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November/December
2016

REMINDERS &

Message from the Principal

We have completed the first

When students fall behind

With this in mind, as you plan

quarter of school and are now

academically, it becomes over-

your upcoming holiday breaks,

well into our second quarter of

whelming to catch up. As the par-

please do not take your child out

We are in need of new or

gently used school uniforms in
middle school sizes.

school. These next couple of

ent, make sure you hold students

additional days. Remember,

months will be filled with breaks.

accountable for completing all

missed days equals missed learn-

Students will be out of school for

assigned work on time. Having

ing. Thank you for your contin-

You can view your childs

grades any time through Power
School Parent Portal.

the upcoming Thanksgiving break

loads of missing work not only

ued support for Eastway Middle

on November 23 -25 . Just a few

makes it difficult for students to

School. If you have questions or

short weeks after, students will

pass, but not being present in class

comments, please contact me at

have their winter break from De-

to learn and practice the material

mary.webb@cms.k12.nc.us.

cember 22nd-January 3rd. While

when its taught further decreases

this gives students several nice

your childs likelihood of being

breaks from school, it also creates

academically successful. While

learning gaps. Please help support

completing missing work might

your childs academic growth by

bump up the grade, it normally

ensuring he/she attends school

does not positively impact a stu-

every day and on time.

dents understanding of the learn-

REQUESTS

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password, please contact the
school.

Review the 3 school-wide rules

to maximize instructional time:
1. Be Safe
2. Be Responsible
3. Be Respectful

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ing he/she missed.

Eastway is a uniform
school. All students should
wear their uniform every day.

Upcoming Events

The school uniform is khaki,

black or navy bottoms and a

November 2016

SOLID white, gray or blue shirt

1: 2nd quarter begins

or Eastway spirit wear shirt.

1: home volleyball game

Closed toe shoes must be

3: home football game

December 2016
6: 2nd quarter progress reports
13: Winter concert
22-30: no school/winter break

January 2016
3: teacher workday
16: Martin Luther King Holiday
17: SLT meeting at 5:30 PM

worn. Jeans are not allowed.

4: honor roll celebration

23: End of Quarter

Eastway Web Resources

8: no school/teacher workday

23: early release day 12pm

11: no school/ Veterans Day

dismissal

14: report cards go home

24: teacher workday

Forgotten Google Password:

visit bit.ly/emsreset to have
it reset.
School-Wide Canvas Course:

bit.ly/eastverse

15: SLT meeting @ 5:30PM

23: no school/teacher workday
24-25: no school/Thanksgiving

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Sixth Grade News (Class of 2023)

LANGUAGE ARTS
NEWS:
In ELA, the 6th grade Jaguars
have finished their unit on fictional text and have begun the
journey through informational
text. Weve been focusing on
text structures of informational text, as well as being able to
tell the differences in literary
text and informational text.
Well continue the informational text journey through
January, covering the topics of
central idea and details, inferring, authors purpose, and
many others.
MATH NEWS:
We have been working with
expressions and equations for
the last couple weeks and will
continue with this concept
until winter break. Students
are learning pre-algebra rules

while working with order of

operations, writing verbal expressions, solving exponents,
translating expressions, substitution with expressions, and
more. Next, we are solving
one step equations and inequalities. Please make sure
your child is continuing to
complete homework and being
present everyday to receive all
the tools to make him or her
successful in math.

magnetic, and thermal. Our

previous units studied the ato m ,
matter,
a n d
h o w
molecules
interacted and changed properties.

the first test for Quarter 2.

When we return from the
Thanksgiving break, we will
begin a unit on Mesopotamia.

SOCIAL STUDIES NEWS:

SCIENCE NEWS:
6th grade science is currently
covering the modes of transfer
of energy whether it be direct
or indirect transfer through
contact. This transfer of energy is mainly through heat and
can be in various ways. Previously, we covered the five
main energy types-mechanical,
chemical, electrical, electro-

Your 6th grade scholars

have completed a unit on
Early Man. They will take a
test next week. This will be

Seventh Grade News (Class of 2022)

LANGUAGE ARTS
NEWS:
Students in ELA are currently
working on point of view and
perspective. Students are finishing up a class project where
they compose a poem or letter from the perspective of a
Turkey on Thanksgiving Day.
This is in conjunction with
Achieve 3000 and their word
stem stations.
MATH NEWS:

teachers are supporting students

understanding of how math connects to the real world with problems like sales tax, discount, simple interest, and commissions.

Students in 7th grade math are

currently studying the Expressions
& Equations and Ratios and Proportional Relationships domains of
the Common Core State Standards. An important focus of instruction is students ability to
solve multi-step real-life and mathematical problemsin short,

* Also, all students

have a moderate
amount of math homework every night of the
yearplease make sure
you establish homework
time every evening and
check to make sure your
child is completing their

There are a number of ways you

can support your childs success
this year in 7th grade math.
* First, 7th grade math after
school tutoring is offered every
Monday after school. Students
must have a ride home at 5:00 pm
to participate.

homework.
* Also, there are a number of
excellent online resources our
district has purchased that you
may access at homee.g., Achieve
3000 and Compass Learning are
just two excellent online resources available to meet the individual needs of your child.

SCIENCE NEWS:
Students are currently working
on speed velocity, acceleration,
force, and gravity. Students
have been working towards
explaining how the motion of
an object can be described by
its position, direction of motion, and speed with respect to
some other object. Students
are also working towards illus-

trating the motion of an object

using a graph to show a change
in position over a period of
time.
SOCIAL STUDIES NEWS:
Students are currently working
on summarizing the ideas that
shaped political thought in Europe during the Scientific Revolution. Additionally, students
will identify ways in which the
Scientific Revolution has influenced todays society by describing what they see while
using their daily functioning
skills and other ways this history relates to them. Next week,
students will begin to analyze
the ideas of the Enlightenment
Era philosophers who shaped
political thought in Europe

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Eighth Grade News (Class of 2021)

LANGUAGE ARTS
NEWS:
Students are continuing to
work on improving their inferencing skills. We are currently
examining how authors use
figurative language and word
choice to convey meaning. This follows our study of
various text structures. We
are using these skills to critical
evaluate claims and arguments
made by authors as well as
form our own ideas using evidence to support our own
opinion.
MATH NEWS:
Math I
We're here kicking it up a
notch with Polynomials. Using
prior knowledge we are having
fun with Polynomial Arithmetic. This includes classifying

polynomials, multiplying, dividing and factoring polynomials.

After polynomials we will
delve into quadratic equations.
Math
We're at full throttle looking
at proportional relationships
such as between time and
distance, which add a second
variable to our equations. Next up, we'll see how
these relationships result in
graphs with a slope and
how the slope can be interrupted in real-life situations.
SCIENCE NEWS:
In science, our students are
exploring the periodic table,
and using that knowledge to
balance chemical equations.
Next we are going to dive
deep into the water unit.

SOCIAL STUDIES
NEWS:
Social studies has been focused on understanding the
American Revolution, and
how our country became independent from England. We
are now moving into constitution an government. Prior to
the winter break we will begin
learning about the Westward
Expansion, how America grew
our borders from the Atlantic
to the Pacific Ocean.

November 2016
Sun

Mon

Tue

Wed

Thu

Fri

Sat

1 1st Quarter

Begins

Celebration

10

No School

13

14
Report Cards

20

21

15

Honor Roll

11
No School

16

17

18

19

23

24

25

26

SLT Meeting

22

No SchoolThanksgiving Break

27

28

12

29

30

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December 2016
Sun

Mon

Tue

Wed

6 2nd Quarter

Thu

Fri

Sat

10

14

15

16

17

21

22

23

24

Progress Reports

11

12

13

Winter Concert
5pm

18

19

20

Winter Break

25

26

27

Winter BreakNo School

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29

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