8th Grade Nine Week Syllabus
Nine Weeks Grading Period / 4thNine Weeks
Grading Policy
50% Assessment
20% Class Participation
20% Class work/Daily Work
10% Homework / Grading Scale
A = 93-100 (Excellent)
B = 85-92 (Good)
C = 75-84 (Satisfactory)
D = 70-74 (Poor, but passing-Interventions Required)
F = 0-69 (Failure to meet expectations, Interventions Required)
Upcoming Events
Ida B. Wells Academy
- Report cards – March 21, 2012
- Progress Reports – April 15, 2012
- 8th Grade Graduation – May 11, 2012
- Last Day of School – May 18, 2012
- Spring Break – March 12-16, 2012
- Good Friday – April 6, 2012
- TCAP Assessment – April 24-27, 2012
Subject / Name / Email / Planning Hour / Homework Days
Reading Plus / Mr. Wordlaw / / M-F
11:50 -12:45 / Mon.– Thurs
Language Arts / Mrs. Robinson / / M-F
12:50-1:45 / Tues. –Thurs.
Pre-Algebra / Mr. Kansal / / M-F
11:50 -12:45 / Mon – Thurs
Science / Mrs. Clayborn / / M-F
9:05-10:00 / Mon.-Thurs.
Social Studies / Ms. Cogdill / / M-F
1:50-2:45 / Mon-Thurs
Subject / First Quarter Course Summary / Assessment / First Quarter Project
Reading Plus / READING PLUS will help students confront the problem of literacy on multiple fronts, using technology. READING PLUS will meet the needs of students whose reading achievement levels are below proficient and will address individual needs through software, literature, reading, writing, & vocabulary skills. / Reading Plus Computer Assessment, R. Skills Test, Reading Counts, CPS Assessment, Plato Web / Conflicts Comic Strip
Language Arts / Learners will be reviewing material previously covered in the school year to prepare for TCAP. After TCAP students will continue reading Road to Memphis / Mock Writing Test
Essays
Grammar Drills
Discovery Learning Assessment
Oral assessment, class work and projects / Road to Memphis MapQuest activity
Pre-Algebra / Learners will review all SPI’s to be tested on TCAP such as understanding of the real number system to include irrational numbers. Solve problems involving exponents and scientific notation using technology appropriately. Solve real-world problems using rational and irrational numbers. Derive the Pythagorean theorem and understand its applications. Understand the relationships among the angles formed by parallel lines cut by transversals. Understand the necessary levels of accuracy and precision in measurement. Understand both metric and customary units of measurement. Use visualization to describe or identify intersections, cross section. Explore probabilities for compound, independent and/or dependent events. Select, create, and use appropriate graphical representations of data (including scatter plots with lines of best fit) to make and test conjectures. Evaluate the use of statistics in media reports. Understand and apply properties in order to perform operations with, evaluate, simplify, and factor expressions and polynomials.
They will work on students will also work on Stanford math at least for 90-100 minutes each week. The link for Stanford math is available on Memphis City School website( / CPS Assessment, Weekly Test/ Quiz
Discovery Formative Assessment, Chapter test, TCAP Practice / Display of Capstone project.
Science / Science will cover topic such as:natural forces, gravity, Students will review over flow of matter, heredity, which will cover genes, DNA, chromosomes, punnett squares, traits, and forms of reproduction. Will also review reproduction in flowering plants, concepts of the earth which encompasses minerals, rocks, tectonic plates, and resources. Students will also review the six simple machines and solve equations that calculate work, speed, velocity, distance, and time. Students will also review and master Newton’s Laws of Motion. / CPS Assessment, Weekly Tests/Quizzes
Lab Explorations
Diagnostic Testing
Group Tests
Question and Response (participation) / Please encourage your child to study for science TCAP test for 30 minutes every night, as well as utilize “Study Island’s” web site.
Homework will primarily come from the Holt Science and Technology Interactive Reader and Study Guide.
Social Studies / Students will be reviewing all material taught in order to prepare for TCAP. Students will be covering the Civil War and Reconstruction. After TCAP, students will be reviewing the Civil Rights Movement. / Class work, Projects, Portfolio Check, Tests, Quizzes, Formative Assessment, CPS Assessment, Group Discussion. / Somalia and Me
Creative Writing / Understand and use a variety of sentence structures. Select vivid words to strengthen a description (adjective or adverb) within a writing sample or passage. Create an effective organizing structure based on research information (e.g., description, problem-solution, question-answer, comparison-contrast, cause-effect). Analyze text for fact-opinion, cause-effect, inferences, evidence, and conclusions. Identify the correct use of adjectives. Select the correct pronoun-antecedent agreement for personal pronouns within context. / Quizzes, Tests,
Oral Assessment,
Portfolio Check,
Class-work &
Projects / Independent reading book oral presentations.