Welcome to 8th grade 2011-2012!

Mrs. Laura Gremett and Mrs. Michelle Nealon are excited to be your homeroom teachers this year.  It will be a wonderful year full of hard work, lots of fun, and many activities.  Are you ready?

Homework can be found further down this page.

Stay tuned for more info.

Take Care!

Let us know if you need anything or have any questions.

Laura Gremett lgremett@stsimon.org

Michelle Nealon mnealon@stsimon.org

NEW!!! View student artwork. Please click HERE.

The Eighth Grade Goes to Washington!

Support the eighth grade as they raise money for their trip to Washington, DC!  Coffee Cart will resume once each trimester this year. Selling pastries, hot choc., and a few cups of coffee for $1 each.  A google doc is posted below for parents and students to sign up.

Homework
Week of January 30th - February 3rd

• Language Arts - Mrs. Nealon
  
• Mathematics - Mrs. Gremett
• Mathematics - Mr. Johnson
• Mathematics - Mrs. Tachibana
• Religion - Mrs. Gremett
• Religion - Mrs. Nealon
• Science
• Social Studies
• Spanish

Language Arts, Literature, Writing

Spelling:  Spelling Lesson 23; Homonyms; wkbk pages 108-111, 208 - 209 due Monday, 2/6//12, Write three homonym limerick poems on page 54 in your poetry book due Wed. 2/8/12;  Test on Wed. 2/8/12

Vocabulary: Lesson 20:  words regarding “Importance”; wkbk pages 129-132 due Monday 2/6/12.
Write a three par. essay on an issue of importance or unimportance to you.  Due Thurs. 2/9/12.  Test on L 19 & 20 Thurs. 2/9/12

Grammar:  Direct object wksts pages 59 - 64 due Mon. 2/6/12

Literature:  Farewell to Manzanar: Chapters 4-6, due Fri. 2/3/12.  Chapters 7 - 11 due 2/7/12;  Chapters 12 - 14 due Friday, 2/10/12; Chapters 15 - 18 due Tuesday, 2/14/12; Chapters 19 - 22 due Friday, 2/17/12

Writing: Research paper thesis statement due Friday, 2/3/12.  Outline for research paper due Friday, 2/10/12

Typed Works Cited page due Tuesday, 2/14/12

Geometry - Mrs. Gremett

Get parents to sign Quiz in order to receive credit for test corrections. 

1/25 p. 337 #10-30 even, #39-48 all, p. 344 #8-32 even, #46-55all, Quiz 6.3-6.4...Due Friday

1/27 Moved 6.3-6.4 quiz to Tuesday...LUCKY.  p. 347 was done in class, turn in on Tuesday if you needed to finish.

1/31 p. 352 #16-22 even, 30-34 all, 40-44 all. Mid Ch. 6 Quiz (6.1-6.4).....Weds.

2/1   p. 360 #14-28 even, 34-42 all....Quiz 6.5-6.6....Friday

2/3  p. 366 #10-20 even, 28-29, 31-33all....Due Tuesday...no quiz......looking ahead, Ch.6 Test next Friday.

Mathematics - Mr. Johnson

FOR ALL GRAPHS:  use graph paper, draw lines using a ruler, draw arrows at the end of each line, label the axes

* Ch 6 Test corrections accepted until 1/27 @ 8:00 a.m.*

Chapter 6 Test on 1/17/12

Tuesday (Jan. 31 )

"Expensive College" Due 1/31

"Rattle Snake" Due 2/6

7.6 Worksheet #3-9, 11-13, 17, 21, 22, 24

Quiz 7-6 on 2/1

Wednesday (Feb. 1)

7.7 Worksheet # 3-5,12-14, 21-23, 25, 27, 31-32, 34-35

Quiz 7-7 on 2/3

Friday (Feb. 3)

7.8

online at http://www.classzone.com/cz/books/ml_alg_1_ca/resources/applications/eWorkbook/index.html > Chapter 7 > Lesson 7.8

Quiz 7-8 on 2/6

Mathematics - Mrs. Tachibana

FOR ALL NUMBER LINES: draw line using a ruler, draw arrows at the end of each line, consistent intervals, label each interval.

FOR ALL GRAPHS: use graph paper, draw lines using a ruler, draw arrows at the end of each line, label the axes, consistent intervals.

Chapter 7 Test on Friday, February 10

Tuesday, January 31

Worksheet "Rattlesnake" due today.

Lesson 7-6: Solve Rate Problems

Handout p. 415 3-15 odd

Quiz 7.6 tomorrow

Wednesday, February 1

Lesson 7-7: Solve Mixture Problems

Handout p. 421 3-35 odd

Quiz 7.7 on Friday

Friday, February 3

Lesson 7-8: Graph Linear Inequalities in Two Variables

online at http://www.classzone.com/cz/books/ml_alg_1_ca/resources/applications/eWorkbook/index.html > Chapter 7 > Lesson 7.8

Quiz 7.8 on Tuesday, February 7

Worksheet "Envelope" due Tuesday, February 7

Religion - Mrs. Gremett

1/9  Virtues Idea Web, Nicene Creed Test, Option Extra Credit-Books of the Bible, All Due next Thursday

1/27 No Homework

Religion - Mrs. Nealon

Own written version of the Nicene Creed due Thursday, 2/2/12

Test on Nicene Creed 2/2/12

Physical Science:  Mrs. DeCarlo

Week of 1/30-2/3, 2012

*Chapter 6 Test:  B1=Tues. 2/14, B2=Mon. 2/13

• Science Fair - Experiment should be completed or near completion by 27th.
• Final Draft of Data & Results due Friday, 2/10 for BOTH BLOCKS.
• Final Draft of Conclusion due Thursday, 2/16 for Block 2 and Friday, 2/17.
• Final
  

Block 1 (Rm. 16):

• Wednesday, 25th:  6.1 RR Observing Chemical Reactions
• Friday, 27th:  6.2 RR Describing Chemical Reactions
• Due Tuesday, 31st:  No Homework!
• Due Wednesday, 1st:  Balancing Equations Homework
• Due Friday, 3rd:  6.3 RR Controlling Chemical Reactions
  
• Due Tuesday, 7th:  Chapter 6 Review #1-27
  
• Due Tuesday, 7th:  Bring your rough draft copy of your Data from Sci Fair Experiment
• Due Wednesday, 8th:  Rough draft copy of your Results for peer editing.

Block 2 (Rm. 17):

• Due Wednesday, 25th:  6.1 RR Observing Chemical Reactions
• Due Thursday, 26th:  6.2 RR Describing Chemical Reactions
• Due Monday, 30th:  No homework!
• Due Wednesday, 1st:  Balancing Equations Homework
• Due Thursday, 2nd:  6.3 RR Controlling Chemical Reactions
• Due Monday, 6th:  Chapter 6 Review #1-27
• Due Monday, 6th:   Bring your rough draft of your Data from Sci Fair Experiment
• Due Wednesday, 8th:  Rough draft of Results for peer editing.

Social Studies

Room 16 and Room 17

1/9  Return Ch. 8 tests, signed by Thursday or you will lose a point off your test score

Finish Ch. 9 packet with the envelopes of questions by Thursday ( I will be coming around to check)

Constitution Acrostic Poem is also due Thursday this week.

1/12  Ch. 9 Essay Due next Thursday......plan for Ch. 9 Test on Monday, Jan. 23.

1/26 No Homework!!!!

1/30  Ch. 10 Test on Thursday this week.

Spanish

Quiz #2: Food vocabulary 1 - 40, Due on Fri., February 3, 2012.

Study guide: Friday, February 3, 2012.

End of Unit test: Friday, February 10, 2012