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School
Semester
Exams
14-17 What we’
re learning!
KRMS vs. 17 Georgia Studies home explaining all the things person perspective letter for-
MMS (H) Students will be participating they are experiencing while mat.
in our role play activity for fighting in battles such as
Saturday 18 Gettysburg, Chickamauga,
the Civil War unit. Students
School and Antietam. Other topics
will choose and assume the
role of a Union or Confeder- such as Andersonville Prison
ate soldier in the Civil War. and the “ Union Blockade of
Assuming the role of a sol- Georgia’ s Coast”will be re-
dier, students will write letters corded and discussed in first
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Science Fair
8th Grade Students will be gress. Materials needed for
working on Science Fair pro- the completion of the projects
jects for the remainder of the include a log book, tri-board,
month of December and into and inexpensive household
January. Students will explore items for the experimentation
the scientific method as a part part of the project. If your
of 8th Grade Georgia Perform- student is experiencing diffi-
ance Standards. All projects culty completing their project,
will be due on January 29, afterschool assistance is avail-
2011. The project is to be able on Mondays and Tuesdays
completed in stages and will from 4 to 5 p.m. If you have
account for 6 assessment additional questions please
grades. Information will be contact Miss R. Davis.
Science Fair Projects sent home periodically. Please
due on January 29, check with your student in
2011. order to monitor their pro-
If there is a
Math News
The essence of
mathematics is
not to make sim-
ple things
compli- Students are learning shows an example of a linear with teachers. Georgia OAS
about mathematical inequality. These concepts are and Study Island are two
cated, but
relationships and func- entirely new to 8th graders as online programs available to
to make
tions, slope and y- they have not been exposed to students to practice skills. Each
complicated intercept. They are them previously. If your stu- student was also issued a text
things sim- graphing linear equa- dent is experiencing difficulty, book and a problem solving
ple. tions and exploring there are several sources of practice manual. Please en-
-Gudder their relationship to support available to them. courage your child to actively
the real world. The They may schedule a date and participate in class work and
graph at the left time for after school tutoring discussions.