Students will start off this week with a fabulously fun test! The DWA!!! This is an untimed writing test given by the state. The students will be expected to plan, write rough drafts, and finally to type out their response to a prompt. They will complete the test on computers in the school - this is a little different than we've done in the past, so hopefully it will go well.
After the DWA on Monday, the students will be cleaning out their folders and putting in the new stuff for our next unit on physics. We'll be starting with waves. So if you have a pool membership, now might be the time to get your suits and have your 8th grader teach you about waves. We will be working on page 6 and 7 of their new notebook pages this week.
Last week they took a unit test on geology. All 3 of my 8th grade classes got into the upper 80's as an average. That's great for a end-of-unit test! I'm very proud of all of their hard work.
Since we just finished with our geology section, I'm hoping to take a few moments over the next few days to talk about the recent earthquakes that have occurred in Haiti and Chile. Please ask your student about it - have them teach you about why earthquakes occur and why they often occur in certain places.
Thank you to those parents who were able to come to student-led conferences last week. Your support is greatly appreciated. Often students get into a 3rd quarter slump - please keep driving them to excel.
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