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Curriculum NightTuesday, September 19th
8th Grade HORNETS
Contact Us!?!
• E-Mail• the easiest and fastest way to
get a response; please use this as your primary contact method
• Wiki• Each teacher has a website… use
it as a resource to find out • Lessons• Homework assignments• Test dates
• Other• BaileyHornets Website, PTA Blast,
Connect ED
Rules and Expectations• Rules:
• Only 1 Rule… “Respect”• The classroom• The teacher• Your classmates
• HORNETS Expectations:• No food or gum• No playing with water
bottles• No book bags or
oversized “purses”• NO “Slides” or flip-flops• Bring Agenda everyday!
Gateway Year
• CMS Requirements for Promotion:• Class-work / Preparation• 70% or above in LA,
Math, Science, Social Studies, Health/PE, and one other elective
• Score at or above III on state EOG in Reading, Mathematics, Science
MAKE-UP WORK POLICIES• Absent students
• excused or unexcused • expected to collect missing
assignments from their teachers • on their first day back in class.
• Will have TWO days • For each day absent to turn in
assignments• Receive full credit.
• If not in after 2 Days…• Considered LATE• Can be turned in w/in 2 weeks
• Max score 80%• Not turned in…
• Max score 0%
• Not Absent• 1-5 Days Late
• Max score 80%• 14 Calendar Days Late is a Permanent
Zero!!!
HOT-lanta Field Trip
• March 5 & 6, 2015• COST
• $215.00• Highlights!!!
• Georgia Aquarium• World of Coca-Cola• CNN Studio Tour• Studio Movie Grill
• Dinner & Movie• Martin Luther King Jr. National
Historic Site• Jimmy Carter Presidential Library• Zoo Atlanta
• More Information to Come!!!
American History 8
• 1st Quarter• What is History?• Age of Exploration• 13 Colonies• Colonial Life
• Colonial Life Project• Road to Independence• American Revolution
• 2nd Quarter• American Government• Jefferson –Jackson• Age of Expansion• Slavery
• Copper Sun- Novel Study• Road to War• Civil War
• 3rd Quarter• Civil War• Reconstruction• Growth of Industry• World War I• Jazz Age
• 4th Quarter• Great Depression• World War II• Cold War• 1950’s• Civil Rights Mvmt.• Vietnam• New Tensions
Math I
• What is This?!?!• Breakdown
• 70% Algebra • 15% Geometry• 15% Algebra II
• Counts as HS CREDIT• BUT…
• Grade doesn’t transfer into HS GPA
• PASSES Class, but FAILS EOC
• Must re-take whole-class in summer school or repeat during 9th grade year to receive credit
• HS Graduation Requirements
• Counts as 1 of 4 years required for HS Graduation
Science 8
• Quarter 1• Scientific Inquiry, Formation of
the Earth, Geological Time, Hydrosphere, Water Preservation
• Quarter 2• Chemistry, Atomic Structure,
Elements, Reactions• Quarter 3
• Introduction to Microbiology and Evolution
• Quarter 4• Microbiology continuation, cell
structures, functions of organisms
HONORS Language Arts 8
• S.S.R. everyday beginning October• Novel Studies
• Quarter 1: The Giver• Quarter 2: TBD• Quarter 3: Non-Fiction for Research
Paper• Quarter 4: Literature Circles WWII
novels • Daily Oral Language- mini grammar
lessons• Literary evaluation/criticism of five
genres: fiction, non-fiction, poetry, drama, and media
• Persuasive/argumentative writing• Academic and literary vocabulary
study• Text Springboard- digital and
consumable
Thank You!!!
• Have a Good Night!!!