Team Tikal Update

Students have been celebrating in their Spanish classes and by decorating the school. 8th graders are also invited to after school talleres de arte y cine 3:30-4:30 every Tuesday during Hispanic Heritage Month (Sept 15-Oct 15) with Ms. Henderson and Ms. Wooten in C308.

We invite you to buy a t-shirt to celebrate Hispanic Heritage Month, the Spanish language, and the variety of Spanish-speaking countries represented at Deal. You can buy it online HERE by October 2nd. Please specify your child’s 1st period teacher so that the shirt can be delivered.

¡Feliz mes de la herencia hispana! Hemos celebrado en las clases de español y también por decorar la escuela. Estudiantes de 8vo grado están invitados los martes durante el mes después de escuela 3:30-4:30 a participar en talleres de arte y cine con Sra. Henderson y Wooten en C308.

También, les invitamos a comprar una camiseta para celebrar el mes de la herencia hispana, el idioma y la variedad de países hispanohablantes representados en nuestra comunidad. Se puede comprar la camiseta AQUÍ hasta el 2 de octubre. Por favor indica quién es el maestro del primer periodo de su estudiante para que podamos repartirlas.

This week we began our cell unit. Students were asked to make their own slides of living protists. They enjoyed seeing paramecia, euglena, and amoebae moving around. A few lucky students got to see some of them dividing or an amoeba catching a different one for lunch. Students also attempted to solve the case of the chewed up homework. Joy the guinea pig was our culprit this year. Yesterday we began our cell notes which I printed on yellow paper to help students keep up with them. Today I will be taking students to get their pictures taken for the yearbook. Depending on how long that takes we'll either finish notes today or tomorrow. Next week we will continue to use the scopes and learn about cells.

Students have 25 grades for me so far. Please encourage your children to check Aspen themselves to keep on top of their work. Extra copies of my assignments can be found on Aspen or in the purple box. I do not upload assignments onto Canvas. However, you are able to find all of a unit's vocabulary words there if needed.

Math 8 will complete their End of Unit Assessment on Transformation, Angles, and Congruency. We will start working Unit 2 with Dilation of shapes and figures.

Math 7 will finish Unit 1 on Scale Copies/Scale Factor and then prepare for an End of Unit of Assessment for the following week.

Please check Canvas for updates.

List of assignments

1. Formative C. and D. Choosing the best leader for society? – September 16, 2023. Complete in class.
2. Hominids Terminology Due September 14, 2023) – Found in the Hominids Module on Canvas
3. Domestication (Due September 21,2023) – Found in the Hominids module on canvas.
4. Formative A. Hominid terminology September 15, 2023 – Complete in class.
5. Summative C. and D. Agriculture Paragraph - Complete in class on September 21, 2023.
6. RCT Neolithic Timeline – September Complete in class.
7. Summative A. Hominids Test Complete in class via canvas on September 28, 2023
8. Mesopotamian Terminology (Due October 6, 2023 – Found in the Canvas module Mesopotamia
9. Formative C. Hammurabi’s Code Seminar – October 15, 2023 – Complete in class.
10. Summative C. Hammurabi’s Code Speeches -October 17, 2023