1. “Ordinary, Yet Extraordinary”

2. Who are the Heroes? Mrs. Eissens, Mr. Olejnik, and Mrs. Cole

3. Who are the Heroes? Mr. Chaney and Ms. Ricci

4. Physical Education at LJHS

9. Where do I start?

10. What can I do with Infinite Campus? Check attendance records Check transportation information Check current grades Check for missing assignments Check behavior incident history

11. CANVAS LEARNING MANAGEMENT SYSTEM

12. WHAT IS CANVAS? A secure, online portal for students and teachers Features: Assignments Modules Collaboration Spaces Calendar Also allows parents to receive assignment alerts right to their e-mail or mobile devices

13. CANVAS: THE STUDENT EXPERIENCE

15. A Note from the Main Office: Grade reports will not be mailed home this year. Parents and students will need to access IC for this information and for mid-trimester grade reports. If you do not have internet access, you can call the school office, and a report card will be printed.

16. FYI - Standards Based Reporting 6 th grade teachers at both Kennedy and Lincoln are piloting SBR in the 16-17 school year. The field test will determine next steps. District 203 has provided overview materials on the website under the ‘Assessment and Analytics’ tab about SBR.

17. Math Mrs. Eissens and Ms. Cole Units 1.Solving linear functions 2.Solving linear systems 3.Graphing linear functions 4.Data and Statistics 5.Exponents & Sci Notation 6.Irrationals & Pythagorean Theorem 7.Dimensional Space Thinking in Math 1.Persevere 2.Reason 3.Construct arguments 4.Model 5.Use tools 6.Precision 7.Structure 8.Repeated reasoning

18. Honors Math

19. Supporting Your Child’s Math at Home Mrs. Eissens Khan Academy www.khanacademy.org video tutorials self-checking problems Great when absent, extra problems, review, studying for assessments IXL https://www.ixl.com/math/grade-8 Great for extra problems, review, studying for assessments, remediation, acceleration

20. Language Arts Units -- Storytelling and Investigative Journalism --Literary Analysis --Comparing Interpretations --Argument --Critical Literacy & Reflection Keep an eye out for... Caudill books Writer’s notebook ‘Signposts’ language Wordmasters Major novel study:

21. Literature & Thought Periodicals Grades 6-8 ELA Resources Novels

22. Supporting Your Child at Home

23. Ask about your student’s writing goals and about his/her progress toward achieving that goal Encourage students to write daily Have students reread their writing Have students refer to their checklist when writing or revising their writing Supporting Your Child at Home

24. What topics will we be learning? How will we be learning? What skills will we be practicing? Ms. Ricci

25. District 203 believes in a student-centered environment that will spark imagination and curiosity through inquiry-driven investigations and inspire critical interpretation of science information. Students will actively participate in science and engineering practices to understand the core ideas and connections between physical, Earth and space, and life science, and to understand, use, and interpret scientific explanations of natural phenomena. Students will be empowered to draw, share, and defend conclusions based on evidence and design solutions that can be applied to the world around them. District 203 believes in a student-centered environment that will spark imagination and curiosity through inquiry-driven investigations and inspire critical interpretation of science information. Students will actively participate in science and engineering practices to understand the core ideas and connections between physical, Earth and space, and life science, and to understand, use, and interpret scientific explanations of natural phenomena. Students will be empowered to draw, share, and defend conclusions based on evidence and design solutions that can be applied to the world around them. D203 Science Philosophy

26. Emphasis is on student-driven inquiry and conceptual understanding of content: – Students engaging in the engineering design process to identify a problem and develop a solution – Students carrying out multiple investigations with a range of possible outcomes driven by their own questions – Students developing, using, and revising models to explain phenomena and to give context for the ideas being learned – Students constructing explanations and designing solutions supported by evidence-based arguments and reasoning Shifts With the New Science Curriculum

27. Grading Scale – 92-100 A – 90-91 A- – 88-89 B+ – 82-87 B – 80-81 B- – 78-79 C+ – 72-77 C – 70-71 C- – 68-69 D+ – 62-67 D – 60-61 D- – 59 and below F Grading Categories: -Quizzes/Tests -Homework -Classwork -Labs

28. Quote of the Day "What we want is to see the child in pursuit of knowledge, and not knowledge in pursuit of the child." --George Bernard Shaw

29. Purpose/Reason of this Class To understand the role and duties you have as a United States citizen.

30. Brief Outline of class Trimester One – Colonialism – Revolutionary War – Pre-Civil War Trimester Two – Civil war – Reconstruction – Late 1800’s – Early 1900’s Trimester Three – World War I – World War II – Cold War – Modern US History

31. SUPERVISED STUDY WHAT? WHY? A time to… work on unfinished homework. Conference and seek additional assistance with teachers. visit the Learning Commons for research or to check out/return books. catch up on personal reading. get organized.

32. SPECIAL ACTIVITIES 8 th grade Boat Trip Field Trip to Holocaust Museum Moving On Celebration

33. LANCER Pride

35. Thanks for coming tonight! We look forward to a great year!