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2nd Qtr Grades FINAL & Future Field Trips!

dolfanescobar — Fri, 20 Jan 2012 00:09:39 +0000

DONE!!!2nd quarter grades are final!!

Monday we begin 3rd quarter and a “fresh start”. Please make sure you come to school prepared with materials (binder, dividers, pencils, highlighters, calculator, lined & graph paper). It’s your chance to start new again! Also make sure you keep up with dress code – all violators will be documented per administration!

FIELD TRIPS!!! Congrats – if you have no F’s on your report card see me if you’d like to attend a NHL Florida Panthers Hockey Game on February 17th! Cost is $10. The Miami Heat Game is scheduled for March 10th! The cost is $45!! All forms & money must be turned in by January 31st!

Florida Panthers Hockey Field Trip!!

dolfanescobar — Sun, 23 Oct 2011 00:16:42 +0000

We had a blast at the Florida panthers nhl hockey game opening night on Friday, October 15th & Saturday, November 19th in the SUITE! Thanks to Steve “Goldie” Goldstein for sending 30 of our best 8th grade students to the game!

Open House Information!

dolfanescobar — Fri, 09 Sep 2011 13:45:54 +0000

Please feel free to click on the powerpoint below to review the information that was presented at open house last night. It was wonderful to see so many parents & support of their child’s education come out to the school to meet the teachers! Keep in touch and thank you again for taking the time to attend open house!

open house1

Mrs. Escobar

FCAT Practice

dolfanescobar — Mon, 29 Aug 2011 22:31:21 +0000

FCAT Monday August 29th – this is due September 6th! Click here…math mon aug 29

Welcome 8th Graders Class of 2011-2012!!!

dolfanescobar — Sun, 21 Aug 2011 00:52:32 +0000

first days of school powerpoint

first days of school pdf

Bamboo Schedule
first wk of school

first week quotes

NEW: CLASS LETTER & TEAM LETTER CLICK BELOW…

Dolphins Visit!!!!

dolfanescobar — Fri, 01 Oct 2010 15:48:01 +0000

Take Our Poll

How lucky were we!!! Here’s pictures from Ronnie Brown and Jason Taylor Visiting our school & our classroom – we were the only class he stopped by to see!!! Awesome day!!! I hope you all learned something from his visit & I’m extremely proud of my 3rd period and their responses/reactions to his visit & the way you opened up that day!

Click below for the article on yahoo.com about Ronnie Brown in our Classroom!

http://sports.yahoo.com/nfl/news?slug=jc-ronniebrownvisit093010

BRING YOUR PICS TO CLASS SO WE CAN ADD THEM!!!

click below for newspaper article:

examiner.com 9-28-10

Click below for the details from Ronnie Brown 23 WAYS Assembly

23 Ways Info

ADVICE FOR NEW 8TH GRADERS

dolfanescobar — Wed, 02 Jun 2010 18:58:18 +0000

Please leave some comments and advice for next year’s 8th graders to help them for math next year with Mrs. Escobar!

Thank you !

MARCH MADNESS!!!

dolfanescobar — Wed, 17 Mar 2010 11:44:52 +0000

Here’s where I post information that we will use for the March Madness Activities that we will be completing in class this month!

march madness internet hunt

Brackets!

Power Point introducing March Madness – see link below:

march madness

Powerpoint info & rubric

POWERPOINT RUBRIC

March Madness PROBABILITY

probability activity with march madness!!!

FCAT Tips…

dolfanescobar — Thu, 04 Mar 2010 22:36:33 +0000

fcat tips!

vocab practice

Glencoe Website

Prentice Hall Website

ways to study for fcat

fcat explorer & first in math

Grade 8 FCAT Item Spec Review

Short-Extended Response

http://my.hrw.com/math06_07//nsmedia/internet_resources/msm3_fl/test_practice.html

more review tips

FRAYER MODEL PROJECT

dolfanescobar — Thu, 25 Feb 2010 15:41:01 +0000

This project is due Friday, March 5th we will bind all the frayer models from each vocabulary term & create a book that will help you for FCAT!

See links below for examples of frayer models & for the list of vocabulary words!

frayer model

vocabulary list

Ways to study for FCAT!

dolfanescobar — Wed, 20 Jan 2010 03:05:56 +0000

1.) Here is a link of several sample questions to practice for FCAT – many of the questions have been in our do now’s and from your FCAT workbook!

fcat practice questions click here

2.) Go back and look at the do now pages for all classes they are all there from the start of the school year – go back and review!

3.) FCAT Explorer & First In Math (the hard concepts…) glencoe.com & prentice hall website!

4.) Your FCAT workbook – we have completed strands A,C,D so you should be able to complete these problems from these sections so go back and try them again!

5.) Your textbook, yes really… check out the very beginning of your text pgs FL4 – FL24 all the Countdown to FCAT problems… do them and then ask me for the answers to check!

6.) Click on the links from the site like the after school site/math journals/powerpoints from 2nd/3rd/6th period…

7.) FCAT Released test practice click on the link below to practice fcat test!

released fcat test

8.) Get tutoring (mr. galante’s tutoring monday/escobar wednesday) I am also available after school any other day just set up a time for me!

9.) Check virtual counselor – look at your bat data results & last years fcat results practice on your weakest areas use the index in your textbook / research the concepts on line/ ask me for help

10.) Check out these short/extended response powerpoint:

Short-Extended Response

*Leave some comments to help others if you have any more ideas to add to the post!

I believe in your ALL and know you will do a fantastic job on the FCAT this year! I am proud of you and all that you have learned & accomplished!

Mrs. Escobar

New DBMS Math Website

dolfanescobar — Fri, 04 Dec 2009 15:31:39 +0000

Check out the new DBMS website!

Make sure you use the resources available to you on the site!

math department website

How To Study for BAT testing!

dolfanescobar — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 13:45:36 +0000

Practice using your textbook – remember all odd # problems have the answers in the back of the book to check your work!

Use your FCAT workbook – go over the problems we have completed & try to get the right answer again!

Chapter 1 & chapter 10 powerpoints are on here from 2nd,3rd, and 6th period page to go over and practice too!

Go online… practice from the glencoe website/prentice hall websites

Review vocabulary – look at all the vocabulary websites i’ve posted for you on this site

Look over your journal entries that we have completed.

Practice from previous year’s released fcat -see link below…

fcat practice

Practice using FCAT Explorer

Use virtual counselor to go over the most problem areas you had from the last bat test we took or from last year’s fcat.

Come see me or contact me for extra tutoring…

And most importantly relax because I know you are all so smart & you will make all of us proud – including yourself on how well you will perform on all this fun testing

Mrs. Escobar

FCAT TIPS…. Please add comments…

dolfanescobar — Sat, 07 Mar 2009 01:47:33 +0000

See the following document for FCAT Tips… then I would like you to add some of your own FCAT tips & ideas in the comment section…fcat-tips

Next is the document from the “create your reference sheet” that we practiced today! Also please add comments to let us all know some additional concepts & hints to help us creating “your own” reference sheet!

your-own-reference-sheet-

I would greatly appreciate any positive comments as well to motivate us for the upcoming test :

Last but not least a movie to inspire you all.. Leave comments about what you think about the message the movie is sending to you!

inspirational movie

Mrs. Escobar

Remember as Dwyane Wade’s Motto states – believe it… live it… to all those who doubted him – he proved them wrong… you do the same: