Literature

Mrs. Sanders:  We will finish 3rd quarter on March 7.  We will continue reading short stories and reviewing for the upcoming IAR state testing in April.

Advanced Class:  They are currently reading the drama version of Anne Frank’s Diary.  We will review for the upcoming IAR test as well.

Mrs. Camp -After IAR is over we will begin one of my favorite novels,  “The Outsiders”! I love teaching this novel because of all the different topics and themes that can be explored in it.   

All students should be reading 15-20 minutes each day.

Math

Mrs. Yalden

7th- We are working our way through Unit 5, Proportional Reasoning.

Advanced- We are working through Unit 5 Integer Exponents:Properties and Scientific Notation.

Both Math Classes: Everyone has weekly IXL lessons to complete. We will continue these lessons due until the week after Spring Break. These are assigned on the first day and due the last day of the week.

There is also an opportunity for credit recovery if a student doesn’t like their results on any quiz or test they have the opportunity to earn their points back. There have also been two extra credit opportunities so far this 4th quarter.

Mrs. Pearson

State testing is here! This month we will be finishing up angle measures and finding missing measures. Be sure to work on weekly IXL’s.

Science

Mr. Brouwer:  We will be studying Earth Science topics of plate tectonics and earthquakes. We will have our student teacher Ms. Parsons in our class for 4 more weeks.

Social Studies

We are currently covering The Age of Jackson and Westward Expansion. We will be taking a chapter 6 test on Tuesday, April 29th

English

Miss Archer - In April, we will be close to wrapping our final essay (informative) on missions.  

Mrs. Camp -We will be finishing their 1st Semester of English with a research paper. We are researching the Civil Rights Movement, as it goes along with the book we are reading in Lit.

Computer

In March, we should be finishing our typing unit and beginning our Word unit.

Art

We are currently working on our realistic self-portraits with drawing pencils after studying the work of M. C. Escher. Students are rising to the challenge!

Band

Important Dates

•  2/7:  midterms
• 2/14:  11:30 dismissal
• 2/17:  No School Presidents Day
• 2/28 - 3/1:  Mayo Musical: Anything Goes                   

Reminders

• 3rd quarter AR points are due March 7.  Students need 10 AR points and one literacy skills test.  Students also need 1 science AR point.  Science AR is due February 28.  
• You can see your child’s homework on the Mayo homepage under the PARENTS tab.

Keep up all the wonderful things you are doing!