2. Curriculum Night Tuesday, September 9, 2014 8 th Grade HORNETS

3. Contact Us!?! E-Mail E-Mail the easiest and fastest way to get a response; please use this as your primary contact method Wiki Wiki Each teacher has a website… use it as a resource to find out Lessons Homework assignments Test dates Other Other BaileyHornets Website, PTA Blast, Connect ED

4. 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!

5. 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

6. 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!!!

7. HOT-lanta 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!!!

8. American History 8 1 st Quarter What is History? Age of Exploration 13 Colonies Colonial Life Colonial Life Project Road to Independence American Revolution 2 nd Quarter American Government Jefferson –Jackson Age of Expansion Slavery Copper Sun Copper Sun - Novel Study Road to War Civil War 3 rd Quarter Civil War Reconstruction Growth of Industry World War I Jazz Age 4 th Quarter Great Depression World War II Cold War 1950’s Civil Rights Mvmt. Vietnam New Tensions

9. 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 PASSESFAILS PASSES Class, but FAILS EOC whole-classMust re-take whole-class in summer school or repeat during 9 th grade year to receive credit HS Graduation Requirements Counts as 1 of 4 years required for HS Graduation

10. 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

11. 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

12. Peace Out!!! Get Out!!! Be Gone!!! Have a Good Night!!!