ELA:
Upon returning from the holiday break, the students will begin to read The Boy Who Dared.
Vocab story or sentences will be due Monday January 8, 2018
Vocab test will be Friday January 12, 2018
The students will be learning about verbs in the imperative mood.

Math:
The students will be studying scientific notation.
There will be a quiz on January 10th or 11th.

ELA:
The students will finish reading "When Do Kids Become Adults?"/take comprehension test
Vocab Test will be Thursday December 21, 2017
The students will research and outline information for a persuasive essay.


Math:
The students will continue to study the Pythagorean Theorem.
Quiz Wednesday or Thursday

ELA:
The students will be reading " When Do Kids Become Adults."
Vocab sentences or story are due Friday December 15, 2017
Vocab test will be Thursday December 21, 2017
This week, the students will be learning about active and passive voice.


Math:
There will be an angle quiz this Tuesday or Wednesday.

ELA:
The students will complete reading "Marigolds."
Infinitives and gerunds will be studied.
Friday December 8th will be the vocab test for "Marigolds."


Math:
The students will continue to study angles.
There will be a quiz on Wednesday or Thursday on setting up and solving equations in order to determine missing angle measurements.

ELA:
The students will be reading "Marigolds."
Sentences or a story using the vocab words will be due Friday December 1, 2017.
Vocab test will be Friday December 8, 2017 (need to know spelling and definitions)


Math:
The students will be learning about parallel lines cut by a transversal.

ELA:
The students will be completing activities with the story "All Summer in a Day."
This week, the students will complete their persuasive dialogues.


Math:
This week, the students will review volume formulas.
There will be a volume test either Tuesday or Wednesday.

ELA:
The students will be writing a persuasive dialogue.
The students will be reading "The Funeral of Lincoln."

Math:
The students will continue to learn about volume.
There will be a test on volume before the Thanksgiving break.

ELA:
The students will complete "The Outsider" activities.
This week, the students will review how to write dialogue.
Vocab story or sentences are due Monday 11-6-17
Vocab Test is Wednesday 11-8-17


Math:
This week, the students will begin to learn about volume.

ELA:
The class will be reading "The Outsider" by H.P. Lovecraft.
Vocab sentences or story is due November 3, 2017-using vocabulary from "The Outsider"
Vocabulary Test for "The Outsider" will be Wednesday November 8, 2017.
"The Outsider" comprehension test will be Tuesday November 7, 2017.
Final copies of essays are due this week
The students will be reviewing how to properly use quotation marks and dialogue in their writing.


Math:
Currently, the students are learning how to determine the surface area of triangular prisms.
There will be a quiz either Thursday or Friday.

ELA:
Students will be working on narrative essays.
The class will be completing "The Monkey's Paw."
There will be a test on "The Monkey's Paw"-Wednesday or Thursday
Vocab Test will be on Friday

Math:
Students will complete the study of surface area.
There will be a quiz on surface area ---Thursday or Friday

ELA:
The students will be reading "The Monkey's Paw," this week.
Vocabulary for "The Monkey's Paw" test will be October 27, 2017
A short story or sentences using the vocabulary due October 20, 2017
The students will be studying the parts of speech, this week.

Math:
The students will be reviewing area of various figures.
The students will continue to study surface area.

ELA:
This week, the students will be reading The Tell-Tale Heart.
Currently, the students are studying adverbs.
The students will begin writing an essay for Red Ribbon Week.
Horror Vocab Test Will Be Friday October 13th

Math:
The students will begin to learn about surface area.

ELA:
Wonder Quiz = Thursday

This week the students will be beginning the Horror section of the 8th grade literature books.
There will be new vocabulary words assigned, this week. The next vocabulary test will be Friday October 13th.

The students will be identifying different parts of speech in sentences.


Math:

Currently, the students are studying the area of composite figures.
There will be a test on Friday.

ELA:
The students are completing an essay on the topic of "The Most Important Things In Life."

Wonder quiz will be this week.

Vocab test will be Friday September 29, 2017



Math;
Quiz on circumference and area of circles.
The students will begin to learn about determining the area of composite figures.

ELA:
Wonder Quiz, this week
The students are creating posters and writing essays about "The Most Important Things In Life."


Math:
This week, the students will be studying area of circles.
Quiz Friday

WELCOME BACK!!!!

ELA:
The students are continuing to read Wonder.
Next week, the students will have vocabulary-tests will be on Fridays.

Math:
The students are studying area and circumference.
There will be a quiz, next week.

ELA:
The students are continuing to read Wonder.
MARE projects are being completed, this week.

7th Math:
Currently, the students are working on a Geometric House project.


8th Math:
The students are working on graduation speeches.

ELA:
The students are currently reading, Wonder.
The students are working on MARE projects.

7th Math:
After their trip, the students will be completing an SGO and working on a geometry project.

8th Math:
Currently, the students are studying parallel lines cut by a transversal and angles.
Quiz this week

ELA:
7th and 8th grade students are currently reading Wonder.
The students are beginning to research topics for MARE projects.

7th Math:
Currently, the students are learning how to solve and graph inequalities.
There will be a quiz next week.

8th Math:
The students are learning about different types of angles.
There will be a quiz late next week.

ELA:
The students will not be having ELA class this week; due to PARCC testing.

7th Math:
The students are continuing to practice solving two step equations.

8th Math:
The students will complete solving/simplifying equations and determining the number of solutions  test on Monday.

ELA:
7th grade will begin reading, Wonder.
8th grade will begin reading, The Diary of Anne Frank.
The students have been completing PARCC practice activities.

7th Math: The students are learning how to solve "two-step" equations.
Quiz Friday

8th Math: The students are learning how to solve multi-step equations and determine if they have: one solution, no solutions, or many solutions.
Quiz Friday

ELA: Reading: 7th will complete The City of Ember; they will begin Wonder by R.J. Palacio 8th will complete The Boy Who Dared; they will take their final test Thursday. Writing: The students are writing an essay in MYACCESS about "An Activity That I Do Well." The class continues to study subgenres of fiction. 7th Math: The students have been learning about probability. 8th Math: The students are learning about solving equations, using the distributive property. Test this week

ELA:
7th grade is currently reading The City of Ember.
8th grade is currently reading The Boy Who Dared.

In writing class, the students are learning about the genre of fiction and the subgenres of it.


7th Math:
The students are learning about commission, discounts, interest, tax, and tip.
There will be a quiz, this week.


8th Math:
The students are learning how to solve equations with multiple steps including; the distributive property and variables on both sides.

Quiz will be on Thursday or Friday.

ELA:
7th Grade is reading The City of Ember.

8th Grade is reading The Boy Who Dared.- Quiz on Monday

Writing: The students will be completing their storybird.com project.
               The students will be learning about author's purpose and genre.


7th Math:
The students will be learning about: tax, tip, and simple interest.

8th Math:
The students will be learning about how to use the distributive property.

ELA:
7th grade continues to read The City of Ember.
8th grade continues to read The Boy Who Dared.

In writing class, the students are using "storybird" to create a figures of speech book.

The students have taken PARCC practice tests.

7th Math:
The students are creating sale price word problems to be used to play a game.
There will be a quiz, on Tuesday or Wednesday.

8th Math:
The students are learning how to solve equations with variables on both sides.

ELA:
7th grade is reading The City of Ember.
Quiz next week

8th grade is reading The Boy Who Dared.
Quiz next week

Writing: The students are completing Figures of Speech projects.

7th Math:
Currently, the students are learning about wholesale prices, retail prices, discounts and sales tax.
Quiz next week

8th Math:
This week the students are completing their Unit Two tests.
Also, the students will be learning how to solve equations with variables on both sides.

ELA:
7th Grade continues to read The City of Ember.
There will be a quiz, next week.

8th Grade continues to read The Boy Who Dared.
There will be a quiz Monday.

Writing: Next week, the class will begin working on a figures of speech project.

7th Math:
Currently, the students are learning about percent increase and decrease.
There will be a quiz next week.

8th Math:
Currently, the students are completing a unit review.
There will be a unit test early, next week.

ELA:
Reading:
7th grade is reading The City of Ember.
There will be a quiz, next week.

8th is reading The Boy Who Dared.
The class will be completing a timeline of the events in the book.

Writing:
Currently, the students have been working on researching countries that they would like to visit.


7th Math:
The students have taken their final test on Module 4.
Next, the students will be learning about price increases and decreases.
There will be a quiz sometime late next week.

8th Math:
Currently, the students are learning how to draw and interpret graphs, given specific scenarios.
Module test will be early next week.

ELA
Writing:
The students are currently working on country and state projects.

Reading:
7th Grade is currently reading The City of Ember.
8th grade will be starting The Boy Who Dared.

7th Math:
The students are learning how to use graphs and tables to show proportional relationships.

8th Math:
The students are learning how to compare functions.

ELA:
7th grade will begin reading The City of Ember.
8th grade will continue to read The Outsiders.

In writing, the students are learning how to correctly combine sentences.
There will be a combining sentences quiz, next week.

7th Math:
This week, the students created a game to review all of the topics learned during the second marking period.
Next week, we will continue to study rates and proportions.

8th Math:
Currently, the students are learning about functions.
There will be a quiz next week.

ELA:

Reading:
7th grade is currently reading, Hatchet.     Final Quiz this week
8th grade is currently reading, The Outsiders.   Chpt 5-7 test early next week

Writing:
 The students will be completing their compare/contrast essays, this week.


7th Math:
The students are learning how to calculate unit rate.
 Possible unit rate quiz Friday


8th Math:
The students are learning how to complete function tables.
Quiz next week

ELA:
7th Grade is reading Hatchet
Quiz Next Week

8th Grade is reading The Outsiders
Quiz Next Week

Writing:
 currently writing a compare-contrast essay
 identifying subjects/verbs
 identifying sentences as: simple-compound-complex


7th Math:
Next week, the students will begin studying Unit Rate

8th Math:
Next week, the students will begin studying Linear Equations

ELA:
Reading:
7th grade is reading Hatchet-Quiz next week
8th grade is reading The Outsiders - Quiz next week

Writing:
Currently, the students are developing essays that compare and contrast famous speeches.


Math:
The students are learning how to multiply and divide fractions and decimals.
Test Next Wednesday or Thursday