8th Grade Year at a Glance

2017-2018
Quarter Month Week PD Days, Holidays, and Regional Assessments Unit Number, Name, and Length

8/14/2017 Jumpstart and MAP BOY Testing & Culture-Building Routines

August 8/21/2017 First Academic Week and MAP
8/28/2017
9/4/2017 9/4 Labor Day Unit 1: Exploration and Colonization
(4 weeks)
9/14 or 9/15 Midquarter Formative for STAAR tested
Quarter 1 September 9/11/2017 subjects
9/18/2017
Unit 2: American Revolution
9/25/2017 (3 weeks)
10/2/2017

10/9/2017 IA/STAAR Benchmark 1 Testing Week, 10/13 Fall Holiday Unit 3: Creating the Constitution
October
10/16/2017 10/20 Data and PD Day (3 weeks)
10/23/2017
10/30/2017
11/9 or 11/10 Midquarter Formative for STAAR tested Unit 4: Age of Jackson and Early America
11/6/2017 subjects (6 weeks)
November 11/13/2017
11/20/2017 Thanksgiving Break No School
11/27/2017
Quarter 2
December 12/4/2017 Unit 4: Age of Jackson and Early America
12/11/2017 IA/STAAR Benchmark 2 Testing Week (6 weeks)
12/18/2017 Winter Break begins 12/21
12/25/2017 Winter Break No School
1/1/2018 Winter Break No School
1/8/2018 1/8 and 1/9 Data and PD Days
January 1/15/2018 1/15 MLK Day Unit 5: Industrial Revolution and Manifest Destiny
1/22/2018 (4 weeks)
1/29/2018
2/5/2018
STAAR Benchmark 3A Testing and Midquarter Formative
February 2/12/2018 in other STAAR tested; 2/16 Data/PD Day Unit 6: Sectionalism and the Civil War
2/19/2018 2/19 President's Day (5 weeks)
Quarter 3 2/26/2018
3/5/2018 IA/STAAR Benchmark 3B Testing Week
3/12/2018 Spring Break No School
March
3/19/2018
3/26/2018 3/30 Spring Holiday
4/3 and 4/4 STAAR Tests (varies by grade level) and
4/2/2018 Midquarter Formative for other STAAR tested Civics and STAAR
4/9/2018 4/13 Data and PD Day (6 weeks)
April
4/16/2018
4/23/2018
4/30/2018 5/3 Likely Algebra EOC (8th only)
Quarter 4 5/7/2018 5/7-5/10 STAAR Testing (varies by grade level) STAAR Testing all week for 8th Grade
5/14/2018
May Teacher-Created Unit
5/21/2018 (3 weeks)
5/28/2018 5/28 Memorial Day
June 6/4/2018 6/6 Last Day with Students Field Day, Celebrations, & Ceremonies