8th Grade Parents:
If you have not submitted your photos for the graduation slideshow, please do so as soon as possible. Send them to Mrs. Chandler at achandler@hancockdayschool.org.
Thank you!
NOTES FROM 8th GRADE
8th Grade Physical Science Mrs. Huennekens
Students explored their creative side by creating marble launchers on Thursday in class. This lab was an experiment on speed and motion. On Friday, the students created marshmallow launchers to explore force. For the week of April 4th, the students will study Force and Newton’s Laws.
8th Grade Algebra 1 Mrs. Reardon
Next week we will finish up chapter 9 by factoring special products. We will take 2 days to review this chapter since it is so content rich. Students will take their Chapter 9 test on Friday (4/8).
8th Grade Geometry Mr. Lanfear
Next week there will be a test on Chapter 10 (10.1 - 10.6). Then, we will begin Chapter 11 and begin learning about finding the area of different quadrilaterals (11.1 - 11.2).
8th Grade Advanced Algebra Mr. Lanfear
Next week we will continue learning about surface area by discovering the formulas for pyramids and cones (9.3). There will be a day of review and then a quiz towards the end of the week covering 9.1 - 9.3.
8th Grade Language Arts Mrs. O’Connor
The 8th graders have been diligently working through the research process. On Monday students are expected to have copies of at least five sources and source cards in MLA format for each source. We will spend class time on Monday working on turning this research into a working outline, and later in the week students will begin composing their rough drafts. Additionally, we will also spend some class time exploring background information on William Shakespeare as we prepare to start reading Romeo and Juliet.
8th Grade History Mrs. English
This week we will continue our World War II unit. Readings and homework will come from Chapter 24.2. Students will receive their World War II research topics on Monday. Students will take a short quiz on Tuesday. We will take a mid-unit test on Friday over Chapter 24.1 & 2.
8th Grade Spanish Ms. Hughes
Next week in Spanish class, the 8th grade will discuss and write about sports medicine and international health organizations. Students will also create their own public information campaign using the vocabulary and grammar from Chapter 5B. The chapter test will be Thursday, April 7th.
NOTES FROM 7th GRADE
7th Grade Algebra 1 Mrs. Reardon
Next week we will finish up chapter 9 by factoring special products. We will take 2 days to review this chapter since it is so content rich. Students will take their Chapter 9 test on Friday (4/8).
7th Grade Pre-Algebra Mr. Lanfear
Next week we will continue working on linear equations and learn how to write them given certain information (8.6). There will be a day of review and then a test covering 8.1 - 8.6 towards the end of the week.
7th Grade Language Arts Mrs. Hannah
We are in the final stages of research paper writing! Monday and Tuesday, students will use all the steps we have completed so far to write a rough draft of their paper. Wednesday will be dedicated to peer review and editing, while Thursday and Friday will be an opportunity to revise the rough draft. The final draft of their paper will be both printed out and submitted via Google Classroom by the end of class on Friday 8 April. Seventh grade has done a phenomenal job so far, and I’m excited to see students improving their writing style by using a wider variety of sentence structures and word choice.
We are well into the third trimester, and there are already students who have well exceeded the six hour requirement! However, there are still a number of students who have not given me any minutes this trimester. Please encourage your child to read and record their minutes in their reading log. If you would like to know how many minutes I have recorded for your child, please email me.
7th Grade History Mrs. English
This week we will finish up our Chapter 9 study by discussing the war of 1812. Students will have a short take-home quiz on Chapter 9.3 on Monday and a Chapter 9.2, 3, & 4 test on Thursday. Readings and homework will come from Chapter 9.4. Looking forward to a good week!
7th Grade Spanish Ms. Hughes
Next week in Spanish class, the 7th grade will continue to discuss ways to help in the community. Each student chose a charity to research and they will present their charity to the class in Spanish. There will be a graded listening on Monday and they Chapter 8B test will be Wednesday, April 6th.
7th Grade Life Science Mrs. Huennekens
The students dissected a fish in class on Wednesday. We are preparing for the frog dissections which will take place soon. Our current focus is on Reptiles and Birds.
NOTES FROM 6th GRADE
6th Grade Earth Science Mrs. Reardon
Next week we will wrap up our chapter on Exploring Space with discussing our current and future space missions and will take a test over it towards the end of the week. Students will know if the test will be on Thursday (4/7) or Friday (4/8) by the end of class today (Friday 4/1).
6th Grade Math Mrs. Reardon
Next week we begin chapter 9 by learning how to convert percents to fractions, decimals, and putting them into a proportion. On Thursday, we will review for a quiz over sections 1 through 3.
6th Pre-Algebra Mr. Lanfear
Next week we will continue working on linear equations and learn how to write them given certain information (8.6). There will be a day of review and then a test covering 8.1 - 8.6 towards the end of the week.
6th Grade Language Arts Mrs. Guggenheim
We will continue our reading of The Diary of Anne Frank. During the unit we are working on a Timeline Project; I’ve asked the students to complete two entries a week in order to keep up with the project. In grammar we will finish discussing and reviewing prepositional phrases. The test on prep phrases will be on Friday, April 8. Please encourage your child to read and record their minutes in their reading log; there are still a number of students who have not given me any minutes this trimester. If you would like to know how many minutes I have recorded for your child, please email me.
6th Grade Ancient Civilizations Mrs. Hannah
Ancient Greek theatre is coming to life in class on Monday, as students will be presenting the fables they created with a group. They will be ‘in character’ as early Greek actors with masks they created to represent their roles. We will learn about prominent Greek thinkers on Tuesday and review Wednesday for the first quiz, which will take place Thursday 7 April.The quiz will cover everything we have learned so far, including the notes from class, the foldable comparing Athens and Sparta, and the notes over Chapter 8, Section 3.
6th Grade Earth Science Mrs. Huennekens
Students really seem to enjoy learning about Space. I shared with them NASA’s 50 Years of Exploration video and they were intrigued by the different designs of spacesuits and space crafts. Some even said they’d like to become astronauts! Perhaps they will do so and be able to go to Mars! Our test will be Friday, April 8th.
6th Grade Spanish Ms. Sotomayor
It’s been a great week! We are learning to use verbs such as “pedir” (to order or ask for), “poder” (to be able to), “querer” (to want to), and “ir [a]” (to go [to]). We’ve also discussed new vocabulary words such as names of common places within our community and surrounding areas. We have done a lot of group work creating conversations and practicing dialogue. We are off with our second group to Latin Chicks Restaurant today! Yesterday, the first group wowed the chef with their Spanish. I’ve no doubt this group will also! Next Thursday and Friday we will have our oral test.
