First Days of School
8th Grade
English
Kansas City
Going back
100

The contraption that brings you to school.

What is a bus?

100

Mrs. Wright, Mr. Tully, Mrs. Drummond, Mrs. Stringfield and myself are called__________teachers.

What is core?

100

A person, place, or thing is called_____________.

What is a noun?

100

Martin City is located in what part of what of city?

What is South Kansas City?

100

This is what we call in school and expectation or demand to do something the right way.  Teachers tell you about them in the first days of school.

What is a rule?

200

Usually you receive a list of things you need for school; these things are called___________.

What are supplies?

200

There are at least _______ days of school.

What is 180?

200

Simile, Metaphor, Alliteration, Assonance, and Consonance are called_____________.

What is figurative language?

200

This city is known for its ________ next to Paris...its the 2nd place in the world with many of these>>>

What are fountains?

200

This is a skill you learned how to do around 2nd or 3rd grade. It requires you to have a topic sentence and and a concluding sentence.

What is a paragraph?

300
The rules posted in the hallway are a part of the ___________________ matrix.


Hint: The word starts with a "b"

What is behavior?

300

Shortly, we will be taking this test to see where everyone is at as far core skills. This test is called_______________.

What is i-Ready?

300

In a plot, as the character develops over time, the character's actions teaches us lessons. These lessons helps us create a message or moral from the story called____________.

What is theme?

300

The women's soccer team is called the______.

Who is the KC Current?

300

In 5th grade you may have started doing this. It is a term for writing a personal story it is called a __________________.

What is personal narrative?

400

We have three new administrators. What are their names?_________________

Who is Dr. Larmie, Mr. Hart, and Mr. Gowen?

400

Our reading goal for the entire school is that ______% of our students are on or above grade level.

What is 60?

400

There are _________ paragraphs in a personal narrative. Think really hard about this answers and think about the number of pages in a book.

What is limitless? A personal narrative does not have set paragraphs.

400

This landmark building in the Power and Light District was once called the Sprint Center it is now known as the __________.

What is the T MOBILE Center?

400

When you are asked to work with your peers and look over their work and make suggestions; you are participating in peer__________.

What is peer evaluations or peer assessments?

500

One new major change at Martin City K-8 is _____________________. 

What is the building of the new gym?

500

A teacher that does not teach core classes is called_____________.

What is an encore teacher or elective teacher?

500

The main idea in writing is called________.

What is thesis?

500

Kansas City is moving its professional baseball team to either downtown or _____________.

Where is North Kansas City?

500

This is a collections of all of your skills, assessments, and overall progress. Before you think it is a grade card, it is not. Think really hard on this one...

What is a data notebook?

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