NOTES FROM THE HEAD OF THE MIDDLE SCHOOL
8TH GRADE VISITATION
COOKBOOK
CHAMPIONSHIP FEVER!
GOOD LUCK CHEERLEADERS
Middle School Student Government is sponsoring a Halloween Dress Down Day on Friday, October 31st. Students may wear appropriate Halloween Costumes and the cost is $3. More details to follow.
Support your
school!!!! Collect your BOX TOPS!!!
Remember, each one is worth
10 cents, so each one adds up! Deadline for first
collection is
Oct. 31st! Please check expiration dates, cut neatly, and
put in baggies of 50. Whether you have 50 or not, please mark how many are in
the bag with sharpie.
CONGRATULATIONS HUNTER SIMPSON
In celebration of this year’s Savannah
Children’s Book Festival.
Entrants in the Young Writers Contest range from students kindergarten to
college students, and attend public, private and home schools. They were tasked
to select at least five words from a list that was drawn from books by this
year’s Savannah Children’s Book Festival featured authors and illustrators.
There was no restriction on form, and their poems ranged from haiku to sonnets
and beyond.
Grades
6 - 8
First Place:
Hunter Simpson, “ Golden Autumn Memories,” 8th Grade, Hancock Day School
Second Place:
Millie Sellars, “Tomorrow,” 8th Grade, South Effingham Middle School
Third Place:
Kaleigh Lamont, “Time,” 8th Grade, Hesse K-8 School
Honorable Mention:
Zoe Culbreth, “We Dream,” 8th Grade, Memorial Day School
Honorable Mention:
Landri Morgan, “Secrets,” 7th Grade, Ebenezer Middle School
Middle School Student Government is sponsoring a Halloween Dress Down Day on Friday, October 31st. Students may wear appropriate Halloween Costumes and the cost is $3. More details to follow.
Support your school!!!! Collect your BOX TOPS!!! Remember, each one is worth 10 cents, so each one adds up! Deadline for first collection is Oct. 31st! Please check expiration dates, cut neatly, and put in baggies of 50. Whether you have 50 or not, please mark how many are in the bag with sharpie.
CONGRATULATIONS HUNTER SIMPSON
We have just been notified that Hunter
Simpson won the 6-8 grade division of this year’s Young Writer Contest. There were over 1,000 entries for this year’s
contest! Below is the press release from
the Live Oak Public Library.
In celebration of this year’s Savannah
Children’s Book Festival.
Live Oak Public Libraries is pleased to
announce the winners of its 2014 Savannah Children’s Book Festival Young
Writers Contest and Book Trailer Contest.
This is the 11th year of the annual writing competition and the second year for
the video book reviews contest.
Entrants in the Young Writers Contest range from students kindergarten to college students, and attend public, private and home schools. They were tasked to select at least five words from a list that was drawn from books by this year’s Savannah Children’s Book Festival featured authors and illustrators. There was no restriction on form, and their poems ranged from haiku to sonnets and beyond.
Grades
6 - 8
First Place: Hunter Simpson, “ Golden Autumn Memories,” 8th Grade, Hancock Day School
Second Place: Millie Sellars, “Tomorrow,” 8th Grade, South Effingham Middle School
Third Place: Kaleigh Lamont, “Time,” 8th Grade, Hesse K-8 School
Honorable Mention: Zoe Culbreth, “We Dream,” 8th Grade, Memorial Day School
Honorable Mention: Landri Morgan, “Secrets,” 7th Grade, Ebenezer Middle School
First Place: Hunter Simpson, “ Golden Autumn Memories,” 8th Grade, Hancock Day School
Second Place: Millie Sellars, “Tomorrow,” 8th Grade, South Effingham Middle School
Third Place: Kaleigh Lamont, “Time,” 8th Grade, Hesse K-8 School
Honorable Mention: Zoe Culbreth, “We Dream,” 8th Grade, Memorial Day School
Honorable Mention: Landri Morgan, “Secrets,” 7th Grade, Ebenezer Middle School
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6TH GRADE NEWS
6th Grade English Language Arts with Mrs. O'Connor
Next week sixth grade students will write a short in class
response to Maurice Ogden’s poem “The Hangman”. Students will take a quiz
over predicate nouns and adjectives on Wednesday, and on Thursday we will begin
our new unit studying short stories. We will also start work on our next
lesson in Wordly Wise.
6th Math with Mrs. Reardon
6th-7th Pre-Algebra with Mr. Lanfear
Next week in Math 6, we will continue in Chapter 4 by
revisiting greatest common factors, equivalent fractions, and least common
multiples. On Thursday (10/30), we will
review sections 1 through 4 and students will take a quiz over those sections
on Friday (10/31). Also, on Monday
(10/27) students will receive an outline for their math facts quiz that will
take place on Wednesday (10/29).
6th-7th Pre-Algebra with Mr. Lanfear
Next week we will begin our exploration of Chapter 4, which
covers some number theory. We will look at prime numbers (which are a
personal passion of mine) and composite numbers (4.1). We will learn how
to factor a composite number into its Prime Factorization (4.1). Students
will then learn how to factor monomials (4.1) and find the Greatest Common
Factor (GCF) of numbers and monomials (4.2). We will a have a quiz on
Friday covering 4.1-4.2.
6th Earth Science with Mrs. Reardon
Next week in Earth Science, we will continue discussing
latitude and longitude, the various time zones around the world, and daylight
saving time (ready or not, we “fall back” on November 2nd!). Students will apply their knowledge of
latitude and longitude as well as time zones to answer some critical thinking
questions mid-week. On Friday (10/31),
students will take a quiz over everything covered since their Chapter 2 test.
6th Earth Science with Mrs. Blake
The sixth
graders will finish their review of latitude, longitude, and time zones next
week. There will be a quiz over this on
Friday. At that point the class will be
introduced to Alfred Wegener and his theory of continental drift. Wegener proposed his theory one hundred years
ago and it was not accepted at the time.
The students will look at the evidence he used as the basis for this
theory and the reasons other scientists did not readily embrace Wegener's
ideas.
6th Spanish with Ms. Dixon
Next week, we will review our quizzes from Friday and
continue to work on conjugation. We’ll explore new vocabulary involving the
classroom and student life, and wrap up the first half of Capítulo Dos.
6th Ancient Civilizations with Mrs. Hannah
We have begun to study Egyptian civilization
by analyzing the geography of the Nile River Valley. To gain a deeper
understanding of Egyptian culture, your student chose a research topic in class
today: Egyptian fashion, god and goddesses, or King Tutankhamen. We learned
today how to create source cards and note cards so that students can organize
their research. At home this weekend, students need to complete 2 source cards
and 4 notecards about their chosen topic. Students will compile the information
into a booklet about their topic, complete with a cover page and photos. We
have 2 days next week dedicated to in-class research! The due date for this
project is Friday 7 November. Below is a link to a list of websites that
contain all the information the students will need for this project, along with
the project assignment sheet. If your student is unsure of the format for the
cards, I am in my room at 7:45 each morning for extra help!
7TH GRADE NEWS
7th Grade English Language Arts with Mrs. Hannah
We are continuing to analyze Roll
of Thunder, Hear My Cry, by completing a newspaper article project with
literature circle groups. We have already begun the planning process, and we
will work in class to complete the writing portion of the project in groups.
The students are responsible for binding the project at home. The completed
newspaper will be due Friday 31 October. We will have a quiz over chapters 5-8
that includes character identification, content, and vocabulary. Students
should refer to their reading calendar to stay current with the reading
expectations.
6th-7th Grade Pre-Algebra with Mr. Lanfear
Next week we will begin our exploration of Chapter 4, which
covers some number theory. We will look at prime numbers (which are a
personal passion of mine) and composite numbers (4.1). We will learn how
to factor a composite number into its Prime Factorization (4.1). Students
will then learn how to factor monomials (4.1) and find the Greatest Common
Factor (GCF) of numbers and monomials (4.2). We will a have a quiz on
Friday covering 4.1-4.2.
7th Grade Life Science with Mrs. Blake
7th-8th Algebra I with Mrs. Reardon
The seventh
graders will continue looking at molecular movement in and out of the cell next
week. These processes are critical to a cell’s ability to function. The students will also perform a lab dealing
with osmosis. They will have a quiz over the first two sections of this chapter
on Thursday.
7th-8th Algebra I with Mrs. Reardon
Next week in Algebra I, we will begin into Chapter 4
discussing the coordinate plane, graphing linear equations and graphing using
intercepts. This material (and graphing
in general) can become increasingly difficult for students, so I highly
recommend that if they are having trouble that they seek extra help in the
mornings when I am available! Thursday
(10/30), we will review for the chapter quiz that will take place on Friday
(10/31) over sections 1 through 3.
7th Spanish with Ms. Hughes
Next week in Spanish class, the 7th grade will
continue to work with the preterite tense conjugation and the new vocabulary. I
will introduce the Spanish direct object pronouns as well. It is very important
for students to review the new information each night as the grammar becomes
more challenging. There will be a
grammar quiz over the new material on Thursday, October 30th.
7th American History with Mrs. English
This week we will continue our
study of the 13 colonies. Students will see how the colonies formed
unique identities based on their physical geography. The South moved
towards farming and large plantations while the North moved toward factory
working and industry. Students will have a quiz on Chapter 3—Section 1
and summary notes on Chapter 3—Section 2-4 on Thursday, October 30th.
8TH GRADE NEWS
8th Grade English Language Arts with Mrs. O'Connor
Eighth grade students will finish watching To Kill a
Mockingbird during the early portion of next week. We will also be
reviewing types/kinds of sentences, and students will take a short quiz over
this material on Thursday. Our next literature unit will explore the
impact of a setting on mood and tone as we read The Hound of the
Baskervilles.
8th Grade Physical Science with Mrs. Blake
The eighth
graders will continue their study of the periodic table. One of the most important features of the
table is that it helps students understand why certain elements will form
compounds and others will not. They will have a quiz on the periodic table next
Thursday. The class will then look at
the different types of mixtures and ways in which they can be separated.
7th-8th Algebra I with Mrs. Reardon
Next week in Algebra I, we will begin into Chapter 4 discussing the coordinate plane, graphing linear equations and graphing using intercepts. This material (and graphing in general) can become increasingly difficult for students, so I highly recommend that if they are having trouble that they seek extra help in the mornings when I am available! Thursday (10/30), we will review for the chapter quiz that will take place on Friday (10/31) over sections 1 through 3.
Next week in Algebra I, we will begin into Chapter 4 discussing the coordinate plane, graphing linear equations and graphing using intercepts. This material (and graphing in general) can become increasingly difficult for students, so I highly recommend that if they are having trouble that they seek extra help in the mornings when I am available! Thursday (10/30), we will review for the chapter quiz that will take place on Friday (10/31) over sections 1 through 3.
8th Advanced Algebra with Mr. Lanfear
Next week we will continue Chapter 11 by looking at how to
simplify radicals (11.2). Students will simplify radicals with and
without variables, as well as combining “like radicals.” There will be a
quiz on Wednesday covering sections 11.1 (graphing square root functions) and
the basics of 11.2.
8th Geometry with Mr. Lanfear
Next week we will continue looking at Chapter 4 and
triangles and congruence. We will investigate transformations (rotations,
translations, and reflections) (4.3) as well as begin to prove triangles are
congruent by a variety of means (4.4).
8th Spanish with Ms. Hughes
Next week in Spanish class, the 8th grade will
learn how to give directions using Spanish prepositions, the new vocabulary,
and a map from Mexico City. We will also be discussing irregular affirmative commands
and irregular present progressive forms. There will be a grammar quiz over this
material on Thursday, October 30th.
This week we will continue our
study of the Industrial Revolution. We also will discuss how government
helped the Industrial Revolution rise. We will have a quiz on Chapter
17-Section 1 and Chapter 18-Section 1 on Wednesday October 29th.
End of the week readings will come from Chapter 18—Section 2.
Homework will include defining vocabulary, answering checkpoint
questions, and end of the section questions.
