Hello,
This week we will continue our preparation for the CRCT! Our weekly spelling test and vocabulary test will be on Monday. Students will have another test on Friday in spelling only. Please visit Spelling City and other links on this page to study your vocabulary. We will continue to review grammar and reading strategies for reading informational text. Additionally, we will devote some time in class each day to test questions in standardized format.
In Georgia Studies, we will continue with standardized test practice covering all topics we have discussed this year while moving forward to finish other topics. We will continue learning about the impact of WWII on Georgia and the USA. We will read about NATO and the condition of Georgia and the USA following this time. Students are encouraged to read Georgia's Encyclopedia and watch videos at History.com. You can find these links below. Our test is on Tuesday for this unit. We will move forward to discuss the Civil Rights Movement.
This month is Women's History Month! Read all about it and watch videos below,
Parents, please come to visit our classroom if you have the time. Encourage students to read at home with you.
Best Wishes,
Mrs. Pastor

History Videos and ArticlesJews in Georgia
http://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/nge/Article.jsp?id=h-3169
Holocaust
Civil Rights Movement-Maya Angelou
Brown vs. Board of Education-Maya Angelou
Beyond Brown
Civil Rights in Georgia

Ellis Arnell
http://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/nge/Article.jsp?id=h-597

STATE FLAGS of GEORGIA

Civil Rights-Georgia Stories

SS8H11 The student will evaluate the role of Georgia in the modern civil rights movement.
a. Describe major developments in civil rights and Georgia’s role during the 1940s and 1950s; include the roles of Herman Talmadge, Benjamin Mays, the 1946 governor’s race and the end of the white primary, Brown v. Board of Education, Martin Luther King, Jr., and the 1956 state flag.
b. Analyze the role Georgia and prominent Georgians played in the Civil Rights Movement of the 1960s and 1970s; include such events as the founding of the Student Non-Violent Coordinating Committee (SNCC), Sibley Commission, admission of Hamilton Holmes and Charlayne Hunter to the University of Georgia, Albany Movement, March on Washington, Civil Rights Act, the election of Maynard Jackson as mayor of Atlanta, and the role of Lester Maddox.
c. Discuss the impact of Andrew Young on Georgia.

More
Remembering MLK
Supports Obama
Timeline-Biography

Maynard Jackson
Lestor Maddox timeline

Women in History
History Videos
United Nations-International Women's Day


CRCT practice tests-all subjects and grades
8th grade Study Guide
Georgia OAS

Reading Practice Test
Score Online Test Practice
More released test practice
States of test practice

ELA Online
Reading for Information

http://www.spanishdict.com/

Released CRCT tests

ReadWriteThink
Spelling City
Grammar Gorillas

Online textbook
Georgia OAS-all subjects
Sixth Grade Spelling Words
Assessments for ELA
ELEMENTS OF LITERATURE

GA Studies Online
Online textbook
Password: ga11hist

Biographies for Kids
New Georgia Encyclopedia
Digital Library of Georgia
Georgia Public Broadcasting Stories
PBS American Experience Videos
Current Events
CNN Student News
Time for Kids News
WTVM Local News and Weather
Neuroscience for Kids
Chemistry for Kids
Physics for Kids
More help
http://www.multiplication.com/
http://www.crctlessons.com/
http://www.coolmath.com/
EQ and GPS/WarmUp/Lesson/Work Session/Closer listed on board daily.

http://www.kutasoftware.com/freeipa.html
http://www.mathworksheets4kids.com/activities/8th-grade.html