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Weld Waits / Relate

If your child was absent on Friday for our Weld Waits instruction, please have them locate their make up/alternate assignment on their science google classroom. Students can reach out to Mrs. Johnson with any questions they have!

Per student request, we will be offering breakfast burritos for lunch in December! If it goes over well, this will be a part of our regular burrito lunch offerings.

Thank you for supporting our middle school over night trips! The lunch fundraisers are one of our biggest money makers. :)

Here's The Happenings:

Science:  We have started our next unit that will take us up to Christmas Break- Light and Sound!  This week we will explore sound: how it travels through different mediums, wave measurements, the human ear, and science behind music/pitch.  

Homework: Waves Worksheet, DUE 11/19

Science Fair: I will continue sending out private messages to parents Tuesday and Wednesday this week.  If you haven’t received one from me yet, be on the lookout!

Math: Chapter 3- Graphing Linear Functions

Ask your student how function notation is different or similar to slope-intercept form. With this understanding, next week we will be working on graphing- both with standard form and in slope-intercept form.

Homework: 3.4 Practice #1-17, 20, 23, 26, 27  (due Tuesday)

Social Studies: Students will be finishing up the unit about the People's Republic of China. They will be learning about the Great Wall of China. They will also be doing a research project about the social and economic characteristics of China. Then finish the week with the unit test.

English: The 8th graders have started reading The Life of Frederick Douglass. Frederick Douglass grew up as a slave in the United States and later became one of the most influential voices in the fight to end slavery.

Our 8th-grade class also took an important step toward taking ownership of their education. Together, we sat down and discussed classroom norms. These norms were created collaboratively, with students sharing what they need from their peers to stay focused and on task. I am so proud of how they approached this activity with maturity and self-confidence.

Writing & Research: Middle school students began reviewing their science fair essays this week, working to complete them one paragraph at a time.

Homework:

First body paragraph completed

Historical context & Scientist background outline

Eligibility for WCMS Sports is pulled on Thursdays. Missing assignments must be turned in to teachers by 7:30am Thursday morning. Missing flags can be removed from the gradebook before pulling eligibility, but assignments may not be graded. Most of the time, they will be graded along with other assignments from the week.

Please remind your athlete that they are expected to check in with their elective teachers/classes for their make-up work, due to leaving for practice and games. Depending on the class, material may need to be self taught using the teacher provided resources.