Curriculum NightTuesday, September 8th 6:30pm – 8:15pm

8th Grade HORNETS

Contact Us!?!

• E-Mail• the easiest and fastest way to

get a response; please use this as your primary contact method

• Wiki / Weebly• Each teacher has a website… use

it as a resource to find out • Lessons• Homework assignments• Test dates

• Other• BaileyHornets Website, PTA Blast,

Connect ED, Remind101, Twitter, Class App

Rules and Expectations• Rules:

• Only 1 Rule… “Respect”• The classroom• The teacher• Your classmates

• HORNETS Expectations:• No food or gum• No playing with water

bottles• No book bags or

oversized “purses”• NO “Slides” or flip-flops• Bring Agenda everyday!

Gateway Year

• CMS Requirements for Promotion:• Class-work / Preparation• 70% or above in LA,

Math, Science, Social Studies, Health/PE, and one other elective

• Score at or above III on state EOG in Reading, Mathematics, Science

MAKE-UP WORK POLICIES• Absent students

• Excused or Unexcused • expected to collect missing

assignments from their teachers • on their first day back in class.

• Will have TWO days • For each day absent to turn in

assignments• Receive full credit.

• If not in after 2 Days…• Considered LATE• Can be turned in w/in 2 weeks

• Max score 80%• Not turned in…

• Max score 0%

• Not Absent• 1-5 Days Late

• Max score 80%• 14 Calendar Days Late is a Permanent

Zero!!!

Williamsburg Field Trip

• April 20-22, 2016• COST

• $375.00 / student• $50.00 / chaperone

• Highlights!!!• Jamestown Settlement• Jamestown Historic Park• Yorktown Victory Center• Colonial Williamsburg including

Governor’s Palace• Colonial Williamsburg village• Shopping at Merchant’s Square• Ghost Tour• Virginia Living Museum in Newport News,

VA• Busch Gardens Amusement Park

• More Information to Come!!!

American History 8

• 1st Quarter• What is History?• Age of Exploration• 13 Colonies• Colonial Life

• Colonial Life Project• Road to Independence• American Revolution

• 2nd Quarter• American Government• Jefferson –Jackson• Age of Expansion• Slavery• Road to Civil War• Civil War

• 3rd Quarter• Civil War• Reconstruction• Growth of Industry• World War I• Jazz Age • Great Depression• World War II

• 4th Quarter• World War II

• Novel Study• Under the Blood Red

Sun• Summer of my German

Soldier• 1950’s• Civil Rights Mvmt.• 1960’s• 1970’s• 1980’s• 1990’s-Present

Math I

• What is This?!?!• Breakdown

• 70% Algebra • 15% Geometry• 15% Algebra II

• Counts as HS CREDIT• BUT…

• Grade doesn’t transfer into HS GPA

• PASSES Class, but FAILS EOC

• Must re-take whole-class in summer school or repeat during 9th grade year to receive credit

• HS Graduation Requirements

• Counts as 1 of 4 years required for HS Graduation

Science 8

• Quarter 1• Scientific Inquiry, Formation of

the Earth, Geological Time, Hydrosphere, Water Preservation

• Quarter 2• Chemistry, Atomic Structure,

Elements, Reactions• Quarter 3

• Introduction to Microbiology and Evolution

• Quarter 4• Microbiology continuation, cell

structures, functions of organisms

HONORS Language Arts 8

• S.S.R. everyday beginning October• Novel Studies

• Quarter 1: The Giver• Quarter 2: TBD• Quarter 3: Non-Fiction for Research

Paper• Quarter 4: Literature Circles WWII

novels • Daily Oral Language- mini grammar

lessons• Literary evaluation/criticism of five

genres: fiction, non-fiction, poetry, drama, and media

• Persuasive/argumentative writing• Academic and literary vocabulary

study• Text Springboard- digital and

consumable

Thank You!!!

• Have a Good Night!!!