Dear Parents and Guardians of Rising 7th Graders,

?June 8, 2018Dear Parents and Guardians of Rising 8th Graders,The 8th grade team would like to extend an early welcome to you and your child. We are excited about the upcoming year and wanted to share information about our expectations and some of the unique opportunities we have planned.Eighth Grade: Preparing for High SchoolWe take seriously our responsibility in the eighth grade to prepare students to leave Piedmont and be successful in high school and beyond. We will challenge the students to grow and excel academically and socially. Students must pass their core and elective classes and the End-of-Grade (EOG) tests in math, reading, and science to be considered ready for high school.Summer Reading and Math ProjectsWe encourage your student to read as much as possible. There is a required summer project that is explained in detail at the end of this letter and on the Piedmont website. Students are encouraged to read additional selections of their choice in addition to the required book(s). In addition, there is a math project focusing on refreshing basic computational skills that is also explained at the end of this letter. Teacher CommunicationThe teachers use email and our Piedmont websites as our primary methods to communicate information about our classes and grade-level events throughout the year. If you and your child do not currently have an email address, please consider obtaining one. There are several services that provide free email accounts (, , etc.). Please be sure to provide your email address to each teacher during the first week of school so you can be added to our distribution lists.Field TripsWe believe strongly in the educational value of field trips to extend learning outside the classroom. We are tentatively planning to offer several field trips for our eighth graders, pending appropriate administrative and CMS approvals. The two out-of-town field trips are a one-day trip to Kings Mountain National Park and Schiele Museum in the fall and a four-day trip to the Outer Banks in the spring. The combined cost for these trips is expected to be in the $400 range. We are providing this information now in hopes that you can have meaningful discussions as a family around spending priorities and opportunities for the students to earn money or to designate these trips as their birthday gifts, etc.. These trips are privileges earned through behavior and academic effort. Suspensions, outstanding school fines (cafeteria, media center, textbooks, etc.) and/or academic failure can exclude students from off-campus field munity and ServiceAs you know, community and service is an important component of the International Baccalaureate magnet program.? Eighth grade students will need to complete a community project which will take the place of the 30 hours that were formerly required.? Information about the community project is available on the school website. SuppliesWe need your support to help keep our classrooms stocked with essential necessities. Donations of these items are always welcome: Classroom Teacher Needs** highest priority needsTissues**, white copy paper**, dry erase markers, paper towels, pencils, pens, glue sticks, transparent tape, hand sanitizer, and colored pencils.Student SuppliesStudents need to come to school each day with academic growth being their number one priority. This means being prepared for class (homework completed, having appropriate materials) and participating fully and appropriately in the learning activities. Below is a list of student supplies:Basics for All ClassesSpecific Subjects#2 Pencils (mechanical pencils preferred)Writing pensMarkersColored pencilsRulerHighlightersGlue sticks (multiple)Scotch tape (transparent tape)Scissors Dry erase marker(s) and eraser White outBox(es) of tissue for homebase teacherOne flashdrive with at least 2gb of memoryNote: Piedmont will provide each student a lock to use on their assigned locker.Language ArtsMead Composition College Ruled (100/200 sheets; not spiral bound)Red/Purple marking pens1 pack of 3x5 index cards-TBD by assigned ELA teacher?MathMath 8 and Math I Students:TBD by first day of school:1 college-ruled composition notebook (100 pages) OR 2 inch binder1 pack of graph paper (4 inches per square) for classroom use (bring to math teacher)1 pack of AAA batteries for classroom graphing calculators (bring to math teacher)RECOMMENDED:? Texas Instruments TI-83 or TI-84 Graphing Calculator. We have class sets of these calculators for use during class, but they are not available for students to take home.2 Big glue sticks(1 for student and 1 for classroom)Bring 1 pair of scissors (for math teacher)Colored Pencils for class set (for math teacher)Math I/Math II Students:1 or 1.5 inch binder with lined paper and graph paperBox of pencils for class setScienceTBD by first day of school:1 Mead Five-Star college-ruled, five subject, spiral notebook with a hard plastic cover Social Studies1 Mead Five-Star college-ruled, one-subject, spiral notebook with no more than 100 sheets of paper, a hard plastic cover, and a two-pocket folder on the inside cover1 additional folder for IB assessments We look forward to meeting you and having a great year!Sincerely,The 8th Grade Team8th Grade Summer Reading Project These details were all presented to the rising 8th graders last spring. You may find additional information in the link below this document on the Piedmont summer supply web page.8th Grade Summer Math Project Dear Rising 8th Grade Students and Families,We are looking forward to working with you next year and have developed a summer assignment to help you prepare for success. As you advance in your math career, the focus shifts to more complex problem solving that requires you to combine multiple skills and concepts within a single problem. Students who have their basic computational skills mastered consistently outperform those students who do not. Over the summer, you need to make sure that you have the following mathematical facts mastered/memorized:Multiplication of integers from -12 to 12 (see tables on next page)Perfect Squares and Square Roots from 1 to 15 (see tables on next page)Perfect Cubes and Cube Roots from 1 to 10 (see tables on next page)On the first 3 Fridays of the school year, students will be given 100 questions and will have 3 minutes to answer 100% of them correctly. The number correct out of 100 after 3 minutes will be the student’s score on this formal assessment. Students will have 3 attempts to earn up to 100. After the 3rd attempt on Friday, September 16, students will be allowed to re-test during teacher help sessions through Friday, October 21 to earn up to the maximum re-test grade as stated in the 2016-2017 grading policy. A practice test is provided at the end of this document.Students are expected to prepare for this assessment over the summer. We wish you a wonderful summer and appreciate your support in preparing for a successful 8th grade experience!Sincerely,The 8th Grade Math TeamHelpful websites: rules:(Positive #)(Positive #) = Positive #Example: (4)(6) = 24(Negative #)(Negative #) = Positive #Example: (-3)(-5) = 15(Positive #)(Negative #) = Negative #Example: (7)(-2) = -14(Negative #)(Positive #) = Negative #Example: (-8)(9) = -72Perfect Squares12=122=432=942=1652=2562=3672=4982=6492=81102=100112=121122=144132=169142=196152=225Square Roots√1=1√4=2√9=3√16=4√25=5√36=6√49=7√64=8√81=9√100=10√121=11√144=12√169=13√196=14√225=15Perfect Cubes13=123=833=2743=6453=12563=21673=34383=51293=729103=1000Cube Roots31 =138 =2327 =3364 =43125 =53216 =63343 =73512 =83729 =931000 =10Name: _______________________SUMMER MATH PRACTICE TEST (3 minute time limit)11 x 12 = 73 =62 = QUOTE 3125 3125 =112 =-4 x -9 =√100 =-7 x 8 =31000 =-1 x -4 =- 12 x 11 =-1 x 9 =√36 =3216 =12 x -12 =92 =8 x 2 =3 x 8 =-5 x 3 =3512 =93 =-9 x 4 =52 =√4 =5 x 9 =10 x 12 =2 x -10 =-2 x 11 =9 x 7 =-8 x 9 =38=9 x 2 =-4 x -4 =72 =√49 =7 x 12 =√121 =6 x 3 =63 =53 =3 x -9 =142 =4 x 5 =6 x 8 =327 =-2 x 10 =9 x -8 =7 x -9 =-4 x -12 =364 =√144 =82 =83 =33 =6 x 4 =10 x 4 =√196 =5 x 4 =42 =√225 =6 x – 11 =√64 =7 x -4 =10 x 10 =103 =1 x -12 =9 x 12 =152 =6 x 7 =102 =8 x -5 =9 x -9 =7 x 5 =√169 =√9 =6 x -4 =8 x 8 =32 =8 x 6 =√25 =12 x 8 = 2 x 7 =9 x -6 =3 x 11 =122 =3343 =23 =4 x -2 =3729 =7 x 3 =-12 x 10 =13 =43 =√16 =4 x 10 =132 =√81 =31 =22 =-3 x -4 = ................
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