Jefferson Middle School
8th Grade

8th Grade Honors Night
Parent Letter

JMS Team 8-Blue

Weekly Parent Email

Week of May 5-9, 2008

Language Arts

1st Period

* Vocabulary - Unit 13-15 Review and Cumulative Review IV are due Friday, May 9

 * Swallowing Stones novel test is on Friday, May 9

 * Metaphor Poem and Story Trails group project are both due Monday, May 12

 * Final date for recitation - Friday, May 9

2nd/4th Periods

 * Voc. 10 worksheet is due Thursday, May 8

 * Voc. 10 quiz is on Friday, May 9

 * Final date for recitation project is Friday, May 9

 * Due date for activities for Novel 2 is Monday, May 12

5th Period

* Vocabulary - Unit 13-15 Review and Cumulative Review IV are due Friday, May 9

 * Comparison paper is due Monday, May 12

Math

            Test Thursday

            Review for Exam

Science

We are so proud of the way our students represented Jefferson Middle School on our Six Flags field trip!  Our 8th graders were by far some of the best-all-around students in the park!

The concepts involved with roller coasters support many of this year's Science objectives......energy transformations, forces and motion, inertia and gravity, etc.  We were very excited to hear our students applying and making connections with these concepts as we moved throughout the park last Friday!  In an effort to continue to academically support our Six Flags field trip, students are working on a roller coaster project during Science class this week.  The project can be found on the school website.  Go to 'library', then 'teacher projects'.  The rubric that will be used for grading can be found there also.  Students have voted to let this take the place of our final exam this nine weeks.  Therefore, we are expecting some great presentations!  Students will be given class time, Monday - Thursday, to work on this project.  Presentations will begin Friday.  We must be finished by Wednesday with the presentations. 

Some class time, throughout the week, will be spent finishing our novel, Flight #116 is Down.

Social Studies

Monday and Tuesday this week students will have time to work with their groups to finish preparations for the debates.  Debates will begin on Wednesday and probably take two days.  Friday we will begin preparations for the final exam. 

*Individual teachers may send out an additional email with information more specific to your child’s class.

School Announcements

• Thursday May 8^th – Chorus Concert at the JHS Performing Arts Center at 7:00pm

• Friday May 9^th – Yearbook Dedication and signing

• Monday May 12^th – Band Concert at the JHS Performing Arts Center at 7:00pm

• Tuesday May 13^th and Wednesday May 14^th – 8^th Grade Exams

• Thursday May 15^th – 8^th Grade Graduation and Honor’s Night – JHS Performing Arts Center at 6:00pm

Team 8-Blue

Carla Fowler – Math

Cathy Carter – Language Arts

Jonathan Breedlove – Science

Elaine Murphy – Social Studies