**Our first class auction was a huge success! Thank you to the students and families who brought things in. The kids really enjoyed it. We will have an auction about every 2-3 weeks.
Projects: We are moving into a quick study of the Periodic Table of Elements. Students will research the table, become familiar with why it's organized the way it is and complete a quick task with a partner. This will set the stage and provide background knowledge for our next big project dealing with chemistry.
8th Grade Reading: Students will finish their informal outlines of Colonial America and take them to writing class to build a final draft. On Thursday we will start reading our first class novel, Ghost Hawk, by Susan Cooper. This novel focuses on relationships between Native Americans and New England Colonists. We are hoping to build background with this novel and have it move us nicely into the study of the French and Indian War and the American Revolution.
7th Reading: We will start our class novel, Blood on the River, by Elisa Carbone, on Tuesday. This novel is also intended to build background before we move into studying the French and Indian War and the American Revolution.
Writing: Students will finish their Colonial America essays as I conference individually with them. They will also work on "anti" as their root of the week and nouns through IXL.
Homework: Tuesday 20 minutes IXL Z.1
Wednesday 20 minutes IXL Z.2
Thursday Chapter 4 Main Idea and Detail page for Blood on the River (due Monday)
**This is a wonderful group of students and we have had a fantastic start to the school year!
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