Week 6 8th grade 2/16/26-2/20/26

 

8th Week 62/16/20262/17/20262/18/20262/19/20262/20/2026Co-Teacher Notes
GeometrySurface Area of Pyramids and ConesSurface Area of Pyramids Maze and Surface Area of Cones Maze worksheetsRatio & ProportionStudy for Area/Perimeter/Surface Area TestArea/Perimeter/Surface Area Test
Earth Science In Class:  Chapter 7: Volcanoes and Earthquakes Section 7.1 Volcanoes and Plate Tectonics Textbook pages 162-165. At home: Chapter 6: Plate Tectonics and Mountain Building Read Chapter 6, Textbook pages 153-160. Complete Learning Checks 6.5 base your answers on Textbook reading. If already done, begin working on Chapter 6 exercises base your answers on Textbook reading. In Class:  Chapter 7: Volcanoes and Earthquakes Section 7.2 Volcanoes Textbook pages 169-178. At home:  Chapter 6: Plate Tectonics and Mountain Building Complete Chapter 6 exercises base your answers on Textbook reading. In Class:  Chapter 7: Volcanoes and Earthquakes Sections 7.3 Igneous Intrusions 7.4 Earthquakes Textbook pages 179-186. Due today: Science Notebooks for Classwork and Homework***Chapter 6 Test will be combined with Chapter 7 **Quarter 3-4 Project; Science Fair Projects .Students may begin working on their approved Experiments. First darft of Written Report due Feb 20 th, 2026. Please refer to email and the video on How to cite Resources using Chicago Style
. The Science Fair will take place
13th-17th April 2026. ***No Haz-Mat Projects allowed
EnglishGrade paragraph 1-5 in Common Topic. MUST have rough drafts done in student guide and be ready for Digression; Grammar Quiz post-ReviewReview Vocab words 21-27 for test next week; 2/25; Read and journal per TKAM scheduleSession 1: COMPOUND sentences, "Rejection of Pity" Session 2: TKAM chapters 15-20 Quiz and DiscussionComplete "Rejection of Pity" (p18-19) AND compile all of the first 7 rough draft paragraphs into a soft copy (typed, double space google doc) -- DO NOT attempt paragraph 8! Be sure you have all 7 figures of description"Heads of Purpose" conclusion with metaphor; students may bring a laptop device to class or use a school chromebook
LatinChapter 18: Fifth declension; future perfect tense.Do exercise 1 on page 316 in the textbook. Copy the original word, please! Complete homework sheet on verb tenses given out in class. Due Wednesday.Homework due. De Cupidine et Psyche; fifth declensionDo exercise 5 in the textbook. Due Friday.Chapter 18 story; future perfect and fifth declension, continued.
US HistoryDiscussionLesson 23 - SR 329-333 Complete assignment No ClassSR 339-350 - Complete assignment - Lesson 23 Test Friday (Great Depression Paragraph Lesson 23 Test - Great Depression Paragprah Discussion
Formal LogicDebate Complete GCR assignment and Deduction in Action Lesson 8.1 Part 2Lesson 8.1 exercises pgs. 174-175 on GCRWrite syllogisms in class – create or swap with Day 1