Eighth Grade and Math

Diane Schumann • 1-262-377-4659 x133 • diane.schumann@splgrafton.org

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From the Desk of Mrs. Schumann Jan. 12-16

Dear 8th Grade Parents and students,

The 8th graders who will be attending Grafton High School will also have the opportunity to attend The Freshman Experience at Grafton High School on Monday night.  When this was brought up in class, it seemed like everyone knew about it.  If for some reason, you don’t know about it and want more information, please contact me.

MAP Testing is this week.  Eighth graders will be testing on Wednesday and Thursday.   As always, be sure you child is getting plenty of sleep and eating a good breakfast.

Student Led conferences are right around the corner. ( Jan. 22 and 23) Please sign up for conference time using the links that were sent home by email. These conferences are mandatory, so if you cannot make these dates and times, please contact me to set up another time. 

Even Odds Fundraiser for the school is January 27

DC Fundraiser: Please return the Milwaukee Pretzel order forms by Thursday, Jan. 15.  Orders will arrive Feb. 5, just in time for Super Bowl Weekend. You will be able to pick up your orders in the FLC after school from 3pm -4pm.

DC Updates:

  • Final Payment to Hemisphere is due February 24. Fundraising money has been sent to Hemisphere and credited to your accounts.  Remember, any money earned from this point on will be given to you in a final check at our last meeting before we leave for the trip.
  • Lenten Meal: March 4: keep your schedules open and look for signups soon
  • Candy Grams: Look for signups for selling candy grams.

Crossing Guard Schedule

  • Jan. 12 Nolan / James
  • Jan 19 Madeline / Richard
  • Jan 26 Caden / Gavin
  • Feb. 2 Harper / Josh

Right Around the Corner

  • Jan. 16 Mother/Son Bowling Washington DC Fundraiser
  • Jan. 22 and 23 Parent Teacher Student conferences
  • Jan. 23: No School
  • Jan. 25-29 Lutheran Schools Week
  • Jan. 27  Even Odds Fundraiser
  • Feb. 10: Symphony field trip

In His Service,

Mrs. Schumann

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Writing

  • Our next Pattern of Power reviews the basics of Infinitives, verbals that follow the pattern of “to + verb.”  Writers need to recognize them in order to develop their work with ideas or descriptions that carry the impact of a verb.  One student won the gold star with her response to the following:  Shakespeare liked to use them in Hamlet.  Be sure to relay the most famous line that contains an infinitive to me via email.  You know that you will truly make my day. 🙂  I will gladly give out another gold star or two. 🙂 
  • Writing:  We’ll begin an argumentative piece, containing a claim and reliable support.

Health

Math

PreAlgebra: Topics covered this week include: slope intercept form of a line, and how to graph linear expressions Algebra:  Topics that will be discussed this week are:   analyzing measures of central tendencies, equations in slope intercept form, and graphing inequalities.

Music

School-Wide Notes… Details on Ms Bremer's music page Classes singing in Worship… (keep watch for changes) 
  • Sun, Jan 25 - 8am Gr. K-8 students A-K; 9:30 am Gr. K-8 students L-Z
  • Sat., March 21, 5 pm Gr. 6-8 sing in Worship (w/Concert Band)
  • Sun, April 19 - 8am Gr. K-8 students L-Z; 11am Gr. K-8 students A-K
Choir/JuBellate Notes… * Groups & Schedules  ** Extracurricular Handbook
  1. JiVE (Gr. 5-8) - Wed rehearsals - sing for worship, Sun. Oct. 19, meet 9:00am
  2. JuBellate (Gr. 5-8) - Mon rehearsals- first play for worship, Sun. Oct 26, meet 10:30am
Eligibility checked every 2 weeks (Gr. 5-8) for students in extracurricular Music Groups.

PE

Please have your inside shoes, pe uniform shirt, and athletic shorts ready to go.  Also, be sure to review grading for Mr. Fischer's pe class which is available on my webpage links. 

Reading

We just began Between Shades of Gray, learning what it meant to be taken by the Russian soldiers.  Beginning in 1941 the novel is set in Lithuania and Russia as the Soviet Union is annexing the surrounding countries.  It traces the lives of the author’s family as they were taken from their homes with only a suitcase.  Some mature topics -- historical facts -- are presented, and as a class, we have already addressed how we will read them -- with the purpose of better understanding the characters and allowing ourselves to feel sympathy for their circumstances as well as gain a more thorough understanding of the time period.  We will also recognize the incredible faith and strength Ruta Sepetys’s family displayed.

Religion

Science

8th Science This week in 8th science we are reviewing Topic 5 on Waves and Electromagnetic Radiation.  We will be having a test on Thursday, Jan. 15th!

Social Studies

8th grade has a quiz on Tuesday, January 13th.  They have a review sheet.

Vocab

Unit 6
  • Set B - due 1/15
  • Unit Review - due 1/19
  • Activities to follow
  • Definition Test - 1/22
  • Spelling Test - 1/23
 

Quarter Class

Computers Jan. 12-16:  Monday students will be able to finish their final project for Excel Unit 2.  We will also start Unit 3 which will focus on learning how to create a budget, additional work with formulas and functions and creating references that are either relative or absolute.  There is a lot in this chapter.  We will NOT have a quiz this coming week as this chapter will take us into the following week.  Need extra credit?  Email me by 10 pm on Sunday the answer to this question:  How are rows labeled - numbers or letters?