This past month has been a busy one! We went on two field trips, had an eighth grade beach bar-b-que, had an awesome intern, Katy with us as well as do a lot of school stuff!
In math, students studied the properties of equality, solving one, two and multi-step equations and combining like terms. We learned about factoring and the beginnings of fractions. We are kicking off an "Event Planning" project next Tuesday where we are looking at "How do the parts contribute to the whole?" We will be investigating in detail the concepts of fractions, decimals and percentages.
Our science mystery is almost solved! Students interviewed suspects and investigated evidence for a mock arson this past month. They are putting their finishing touches on their Detective Reports as I write this. After wrapping it up next week, I am introducing our new Zingy Learning Online Science program. This will be an ongoing program that will be integrated into our science curriculum. Our next science project is buiding hovercrafts. More info coming soon!
Clubs started this month. I am part of the Beach Bums Club. We are learning about sea creatures from the ocean and will have three fieldtrips coming up in the next few Fridays. Some of our eighth graders are in my club. Ask your student which club they joined.
Report Cards went out this past week. If you have any questions or would like to come in to discuss them or your student, please see me.
Spring is in the air and our middle schoolers are maturing. It is so fun to watch how much they have grown since the beginning of the year.
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