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In an effort to provide additional support for eighth

grade students, Kennedy Road Middle School is

offering Saturday School beginning on

December 11, 2010. Students in need

of additional support have been identi-

fied utilizing data collected from writing

prompts administered to student s

during the months of September,

October, and November. If

your child has been selected to

attend Saturday School, he/she will be provided

transportation to and from school. Students will

also receive breakfast before each session. Four

sessions have been scheduled: December 11 & 18

and January 8 & 15. The 8th Grade State Writing

Assessment will be administered on January 19,

2011. All Georgia 8th graders who

are not eligible for an alternative

assessment are required to demon-

strate writing proficiency on this

exam. If you have additional ques-

tions, please contact Mrs.

Lubin.

Georgia StudiesStudents will be participating

in our role play activity for

the Civil War unit. Students

will choose and assume the

role of a Union or Confeder-

ate soldier in the Civil War.

Assuming the role of a sol-

dier, students will write letters

home explaining all the thingsthey are experiencing while

fighting in battles such as

Gettysburg, Chickamauga,

and Antietam. Other topics

such as Andersonville Prison

and the Union Blockade ofGeorgias Coast will be re-

corded and discussed in first

person perspective letter for-mat.

8th Grade Writing Assessment will

be January 19, 2011.

Saturday School

D E C E M B E R

Benchmark

Testing

7-10

Band Concert 9

KRMS vs.

Rehoboth (H)

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Saturday

School

11

Semester

Exams

14-17

KRMS vs.

MMS (H)

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Saturday

School

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What were learning!

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Check your childs agenda

daily and sign the agenda

on Thursdays

Schedule a time to visit

your childs classes

Contact teachers for a

conference to assess your

childs progress

Contact Mrs. Lubin for

any questions or concerns

Monitor your childs

grades using Infinite Cam-

pus

Contribute to our annual

canned food drive

Model the spirit of giving

by donating items to your

childs class effort to adopt

a student for the holidays

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If there is a

book that you

really want to

read that hasnt

been written

yet, then you

must write it.

-Toni Morrison

Science Fair Projects

due on January 29,

2011.

Reading and Language Update

Math News

Science Fair8th Grade Students will be

working on Science Fair pro-

jects for the remainder of the

month of December and into

January. Students will explore

the scientific method as a part

of 8th Grade Georgia Perform-

ance Standards. All projects

will be due on January 29,

2011. The project is to be

completed in stages and will

account for 6 assessment

grades. Information will be

sent home periodically. Please

check with your student in

order to monitor their pro-

gress. Materials needed for

the completion of the projects

include a log book, tri-board,

and inexpensive household

items for the experimentation

part of the project. If your

student is experiencing diffi-

culty completing their project,

afterschool assistance is avail-

able on Mondays and Tuesdays

from 4 to 5 p.m. If you have

additional questions please

contact Miss R. Davis.

shows an example of a linear

inequality. These concepts are

entirely new to 8th graders as

they have not been exposed to

them previously. If your stu-

dent is experiencing difficulty,

there are several sources of

support available to them.

They may schedule a date and

time for after school tutoring

Students are learning

about mathematical

relationships and func-

tions, slope and y-

intercept. They are

graphing linear equa-

tions and exploring

their relationship to

the real world. The

graph at the left

with teachers. Georgia OAS

and Study Island are two

online programs available to

students to practice skills. Each

student was also issued a text

book and a problem solving

practice manual. Please en-

courage your child to actively

participate in class work and

discussions.

dents to be able to demon-

strate their level of proficiency

on the state assessment. In

order to provide support for

students in the area of writing,

we will begin offering Saturday

School writing workshops.

There are four scheduled daysfor the workshops. Students

who need additional practice

with writing have been pro-

vided an application to be

completed by parents and

returned to the school. We

are committed to providing

quality instruction for your

child. Please contact your

childs Language Arts teacher

for additional details.

English Language Arts classes

are focused on activities

geared towards writing in

preparation for the upcoming

assessment. Students have

been flexibly grouped accord-

ing to data gathered from

three different writing tests.Instruction has been individual-

ized to assist students with

improving their writing profi-

ciency. It is important for stu-

The essence of

mathematics is

not to make sim-

ple things

compli-

cated, butto make

complicated

things sim-

ple.

-Gudder

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