TEAM 8A Mr. Feehan Mrs. Gaertig Mrs. Wojnarowski Ms. Frederick Mrs. Krenner Mrs. Johnson Ms. Flynn Mrs. O’Rourke Mr. Young Mrs. O’Hea Mr. Stein

Expectations We Have Reviewed with all 8th Graders Tardies to class(1st- warning, 2nd- phone call home, and 3rd-- Meeting with Mr. S). Assignment notebook Computer procedures Hallway behavior Dress code Absent work Late work/ Academic lunch Grading Scale: Formative 25% Summative 75%

A research based curriculum that aligns with NGSS. What is IQWST?  A research based curriculum that aligns with NGSS. Covers each discipline: Physics, Chemistry, Life Science & Earth Science. Engages students in scientific practices as they experience, investigate and explain phenomena while learning core ideas of science. Builds understanding by connecting ideas across disciplines 6th – 8th grade.

Science Earth Science 3: How Is the Earth Changing? In this unit, students investigate plate tectonics by investigating how the Earth has changed in the past and continues to change today. Life Science 3: Why Do Organisms Look The Way They Do? This unit uses investigations of organisms (including people) to raise questions about how similarities and differences between individuals and populations are influenced by inheritance of traits. Physical Science 3: How Will It Move? This unit focuses on forces and motion in a variety of contexts: tug-of-war, baseball, planetary motion, chemical bonds, and others. Chemistry 3: How Does Food Provide My Body with Energy? This cross-disciplinary unit targets core ideas about food, photosynthesis and cellular respiration in the context of living systems All books in PDF can be accessed online through the IQWST student portal. Code is on Teacher’s syllabus and students have a printout.

Scientific Explanations - CER CLAIM – Statement about the results of an investigation. EVIDENCE – Scientific data used to support the claim. REASONING - Ties together the claim and the evidence.

FOCUS ELA Reading Vocabulary Writing Grammar Speaking and Listening Researching

ELA ESSENTIAL QUESTIONS What is the difference between appearance & reality? *Novel: “And Then There Were None” by Agatha Christie What are the purposes and/or consequences of creating and/or maintaining a dystopian society? *Novel: “Unwind” by Neil Shusterman What are the benefits and consequences of questioning/ challenging social order? *Novel: “Night” by Elie Wiesel How can we empathize with people half way around the world? *Ext. Text: “Flowers for Algernon” by Daniel Keyes

Honors ELA

Social Studies The Jackson Era Manifest Destiny The Age of Reform The Civil War Reconstruction The Western Frontier The Growth of Industry Progressive Reforms Overseas Expansion World War I The Jazz Age The Great Depression World War II The Cold War Era The Civil Rights Movement The Vietnam Era Modern America

Math 8 Equations —linear, graphing, slope, systems Functions —forms, graphs, characteristics The Real Number System –rational, irrational, square roots Geometry – congruence & similarity, Pythagorean Theorem, line & angle relationships, volume of circular figures Expressions – exponents and scientific notation Statistics —scatter plots, patterns, frequency and relative frequency

Honors Math Inequalities —graphing, solving, compound, systems Quadratics —polynomials, form, graphing, factoring All curriculum in Math 8 plus the following: Functions —notation, interpretation, quadratic, exponential, linear piecewise, graphing Expressions and Equations —literal Number Systems —Imaginary & complex numbers, operations with radicals

Advisory 1 day of Library 2 days Organization/Mawi Program 2 days of Khan Academy