8th Grade Peek of the Week Week of January 30, 2023

Content Info For The Week

Math (Swindell, Beasley, and Meeks):

Students will be converting standard form equations into slope-intercept equations. After we learn how to convert from one equation to another, scholars will begin converting the equations in order to graph the linear function.

Algebra I (Meeks):

We will continue working with ponential function. Exponential functions include exponential growth and exponential decay. We will explore the formulas for exponential growth and decay in order to calculate the growth or decay over time.

ELA (Styron and Bright):

This week students will use active viewing and listening strategies to build background and content knowledge about key ideas from a video, use content-area vocabulary and generate relevant examples to deepen understanding of a central content-area concept,identify and explain important details in an informational text and use active reading, viewing, and listening as they continue working through their individualized and differentiated app segments and continue reading their selected novels

ELA (Lee):

This week in Mrs. Lee's class, students will be taking a pause on Hidden Figures while the DC trip is taking place to examine plot elements in the classic short story The Legend of Sleepy Hollow. Students will examine how the author develops the theme, characters, and other elements throughout the piece.

9th Grade Lit (Lee):

This week in Mrs. Lee's class, students will be taking a pause on To Kill a Mockingbird while the DC trip is taking place to examine plot elements in the classic short story The Legend of Sleepy Hollow. Students will examine how the author develops the theme, characters, and other elements throughout the piece.

Science (Carver and Lewis):

Students will be finishing up this unit focusing on Newton's 2nd Law of Motion. Students will explore stations this week over the 2nd Law and prepare them for their test next week on 1/19 & 1/20

Social Studies (MacArthur and Lewis):

This week in Mr. MacArthur's class, students will be evaluating the changes that took place during the New South Era of Georgia's History. Students will learn about the shift in Georgia's industry, and the political and social changes brought along by the Populist Party, as well as the Bourbon Triumvirate.