8th Grade Full Curriculum

𝐖𝐞𝐥𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐞 𝐭𝐨 𝐨𝐮𝐫 8𝐭𝐡 𝐆𝐫𝐚𝐝𝐞 𝐇𝐨𝐦𝐞𝐬𝐜𝐡𝐨𝐨𝐥 𝐅𝐮𝐥𝐥 𝐂𝐮𝐫𝐫𝐢𝐜𝐮𝐥𝐮𝐦!

🌟 In this comprehensive course, from Monday to Thursday, we cover ELA, Math, Science, and Social Studies. And on Fridays, it's Project activity day! 📚✏️

💡 Each class session will feature a mix of engaging lectures, interactive games, multimedia presentations, and discussions to keep students actively involved and motivated. 🎉 We believe in creating a supportive learning environment where every student feels valued and encouraged to participate. 

🚀 Our structured approach ensures that each week is filled with engaging lessons tailored to meet the needs of 8th grade learners.

MONDAY - ELA 📖  
TUESDAY - Math ➕➖
WEDNESDAY - Science 🔬🌱 
THURSDAY - Social Studies 🌍🔍
FRIDAY - Project Day  🛠️🔭

𝙏𝙤𝙥𝙞𝙘𝙨 𝙩𝙤 𝙗𝙚 𝙘𝙤𝙫𝙚𝙧𝙚𝙙 𝙞𝙣 𝙚𝙖𝙘𝙝 𝙬𝙚𝙚𝙠 𝙘𝙡𝙖𝙨𝙨𝙚𝙨:

Week 1 (Sep 1):
ELA: Making Inferences
Math: Real Number System
Science: Speed, Velocity, and Acceleration
Social Studies: Mesoamerica's geography

Week 2 (Sep 8):
ELA: Citing textual evidence/parts of speech
Math: Rational vs Irrational Numbers
Science: Balanced and Unbalanced Forces
Social Studies: The Maya, The Aztec & Inca Empire

Week 3 (Sep 15):
ELA: Literary analysis portfolio/types of sentences
Math: Converting fractions into repeating decimals
Science: Newton’s Laws
Social Studies: Mississippian Culture & Eastern Woodlands

Week 4 (Sep 22):
ELA: Literary analysis portfolio/benefits of different types of sentences
Math: Converting repeating decimals to fractions
Science: Simple Machines
Social Studies: Nations of the Great Plains, Apache, Navajo, and the Southwest

Week 5 (Sep 29):
ELA: literary analysis portfolio/plot structure/dependent and independent clauses
Math: Square roots/cube roots
Science: Asteroids, Meteors, and Comets
Social Studies: Shoshone Nation and the Great Basin

Week 6 (Oct 6):
ELA: Vocabulary
Math: Scientific Notation
Science: Galaxies and Light Years
Social Studies: Plymouth and Jamestown Colonies

Week 7 (Oct 13):
ELA: Tone of Text/subjects and predicates
Math: Comparing Irrational Numbers
Science: Life Cycle of a Star
Social Studies: The Mayflower Compact
Characteristics of the New England, Southern, and Middle Colonies

Week 8 (Oct 20):
ELA: Mood of Text/types of phrases 
Math: Exponents
Science: Seasons
Social Studies: The Sugar Act, Stamp Act, Townshend Acts, & Intolerable Acts

Week 9 (Oct 27):
ELA: Analyzing tone and mood/action, linking, and helping verbs 
Math: Product of Powers Property
Science: Atmosphere
Social Studies: The influence of Enlightenment ideas

Week 10 (Nov 3):
ELA: Vocabulary
Math: Quotient of Powers Property
Science: Convection Currents
Social Studies: George Washington, King George III & Thomas Jefferson

Week 11 (Nov 10):
ELA: Poetry Unit: active and passive verbs  
 reading and analyzing/rhyme scheme format
Math: Zero and Negative Exponents
Science: Weather maps and air pressure
Social Studies: Major battles and events of the Revolutionary War

Week 12 (Nov 17):
ELA: Poetry Unit: figurative language/author biography/Verbs
Math: Estimating Quantities
Science: Continental Drift
Social Studies: The Articles of the Constitution, Influencing Documents

Week 13 (Nov 24):
ELA: Poetry Unit: vocabulary and word choice/reading and applying/verb tenses
Math: Intro to Scientific Notation
Science: Plate Boundaries
Social Studies: The Preamble, Principles of the Constitution

Week 14 (Dec 1):
ELA: Concrete Poetry
Math: Adding and Subtracting in Scientific Notation
Science: Oceans
Social Studies: The Amendment process, The Bill of Rights

Week 15 (Dec 8):
ELA: Vocabulary
Math: Multiplying and Dividing in Scientific Notation
Science: Earth’s layers
Social Studies: The Monroe Doctrine, Marbury vs. Madison

Week 16 (Dec 15):
ELA: Allusions/verb moods
Math: Solving Simple Equations
Science: Biotic and Abiotic Factors
Social Studies: The Louisiana Purchase, The Lewis & Clark Expedition

Week 17 (Dec 29)):
ELA: Historical background/verbals
Math: Solving Equations: Variables on Both Sides
Science: Biomes
Social Studies: The War of 1812, Andrew Jackson

Week 18 (Jan 5):
ELA: Literary timeline/common and proper nouns
Math: Solving Equations: Parentheses
Science: Organism Relationships
Social Studies: Manifest Destiny & westward expansion, The California Gold Rush

Week 19 (Jan 12):
ELA: Vocabulary
Math: Graphing Linear Equations
Science: Short and Long Term Environmental Impacts to Organisms
Social Studies: The Underground Railroad, Reform movements

Week 20 (Jan 19):
ELA: Informational text/proper noun rules
Math: Slope of a Line
Science: Ecological Succession
Social Studies: The Missouri Compromise

Week 21 (Jan 26):
ELA: 5 minute fairy tale
Math: Graphing Linear Equations in slope intercept form
Science: Potential and Kinetic Energy
Social Studies: Comparing the Union & Confederacy

Week 22 (Feb 2):
ELA: 5 minute fairy tale
Math: Types of Solutions from systems of equations
Science: Properties of waves
Social Studies: The Gettysburg Address & Emancipation Proclamation

Week 23 (Feb 9):
ELA: Vocabulary
Math: Solving systems of linear equations by graphing
Science: Cell theory/Characteristics of Organisms
Social Studies: Jefferson Davis, Robert E. Lee, Ulysses S. Grant, and leaders of the war

Week 24 (Feb 16):
ELA: Writing poetry gallery hop
Math: Intro to functions
Science: Dichotomous Keys/Genetics
Social Studies: Major battles of the Civil War

Week 25 (Feb 23):
ELA: Writing poetry gallery hop
Math: Comparing linear and non-linear functions
Science: Plant and animal cells
Social Studies: Comparing plans for Reconstruction, The 13th, 14th, and 15th Amendments

Week 26 (Mar 2):
ELA: Vocabulary
Math: Transformations: Reflections
Science: Circulatory System, Digestive System
Social Studies: Carpetbaggers, Scalawags, and how Reconstruction affected people

Week 27 (Mar 9):
ELA: Informational Text: Ideas and details/closer look/plural noun rules
MatH:: Transformations: Rotations
Science: Endocrine System, Excretory System
Social Studies: The Transcontinental Railroad

Week 28 (Mar 16):
ELA: Informational Text: deeper meaning/compare-contrast/concrete and abstract nouns
Math: Transformations: Translations
Science: Muscular System, Nervous System, 
Social Studies: Immigration and the "Melting Pot", Tenements and urbanization

Week 29 (Mar 28):
ELA: Informational Text/Ethos, Pathos, and Logos/Craft and Structure/intensive and vague pronouns
Math: Transformations: Dilations
Science: Respiratory System, Skeletal System
Social Studies: Inventions of the era, Child labor

Week 30 (Mar 30): 
ELA: Vocabulary
MatH:: Angles of Triangles
Science: Acids and bases
Social Studies: Ida B. Wells, Ida Tarbell, and Muckrakers, The 19th Amendment

Week 31 (Apr 6):
ELA: Using different types of word clues to determine word meanings/proper pronoun case
Math: The Pythagorean Theorem
Science: Atoms
Social Studies: Progressive Era

Week 32 (Apr 13):
ELA: Author style-author tone/types of pronouns
Math: Volume: Cone
Science: Balancing Chemical Equations
Social Studies: American Imperialism

Week 33 (Apr 20):
ELA: Commonly confused words/colon and semi colons
Math: Volume: Cylinder
Science: Physical and Chemical Changes
Social Studies: Roaring 20’s Culture

Week 34 (Apr 27):
ELA: Vocabulary
Math: Volume: Sphere
Science: Counting Atoms and Elements
Social Studies: The Harlem Renaissance

Week 35 (May 4):
ELA: Who and Whom/quotaton mark rules
Math:
Science: Elements and Compounds
Social Studies: The Dust Bowl

Week 36 (May 11):
ELA: Three types of irony/punctuating and capitalizing titles
Math: Two-way tables
Science: Metals, Nonmetals, and Metalloids
Social Studies: The Cold War

📝Stem activities motivates students to gain knowledge, and they remember it longer.  It allow students to apply skills learned in class to personally relevant and real-world situations. Your child also learns skills  such as thinking critically, solving problems, and making presentations. These skills will help students succeed in the future, both in school and in today's work world.

📚 Project supply lists will be minimal. Ordinary items found in your home will be used as often as possible to keep costs minimal, and the cost will never exceed $10 per week. Supply lists will be posted in Outschool at least 10 days before the date we will use them.

🧑‍🏫Teacher Expertise: Led by a certified teacher with over 23 years of teaching experience, our classes prioritize dynamic and student-centered learning. 

🎓 Learners will have ample opportunities to interact with both the instructor and their peers through class discussions, group activities, and collaborative projects. 💬👩‍🏫

Enroll your child today in our 8th Grade Full Curriculum and watch them thrive as they embark on an educational journey filled with exploration, discovery, and growth. 🌈🚀

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