8th grade was a crazy year and probably the most fun grade I will ever have. The year was jammed packed with all kinds of activities and if you are planning on coming next year, there are some things you need to look out for. ELD, Wordly Wise, and AR are the some of the most important subjects in 8th grade.

ELD(educational learning development) is an elective that will substitute either Dance, Music, both. The schedule will determine that. You will be put in a lower level classroom and t is your job to help out the teacher and/or scholars with their academics. It’s like being a mini teacher for an hour. Eventually, you get the hang of things and enjoying yourself. By the end of it, you will realize that not only did you help the younger ones, you help yourself. You learned new lessons that otherwise would have missed. Plus, the children are so funny sometimes.

Wordly Wise, the vocabulary test that you have had for who knows how long. You may think, ” Oh they are just spelling word who cares,” well it means a lot more than that. It is a very important part of your ELA grade and they are pretty simple, so please for your sake do not lose sight of that. Wordly Wise is a bigger percent of your grade then you probably realize. Keeping track of it will help you in the long run.

AR, my biggest problem for me in all of 8th grade. This is the most important part of all your Reading grade. DO NOT, under any circumstance, underestimate this goal. Reading is not hard, maybe for some, but still reading every day is important. Waiting till the last day will not help you in any way. I must say that I have much faith that whoever reading this will not have too much trouble following this.

To sum up, making sure that all these things are caught up, will for sure help you in the long run. While it may be hard sometimes you will have plenty fun in 8th grade. I believe in every single one of you and I know each of you has some good to bring in the world. Never give up and always move forwards

– Eddie J. Macias