Etiwanda School District Policy for 8th-grade students is 20 minutes per core subject per day. Homework is assigned nightly and due to the homework sorter for all four core classes at 8 am the following morning, unless otherwise stated. If necessary, unfinished classwork is to be taken home to complete and is due the following day as well. If either assigned homework or classwork is not completed and turned in, progressive discipline will be enforced. Please refer to parent packets. 

Suggested Supplies
This is a suggested supply list and purchase of these items is voluntary.
Our school provides all students with the supplies they need for instruction; however, if you would like your child to have their own supplies instead of sharing items with a group, you may consider buying the following:

• Classroom Essentials for all four subjects

  • Pencils, pencils, & more pencils! (Mechanical pencils work best)

  • Several non-erasable red pens (for correcting assignments in class)

  • Several black and blue pens

  • Colored pencils. We color many items such as maps and graphs in social studies

  • Loose leaf paper (college rule), 8 ½ by 11” preferred

  • Graph paper

  • 5 Highlighters-Yellow, green, pink, blue, and orange (for notes)

  • Stick on tab dividers (for notebook organization)

  • 3x5 index cards (for Greek & Latin Roots and Math chapter formulas)

  • Small, self-contained pencil sharpener

  • 3 or 4 Dry erase markers & eraser

  • Headphones or earbuds recommended for use with Chromebooks

  • Ruler

  • Scientific calculator - Texas Instruments TI-30XIIS (highly recommended)

The UA period adds an extended instructional period to the school day by which students are grouped for one math and one ELA class based on standardized data, district assessments, common formative assessments, and classroom performance. All students are grouped by academic target areas for UA classes. UA classes are designed to meet the unique academic needs of students by offering multiple levels of differentiated flexible classes. UA class changes may occur throughout the year as student levels of performance are realigned with the UA class that provides the best support. 

8th Grade Math PACK class will include:

Intervention PACK:

• Fundamental/Remedial Warm-Up (i.e. Multiplication/Division with Integers around 16 problems; timed warm-ups)

• Practice Showing Work

• Content Review - what’s going on in class

• Chapter Review before a test

• Review the worksheet that has three lessons on it

• Works on skills that are evident based on students’  i-Ready scores/needs

Strategic PACK:

• Works on skills that are evident based on students’ i-Ready scores/needs

• Review worksheet

• Remedial Warm-Up (i.e. Multiplication/Division with Integers around 16 problems)

• Vocabulary Review

• Content Review based on what is going on in the math classroom

• Making it fun with activities based on the current lesson

• Using a little Pathways with students from binders (i.e. Combining like terms and vocabulary)

Enrichment PACK:

• Pathways - bridging the gap from 8th grade to Integrated II/IIH

  • Start Pathways lessons based on Pathways binder and Gr.9 Diagnostic Math Assessment needs

  • Students take one to two days to take notes on the lesson

  • Guided Practice

  • Infinite Worksheet on skill

  • IXL  

• Graphing Calculator-based Inquiry Labs

• Khan Academy

• Topics: Conversions, Arithmetic Sequences, Creating and Solving Inequalities, Solving Absolute-Value Equations, Solving Systems of Equations (including Elimination), Solving Systems of Linear Inequalities, Literal Equations, Properties of Exponents, FOIL, Writing in slope-intercept form, Finding volume and surface area, Solving Multi-Step Equations, Distributive Property, Interpreting Parts of an Expression Vocabulary