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Page 1: Welcome to the Holmes Junior High Incoming 8 Grade Parent ... · Incoming 8th Grade Parent Meeting March 11, 2020 *Welcome to the Transition Year! *8th Grade Required Classes/Electives

Welcome to the Holmes Junior High Incoming 8th Grade

Parent Meeting

March 11, 2020

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* Welcome to the Transition Year!

* 8th Grade Required Classes/Electives

* Course Request Sheet

* StudentConnect Registration

* Questions

Meeting Agenda

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* 8th grade is a significant year of transformation and transition—physically, socially, and academically

* Students should focus on working independently, improving quality of work and meeting deadlines

* Responsibility for problem-solving and self- advocacy transfers from parent to student

Transition Year

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The Student in Transition

*This year does “matter”….

*Good study habits created now increase confidence and overall success

*Colleges will ask about math and language levels taken in 8th grade

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* Your child still needs your help navigating social pressures and developmental obstacles

* Be curious and pay attention to: * friends, online interactions and texting * School Loop – but try to find balance

between checking grades and offering support & guidance

* See Strategies for Success handout

Social/Emotional Development

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Planning for 8th Grade

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*All 7th graders have already received this form (see sample in your

handout packet) as well as the Junior High Catalog

*5 required classes

* 1-2 electives depending on 6 or 7 period day

8th Grade Course Request Sheet

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SAMPLE SCHEDULES with ELECTIVE OPTIONS: 7-period day with 2 year-long

electives:

-English 8

-US History 8

-Science 8

-Math

-PE 8

-Spanish 1 (year)

-Band (year)

7-period day with 1 year-long and 2 semester-long electives:

-English 8

-US History 8

-Science 8

-Math

-PE 8

-Yearbook (Year)

-Foods (semester)

-Art/Ceramics (semester)

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* Check for completion of necessary information:

• 5 required courses

• Rank 6 elective courses (#1-6) from all electives on right side of form

• all required signatures (math, language, student, and parent)

Finishing up the Course Request Sheet

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* Students enter course selections on StudentConnect anytime from now until Thursday, March 19 at midnight

* Classes must add up to 7 periods—use “Free 1st” or “Free 7th” for a 6-period day

* Log-in Instructions and Pins/Passwords are on the back of the Course Request Sheet

* Completed Course Request Sheet is due March 20th to your child’s English teacher

Important Dates & More

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Academic Departments

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Common Core Course Implementation

7th GRADE 8th GRADE 9th GRADE 10th GRADE 11th GRADE 12th GRADE

Common Core

Math 2

Common Core

Math 3

Common Core

Math 3 (Repeat

course or

advance to

Integrated Math

1P)

Integrated Math

1P

Integrated Math

2P

Integrated Math

3P

Accelerated

Integrated Math

3P

Common Core

Math 2

Common Core

Math 3

Integrated Math

1P

Integrated Math

2P

Integrated Math

3P

Precalculus P

Accelerated

Integrated Math

3P

Calculus AB

Common Core

Math 2/3

Integrated Math

1P

Integrated Math

2P

Integrated Math

3P

Precalculus P

Calculus AB

Accelerated

Integrated Math

3P

Calculus AB Calculus BC

The math department strongly recommends that students not interrupt the Common Core Math

course sequence: CC 3, Integrated Math 1, Integrated Math 2, Integrated Math 3, or Accelerated

Integrated Math 3.

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Eighth Grade Core Works

The Pearl The Diary of a

Young Girl

Tom Sawyer The Giver

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Other 8th grade literature

options • Flowers for Algernon

by Daniel Keyes

• April Morning by Howard Fast

• Living up the Street by Gary Soto

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Holmes Jr High Reading Log

Many teachers have students keep reading logs for each quarter

expecting students to read ten pages per night for excellence

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Writing Genres

Narrative Expository Argument

▪ Writing is developmental

▪ Writing Process

▪ Authentic Feedback

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Speaking & Listening

• Memorizing Poems

• Scenes & Skits

• Debate & Moot

Court • Poster Presentations

• Socratic Seminar

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HOLMES JR. HIGH

SOCIAL STUDIES DEPARTMENT

U.S. History

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First Semester Topics

⚫ United States Geography

⚫ Review American Colonies & Revolutionary War

⚫ U.S. Constitution

⚫ The Early Republic

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Second Semester Topics

⚫ Early Westward Expansion

⚫ Native Americans

⚫ Sectionalism

⚫ Civil War

⚫ Reconstruction

⚫ Industrialism

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SCIENCE 8

•8th grade Science focuses on the

integration of Life science,

Physical science, and Earth

science. Topics include:

• Natural Selection

• Waves and EM radiation

• Forces and Interactions

• Earth Moon Sun System

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ELECTIVE OPTIONS

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ART/CERAMICS

LEARN ART CONCEPTS

THROUGH THE PROCESSES

OF BOTH FINE ARTS AND

CERAMIC PROJECTS

ELEMENTS OF DESIGN,

DRAWING, PAINTING AND

SCULPTURE

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YEARBOOK

▶PHOTOGRAPHY & PHOTOSHOP, PAGE

DESIGN, LAYOUT, TEAMWORK AND BUSINESS

EXPERIENCE

▶A VARIETY OF PUBLICATIONS PROJECTS

ALONG WITH CREATING THE ANNUAL

YEARBOOK AS PART OF A TEAM.

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MULTIMEDIA

▶COMPUTER ART & GRAPHICS

▶WEB PAGE & WEBSITE DESIGN

▶VIDEO MAKING & EDITING

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COMPUTER PROGRAMMING WITH ROBOTICS

▶INTRODUCTORY COMPUTER PROGRAMMING

WITH PYTHON AND C++

▶VEX IQ ROBOTS – “COUSINS” TO THOSE USED

BY CITRUS CIRCUITS

▶BASIC PROGRAMMING CONCEPTS USEFUL

WITH ANY LANGUAGE

▶LOGIC AND ANALYTICAL THINKING

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FOODS & NUTRITION

• COOKING SKILLS FOR LIFE

• KITCHEN TOOLS AND SAFETY

• PRACTICAL NUTRITION

• BAKING

• SEASONAL SPECIALTIES

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AVID Curriculum Focus

★Exploration of Colleges and Careers

★Strategies for Academic Success

★Note Taking

★Public Speaking

★Test Preparation

★Research Techniques

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What are the

Motivational Activities?

★Guest Speakers

★Field Trips

★Team Building / Challenge

Activities

★Philosophical Chairs and Socratic

Seminars

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Thank you for coming!

Questions?


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