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This Week in Grade 8ENGLISH: Students havecompleted two sessions ofliterature circles (for eitherthe book Night or Maus) andare completing weekly roles,such as identifyingvocabulary, theme, characterdescription, literary terms,etc. They will continue this

for two more weeks. Askyour child about the bookthey are reading - the classdiscussions have been rich!They should also be workingthrough reading theirindependent book for theirupcoming Book Talks andcompleting a book reporttype template to guide them

through their discussion(either in Feb. or March).

SOCIAL STUDIES:

This week continued withstudents watching videos of

the People PowerRevolution of 1986 here inthe Philippines. Note-takingskills are being practiced,with a focus on main ideasand details. All of this willlead to students writing apersuasive 5 paragraphessay answering Was thePeople Power Revolution asuccess or failure? OnFeb. 6, former PresidentRamos will come and give aspeech for the studentsabout that time period.

SCIENCE:

Students are into thebuilding stage of theirTransformation Unitperformance task on simplemachines. They havedesigned (drawn) a simplemachine/rescue machinethey believe will besuccessful in completing thetask (see Mr. Pasambas blog

for details) and are in thebuilding stage of theprocess. Next week theywill complete the buildingand see if their machineswork. They are all reallyenjoying this process andactivity!

MATH:

Graphing and InterpretingData have been the focusthis week in math class.Students are analyzing datain order to find moreinformation. Importantterms such as mean, mode,median, range, first quartile,third quartile, andinterquartile range are all

terms they are learning andutilizing in class. Astatistics unit assessmentwill be coming up nextweek - date yet to bedetermined.

IMPORTANT DATES TO

REMEMBER:

*

UPCOMING ASSESSMENTS &

DUE DATES:

* English - reminder for students

to stay on track with their

group assigned reading sections

* Social Studies - students

should have 18 read & responds

completed in their google.docs

for Mr. Willey.

IMPORTANT WEBSITES USED IN

CORE CLASSES:

Google Docs

brainpop.com

Noodle tools - research skills &

notecards

WEEKLY BULLETIN: GRADE 8 LEARNING SUPPORT

JANUARY 27, 2012

INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL MANILA

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Skill & Strategy Areas of

Focus:

Vocabulary Development:

- Developing strategies to help

determine meaning of new

vocabulary & expanding

students vocabulary base

- Using context clues

- Categorizing/Classifying

- Understanding words with

Multiple Meanings

- Prefix & Suffix meanings -

using these to help determine

word meaning

- Root Words/Base words - for

meaning

The Writing Process:

- We are beginning to look at

the structure of a persuasive

paragraph or essay

- how to support your opinion

with valid reasons and

organize them into a strong

persuasive paragraph

Research Strategies:

- using templates to organize

information

- Noodle tools online

- Paraphrasing skill practice

Study Skills:

- Note-taking strategies: we

are using the Cornell

method which is the 2

column notes method

(main ideas on left side;

supporting details on

right)

- difference between facts

and opinions

Time Management:

- chunking long term/

large assignments into

smaller due dates

Strategy Instruction Class

1. Note- Taking Strategies2. Study Skills3. Time Management4. Self - Advocacy5. Paragraph Writing6. Summary Writing7. Editing Strategies8. Interactive Reading9. Learning Styles