Meet the 8th Grade Teachers
Third Nine Weeks At A Glance
ScienceIn the third nine weeks in 8th grade Science we are in our Energy unit. Activities in this unit focus on exploring the relationship between force, motion, and energy; and how conservation of energy affects any transformation that occurs from one type of energy to another. Major topics include physics, energy, and natural resources. This unit culminates with a performance assessment where students will design a model to transport resources to a remote village using their knowledge of force, motion, energy and natural resources. Ms. Cowley (469)752-8587 [email protected] Ms. Jones (469)752-8584 [email protected] Dr. Thielbar (469)752-8583 [email protected] |
Math 8 and Algebra 1Math 8: During the third nine weeks the students will:
Determine the rate of change, from a table, graph, context, and an equation Identify the slope and y-intercept of a linear function from its table, graph, context or equation in the form y=mx+b. Graph a linear relationship Write linear equations and inequalities with variables on both sides Find the point of intersection using a graph Making predictions about relationships found in scatter plots using trend lines Analyzing a scatter plot and determining the association between the variables Comparing data sets Calculating the mean absolute deviation for a data set up to ten values Identifying appropriate methods of generating random samples Finding the volume of cones, cylinders, and spheres Finding the lateral and total surface area of rectangular prisms, triangular prisms, and cylinders Using formulas to find missing measurements of a three-dimensional figure given the volume Mrs. Wilson [email protected] (469)752-8572 Mr. Sipes (469)752-8582 Algebra I: During the third nine weeks the students will: Simplify numerical radical expressions. Simplify numerical and algebraic expressions using laws of exponents. Represent domain and range of exponential functions. Write exponential functions. Graph growth and decay exponential functions. Identify terms of geometric sequences. Write a formula for the nth term of geometric sequences. Classify polynomials by degree and number of terms. Add and subtract one and two degree polynomials. Multiply and divide one and two degree polynomials. Mrs. Wilson [email protected] (469)752-8572 Mr. Sipes (469)752-8582 [email protected] Mr. Blue (469)752-8578 [email protected] |
History and PACEU.S. History: New Republic
This unit is designed to help students understand the challenges faced by the new republic during the presidencies of Washington, Adams, Jefferson, Madison, and Monroe. Significant foreign and domestic events under each of these presidents will be examined. The culminating assessment is a document-based essay on the leadership role of the earliest presidents. This is an opportunity for the students to participate in the process of writing a document-based essay as a practice before the document-based essay is administered for the district semester exam. PACE: We will be working on the New Republic Unit, which looks at that point in U.S. History through the lenses of the first five president, Washington to Monroe. Groups from each class will be assigned a president to research and then develop a presentation that highlights foreign and domestic policies. Students then have to use that information to evaluate the performance of those first five presidents and how much they did to strengthen and stabilize the early United States. Lesia Smith (469)752-8576 [email protected] Zeshan Khan (469)752-8577 [email protected] Robert Keahey (469)752-8575 [email protected] |
EnglishOur 3rd unit for 8th Grade English is titled, “Conflict and Unrest” and focuses on the analysis of the concept of conflict as it exists in fiction and non-fiction texts. With an emphasis on students developing understandings that surpass the superficial definitions of "internal/external" and "man vs. man or self" conflicts, this unit introduces an array of conflict types and levels found in a variety of texts. One of the goals for this unit is for students to expand their understandings of the concept of “conflict” – to move beyond the limiting “internal” and “external” labels in order to see the myriad factors that influence how we grapple with and respond to the struggles we encounter. For that reason, students are afforded the opportunity to write on a variety of conflict topics – from those that are significant to some that are trivial through the quick writes known as “conflict cards.”
Additionally, Honors students will read Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury while On Level students read the play, Novio Boy. Both Honors and On Level classes will participate in book clubs for this unit on the study of conflict. Rita Attuquayefio (469)752-8586 [email protected] Kristin Arrambide (469)752-8579 [email protected] Celia Rendon (469)752-8559 [email protected] |