8th Grade - Mrs. Franke

Weekly Updates

(January 4 – January 9)

8F Homeroom:

Happy New Year! I pray that your 2009 is a year of continued blessings. May you also continue to delight in the joy that comes with knowing Jesus as our Savior.

-Please return the green ‘Holiday Church Attendance’ form on Monday, January 4.

-There will be no bus service on Monday, January 4.

-Third Quarter begins January 4. Report cards for 2^nd Quarter will be available on Tuesday, January 5. Please sign the yellow report card receipt after viewing your child’s report card on WebGrader and return it to school by Friday, January 9.

-Good luck to our 8^th grade boys’ basketball team and cheerleaders as they participate in the Danville Tournament this weekend.

-Mission Offering: Please encourage your child to bring in his/her chapel offering envelope each week. The mission focus for January is Camp Lakeview.

- Don’t forget to save Boxtops for Education and send them in periodically. Our next Boxtop collection date is January 30. Please also send in Nestle bottled water labels. You can also register your Jay C Card at either of the Jay C Food Stores in town to help our school earn free materials.

-Our classroom is also collecting used printer ink cartridges. If you don’t already recycle yours, please send them in.

-Calendar notes:

Sunday, January 4 -Church and Sunday School

Monday, January 5 -Chapel; no bus service

Tuesday, January 6 -Report cards available on WebGrader

Friday, January 9 -Market Day

8S English:

-The following supplies are needed for English class. (Please have these items at school on Monday, January 5) They will stay in the classroom.

One 2 pocket folder

One 1 subject spiral notebook

-Welcome to 2^nd semester English. Our class structure will involve a combination of grammar, vocabulary, and writing. For the most part we will have vocabulary lessons each week, but we will typically alternate weeks of grammar with weeks of writing. It will be our focus to incorporate the vocabulary and grammar into our writing. An explanatory course handout will be given to students on Monday, January 5.

-Grammar: We’ll start with a grammar week. We’ll use chapters 1-5 in our Shurley books to review pattern 1, the eight parts of speech, possessive form, sentences, and subject verb agreement. Our mini-lessons will come from Chapters 1-5 in Shurley.

-Writing: We’ll begin journal writing this week.

-Vocabulary: We’ll begin the Character Building unit this week. Character Building #1 will be covered this week.

Character Building #1

loyalty responsibility polite personality

respect mannerly optimism confidence

trustworthy fortitude honest caring

Word Wall Focus Words:

fortitude optimism reek turmoil

Assignments: There will be English assignments Monday – Thursday

Writing Assignment:

Upcoming Tests:

Vocabulary Test Character Building #1 (Thursday)

Grammar Application Chapter 5 (Friday)

7K English:

-The following supplies are needed for English class. (Please have these supplies at school on Monday, January 5) They will stay in the classroom.

One 1 subject spiral notebook

Welcome to 2^nd semester English. Our class structure will involve a combination of grammar, vocabulary, and writing. For the most part we will have vocabulary lessons each week, but we will typically alternate weeks of grammar with weeks of writing. It will be our focus to incorporate the vocabulary and grammar into our writing. An explanatory course handout will be given to students on Monday, January 5.

-Grammar: We’ll start with a grammar week. We’ll use chapters 1-5 in our Shurley books to review pattern 1, the 8 parts of speech, possessive form, sentences, and subject verb agreement. Our mini-lessons will come from Chapters 1-5 in Shurley.

-Writing: We’ll begin journal writing this week.

-Vocabulary: We’ll begin the ‘January’ Word Watchers unit this week. January week #1 will be covered this week.

January #1

brew fume glare hunch maze

murky reek simmer tote turmoil

Word Wall Focus Words:

fortitude optimism reek turmoil

Assignments: There will be English assignments Monday – Thursday

Writing Assignment:

Upcoming Tests:

Vocabulary Test January #1 (Thursday)

Grammar Application Chapter 5 (Friday)

Pre-Algebra:

-We’ll begin Chapter 5 (Plane Geometry) this week.

-Our lesson focus will be:

5-1 Points, Lines, Planes, and Angles

5-2 Parallel and Perpendicular Lines

5-3 Triangles

Assignments:

There will be assignments on Monday-Friday

Upcoming Quizzes and Tests:

Chapter 5-1 Quiz (Tuesday)

Chapter 5-2 Quiz (Thursday)

Chapter 5-3 Quiz (Monday, 1/12)

7 Literature:

We will be reading select stories from Unit 3 and Unit 4 in our textbook and interactive reader over the next 5 weeks. We will continue to focus on theme and character in these units. We will also examine mood, tone, and style. Our first story will be “Amigo Brothers” in the Literature textbook. Students also need to choose a new DEAR book and begin reading. DEAR books are to be at least 100 pages long, never read before by the student, and a book not made into a movie.

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

Monday – Vocabulary ws (Tuesday); DEAR book needed (Thursday)

Tuesday – Read pages 312-318; Complete Venn Diagram (Wednesday)

Wednesday – Read pages 318-322; Venn Diagram; DEAR book (Thursday)

Thursday – Study for test; Read DEAR

Friday – Read in DEAR; Interactive Reader needed on Monday

Upcoming Quizzes and Tests:

Vocabulary Quiz - Wednesday

“Amigo Brothers” Selection Test - Friday

DEAR Independent Reading Novel:

Choose a new DEAR novel. Please have the DEAR novel in class by Thursday.

Book Orders

Introduction to German

-Guten Tag! We will begin Unit 4: Colors and Shapes this week.

All handouts and worksheets will be kept in a one inch three ring binder which students may leave in the classroom except when they need to take it home to complete homework or study for a quiz or test.

Assignments:

-Unit 4 worksheets

Tests/Quizzes: