Happy New Year! Welcome to 2013 - it's hard to believe we're down to only 6 months left of Grade 8. This is when time really starts to fly. We have a busy January ahead of us, leading us into an even busier February!
Our major focus in Language will be collaborating as students share in a Literature Circle with their peers. Students received their books today - please ask your child about his or her novel. Also, students should have a duotang to organize their literature circle handouts - binders will not be convenient, so duotangs are strongly encouraged.
Click here to see the novels that our class will be reading.
Our Language schedule begins with Group 1 (the students whose "homebase" is Bax's class) having their first official literature circle meeting on Thursday of this week. Assigned chapters must be read and the activity sheet that accompanies their roles must be complete as well. Group 2 ("homebased" out of Skelton's class) will have their first official literature circle meeting on Friday; same rules apply.
We will be starting a "big project" (Bax's words!) in Math. Our Measurement unit will find students practicing conversion of measurements, finding area and perimeter of regular and irregular shapes, finding circumference and area of circles, and using volume formulas. These skills will be transferred to designing a home and a piece of property involving several structures and landscaping features.
For now, we are working with circles, finding circumference and area. Here are the solutions to today's problems (we didn't quite get there!):
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Between December and January, we've welcomed three new members to our class. We are up to 30 students now! Welcome to our newest Falcons!
Thank you for taking the time to read the blog! If you know parents of other Grade 8 students who might be interested, please pass along the link.
Have a great week,
Miss Skelton :)
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