The Mathematics curriculum includes Algebra and Geometry with certain advanced concepts being taught in some schools. As part of the Language Arts curriculum, students may also opt for a foreign language course, either for a semester or the entire school year. In Social Studies, the primary focus is often American history including revolutions, causes of civil war and its effects on the country.
Grade 8 English Curriculum Language Arts
The Grade 8 home school curriculum is aligned to the common core standards. Class focuses on reading, writing, speaking and listening. Learn to compare different types of text and will become adept in writing argumentative, informative, narrative and research essays. Students will learn to evaluate the soundness of reasoning in a speaker’s argument and claims.
Grade 8 Mathematics Curriculum
The middle school curriculum deals with formulating expression, equations, and linear equations. The students will understand the graphs of lines through the origin, functions and their relationships. Students will study about Pythagorean Theorem, and use theorem to find distances between points on the coordinate plane, to find lengths, analyze triangles. And also study about the volumes of the cones, cylinders and spheres.
Grade 8 Science Curriculum
The Grade 8 science online home school curriculum follows the Next Generation Sunshine Standards. The course deals with the physical sciences, chemistry, physics and astronomy. The students will learn about the atoms, compounds and molecules. Students will study the properties of magnetism and electricity, nature of light, universe, stars, and sun.
Grade 8 Social Studies Curriculum
The Grade 8 social studies home school curriculum follows the Next Generation Sunshine Standards. The course deals with the history of United States from exploration and colonization to reconstruction after the civil war. The students will learn about the American revolutions, causes of civil war and its affect on the country.
Need Help Improving Your Child’s Academic Performance?
Forest Trail Academy has implemented an easy-to-use, self-paced program for students with special needs. Students who are at-risk or learning disabled require special attention as well as support in the form of more customized platforms. This is because their individual capabilities differ from those of their peers and they may not always be able to keep up. Aligning the latest in web technology with state academic standards has helped us deliver a state-of-the-art platform that makes learning a lot more fun.
This system meets the requirements set forth by the No Child Left Behind Act and provides students with everything they need to improve their academic performance. In our k-12 online school the self-paced learning system is designed to provide both remediation as well as instruction and is designed to provide students with a wide range of skill levels to help them achieve proficiency.
Our Education Counselor will be at your assistance. If you have any queries you can also reach us at 800.890.6269 / 561.537.5501.
