Students in Ms. Swink's eighth-grade English classes are currently focusing on prepositional phrases to enhance their understanding of sentence structure. By identifying these phrases, students can more easily pinpoint the subject and verb, ensuring proper subject-verb agreement. This foundational knowledge helps them write with intention rather than randomness.
In Mr. Larson's first-hour math class at Coal City Middle School, students have been focusing on using integer rules with rational numbers. They are preparing for an assessment on rational numbers. Following this, they will start a unit on rates, ratios, and proportions. In this new unit, students will learn to find unit rates and connect them to the constant of proportionality as represented in tables, graphs, and equations.
Coal City Middle School emphasizes a new character trait each month, recognizing students from all grade levels who exemplify these traits. Teachers nominate students based on their behavior and attitude.
Students at Coal City Middle School are engaging in a comprehensive health education program led by Mr. Bunton. The curriculum this quarter focuses on understanding six major body systems, including the nervous system, skeletal system, muscular system, digestive system, circulatory system, and respiratory systems. The current focus is on the nervous system and its health benefits.
Students in Ms. Fincher and Mrs. Clark's English/Language Arts class at Coal City Middle School have been reading the novel "The Giver." After completing chapter 8, the students engaged in their own "Ceremony of 12." During this activity, they received an assignment representing a career path and were given the chance to either accept it or argue for a different path by writing a letter to the committee, represented by their teachers.
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