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to Team 8-2!

Welcome. to Team 8-2!. Boldly going where no team has gone before…. Welcome!!!!. Team 8-2 is very excited about teaching your children. We are discovering what it means to do the following:. Learn about the world around us. Achieve success in all areas through hard work and perseverance.

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  1. Welcome... to Team 8-2! Boldly going where no team has gone before…

  2. Welcome!!!! Team 8-2 is very excited about teaching your children. We are discovering what it means to do the following: • Learn about the world around us. • Achieve success in all areas through hard work and perseverance. • Become good citizens of the school, the community, and the world • Improve Leadership skills • Develop 21st century skills

  3. Who Are We? I teach history because I was there for most of it. • Ms. Badio - language arts • Mrs. Rhinehart - science • Mr. Strong - history • Mrs. Uswatte - math

  4. Activities • Team T-shirt • The Civil Rights Institute and Sixteenth Street Baptist Church • Classroom activities • Weekly Electronic Parent Newsletters (every Friday) • Please sign up to be a chaperone for a field trip!

  5. Homework Use agendas. If you are absent, call your study buddy. No homework = Lunch Academy If you know about a test or quiz in advance, take the test when you return.

  6. Grading Policy • 60% - tests, projects, major assignments • 30% - quizzes, class work, • 10% - homework

  7. Alabama High School Graduation Exam Many of the objectives covered in the eighth grade academic classes will also appear on the Alabama Exit Exam.

  8. Language Arts

  9. LANGUAGE ARTS Community Service Poetry Reading Workshop Drama Literature Speech Writing Workshop Projects & Presentations

  10. PROJECTS • Book project each nine weeks • Power Point • Essays • Book-In-A-Bag • Dioramas • Holocaust and Human Rights • Film Project • Research Project…

  11. REQUIREMENTS • Reading, reading, reading! • Book project every nine weeks • Research paper • Writing • Presentations • Homework, tests, and quizzes

  12. MATHUSWATTE Starfleet Academy

  13. Assigned daily- rarely on Fridays Some class time given, but not always enough to finish Expect 30 min./day MAX. Type of Questions: Answer “But why?” not 30 problems of same thing. 1-2 projects per term Final portfolio-submission to book Assignments

  14. Course Content Math 8: Basic skills, solving equations, problem solving, proportions, statistics, number patterns, geometry (focus of Math Literacy Strategies class), polynomials Algebra: Functions, Rational numbers, solving equations, Graphing relations, Linear equations and Inequalities, Systems of equations, Polynomials, Factoring, Quadratic and Exponential Functions

  15. Reminder RegardingAlgebra 1 • If your child decides to go on to Geometry 1 (stay on advanced track), his/her grade from 8th grade will be posted to their high school transcript • If Algebra 1 is retaken in high school, his/her 8th grade score will NOT be posted

  16. Science

  17. Physical Science Curriculum • Matter • Chemistry • Forces • Motion • Waves • Light and Optics • Work and Energy

  18. Chemistry Experiments Atom building game Students can look forward to…. • New CPO Labs and Lab Equipment • At least one lab a week • A nine weeks project

  19. Routines & Policies • Warm-up question each day • Homework, quizzes, and tests always written on the board and announced in class ahead of time • Notebook organization is important. • Make-up work is the student’s responsibility.

  20. Other Information • Students use hands-on activities. • Cooperative learning skills, organization, study skills, and vocabulary are taught and practiced. • Reading comprehension skills emphasized

  21. Social Studies

  22. Recycled Geography Early, early, early, and earliest man Evolution of Civilizations - Egypt to China The Greek World Alexander the Great The Rise of Rome SOCIAL STUDIESSemester One

  23. SOCIAL STUDIESSemester Two • Byzantium and the Fall of Rome • Empire of Islam • The Crusades • Mongols, Moguls, and Ming, oh my! • The Middle Ages • The New World

  24. PROJECTS • Various Writing Assignments • World Religions project • Animal Farm • Vocabulary

  25. Classroom Procedures copy assignments take notes participate Homework: Hopefully not necessary if class assignments are accomplished.

  26. STUDY SESSIONS • As needed

  27. Tests are not just memorizing the facts! • Application • Charts • Graphs • Maps • Essay Questions • Writing samples

  28. Question & Answer Sessions • Before or After School Study sessions are available. • Students need to come with specific questions. • Lunch Help Sessions: • L.A.-Tues. Math- Wed. Science-Thurs.

  29. E-mail • Ms. Badio: JBadio@hoover.k12.al.us • Mrs. Rhinehart: LRhinehart@hoover.k12.al.us • Mr. Strong: RStrong@hoover.k12.al.us • Mrs. Uswatte: DUswatte@hoover.k12.al.us

  30. Wiki Addresses: • http://duswatte.wiki.hoover.k12.al.us/ • http://jbadio.wiki.hoover.k12.al.us/ • http://lrhinehart.wiki.hoover.k12.al.us/ • http://rstrong.wiki.hoover.k12.al.us/

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