Grade 8 Expectations for 10/30/17-11/3/17 *Monday, 10/30/17 is an “A” day *Marking Period 1 ends on Friday, 11/3/17 Science: Students will learn some important new vocabulary such as gene, allele, genotype, and phenotype. There will be a quiz on the material on the first five pages of the genetics note packet toward the end of the week. Math: o

Algebra: Unit Test- Tuesday, 10/31; Algebra instruction: Ratio, Proportion, and Percent

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Pre-Algebra: Unit Test- Tuesday, 10/31; Unit 1 “Leftovers”

Social Studies: Argumentative Writing- Complete writing process New Immigrants- Growth of Cities Language Arts: On Monday students will be finishing their nonfiction unit test. Students will be working on completing their independent reading projects (for both fiction and nonfiction) which are due on Thursday, November 2nd. They will also begin working on their quarter one reading report and reflection. Spanish: Mrs. Ferro:

1. Quiz on Monday: SER vs ESTAR; *Pushed back from Friday, 10/27 2. La Cultura: El Día de los Muertos 3. Start Ordinal Numbers Mr. Donovan: 1. 2. 3. 4.

Continue Vocabulary 5.2 (chores/party) Continue verbs hacer and decir Review numbers 1-3000 Quiz on vocabulary 5.2 (Thursday)

French: - Telling the time in French - Homework due Nov. 1st Family and Consumer Science: Study unit vocabulary **Please refer to teachers’ websites for daily homework assignments.**