January 28th - February 1st

January 25, 2019

January 28th - February 1st

NOTES FROM MR. CRAWFORD

8th GRADE PARENTS - WASHINGTON, D.C.
On Tuesday, February 12th we will hold a Washington, D.C. Parent Meeting at 6pm in Hancock Hall. We will present the final itinerary and miscellaneous details for the trip. If the government shutdown is not resolved at that point, we will review our options. Please plan to attend! The trip balance of $575.00 is due by February 1st.

CALVARY DAY SCHOOL OPEN HOUSE
Calvary Day School will be holding an open house on Sunday, January 27 at 2:00pm. Click HERE for more information.

SAVANNAH CHRISTIAN PREPARATORY SCHOOL OPEN HOUSE
Savannah Christian will be holding an open house on Wednesday, February 6th and 20th at 9:30am. Click HERE for more information.

ART OPPORTUNITY THIS WEEKEND AT THE JEPSON
The Jepson Center has a Pulse Art and Technology Festival this weekend. Click HERE for more information.

2ND TRIMESTER READING ASSIGNMENT
As the new trimester begins, the English Language Arts Department is altering the format of the Reading Log in order to promote student engagement and creativity. In place of assigning 360 minutes of reading this trimester, students will choose one age-appropriate book to read during the course of the trimester. Before beginning to read, students must share the title and author with their ELA teacher for approval. The book may be of any genre, fiction or nonfiction. After reading this book, students will create a brief book review using a 5 x 7 note card, which we will supply. Click HERE to view more information regarding this new assignment.

COMMUNITY SERVICE OPPORTUNITIES

Each middle school student is required to complete ten hours of community service over the course of the school year. Please remember to list hours worked on a daily basis, do not log total sum of hours worked over an extended period of time. See below for a few upcoming service opportunities.

America’s Second Harvest needs volunteers to help prepare monthly bags of food for senior citizens in our community. Volunteers should arrive by 7:45 and must wear closed-toe shoes. Contact Bryce Seuntjens at bryce@helpendhunger.org for more information.

GUIDANCE & CHARACTER EDUCATION

This month we are exploring integrity as our virtue of the month. If you have any questions or concerns, feel free to contact Ms. Pedrick at apedrick@hancockdayschool.org

8TH GRADE ASSIGNMENTS

Algebra 1 - Mrs. Reardon

Next week in Algebra, we will begin to wrap up Chapter 6 by solving compound inequalities and absolute value equations and inequalities. On Thursday, we will review for the Chapter 6.4-6.6 Quiz that will take place on Friday, February 1. Looking ahead, the Chapter 6 Test will be on Wednesday, February 6. Students will also receive a new challenge problem on Monday, January 28 and it will be due on Monday, February 5.

Advanced Algebra - Mr. Lanfear

This week, we will be completing Chapter 7 by learning how to show triangles are similar by Side-Side-Side (SSS) and by Side-Angle-Side (SAS) theorems (7.4) as well as using proportions in similar triangles (7.5). There will be a day of review on Wednesday and a Chapter 7 quiz on Thursday. We will then begin our unit on right triangle Trigonometry by exploring what the sine, cosine, and tangent ratios mean.

Geometry - Mr. Lanfear

This week, we will complete Chapter 10 by exploring theorems about trapezoids and kites (8.5) and identifying special quadrilaterals based on certain properties (8.6). There will be a day of review on Wednesday and the Chapter 8 test on Thursday. We will then begin Chapter 9 by learning about translations and vectors in a coordinate plane (9.1).

Physical Science - Ms. Hoffman

The 8th grade have continued learning about force and motion and concluded their week with a friction lab observing and calculating values for kinetic and static friction. (See photos below.) They also had a quiz on motion, focusing on speed, velocity and acceleration, along with, forces, including gravity and friction. We will apply this information next week as we discuss Newton’s three Laws of Motion and how they relate to car crashes. Also, next week the final portion of their science fair project is due on Wednesday, 1/30 by the end of the school day. This is their completed triptych (test grade) and completed log book (homework grade). Students will present their Science fair projects at the end of the week for a classwork grade and their January Science in Comics is due on Thursday, 1/31/19. The following week will complete our content on Force and Motion and our Unit Test will be Friday, February 8th.

English Language Arts - Mrs. Boyer
Literature: Students are three Acts into William Shakespeare’s Romeo & Juliet. We will be interacting with this text from January 8th until Spring Break in March (however, we will be discussing the Holocaust and their T3 novel, Night, in order for the students to connect to the text while they are in Washington, DC).

January 25th-31st

Act III

72 pgs

February 1st-7th

Act IV

40 pgs

February 8th-13th

Act V

39 pgs

Final Reading is due on February 13th

Exams February 14th-15th

February 18th-March 1st (Projects/Writing)

March 4th-March 8th (Holocaust Intro)

Assessments: One-three Quizzes, Act I-II and the Shakespeare Background January 29th (There was a pop quiz on Wednesday 1/16- many verbal hints were given and students had multiple days to review), One Test February 5th on Act I-III

Vocab: Shakespearean Language-Dictionary Project & Shakespearean Vocabulary Videos

Reading Novel Card: Due before or on February 1st. (reposted on GC with a rubric)

History & Gov’t II - Mrs. English

This week students will continue looking at the Roaring Twenties culture. Topics discussed will include flappers, Prohibition, women’s suffrage, and mass culture during the 1920s. Readings and homework will come from Chapter 22.2 and 19.3. As we wrap up the trimester we will complete our Asian Geography unit with a quiz on February 1st and a Roaring Twenties test on February 6th.

Spanish - Ms. Hughes
Next week in Spanish the 8th grade will finish up Chapter 4A and the chapter test will be on Tuesday, January 29th. Students will begin Chapter 4B with an introduction to the difference between the preterite and imperfect tense. This chapter also discusses holiday celebrations and reciprocal actions.

7TH GRADE ASSIGNMENTS

Algebra 1 - Mrs. Reardon

Pre-Algebra - Mr. Lanfear

This week, we will begin the second part of Chapter 6 by learning about theoretical and experimental probabilities as well as calculating odds (6.7). We will also learn how to use the counting principle to determine the number of possible outcomes of events (6.8). There will be a day of review on Thursday and a quiz on sections 6.7-6.8 on Friday.

History & Gov’t I - Mrs. English

This week we will finish our Revolutionary War unit by discussing the final days of the Revolution. We will continue to look at two overarching questions, 1) Why was the Revolutionary War revolutionary? 2) Why did the Americans overcome great odds and win the war? Readings and homework will come from Chapter 6.4. We will wrap up our unit with a test on Wednesday, January 30th over Chapter 6.

Spanish - Ms. Hughes

Next week in Spanish the 7th grade will finish up Chapter 8A and the chapter test will be on Wednesday, January 30th. Students will also be presenting their travel projects on Thursday, January 30th and Friday, February, 1st. The students have been working very hard on these projects, and I look forward to seeing their final products!

ELA - Mrs. Boyer
Literature: We are diving into our next theme: Voices of the World! The students will be reading Just a Drop of Water, Refugee, All the Broken Pieces, or Hidden Figures (Young Readers Edition). This will be a writing/project heavy unit as we dive into discussing the world issues within these novels. Students will be writing a research paper, engaging in character analysis projects, plot mountains, research posters, etc.

Projects: Students are collaborating on a project where students must portray the integration of theme and conflict in their novels. These posters are being completed in class, and they will be presented on the 31st.

Grammar: Predicate Adjectives/Predicate Nominatives, Quiz on 1/25- Students will be able to use a card with notes. This coming week we will start out mini unit on tense.

Vocabulary: Unit 5, Vocabulary and Literary Terms (Review Words) on 1/29

Reading Novel Card: Due on or before Feb 1st. (reposted on GC)

Life Science - Ms. Hoffman

Last week the 7th grade students went on a field trip to Skidaway Aquarium and participated in a fish dissection, oyster dissection and plankton lab. Many photos of these activities can be found at the very end of this blog after the information for Hancock’s art classes. This week, students had a quiz on Darwin, natural selection and evolution and discussed extinction and Genetic Drift. We also began our study of Abiotic/ biotic ecosystems, succession, and the relationships between organisms including symbiosis, mutualism and parasitism. We will finish this information next week and their Unit Test on all of this material will be on Friday 2/1. The January Science in Comics is also due next week on Thursday, 1/31/19.

6TH GRADE ASSIGNMENTS

Accelerated Math 7 - Mrs. Reardon

Next week in Accelerated Math 7, we will begin to wrap up Chapter 6 by multiplying and dividing integers, learning about rational numbers, and taking a look at the distributive property. On Thursday, we will review for the Chapter 6.4-6.7 Quiz that will take place on Friday, February 1. Looking ahead, the Chapter 6 Test will be on Wednesday, February 6. Students will also receive a new challenge problem on Monday, January 28 and it will be due on Monday, February 5.

Pre-Algebra - Mr. Lanfear

ELA - Mrs. Guggenheim

LITERATURE: We will continue reading the nonfiction book Phineas Gage: A True But Gruesome Story About Brain Science. There will be a quiz Tuesday over Chapter 3. We will be doing a number of activities to support our reading of the text including a small group project that will require the students to create a test for the book.

VOCABULARY: The List 7 Greek/Latin + 8 SAT words quiz is scheduled for 1/31.

GRAMMAR:

We will continue our unit on nouns.

The outline for the 2nd Trimester ELA Exam was posted in GC and students were given a copy.

2nd Trimester Reading Assignment: The new Middle School reading assignment for second trimester is attached to the Blog and is also posted in my Google Classroom. It takes the place of the Reading Log. While it may be turned in at any point during the trimester, it is DUE BY FEBRUARY 1, 2019.

Earth Science - Mrs. Taylor

Students will begin the rock cycle which will not be included on this Trimester’s assessments. They have a Geology Unit test Tuesday, January 29th. This will cover Earth’s layers, Plate Tectonics, Continental Drift, Earthquakes and very little on Volcanoes. They have a project for T2 that details volcanoes for content. Please note that students have a lot to take in for this Unit test so they have been given direct instructions on what to study and how the content will be presented. Earthquake and Volcano notes, in particular, were a lot to learn about so notes were specific and we highlighted, as a class, content focus information for this large assessment. Their T2 exam project will not take them as long as I thought so the information will be distributed next week to be done SOLELY at school (with the hopes they will bring in supplies for the poster part of it and work on that in class as well).

Ancient Civ - Mr. O’Hayer

Last week brought us to an end of Ch. 6 and the beginning of Ch. 7: Changes for the Jewish People. Ch. 7 is the last in the Unit on the Hebrew People. We will begin Ch 7 with the lesson titled Defeat and New Beginnings. This lesson will help students understand the treatment of the Jewish people after the conquests by the Babylonians and the Persians. We will also explore how Judaism developed despite the scattering of Jewish peoples to other lands. Later in the week we will jump into Lesson 2- Continuing Traditions. There are only 2 lessons in Chapter 7. We will have a 2-lesson Quiz on Jan. 30th. Looking Ahead- Finishing out the Trimester, we will jump ahead to Ch. 10: Ancient India. More details to come but plan on the Chapter Assessment to be Friday, Feb. 8th. We will spend the following week reviewing for Exams.

Spanish - Ms. Dubick

The test on the 25th was changed to a quiz due to the students needing more time to wrap up the latest unit and so we could cover the weather unit more fully.

They will have a test on Thursday January 31 on:

-time and time phrases

-writing dates

-weather phrases

-months

-days of the week

-seasons

-basic themes in modern day Cuba

Art - Mrs. Cookson

“I never paint dreams or nightmares. I paint my own reality.” - Frida Kahlo

8th: Will build sets, characters, and props for stop motion.

7th: Will work on fish prints (gyotaku) in conjunction with Science