8th Grade
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File Submission (if applicable)
Parent Instructions
Students will sign up for their individual school. They will read and answer questions for 4 passages. Their teacher can see how much time is spent on each passage and the student should be making notes and annotating the text.
Student Instructions
All students go to activelylearn.com. You will be asked to give a code. The class name for Bon Lin Middle is: BLMS2020. The code is H39FP. The class name for Appling Middle is: AMSELA2020. The code is: aimp8. The class name for Elmore Park is: EPMS2020. The code is: opndi. Once you have logged in, you will complete the 4 readings for the week. You can communicate with classmates by posting notes on what your thoughts are. You can highlight words to get the definition. You can annotate the text. Your teacher can see any notes you create, as well as how much time you spend on each passage.
Learning Opportunity Objective
Determine a theme or central idea of a text and analyze its development over the course of the text, including its relationship to supporting ideas, characters, setting, and or plot
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IXL Spring Spotlight: https://www.ixl.com/ela/skill-plans/ixl-spring-spotlight-8th-grade#section-1 File Submission (if applicable)
Parent Instructions
Your student can use the daily IXL activities to practice ELA concepts essential for next-level success. The IXL link provides practice on 2 skills each day, offers immediate feedback, and tracks performance level, providing a score of progress towards mastery.
Student Instructions
Click on the IXL link to identify the Week 2 practice activities and work on the ELA skills given each day of the week. After you have reached 80% mastery on both skills, challenge yourself to go higher!
Learning Opportunity Objective
Students will be able to read and understand informational texts, identifying main ideas, tracing arguments, and supporting conclusions with relevant textual evidence
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Parent Instructions
Have your student access the text on-line or in the PDF. Students should record answers in Pages or Word and submit to their teacher.
Student Instructions
Use the link to join Common Lit, login if you already have a username and password. Read the text "To Build a Fire", complete the Guided Questions to see how well you comprehended the reading, answer the Assessment Questions (on-line or in the PDF) on a word document or in Pages to submit to your teacher. If you are in Exceptional ELA, answer the Discussion Question and submit. Discussion Question: What is more integral to survival: instinct or imagination? Cite evidence from this text, your own experience, and other literature, art, or history in your answer. Submit all work to your teacher.
Learning Opportunity Objective
Answering text dependent questions.
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| Math Week 2 | ||
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Go Math- https://my.hrw.com
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Parent Instructions
Students should log on to the Go Math site and complete lessons 7.2 & 7.3. Every student already has an account. Please reach out to individual teachers if your student is having trouble logging in. Once students finish, they should click submit.
Student Instructions
Log in to my.hrw.com. Under the "assignments" tab, find lesson 7.2 & 7.3. Using the video, step by step, and help features, do your best to answer all of the questions. Make sure to submit your work when you have finished.
Learning Opportunity Objective
Students will solve multistep equations involving rational numbers and the distributive property.
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File Submission (if applicable)
Parent Instructions
Students should login to DeltaMath and complete the LinearEquations assignment.
Student Instructions
Students should login to DeltaMath and complete the LinearEquations assignment.
Learning Opportunity Objective
TLW solve linear equations.
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File Submission (if applicable)
Parent Instructions
Student Instructions
1. Click on the link, or go to Quizizz.com/join. 2. Join the game using the Quizizz code that your teacher sent you or that is on his or her website. 3. Make sure you do your best! We encourage you to use your notes/foldables.
Learning Opportunity Objective
I can solve multistep equations.
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| Enrichment Math Week 2 |
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Parent Instructions
Please, read attached document "ACT Prep for Distance Learning".
Student Instructions
Please, read attached document "ACT Prep for Distance Learning".
Learning Opportunity Objective
Review math skills for ACT test
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| Algebra I Week 2 | ||
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File Submission (if applicable)
Parent Instructions
Please encourage your child to log onto Quizziz and complete the learning opportunity that reviews content covered in Q1.
Student Instructions
Complete VLO-Linear Equations-Week 2 as many times as you like. This can be used as a pre-check to guide your practice on DeltaMath. The code for this assignment is 506970. You can work at your own pace to complete on Sunday- Saturday. After completing the opportunity, we encourage utilizing delta math and practice the skills that are areas of weakness for you.
Learning Opportunity Objective
Review standards taught during Q1: Linear representations web
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If you are using the paper copy and would like the answers to check your work, please contact your teacher.
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File Submission (if applicable)
Parent Instructions
Please encourage your child to sign into Delta Math and practice using the learning opportunity that reviews content we covered early in the year. Skills included range in difficulty from low to very challenging. Students should focus on skills that are challenging, but not overwhelming to them. DeltaMath offers examples for each problem to assist students when struggling.
Student Instructions
Login in to DeltaMath and practice using the Virtual learning opportunity called VLO – Linear Equations-Week 2. You can work at your own pace Wednesday-Saturday. Please utilize the examples and feedback by DeltaMath when provided. If you have any questions, please email your teacher and they will respond as soon as they are able. You can reference Chapter 2 in the CPM ebook if needed
Learning Opportunity Objective
Review standards taught during Q1: Linear Representations Web
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Parent Instructions
Please encourage your child to complete the learning opportunity that reviews content covered throughout the year.
Student Instructions
Complete the learning opportunity that reviews content covered throughout the year. If you have any questions, you can email your teacher and she will respond at her earliest convenience.
Learning Opportunity Objective
Review standards taught during Q1-Q3
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| Science Week 2 | ||
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Parent Instructions
Students are to watch video on "Newton's First Law: Inertia." Students are to take the quiz and screen shot their score. The screen shot is to be sent to their science teacher via email.
Student Instructions
You are to watch video on "Newton's First Law: Inertia." You may watch it as many times as needed. You are to take the quiz and screen shot your score. The screen shot is to be sent to your science teacher via email.
Learning Opportunity Objective
Students to investigate laws that affect motion.
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There are also videos on "Newton's Second Law: Acceleration" and "Newton's Third Law: Action and Reaction" if you wish to go deeper into "forces and motion."
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PDF
Parent Instructions
There are two challenges for this learning activity. Students may complete both activities and submit to the science teacher. The first activity solicits students to create a meme that represents Newton's Second Law. The second activity provides refreshers on F=ma (Force= mass x acceleration)
Student Instructions
There are two challenges for this learning activity. Feel free to complete both activities. Your science teacher will communicate the method in which they would like the work submitted.
Learning Opportunity Objective
Newton's Second Law
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File Submission (if applicable)
Parent Instructions
Students will use the link to Khan Academy to complete an activity about Newton's Third Law. They have been assigned one video but there is a 2nd video if they would like more instruction/examples. Once they have completed the Khan Academy activity they will use the Quizizz.com link from their teacher's email. Each teacher will be sending a class specific code. Please reach out if there are any questions.
Student Instructions
Use the Khan Academy link to watch the video about Newton's Third Law. After you have watched the video click the tab titled Practice: Identifying Equal and Opposite Forces (left side of the website). Answer the questions and then read through the review. Once you have completed the Khan Academy activity you will use the Quizizz.com code/link from your teacher's email.
Learning Opportunity Objective
The student will successfully identify action-reaction pairs for any physical situation.
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| Physical Science Week 2 | ||
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Video
Parent Instructions
Play this BrainPop Video first.
Student Instructions
Play this BrainPop Video first.
Learning Opportunity Objective
To review atomic mass
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Reading Essentials
Parent Instructions
Give students the 16.2 Reading Essentials worksheet
Student Instructions
Complete the 16.2 Reading Essentials worksheet
Learning Opportunity Objective
To review atomic mass
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Reinforcement
Parent Instructions
Give students the 16.2 Reinforcement worksheet.
Student Instructions
Complete the 16.2 Reinforcement worksheet.
Learning Opportunity Objective
To review atomic mass
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The online textbook is still available to use. Students should have a link to access if desired
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| Social Studies Week 2 | ||
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Parent Instructions
Students will use the link to answer the questions about the 13 colonies.
Student Instructions
Click on the link to answer each question about the original 13 colonies. Your individual social studies teacher will advise you on what to do with your final product.
Learning Opportunity Objective
8.01-8.07
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Parent Instructions
Students will use notes from their Social Studies class and their laptop for research to create a visual summary of America's original 13 colonies
Student Instructions
Storyboard That is a website that allows you to create your own comic book style illustrations. Follow the instructions on the PDF file to create a storyboard reviewing some of the most important information about the 13 colonies.
Learning Opportunity Objective
I can explain the significance of America's original 13 colonies. (TN SS Standards 8.01-8.07)
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Parent Instructions
Students will use the website to review the location, geography features, and economic activities of the 13 colonies. Students will complete the online quiz and then complete the map exercise.
Student Instructions
Students will go to the website provided and use the interactive map to help them answer the questions to the quiz. Record your quiz score on your hand out. Students will use their hand out to examine the geographic and economic features of the colonial regions. Follow the instructions on the hand out. 1. Label each of the 13 colonies 2. Color the 3 colonial regions, North, Middle, South (You should only have 3 colors) 3. List 4 major economic pieces of the 3 regions 4. Describe the geographic features of the 3 regions 5. Label key cities 6. Answer the provided questions. This can be completed by printing and completing by hand or can be completed on the computer with text boxes and line coloring.
Learning Opportunity Objective
Examine the connection between geography and economy in the 13 colonies
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