Info for Students and Parents

Tomorrow (October 5th), is photo day at Eastdale.

Grade 8 parents and students are invited to Orchard Park on November 29th at 6:30 for Grade 8 Parent Information Night. This is a fantastic chance for students to get into the school and start to become familiar with some of the faces of OP, as well as get accustomed to the layout of the building. Please do your best to keep this night available so that you can attend with your child. There are prizes to be won as well!!
If you want to check out what is going on at OP, visit their website.

The grade 8's are working on Halloween for Hunger plans and are eager to motivate the school to bring in canned goods between Oct. 11th and Nov. 1st. They will be working on a plan for students to collect non perishable food items on Halloween night instead of candy (good for the community, their sense of self and their teeth)! We appreciate your support in this endeavor.

We are starting to work on some literature discussions in class and will work together on the Hunger Games. Students will be setting reading goals in class within their groups and much of the reading will need to happen at home.

In math, we are working on squaring and square roots now. Students can log into the ILC for help with their homework questions if they are stuck. They also have the answers at the back of their textbook to check their work, and a glossary in it to use as well. They are encouraged to keep at their work and even struggle with some of the more challenging problems. If they are in this struggle, try asking them what strategies they have used in class or on similar questions before, or as them to try the question with smaller/friendlier numbers to deal with to see if they can find a pattern or a generalization for what they are working on.
To review perfect squares, students can try out this game .
To review and expand on square roots students should check out this site . This will be a good challenge for students who understood what we did in class and encourage them to take it a little further.