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8th Grade Distance Learning Information & ActivitiesHello!We hope each of you are doing well, staying safe and keeping healthy! We all received the difficult news that our school is closed for the rest of this year, yet distance learning will continue. As your teachers who care about you greatly, we still want you to let us know if we can help you in any way possible!Each Hawk Time is still scheduled to Zoom (video chat) each week. If you’re not able to join the Zoom, your Hawk Timeteacher will still be reaching out to you via phone call or email.We would also like to schedule a whole class Zoom where we can just hangout and catch up! Be on the lookout on Teams for the date and time. Hawk TimeDayZoom TimeZoom Meeting NumberMr. ProbstTues/Thurs10:30 am177-227-621Mrs. ShaiboonWednesday12:30 pm421-367-291Mrs. ByersThursday1:30 pm321-847-692Mrs. Fahy & Coach FleerWednesday1:00 pm665-378-580Mrs. WilsonTuesday12:30 pm729-863-749Join us for a movie!Each week, we will watch a movie and discuss it on Teams.Let’s watch WALL-E this week! It’s on Disney+ if you happen to have it.Please do not buy or rent this title without your parents’ permission! If you cannot watch the movies, no worries! This is just to bring more conversation to the table.*In addition to the learning activities provided by your teachers, you should also be completing 20-30 minutes of reading daily in addition to the learning opportunities. This could be reading to a sibling, parent, grandparent, from a magazine article, online article, book, or following along with an audio book or an electronic book. *Week 4Essential Learning Activity 1Essential Learning Activity 2Essential Learning Activity 3FIRST!Complete the Week 4 Check-In Form in the 8th Grade Distance Learning Team.MathMrs. Fahy lfahy@vp.k12.mo.us 314-782-5389Office Hours: T/W/TH 10:30-12:00Brain Puzzles FormAttempt at least 2 combination lock puzzles!Click the link.Solving Equations Equations Review assignmentComplete the Math portion of the Interdisciplinary Learning Activity in the Assignments portion of Teams.ELAMrs. Shaiboon cshaiboon@vp.k12.mo.us Office Hours:M/W/F 2:00-4:00Continue your novel, then answer these questions: What page are you on? What is one type of conflict going on in your novel - person vs self, person vs person, person vs nature and person vs society? Support your answer using text examples from the story. *(Put this response in the Assignment portion on Teams or you can email me your answers directly!)REVIEW GRAMMAR SKILLSComma Rules: Regular ELA classes – Do 1 - 10 and place your answers in the Assignments section in Teams 641/file-614303584-pdf/docs/The_Big_3_Comma_Rule s_G3-12.pdfParallel Structure: Advanced ELA-Complete the online activity; then record how many you got right. Also, write an original sentence using parallel structure in the Assignment section in Teams. this part in the Interdisciplinary Activity in the Assignment portion on Teams.*If you can’t find where to put your response, email it to me! cshaiboon@vp.k12.mo.usScienceMrs. Byers hbyers@vp.k12.mo.us 314-748-8377Office Hours: M/T/TTH 9:00-11:00Complete the Photosynthesis WebQuest in the Assignment portion of Teams.IXL – Natural Resources and Human ImpactsY.1Y.2Complete the Science portion of the Interdisciplinary Learning Activity in the Assignments portion of TeamsSocial StudiesMr. Probst tprobst@vp.k12.mo.us Office Hours:M/T/W 1:30-3:00Primary Source Visual Journal: You are a primary source experiencing a historical event.Update your Sway, Prezi, or PowerPoint (Sway recommended).Record yourself for 30 seconds on Tuesday and Friday via computer or phone.Then take a single picture each day of the week. (T-F)Make sure your presentation has been shared with Mr. ProbstWe are going to collect these and put them together in video presentation of 8th Grade VPMS experience with COVID-19. You can talk about whatever you want during the 30 seconds, but make sure you mentionsomething about the Virus.Minecraft – Fort McHenryTuesday, Thursday, Friday11:00 AM – 11:00 PMCheck teams for DiscordWe had 6 players online at the same time last week, let’s try and beat it that this week.The foundation of the Fort has been laid down. Let’s get to work!Check Teams General and Questions for updated Code & JokesComplete the Social Studies portion of the Interdisciplinary Learning Activity in the Assignments portion of TeamsPE – HealthCoach Fleerdfleer@vp.k12.mo.usHealth: Complete one of your courses from se/PE: This YouTuber has a playlist called PE with Joe where he posts 30-minute workouts! (8-12)Ms. Porter lporter@vp.k12.mo.us Office Hours:M 10:30-12T 1-2:30Th 10:30-12Phone # 314-500-4539 (via textnow)Graduation musicSpend 20-30 minutes practicing this musicI plan on keeping Salvation is created for graduation music. Also, pull out Ash Lawn Echoes and review that.Cedar Creek Sketches and Faith Triumphant will also be performed. High schoolers we played these last year at graduation, 8th graders this will be new for youAll sheet music in posted in the Google ClassroomPercussion, we might need to move some people around on parts. I will e-mail you as a section to talk about that.Pomp and Circumstance will also be played but that music will be uploaded at a later date to the classroom.Spend 20 –30 minutes practicing5 mins warm up10 mins Swahili Folk Hymn10 mins Solo SelectionUpload a video to FlipGrid of your SWAHILI FOLK HYMN at the end of your practice session. - Link in Google Classroom.This video does not have to be“performance” ready, I am just checking in on your playing, mistakes are OKAY! That means you are learning and working at it. Just do not blow through your mistakes, take the time to go back and fix them.Zoom Meeting Check in: Tuesday, April 14th at 2:00 pmSpend 20 –30 minutes practicing5 mins warm up10 mins Swahili Folk Hymn10 mins Solo SelectionUpload a video to FlipGrid of your SOLO SELECTION at the end of your practice session. - Link in Google Classroom.This video does not have to be“performance” ready, I am just checking in on your playing, mistakes are OKAY! That means you are learning and working at it. Just do not blow through your mistakes, take the time to go back and fix them.**Students withOUT instruments at home**Complete the new EdPuzzle Music Video Concert assignment in Google Classroom. If others want to complete it, you are welcome to as well.Listening Grid Activity in Google Classroomo Submit Answers through Google FormCalculationsMrs. Schroll cschroll@vp.k12.mo.us 314-833-8079Office Hours:M/T/W 8:00 -9:30I invite anyone and everyone to try the Create a Puzzle activity. Click the link to give it a try. Feel free to email Mrs. Schroll with images of your puzzles or any questions you may have cschroll@vp.k12.mo.usCreate a Puzzle ActivityThis activity is also uploaded to the Calculations folder in Teams.ChoirMrs. Graville mgraville@vp.k12.mo.us 636-486-1948 text or callOffice Hours: M/T/TH 1:00-2:30Using Flipgrid, (link in Classroom) create a short 1-2 minute video commercial/infomercial convincing 6th grade students to take choir next year. Give them good reasons, citing evidence from brain studies as well as social/emotional reasons. Use humor, be entertaining. These will be shared in a mix tape with the 6th grade students. PLEASE PREVIEW YOUR FLIPGRID BEFORE YOU TURN IT IN!!!!!!!ZOOM MEETING TUESDAY 5:00Industrial TechnologyMrs. Reedlreed@vp.k12.mo.us*Email your results by Monday, April 20!8th Grade: Paper Airplane Design ActivityObjective: This is an individual assignment. Students will design and build 2 paper airplanes that need to be able to travel a certain distance.MaterialsPaperTapeMarkersProcedureFirst, decide on 2 different types of paper airplane designs.You may use YouTube as a resource for making your airplanes.Next, begin building 2 paper airplanes. The airplanes must be different.You may use markers to color each airplane if you want to.Test each airplane by hand.Make modifications to each design if needed.Once you are finished, you need to be able to test each airplane to measure the distance each airplane traveled.*Take a picture of your planes once you are finished designing.Make sure to email me your picture and your results by Monday, April 20th.AIRPLANEDISTANCE12TOTAL DISTANCEAVERAGE DISTANCEFACsMs. LaRue klarue@vp.k12.mo.us Office Hours: M/W/Th 9:30-11:00Choose one challenge to complete, then tell me about your week!Send me a quick email about whatyou’ve been doing and how you are feeling. Be sure to tell me about what you did for you challenge. Can’t wait to hear from you!klarue@vp.k12.mo.usSpanishSra. Houston chouston@vp.k12.mo.us Office Hours:M/T/TH 10:00-11:301. Speaking test. Respond on flipgrido Complete the “Test” option for all 3 topics listed on Quizlet.2. Read about Hispanic names and answer questions.ArtMs. Quisenberry bquisenberry@vp.k12.mo.us Office Hours:W/TH/F 12:30-2:30Mixed Media Art“Keyhole Sketch” - Check our class notebook (8th Grade Mixed Media Art Online Learning) next week to see instructions and examplesEmail Ms. Quisenberry with any questions/comments/concerns - bquisenberry@vp.k12.mo.usGiftedMrs. Kaiser kkaiser@vp.k12.mo.us Office HoursM/W/F 9:00-10:30Fill out the reflection sheet on your Genius Hour progress from last week. This will be located on Teams under the Assignments tab. On Thursday’s Zoom meeting, be prepared to talk about what you want your final project to look like. It’s recommended that you spend ................
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