Mrs. Porter's 8th Grade

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            Congratulations to our Citizens of the week for
Week 30:
Matthew Irigoyen
Congratulations to our April Citizen of the month:
                               Lydia Wallace                                 

Master List

This list has all of the spelling, vocabulary, and Greek and Latin Roots for the week.  It also lists the homework and due dates of each section in Language Arts.  There will be tests on these concepts on Fridays.

master_lists_term_4.docx
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t-chart_base.docx
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spelling_homework masters
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Journal and Dailies

We do a journal writing assignment and our Dailies (geography, analogies, and language) each day.  The files are numbered for the week and the day of the week.  If a student has missed them, they can be found here.

J&D 19
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J&D 21
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J&D 23
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J&D 25
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J&D 27
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J&D 29
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jd_31.4.docx
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J&D 33
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J&D 20
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J&D 22
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J&D 24
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J&D 26
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J&D 28
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J&D 30
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J&D 32
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Reading

Assignment:  Read Chapter 1, vocab due on Wednesday, Questions for chapter 1 are due on Thursday.

White Mountains Questions
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Reports

Each term students will be expected to prepare and present a book report and a social studies report to the class.

Social Studies

The Social Studies report for fourth term will be a group project and a trifold presentation on the Newsboy's Strike of 1899.  It is due on May 16. 

newsies.docx
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newsies_rubric.pdf
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Reading

The books for the book reports must have been read during that term.  Please choose a book that interests you, but is at your reading level or higher.  Each student must put in two hours of outside preparation time to prepare the report.
Due dates are:
    October 18
    January 10
    March 5
    May 14

Report project ideas
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Social Studies

Week 30, March 12-16

Monday 

Math: MW Chapter 3 review test
LA:  Class activity
Spelling:  Define each word using a dictionary
Reading:
SS:  Class activity
English: 
Journal and Dailies: Journal and Dailies 30.1

Tuesday
Math: in class practice
LA: Vocabulary t-chart
Spelling:  write each word 5 times each
Reading:  Deathwatch, complete book
SS: 
English: 
Journal and Dailies 29.2

Wednesday
Math:  Page 58-59
LA:  Roots t-chart,
Spelling: Use each word in a sentence
Reading: Brainstorming alternative ending for Deathwatch
SS: 
Journal and Dailies: J&D 29.3

Thursday
Math: 
LA: Roots T-chart
Spelling:  Signed practice spelling test
Reading:  
SS: 
English: 
Journal and Dailies 24:4

Friday
Math:
LA:  test
Spelling:  test
Reading: 
SS: 
English: 
Journal and Dailies: 27:5

Contact Mrs. Porter

Math

This file contains the assignments for the rest of the year.

Math Assignments, Master
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7.3_a.pdf
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7.3_b.pdf
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Helpful hints for lesson 3.7
"What" is x
"Of" is multiply
"Is" means equals

www.khanacademy.org

http://www.purplemath.com/modules/systlin1.htm

The above site has a very good explanation on systems.

8th_grade_supply_lis1.pdf
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Spanish vocabulary

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Science.

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