Eighth Grade Curriculum Overview

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Eighth Grade Overview

Time4Learning is popular as a eighth grade homeschool curriculum, for afterschool enrichment, for remediation, and as a summer school alternative.

For eighth graders, Time4Learning provides language arts and math curriculum that correlates to state standards. Parents can also request pre-algebra and algebra. In addition, students will be given access to the highest available grade levels of both science (6th) and social studies (7th) curriculum.

Eighth Grade Learning Objectives

While in eighth grade, a student should master the prerequisites for attaining success in the ninth grade language arts, reading and mathematics curriculum.
By the end of any eighth grade language arts and reading program, students should be able to constructively critique their own and others' writing. Eighth grade students should start to find their own unique voice within their writing that engages a specific audience. Their writing should follow a specific writing structure that has a coherent focus. Eighth grade students should be able draw from a variety of genres for their writing. They should have started to incorporate a range of writing strategies, such as: using figurative language, dialogue, flashback, tone, and mood.  Eighth grade students will begin to recognize and use vocabulary they have learned in various subjects. Reading across subject areas will result in a stronger writing vocabulary.

At the end of any eighth grade mathematics program, students should understand relationships in geometry. They will be able to manipulate geometric models, and apply the Pythagorean theorem to solve geometric problems. Eighth grade students will develop an understanding of linear relationships and functions. At the end of any eighth grade mathematics program, students should understand square roots of numbers and exponents.

For details about eighth grade writing standards, please visit Time4Writing.com.

Eighth Grade Language Arts and Reading

The eighth grade language arts program begins with a focus on stylistic features of reading and writing invarious genres. How-to articles, informational articles, short stories, poetry and persuasive pieces are analyzed by students through the techniques of cartooning, research, journalism, and interpretation completed within the provided literature and through the Odyssey Writer.

Five integrated language arts units thematically enhance student learning through a combination of reading, writing, and comprehension lessons, followed by extension activities on spelling conventions, accurate use of apostrophes, and the correct usage of parts of speech.

The eighth grade curriculum culminates with the examination and application of multiple editing strategies inclusive of; proofreading skills, correct sentence structure, various sentence types (complex sentences and parallel structure in sentences using grammatical repetition), infinitive phrases, progressive forms of verbs, and dangling modifiers to increase students’ writing performance.

Many parents have expressed interest in purchasing the full versions of the authentic literature excerpted in the Language Arts section. They can be purchased at the links below but they DO NOT need to be purchased in order to use Time4Learning.

• Surviving the Applewhites by: Stephanie S. Tolan
• Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World by: Jennifer Armstrong
• 19 Varieties of Gazelle by: Naomi Shihab Nye
• True North by: Kathryn Laskey

Eighth Grade Vocabulary

In eighth grade, animated vocabulary lessons guide Time4Learning students to review and increase their understanding of root words, prefixes, and suffixes . Additional literature based units provide vocabulary building resources such as an interactive assessment activity that focuses on correctly identifying a vocabulary word with its definition. Literature units include related vocabulary lists and printable vocabulary worksheets. Students are exposed to science vocabulary through reading chapters on the eye, hurricanes, and flavors. Additional vocabulary activities include the study of informational articles and how word choice affects the outcome of the article.

Eighth Grade Math

The eighth grade math curriculum expands to teach complex strategies involved in five units of study: Number Sense, Algebra, Geometry, Data Analysis, and Problem Solving. Through a series of mathematic investigations, students will use computation strategies, graphical data, and formulas to solve and interpret problems. Visit our scope and sequence pages for more details on the 8th Grade Math Lesson Plans

Eighth grade students will calculate squares and square roots, use exponents, and identify discounts, sale price, and tax through online math lessons. Interactive activities will expand to include new concepts in measurement and geometry with students recognizing angle relationships, circle characteristics, and geometric formulas (perimeter, area, and circumference.) Lesson Demos

Eighth grade math students will conclude their curriculum by creating frequency tables, and histograms and by identifying extremes, quartiles, median, and range of ordered sets in data analysis and probability lessons. Online Algebra is available upon request.

8th Grade Lessons - Time4Learning's Program Structure

Time4Learning provides an interactive student paced curriculum. When the student logs in, they can choose which subject to study. The lessons are organized into units which include multimedia lessons, interactive exercises, printable worksheets for reinforcement, optional parent-teaching guides (with answer keys for the printable worksheets in math) for more indepth work, assessments, a complete printable lesson plan, and online progress reports.

Reports/ Assessments/ Printable Worksheets. Time4Learning understands the importance of tracking student progress.  Eighth grade assessments and quizzes are given throughout the chapters and are automatically graded upon completion.  Parents are able to access the grades and assignments in the reports section by using their own logins and passwords.  The reports section is printable, as are the lessons plans. In addition Time4Learning provides eighth grade printable worksheets. Parental support is also given through our online parents forum where discussions and questions may be posted amongst experienced users and those that are "just looking".

Help your child succeed with our interactive curriculum. There are thousands of activities, lessons and assessments that will keep your child enthusiastic about learning.

In eighth grade, the children can access the Time4Learning online playground. The online playground includes over 100 carefully selected games. Some are fun action games, others are learning games but unlike the lessons, they are entirely exploratory.   There is also a playground timer controlled by the parents to limit how long they spend in the playground. While useful to many families, the use of the timer is optional.

Eighth Grade Interactive Curriculum by Time4Learning
For Homeschooling, Afterschool, or Summer School Use

Time4Learning is used as a homeschool curriculum, an afterschool tutorial, or as an excellent alternative to summer school. Time4Learning works well with other programs too, providing educational structure within the home. Learn more.

Many gifted and special needs students find Time4Learning to be an invaluable addition to their education. Time4Learning's benefits to special needs children stems from the freedom to progress at your own pace, to repeat lessons, the patience of the computer, and in many cases, the privacy of self-study on the computers. Parents particularly like that they can have a child working on different levels in different subjects, and that as children progress, adjustments to the grade level are simple and cost-free.

Kids like using the computer to learn and to develop their
skills. The Time4Learning educational teaching games give students independence as they progress at their own pace.

Parents like that it tracks progress and helps kids advance by teaching through individualized learning paths that assure mastery of the skills and concepts that makes kids succeed.

Have a child with math and reading skills at different grade levels? No problem, just tell us in the online registration process.

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