North Bethesda Middle School 8th Grade Team Weekly Parent Update

8th Grade Parent Update #31- Thursday May 9th, 2019

Thurs 5/9-Mon 5/13 Vision and Hearing Screening for ALL 8th graders

Fri 5/10 Music in the Parks trip

Tues 5/14-Thurs 5/23 MCAP State Testing

Mon 5/27 Memorial Day- No school for Students and Teachers

Thur 6/6 Spring Music Concert @ WJ 8 p.m

Fri 6/7 8th Grade Party 7-9pm @ NB

Thur 6/13 Hershey Park Trip

Fri 6/14 Last day of School- Early Release Day

SPECIAL UPDATES Science Olympiad Team Fundraiser at Chipotle:

The North Bethesda Science Olympiad team is hosting a fundraiser at Chipotle on Tuesday May 14 between 4-8 pm. Please plan to eat dinner at Chipotle next Tuesday!

The address is 10400 Old Georgetown Road (near WJ). Print or show the attached flyer on your phone; or mention the North Bethesda Science Olympiad Team and Chipotle will donate a portion of that evening’s proceeds. We are hoping for a great turn-out to help fund our trip to the Science Olympiad National Tournament. Thank you for your

support.

Parents, on Thursday May 9th through Monday May 13th, North Bethesda will be holding vision and hearing screening on

all 8th graders. If your child wears glasses or hearing aids,

please remind them to wear them on those days. Thanks!

If your 8th grade student plans on attending an MCPS Magnet school or a private

school for 9th grade or you will be moving out of the Walter Johnson school

district, please let our registrar, Mary Beth Turska, know your plans at

240-740-2110 or Marybeth_Turska@mcpsmd.org.

ACADEMIC UPDATES

English Department Advanced English 8- Mr. Green, Ms. Armstrong, Ms. Cho

This week: Students were introduced to our second-to-last unit of the year, a literature circle

on a Civil War related text. Students received their novels/texts yesterday in class alongside

their first job and the calendar. The long term calendar with all literature circle meeting dates is

posted on the myMCPS classroom calendar. Students must have the assigned section of the

text read and their job complete before they come to the literature circle meetings. The first

literature circle meeting will take place on Monday, May 13th.

Next week: After the first lit circle meeting on Monday we will have MCAP state testing on

Tuesday and Wednesday followed by a reading a prep day and our second lit circle meeting on

Friday 5/17.

ESOL- Ms. Francis

This week:

Next week:

Read 180- Ms. Carmichael Collins

Part 1

This week students evaluated the different parts of a literature review. They also brainstormed ideas to use in writing their own literature review about To Build a Fire.

Next week students will read biographical information about Jack London. They will also review grammar skill such as subject-verb agreement and using possessives.

Period 7

This week: students evaluated the different parts of a literature review. They also brainstormed ideas to use in writing their own literature review about To Build a Fire.

Next week: students will read biographical information about Jack London. They will also review grammar skill such as subject-verb agreement and using possessives.

Math Department Geometry- Mr. Manon

This week: We have completed Unit 4, Topic 2 packet. We have moved on to our final unit of

the year, Unit 5 which covers circles. We will begin the unit by talking about basic

characteristics of circles as well as lines/segments that intersect them (chords, tangents,

secants). We have been discussing degree measure of arcs and how they relate to central and

inscribed angles as well as angles formed by two chords or two secants. We are having a short

“Mini Quiz” on this material today.

Next week: We will look to complete Unit 5, Topic 1 covering circles and the arc measures and

angle measures that are created by the different segments and lines that intersect the circles.

We will look to have our formative assessment for lessons 1-10 next Friday the 17th.

Geometry- Mr. Roberts

This week: We have completed Unit 4, Topic 2 packet. We have moved on to our final unit of

the year, Unit 5 which covers circles. We will begin the unit by talking about basic

characteristics of circles as well as lines/segments that intersect them (chords, tangents,

secants). We have been discussing degree measure of arcs and how they relate to central and

inscribed angles as well as angles formed by two chords or two secants. We are having a short

“Mini Quiz” on this material today.

Next week: We will look to complete Unit 5, Topic 1 covering circles and the arc measures and

angle measures that are created by the different segments and lines that intersect the circles.

We will look to have our formative assessment for lessons 1-10 next Friday the 17th.

Algebra- Mr. Manon, Ms. Needham, Mr. Roberts, Ms. Watkins

This Week: We have been analyzing box and whisker plots and histograms. After that we will

start relative frequency tables by using the row, column, or total to make percentages. Friday

will be a MCAP practice day.

Next Week: We will continue with relative frequency tables and then move on to scatterplots

to look for correlation between two sets of data, and line of best fit, where students will be

finding the equation for the line that best fits the data.

Math 8- Ms. Watkins, Mr. Chung

This week: We worked on dilations, using a scale factor and a center of dilation to make a figure

bigger or smaller. There will be an exit ticket in this on Monday.

Next week: With ELA MCAP on Tuesday and Wednesday, we will be working on MCAP Review

questions to prepare students for the Math MCAP on May 20-21st.

PE/ARTS Department Physical Education- Mr. Tsironis, Ms. Reuter, Mr. Smiddy, Mr. Bucci, Ms. Litzner

This week: Students will be continuing the second unit of the marking period. Units include,

kickball, lacrosse, basketball, badminton, and handball.

Next week:

8th Grade Orchestra- Mrs. Hepburn Lun

This Week: 8th Grade Band and Orchestra classes continue to rehearse for the Music in the

Parks and the Spring Concert. A Music in the Parks expectations letter and daily itinerary went

home with students on Wednesday 5/8. I would encourage you to review it with your music

student. Please be sure that you have the Spring Concert marked for Thursday, June 6th. At

home you should be hearing your music student practice the following: Band – Colliding

Visions, Song for Winds & Northpointe Fantasy Orchestra - Fantasia for Strings, Lullaby to the

Moon & Korean Folk Tune. Orchestra students will have a playing test on Friday, May 3rd on

Fantasia for Strings.

Friday, May 10th Music in the Parks – Departing at promptly 6 a.m. Return 11 p.m.

Thursday, June 6th Spring Concert – 8 p.m. Walter Johnson High School

Next Week: Both classes will continue rehearsing for “Music in the Parks” and the Spring Concert. As always, if you have any questions or concerns please feel free to contact me.

Chorus- Mr. Mcfeaters

This week: 7th and 8th graders are super excited for their big day tomorrow. Make sure you

have your singer here at 5:45 AM, so we can leave on time. We will return at 11:00 PM.

Concert Black attire for the performance and comfortable clothes for the day in the park please.

Next week:

Art- Ms. Hoffman

This week:

Next week: Art- Ms. Partlow

This week: Students will choose one of the project options and create a composition that

demonstrates creativity & originality, excellent craftsmanship, effort & dedication, and

completeness. The options are: pop art shoes, Wayne Thiebaud inspired desserts, or a personal

project.

Next week: Students will continue working on the project mentioned previously.

Health- Ms. Heyn

This week: Students are in the Nutrition and Fitness unit. Students analyzed factors that

contribute to personal eating behaviors. In addition, they analyzed their personal lifestyle

behaviors, including eating, exercising, and managing stress. Students learned the relationship

amongst food intake, physical activity, and body weight management.

Next week: Students will learn about three eating disorders.

Science Department IESS 8- Ms. Aaron

This week: Students were focused on the topic of earthquakes this week. Earlier in the week

they learned about three different types of earthquake faults and the plate boundaries with

which each is associated. Types of seismic waves were introduced and students did a lab with a

slinky toy to model and analyze the behavior of P and S waves.

Next week: There will be a quiz on Monday covering the topics of plate boundaries and

earthquakes. Students will be receiving a review sheet today (Thursday). No re-takes will be

offered for this quiz due to the testing schedule that will start on Tuesday. Students will start

learning about minerals next week.

IESS 8- Ms. Gopal

This week: This week students learned about Earthquakes. They learned about what force

deforms Earth's crust and causes earthquakes. In this topic, we learned about kinds of faults,

types and characteristics of seismic waves and the methods that are used to measure the

magnitude of earthquakes. Tomorrow (friday) they will work on a review sheet to help prepare

for the quiz.

Next week: Students will have a quiz on Monday (May, 13th). The topics covered are Plate

tectonics and Earthquakes. We will introduce the next topic, Natural resources.

IESS 8- Ms. Wolfinger

This week:

Next week:

Social Studies Department Adv. U.S History- Mr. Kling

This week: We are wrapping up our study of the Civil War this week. We have learned about

the key people, battles and turning points of the war. We also learned about how the war

impacted different groups of people. Students were given a review guide due on Thursday, 5/9

and there will be some review games on Classroom.

Next week: We have our test on the Civil War on Monday, 5/13. Then we will begin our study

of Reconstruction, the period from 1867-1876 after the Civil War. Students will learn about the

goals and challenges facing the nation as it dealt with reuniting the North and South while

dealing with the impact of the emancipation of over 4 million people and the destruction that

the war had brought to the nation. Ultimately we will learn about the failed promises of

Reconstruction and how it’s legacy still impacts us today.

Adv. U.S History- Mrs. Kelley

This week: We are wrapping up our study of the Civil War this week. We have learned about

the key people, battles and turning points of the war. We also learned about how the war

impacted different groups of people. Students were given a review guide due on Thursday, 5/9

and there will be some review games on Classroom.

Next week: We have our test on the Civil War on Monday, 5/13. Then we will begin our study

of Reconstruction, the period from 1867-1876 after the Civil War. Students will learn about the

goals and challenges facing the nation as it dealt with reuniting the North and South while

dealing with the impact of the emancipation of over 4 million people and the destruction that

the war had brought to the nation. Ultimately we will learn about the failed promises of

Reconstruction and how it’s legacy still impacts us today.

Adv. U.S History- Ms. Grace

This week:We are wrapping up our study of the Civil War this week. We have learned about

the key people, battles and turning points of the war. We also learned about how the war

impacted different groups of people. Students were given a review guide due on Thursday, 5/9

and there will be some review games on Classroom.

Next week: We have our test on the Civil War on Monday, 5/13. Then we will begin our study

of Reconstruction, the period from 1867-1876 after the Civil War. Students will learn about the

goals and challenges facing the nation as it dealt with reuniting the North and South while

dealing with the impact of the emancipation of over 4 million people and the destruction that

the war had brought to the nation. Ultimately we will learn about the failed promises of

Reconstruction and how it’s legacy still impacts us today.

Adv. U.S History- Mr. Israel

This week: We are wrapping up our study of the Civil War this week. We have learned about

the key people, battles and turning points of the war. We also learned about how the war

impacted different groups of people. Students were given a review guide due on Thursday, 5/9

and there will be some review games on Classroom.

Next week: We have our test on the Civil War on Monday, 5/13. Then we will begin our study

of Reconstruction, the period from 1867-1876 after the Civil War. Students will learn about the

goals and challenges facing the nation as it dealt with reuniting the North and South while

dealing with the impact of the emancipation of over 4 million people and the destruction that

the war had brought to the nation. Ultimately we will learn about the failed promises of

Reconstruction and how it’s legacy still impacts us today.

Technology Education Department Tech Ed- Mr. Tin

This week: Battle bot challenge continues with the development of new and improved robots while

utilizing the Bluetooth function.

Next week: Battle bots continued

T.V Studio- Ms. Paul-Phillips

This week: Students are beginning to film independent mini clips on the project: Idioms Taken Literally (NB style). The production of this project will continue into next week.

Next week:

World Languages Department

Spanish

Ms. Dargahi

Spanish 1:

This week: This week we finished up our 7th unit by reviewing comparisons and superlatives

with our Spanish 1 Combine and then we learned how to discuss what people are doing right

now by using the present progressive. On Friday students who were present in class received a

present progressive review packet that is due on Monday 5/13. Students who were at the

music in the parks field trip will receive this packet on Monday 5/13 and will have until the

following Monday (5/20) to submit that since they will not have any class time to work on it and

to accommodate for testing schedules, those students who were not in class on Friday will get

some extra time to complete that packet.

Next week: For students who were present in class on Friday 5/10, their present progressive

review packet is due and dead at the start of class on Monday 5/13. Where our unit deadline

was on Thursday 5/9, there will not be any extensions on the deadline for this assignment. We

will also being our 8th and final unit on clothing next week.

Spanish 2

This week: students used formal commands to complete a summative recipe project. Students also reviewed unit vocabulary and grammar for unit test on 05/09/19.

Next week: students will begin unit 8, De viaje. In this unit students will talk about places that they have visited and places that they would like to see. In order to do this, they will use the resources of the community to examine a variety of travel-related documents and investigate vacation spots in a Spanish-speaking country. They will compare the preferences of both Americans and people from Spanish-speaking cultures regarding where they like to go and how they like to get there. Some of the structures necessary to carry out these tasks are the review of regular, irregular, and stem-changing preterite verbs. Students will use the imperfect tense to talk about the weather and the preterite tense to talk about what they did on a trip. Ms. Myers is organizing a 12-day trip to Paris, Provence, Barcelona and Madrid that will take place in June 2020. This is a non-school sponsored trip organized by EF Tours. Check out the link to the tour page at: www.eftours.com/2207054ty If you have any questions, please email Ms. Myers at: Kristy_G_Myers@mcpsmd.org

Ms. Dalmases

Spanish 2

This week: students used formal commands to complete a summative recipe project. Students also reviewed unit vocabulary and grammar for unit test on 05/09/19.

Next week: students will begin unit 8, De viaje. In this unit students will talk about places that they have visited and places that they would like to see. In order to do this, they will use the resources of the community to examine a variety of travel-related documents and investigate vacation spots in a Spanish-speaking country. They will compare the preferences of both Americans and people from Spanish-speaking cultures regarding where they like to go and how they like to get there. Some of the structures necessary to carry out these tasks are the review of regular, irregular, and stem-changing preterite verbs. Students will use the imperfect tense to talk about the weather and the preterite tense to talk about what they did on a trip. Ms. Myers is organizing a 12-day trip to Paris, Provence, Barcelona and Madrid that will take place in June 2020. This is a non-school sponsored trip organized by EF Tours. Check out the link to the tour page at: www.eftours.com/2207054ty If you have any questions, please email Ms. Myers at: Kristy_G_Myers@mcpsmd.org

Ms. Markos

Spanish 1:

This week: This week we finished up our 7th unit by reviewing comparisons and superlatives

with our Spanish 1 Combine and then we learned how to discuss what people are doing right

now by using the present progressive. On Friday students who were present in class received a

present progressive review packet that is due on Monday 5/13. Students who were at the

music in the parks field trip will receive this packet on Monday 5/13 and will have until the

following Monday (5/20) to submit that since they will not have any class time to work on it and

to accommodate for testing schedules, those students who were not in class on Friday will get

some extra time to complete that packet.

Next Week: For students who were present in class on Friday 5/10, their present progressive

review packet is due and dead at the start of class on Monday 5/13. Where our unit deadline

was on Thursday 5/9, there will not be any extensions on the deadline for this assignment. We

will also being our 8th and final unit on clothing next week.

Spanish 3:

This week: This week we finished up our 7th unit with skits about mysterious objects that were

reported. In these skits students acted out a news broadcast complete with an anchor, reporter

and person who claims to have seen a strange object the night before. Students applied several

grammatical topics from this unit including subjunctive with expressions of doubt/disbelief,

indicative with expressions of certainty, multiple past tenses including the preterite, imperfect

and/or the present or plu perfect tenses as well as various unit vocabulary terms. Our unit

deadline was on Thursday 5/9.

Next week: Next week we will start our 8th and final unit on our planet and climate

change/issues as well as solutions for it. We will explore environmental practices in Spanish

speaking countries as well as in our own to compare and contrast them. Students will also have

an opportunity to explore ways to positively impact their own environment.

Ms. Ranaweera

Spanish 1:

This week: This week we finished up our 7th unit by reviewing comparisons and superlatives

with our Spanish 1 Combine and then we learned how to discuss what people are doing right

now by using the present progressive. On Friday students who were present in class received a

present progressive review packet that is due on Monday 5/13. Students who were at the

music in the parks field trip will receive this packet on Monday 5/13 and will have until the

following Monday (5/20) to submit that since they will not have any class time to work on it and

to accommodate for testing schedules, those students who were not in class on Friday will get

some extra time to complete that packet.

Next week: For students who were present in class on Friday 5/10, their present progressive

review packet is due and dead at the start of class on Monday 5/13. Where our unit deadline

was on Thursday 5/9, there will not be any extensions on the deadline for this assignment. We

will also being our 8th and final unit on clothing next week.

Spanish 2

This week: students used formal commands to complete a summative recipe project. Students also reviewed unit vocabulary and grammar for unit test on 05/09/19.

Next week: students will begin unit 8, De viaje. In this unit students will talk about places that they have visited and places that they would like to see. In order to do this, they will use the resources of the community to examine a variety of travel-related documents and investigate vacation spots in a Spanish-speaking country. They will compare the preferences of both Americans and people from Spanish-speaking cultures regarding where they like to go and how

they like to get there. Some of the structures necessary to carry out these tasks are the review of regular, irregular, and stem-changing preterite verbs. Students will use the imperfect tense to talk about the weather and the preterite tense to talk about what they did on a trip. Ms. Myers is organizing a 12-day trip to Paris, Provence, Barcelona and Madrid that will take place in June 2020. This is a non-school sponsored trip organized by EF Tours. Check out the link to the tour page at: www.eftours.com/2207054ty If you have any questions, please email Ms. Myers at: Kristy_G_Myers@mcpsmd.org

French

Ms. Myers

French 1AB

This week: This week, the students learned and practiced vocabulary related to clothing and

accessories. We also reviewed colors as adjectives, so students can describe what they are

wearing.

Next week: we will continue to work with vocabulary and adjective agreement. The students

will also review possessive adjectives and will learn the irregular verb, mettre.

Ms. Myers is organizing a 12-day trip to Paris, Provence, Barcelona and Madrid that will take

place in June 2020. This is a non-school sponsored trip organized by EF Tours. If you are

interested in hearing more about this travel opportunity for your child, please email Ms. Myers

at Kristy_G_Myers@mcpsmd.org or check out the link to the tour page at:

www.eftours.com/2207054ty

Hon French 3AB

This week: This week in our current unit, “Partons en voyage”, the students talked about travel

plans and procedures. They were able to ask for information, remind and reassure their travel

plans.

Next week:we will continue to communicate about travel plans. We will incorporate the

prepositions with geographic locations and gender of countries. The students will review

adverb placement and the future tense.

Ms. Bonatesta

French 1AB

This week, This week, the students learned and practiced vocabulary related to clothing and

accessories. We also reviewed colors as adjectives, so students can describe what they are

wearing.

Next week, we will continue to work with vocabulary and adjective agreement. The students

will also review possessive adjectives and will learn the irregular verb, mettre.

Ms. Myers is organizing a 12-day trip to Paris, Provence, Barcelona and Madrid that will take

place in June 2020. This is a non-school sponsored trip organized by EF Tours. If you are

interested in hearing more about this travel opportunity for your child, please email Ms. Myers

at Kristy_G_Myers@mcpsmd.org or check out the link to the tour page at:

www.eftours.com/2207054ty

French 2AB

This week: This week, the students learned and practiced the superlative form of adjectives.

They took a formative assessment on superlatives on Thursday. Students also were introduced

to the new unit’s vocabulary this week. The new unit is titled “Faisons du camping”. The digital

version of both the vocabulary list and the unit packet has been uploaded on Google classroom.

In this unit, students will learn to communicate about camping and describe past events within

the unit’s context. Students will also continue practicing the use of the passé compose vs the

imparfait and will also learn a new grammatical structure: “être en train de”.

Next week: we will continue to work with vocabulary and practice passé compose vs. imparfait.

Ms. Myers is organizing a 12-day trip to Paris, Provence, Barcelona and Madrid that will take

place in June 2020. This is a non-school sponsored trip organized by EF Tours. If you are

interested in hearing more about this travel opportunity for your child, please email Ms. Myers

at Kristy_G_Myers@mcpsmd.org or check out the link to the tour page at:

www.eftours.com/2207054ty

COUNSELING UPDATES

SSL UPDATES

This Week:

All forms turned in before fourth quarter are in OASIS-SSL. Incomplete SSL Verification forms were

returned to students through her/his/their 1st period teacher. There are five forms posted on the

NBMS SSL Google Classroom that have no identifying information. Unfortunately, Mrs. Jurewicz

cannot complete forms on behalf of students. Students may check MyMCPS portal for SSL hours. If

your hours are wrong, email (Carla_A_Jurewicz@mcpsmd.org) or come by room D120 and ask for Mrs.

Jurewicz.

Next Week:

Documentation of service performed during the summer, 1st semester, and 2nd semester is due to

the school-based SSL coordinator by June 7, 2019.

Add to Your "To Do" List:

Mrs. Jurewicz sent out invitations to the majority of North Bethesda Middle School students to join

the NBMS SSL Google Classroom. For some reason 74 invitations to students did not go through. If

your student does not have the NBMS SSL Classroom in her/his/their G Suite please ask your student

to check her/his/their school "... .net" email account for the invitation.

○ For students-Add NBMS SSL Google Classroom to your G Suite using the code "iwmjnms". Use

the same process that you would to add a Google Classroom for an academic class.

○ For parents/guardians-Have your student add NBMS SSL Google Classroom to

her/his/their G Suite using the code "iwmjnms". It is the same process as adding a

Google Classroom for an academic area.

■ Once your student is registered Mrs. Jurewicz will use the "Invite Guardian"

function to invite parents/guardians. Please email Mrs. Jurewicz the email

address you would like to use.

Ideally Mrs. Jurewicz would like students and guardians to join the NBMS SSL Classroom.

SSL Opportunities

See the NBMS SSL Google Classroom.

Wyngate Elementary School's annual spring fair is coming up June 1st and they are looking for student

volunteers to man stations.

SSL Volunteers: https://www.signupgenius.com/go/30E0D4FAEA72BA4F58-spring

Looking Ahead

Start thinking about summer volunteer opportunities.

"Nonprofit organizations that are not identified with a graduation cap on the Montgomery

County Volunteer Center (MCVC) website require pre-approval.

The MCPS Form 560-50, Individual Student Service Learning Request, must be submitted and

approved by the school-based SSL Coordinator in advance of service. All pre-approval requests must

be submitted in a timely manner. There is a two-week allowance for school-based SSL Coordinators to

review the request for approval or denial based on compliance with MCPS SSL Program."