arrive back @ school on Monday, March 22.   This means all student work needs to be recorded in our grade-books before this time.   If your child has missing work, or if your child will not be here on Friday, March 12, please have them take all tests and turn in all assignments for each of their classes before Spring Break.
• Dress Code Reminder - Please review the dress code standards in the large parent handbook.  (Also available on our website)  As the weather gets warmer, make sure shorts are proper length and shirts are long enough and have sleeves.  Also, clothing should not have any rips, tears, holes, worn spots - even if it is for the reason of fashion.  Students have been reminded of the policy and the consequences on a few occasions prior to this week.   It saddens me to be the 'heavy' with the dress code. Please encourage compliance at home as well.
  

·        Jay C Points - Please register your Jay C Plus card for Immanuel Lutheran School the next time you are shopping at Jay C.  Our school receives helpful educational supplies as a result of this program.

·         Save these items!  - Our classroom is collecting BoxTops for Education, Campbell's Labels for Education UPC codes, and used printer cartridges.  Please send these items in when you can.  Thank you!

·        Calendar notes -

Sunday, March 7     - Church and Sunday School; NLSW begins.  Advanced band and all ILC students will play/sing at the 9 a.m. Immanuel service.

Monday, March 8    - NLSW Chapel Service @ Trinity; Maroon and Gold day; Athletic assembly to honor winter athletes @ 2:30.

Tuesday, March 9     - Taco Bell day; Dress as a service person; "service" assemblies @ 2:25

Wednesday, March 10 - Hat day; Magician assembly @ 2:15; Lenten Services

Thursday, March 11 - Crazy socks or shoes day

Friday, March 12 -   Pajama pants day (please be modest in your attire)

Sunday, March 7 -  Church and Sunday School

7R English:

-Grammar:  We will wrap up our review of patterns 1-7 in Shurley this week.   Our final Ch 24 quiz will be on Friday, March 12.

-Writing:    We will continue with Writing Workshop this week; Students will have time in class to work through the stages of writing.  This week's focus will be: writing in Writer's Notebook and the stages in process writing.  Our next writing deadline is Monday, March 7.  Students will need to turn in a self revised and self edited persuasive acrostic on this date.   We will use peer suggestions to revise our draft.  A second draft will be due on Wednesday.  We will then edit.  The final draft (with the rubric, rough, and second draft) is due Friday.  Students are asked to complete a 'Daily Log' each day in class.  This will help track time/task management and help students organize their Writing Workshop time.  Daily Logs will be collected on the last day of each week.

Writer's Notebooks:  Students will continue to write in their Writer's Notebooks this week.  Students have pasted a list of ideas for different entries into the back of their notebook.  All prewriting for drafts should go into the notebooks as well.  Entries will be assessed on quality, variety, and quantity.    Class time will be given to make entries on most days. 

Writing Deadlines:  Third quarter writing project deadlines are posted in the classroom.  Students may work in class during writing workshop days on these projects and also work on them at home.  Projects may be turned in ahead of time.  I've listed the next few deadlines below.

-Vocabulary:  We'll continue with our Word Watcher's vocabulary words, March #2, this week.    Our topic this week celebrates the anniversary of birthday of Albert Einstein.  Each week, students will be given a worksheet assignment for dictionary work on Monday, a reinforcement study guide assignment on Tuesday, and will be given a vocabulary quiz on Thursday.  The quizzes involve spelling each word and knowing its definition.  A bonus question will come from the Word Wall Words. 

March #2:

         
Word Wall Words:

inquisitive     baffle     pittance     deplete

Assignments:  There will be take home assignments Monday - Thursday.  

Writing Deadlines: 

• Persuasive Acrostic rough and final (self-revised/self-edited, peer revised/peer edited, teacher/adult read and approved) due Monday, March 8.
• Revisions and second draft due Wednesday.
• Editing and Final Draft due Friday (also turn in rubric, rough, and second drafts)
  

·   Writer's Notebook due Friday, March 12.

·        Daily Log due Friday, March 12.

Upcoming Tests:

Vocabulary -Thursday, March 11 (March, Week #2) 

Shurley - Ch 24 (Patterns 1-7) - Friday, March 12

Pre-Algebra:

-We'll  finish Chapter 5 (Plane Geometry) this week. 

 Lesson focus will be:

Assignments: 

There will be assignments on Monday -Thursday of this week.

Upcoming Quizzes and Tests:

8F English:

-Grammar:  We will finish our review or patterns 1-7 in Shurley this week.   Our Ch 24 (Patterns 1-7) Shurley Quiz will be on Friday, March 12.

-Writing:    We will continue with Writing Workshop this week; Students will have time in class to work through the stages of writing.  This week's focus will be: writing in Writer's Notebook and the stages in process writing.  Our next writing deadline is Friday, March 12.  Students will need to turn in a final 'publication'  on this date.  Prior to turning in the final publication students will need get teacher approval on the rough and second drafts, get peer input on revising the rough draft, and editing help on the second draft.    Students have choice of topic, audience, genre, and format for the publication.  Time will be given in class on most days to work on the project.   This past week students chose topic, genre, audience, and format.  They did brainstorming and gathered information.  After prewriting, students began drafting on Thursday and Friday.  It is suggested that students have their first draft complete by end of 5th period on Monday.  Revisions and a second draft should be complete by Thursday morning at the latest.   Editing and the final draft are due on Friday.  All three drafts and the rubric should be turned in on Friday.  Students are asked to complete a 'Daily Log' each day in class.  This will help track time/task management and help students organize their Writing Workshop time.  Daily Logs will be collected on the last day of each week.

Writer's Notebooks:  Students will continue to write in their Writer's Notebooks this week.  Students have pasted a list of ideas for different entries into the back of their notebook.  All prewriting for drafts should go into the notebooks as well.  Entries will be assessed on quality, variety, and quantity.    Class time will be given to make entries on most days. 

Writing Deadlines:  Third quarter writing project deadlines are posted in the classroom.  Students may work in class during writing workshop days on these projects and also work on them at home.  Projects may be turned in ahead of time.  I've listed the last deadlines for the quarter below.

-Vocabulary:  We'll begin with our Consumer Management vocabulary words, Consumer Management #4, this week.   Each week, students will be given a worksheet assignment for dictionary work on Monday, a reinforcement study guide assignment on Tuesday, and will be given a vocabulary quiz on Thursday.  The quizzes involve spelling each word and knowing its definition.  A bonus question will come from the Word Wall Words.

Consumer Management #4:

         
Word Wall Words:

deplete          baffle          pittance          inquisitive

Assignments:  There will be take home assignments Monday - Thursday.  

Writing Deadlines: 

• Suggested deadline for rough draft (Monday); second draft (Tuesday/Wednesday)
• Writer's Notebook due Friday, March 12
• Final 'Publication' rough, second, final drafts due Friday, March 12.

·        Daily Log due Friday, March 12.

Upcoming Tests:

Vocabulary -Thursday, March 11 (Consumer Management, Week #4)

Shurley Ch 24 quiz - Friday, March 12

7 Literature: 

-We'll finish our novel unit, The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe this week.  This fantasy is a wonderful novel that not only has exciting adventure and historical connections, but author C.S. Lewis also makes many Christian connections and analogies.  I encourage you to read this novel along with your seventh grader if you haven't yet read it!  Students will read 1-2 chapters each night.  Most nights students will also complete a journal response to the reading.

-For our final assessment, students may complete a study guide and take a test, or they may complete their choice of a R.A.F.T.S. writing assignment.  I have the descriptions for the writing assignment available early upon request.  I will ask students which assessment option they plan to choose on Tuesday, March 9.

Assignments: (Date given in italics; Date due in parenthesis following assignment)

Friday -          Read Chapter 13,14; complete one journal for both chapters (Monday)

Monday -        Read chapter 15; journal ch 15 (Due Tuesday)

Tuesday -        Read chapter 16 journal Ch 16 (Wednesday)

Wednesday - Read Ch 17 (Thursday)

Thursday -     Complete study guide and study for test or R.A.F.T.S. writing (Friday)

Friday -         

Upcoming Quizzes and Tests:

Possible Quizzes on Monday and Thursday

6 Literature: 

-We'll continue Unit 5 this week.  Our next story is "Thunder, Lightning, and Tornadoes" 

-Vocabulary to know from "Thunder, Lightning, and Tornadoes":  dwell, accustomed, occasional, revived, elapse, phenomena, spirals, funel, persist, wrenched

-Reading Quizzes:  For the reading selection quizzes from our reading book, students will need to know the definition of each of the vocabulary words and how to spell them.  They'll also need to know the details of what happened in the story and be able to respond to specific ideas with writing.

-Students continue to read AR (Accelerated Reader).   Students have set their goals for 3rd quarter, and most of them have succeeded in meeting these goals.  Congratulations!  All AR testing for the third quarter must be complete by end of day on Friday, March 12.    The AR books should be novels that students have never read, on their reading level (fourth grade and above), and one that they would enjoy reading.  Students should bring the novel to class each day.   Students will have the opportunity to read AR in class and to take AR tests during part of each class period.    F.Y.I.  Students can get a jump start on fourth quarter AR goals, by reading a novel or two over spring break!

Assignments: (Date given in italics; Date due in parenthesis following assignment)

Friday -           Read AR (Monday)

Monday -         Vocabulary ws (Due Tuesday)

Tuesday -         Reread 'Thunder, Lightning, and Tornadoes" (Wednesday)

Wednesday -    Read AR (Thursday)

Thursday -      Review ws; study for test; finish up the AR goal (Friday)

Friday -           Read!
   

Upcoming Quizzes and Tests:

"Thunder, Lightning, and Tornadoes" Vocabulary, Spelling, and Comprehension Quiz on Friday.