Isaac Litton Middle School 8TH GRADE NEWS

Isaac Litton Middle School 8TH GRADE NEWS

"Can't Hide That Litton P.R.I.D.E."

Week of 4/13/2020

Social Emotional Resources:

In order to get a better assessment of the needs of our families, we are asking our families to take a Covid-19 Family Survey. Here is the link:

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District News:

Breakfast and lunch for students: Starting Monday, March 23, and continuing every weekday that schools are closed, breakfast and lunch will be available to anyone under the age of 18, regardless of their school status; however, they must be present to collect the meals, per federal law. The bagged or boxed meals will be provided in a drive-through setup.

Social and Emotional Learning Article.pdf

What can my student practice at home? Multiplication facts Drop everything and read 20-30 mins per day I-Ready Lessons IXL Nitro Type

8th grade team Contact Information

Math: Mrs. Jude and Coach Mac Joi.Jude@ William.McMillan@ ELA: Ms. Hamer and Mrs. Slater Christalynn.Hamer@ Kelda.Slater@ SS: Ms. Gooch Johnsha.Gooch@ Sci.: Ms. Hamilton Madeline.Hamilton@

Eighth Graders of the week!

Alyssa Ambrose and Cole Logan

Students your teachers would love to see your progress make sure you are emailing your teachers your assignments so that you can be featured They have been exceling on every enrichment assignment Check out Alyssa's Pandemic Project

AlyssaProject

Meals will be available for pickup between 10 a.m. and 12:30 p.m. at the locations marked in green on the map below.

Delivery meals: Six MNPS school buses will be used to pick up approximately 250 meals each from preparation kitchens and brought to locations where children are able to pick up the meals.

Locations and estimated times of arrival are listed on the map below and can be downloaded here.

Every Monday, starting today (March 30), Metro Schools will be offering printed educational enrichment materials at our meal distribution sites located at 16 schools and through bus stop locations.

These materials will be separated into age-appropriate ranges for students from Pre-K through 12th grade and will match what is being offered online to students at digitaltools.

The materials are optional educational enrichment opportunities and will not count toward a student's grades.

Also, as of today, Nashville Public Television, which is channel 8 over the air and on cable and satellite, will be airing educational programming from 6 a.m. to 5 p.m., with a four-hour block between 10 a.m. and 2 p.m. for middle and high school students. For further details on locations or time for food or materials distribution, please call the Family Information Center at 615-259-INFO.

Executive Principal Chara Rand

Chara.rand@

Assistant Principal Tracie Patton

tracie.patton@

Dean of Students Brian Rimini

brian.rimini@

Math: Day 1

(45 ? 60 minutes) I-Ready

Complete 2-3 IReady Individual Pathway lesson

Cubed Roots Practice 1-5 for 10 minutes

Day 2

(45 ? 60 minutes)

Video & Worksheet on Pythagorean Theorem Video . com/watch?v=yW wEGZZ8zwA Worksheet 12.oh.us/Downloa ds/WS%20%20Pythagorean %20Theoremblizzard%20bag1. pdf Only do worksheets numbers 1-10

Day 3

(45 ? 60 minutes)

IXL Complete the following IXL

lessons

Cubed Roots: - Unit F, Lessons

20, 21, 22

Pythagorean Theorem: - Unit R, Lessons

1, 2, 4, 5

Day 4

(45 ? 60 minutes)

Math Zoom Room Join Mrs. Jude & Coach Mac at 10:00am

Link: 771674?pwd=YVZEb ndGMjZtMWRzbkpp WHg5R1FIZz09

Meeting ID: 362 771 674

Password: 047511

Day 5

(45 ? 60 minutes)

Math Movie Watch Hidden Figures, talk to your parents about any of the math terms you heard in

the movie

Virtual Field Trip ? choose whichever field trip you want!

ELA: Day 1

(60mins)

Day 2

(60mins)

Day 3

(60mins)

Day 4

(60mins)

Day 5

(60mins)

Monday Find for a poem you believe has a narrative structure in a magazine, online, in a book, or use a suggested poem from a family member or friend. Once you've found your poem, identify the characteristics that give it a narrative structure.

Reminder: A narrative structure poem tells a story. It has a full story line that includes characters, plot, conflict and resolutions.

2) 10 MIN Reading

Challenge Prefer audiobooks? Start listening to free audiobooks here! Narrow your book

Tuesday 1) Complete LearnZillion. If the hyperlink doesn't work, go to and enter in this code: XN36355 You will need the following resources to complete the assignment: "Paul Revere's Ride" by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

Blank Evidence Chart

Example Evidence Chart

2) 15 MIN Reading

Challenge Prefer audiobooks? Start listening to free

Wednesday 1) Complete Analyzing Poetry Structure on IReady using Clever

2) 20 MIN Reading Challenge Prefer audiobooks? Start listening to free audiobooks here! Narrow your book search to age friendly books by clicking "teen" or "tween"

Log your reading progress with this template!

Thursday 1) No Tech Activity Nicknames are important to in Kwame Alexander's "The Crossover". Read aloud the poems "How I got My Nickname" and "At First". Think about the significance of the nicknames and answer questions.

2) 25 MIN Reading

Challenge Prefer audiobooks? Start listening to free audiobooks here! Narrow your book search to age friendly books by clicking "teen" or "tween"

Friday 1) Think about your own nicknames. Find a photo of yourself that best represents your nickname and draft a poem about your nickname using Kwame's "At First" as a model. When you finish, choose from at least one of the options below to publish your poem!

Instant Poet 2 (for iPhone/iPad users) Create your poetry, with your own pictures as backgrounds

Instagram and tag Miss Hamer (@misshamer)

Your home - on your bedroom door, front door, refrigerator, or bathroom mirror

an online magazine for teen work

search to age friendly books by clicking "teen" or "tween"

Log your reading progress with this template!

audiobooks here! Narrow your book search to age friendly books by clicking "teen" or "tween"

Log your reading progress with this template!

Log your reading progress with this template!

Email/Text chain Send out your poem to friends and family to share with others

2) 30 MIN Reading

Challenge Prefer audiobooks? Start listening to free audiobooks here! Narrow your book search to age friendly books by clicking "teen" or "tween"

Log your reading progress with this template!

Executive Principal Chara Rand

Chara.rand@

Assistant Principal Tracie Patton

tracie.patton@

Dean of Students Brian Rimini

brian.rimini@

Social Studies Focus: Gather and create primary and secondary sources to create a journal

about the current COVID-19 crisis (Using Social Studies Practice 1)

Day 1

Day 2

Day 3

Day 4

Day 5

(30-45 mins)

(30-45mins )

(30-45mins )

(30-45mins )

(30-45mins )

Students can view

The Election of 1860 & the Road to Disunion: Crash Course US History #18 on Youtube

Open the enrichment civil war and reconstruction

Students can view

The Election of 1860 & the Road to Disunion: Crash Course US History #18 on Youtube

Open the enrichment civil war and reconstruction packet via

Students can view

The Election of 1860 & the Road to Disunion: Crash Course US History #18 on Youtube

Open the enrichment civil war and reconstruction packet via

Students can view

The Election of 1860 & the Road to Disunion: Crash Course US History #18 on Youtube

Open the enrichment civil war and reconstruction packet via

Current Events Friday Topic Pandemic week 2 You may complete this task by following and using the sources found here

packet via

PandemicJournal

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Answer questions 1-3

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Answer questions 4-6

Science: Day 1

(50mins)

Day 2

(50mins)

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Answer questions 7-8

Day 3

(50mins)

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Answer questions 9-10

Day 4

(50mins)

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Day 5

(50mins)

Legends of Learning!

Login.legenedsoflear

Choose: 1) Play Teacher

Playlist 2) Enter Teacher

Code: HAMILT10 3) Select Awakening Assignment 4) Enter the Teacher Assignment Portal in Base!

Acess through: Clever Portal

Day of Discovery

Virtual Fieldtrip!

Polar Bear Cubs (Netherlands)

Enrichment Worksheets for Observations:

Animal Observation Worksheet

Animal Observation SUMMARY

Do more research on your favorite animal and make a guide. Research the habitat of your favorite animal. Use at home materials to create a miniature habitat.

Discovery Education

IXL Lessons

Daily Discovery 1. Education

Complete all M-F

lessons on this 2. day! They are very

short lessons so

you can

3.

accomplish this! 4.

B.2: Identify independent and dependent variables

B.3: Identify the experimental question

B.4: Identify questions that can be investigated with a set of materials

Access through:

Clever Portal

Resource Information

Clever Portal

Legends of Learning

This is where students login into the following:

1) IXL 2) Legends of Learning 3) Learning Blade 4) Moby Max 5) Schoology 6) Study Island 7) Office 365 8) I-Ready 9) Discovery Education

Techbook 10) Pearson Learning Bridge

(Science Text Book)

Login.

Choose: 1) Play Teacher Playlist 2) Enter Teacher Code:

HAMILT10 3) Select Awakening Assignment 4) Enter the Teacher Assignment Portal in Base! 5) If you don't know your login, message me on

Remind App OR e-mail me! (madeline.hamilton@)

Students use MNPS credentials to login!

IXL

1. Log into 2. Go to IXL app. 3. Complete lessons

that teachers have assigned through Newsletter.

CLICK HERE!

Website Page Above

Teacher View Dashboard

Apps Available (Above)

Executive Principal Chara Rand

Chara.rand@

Assistant Principal Tracie Patton

tracie.patton@

Dean of Students Brian Rimini

brian.rimini@

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