Mr. Reuss

8th Grade Math and Social Studies

F.C. Reed Middle School

(269)466-0336

click here to email me at:  dreuss@bridgmanschools.com

" ... dropping out of high school is no longer an option. It's not just quitting on

yourself, it's quitting on your country." - Barack Obama

"Our progress as a nation can be no swifter than our progress in education ... The human mind is our fundamental resource." - John F. Kennedy

Bridgman Public Schools Vision and Mission Statements

Vision and Department Mission Statements

Homework/Classwork Assignments

(see link to 8th Grade Homework Policy below...)

Past assignments are available through a link below...

MATH

assignment given on:

Final Exam on Thursday, June 3

Work on Study Guide for Final Exam

5/27/10

p. 676:  11-25 odd

p. 680:  11-25 odd

Finish Study Guide on p. 658

Ch. 12 test tomorrow (Friday)

5/26/10

p. 671 1-17 all; 19-41 odd

p. 658 1-30 all (Ch. 12 Study Guide)

Ch 12 test on Friday

5/25/10

p. 653

1-28 all

5/21/10

p. 644

10-30 all

5/20/10

Read 641-643

p. 643 1-9 all

+ Worksheet for Box and Whisker plots

            Front - 1,2;  Back - 1,3,5,7

SOCIAL STUDIES

Final Exam:  Wednesday, June 2

Final Exam Review

Links to past assignments

Math and Social Studies past assignments

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What is your Grade Right Now?

Click on this link to your grade report:

BCISD Main Screen

LINKS TO OTHER SITES:

Scroll down to find other interesting stuff!

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Links to your other 8th grade teachers' webpages

Mrs. Horvath

Mrs. deBest

Mrs. Sanden

Other Links:

FOLLOW THIS LINK FOR EXTRA CREDIT:

Extra Credit Opportunities

DOCUMENTATION:

IMPORTANT:  When doing reports or papers:

Do NOT plagiarize! (which means to copy)

Go to this page for a description of plagiarism:

Plagiarism - What is it?

Follow this link to using proper form for documenting research papers (I require APA format)

http://citationmachine.net/

Plagiarism - What is it?

Links to other Social Studies and Math Topics

8th Grade Homework Policy

Studying from your textbook

How to Study

Study Guides and Strategies

How to write a Book Report

How to do a Taking A Stand paper

Core Democratic Values list

How to write a Reaction Paper

How to write an answer to an Essay Question

How to write a Documented Research Paper

Economics Lectures

How to do Extra Credit for Social Studies

Interested in political cartoons?  Check this out:

http://cagle.msnbc.com/politicalcartoons/

Politics, Politics, Politics!

See what's going on in the world of Elephants and Donkeys:

http://www.electoral-vote.com/

Interesting websites to explore:

http://www.cnn.com/

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas

http://www.history.com/

Class syllabi for Math and Social Studies

Math Class Syllabus

Social Studies Class Syllabus

Some other Interesting stuff:

Click on this link: Find out what happened on ...

This Day in History

A Summary of the World

"You must be the change you wish to see in the world."

                                           - Mahatma Gandhi

One of my favorite places:

Hole 12, Kona Country Club, Ocean Course

Big Island, Hawaii

Par 3, 194 Yards

A great place!

... and here's another one

Hole 10, Par 4, Lakota Canyon Ranch Golf Club

New Castle, Colorado

Beautiful!

I like this one too...

Hole 15, Par 3, Indian Hills Golf Course

Dowagiac, MI

It's Local ...

Mr. Reuss