Literature

Mrs. Sanders:  We will finish The Watsons Go to Birmingham this month.  The book is worth 8 AR points and has a literacy skills test with it.  

Advanced Class:  Students are reading short stories and working on the skills that go along with them.

Mrs. Camp -Still reading, The Watsons Go To Birmingham.  This novel deals with the Civil Rights Movement. It has humor, family issues, and of course the Civil Rights issues.  This book will help with the AR points and they will be able to take their Literacy test on it. I have told them to read a Science book first!

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

Math

Mrs. Yalden

7th- We are working our way through Unit 3, Numbers & Operations.

Advanced- We are working through Unit 3, Linear Relationships.

Both Math Classes: Everyone has weekly IXL lessons to complete. 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.

Mrs. Pearson

This month the focus will be on Multi-step equations (mastering this skill this year will be helpful for next year) and graphing.

Remember to work on the weekly IXL’s.

Science

Mr. Brouwer

We will be studying thermal energy, the transfer of heat, and the effects of thermal energy on matter.  We will end the semester with designing, building, and testing model bridges.

Social Studies

We are almost finished with our Revolutionary War Era. Chapter 3 test will be on Tuesday, Dec 16th with make-up tests on the 18th & 19th. IXL LL 4-8 is due Friday, December 6th.

English

Miss Archer - In January, we will be starting our time together with the baseline essay and then moving into our introductory unit on sentences.

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 December, we will be finishing up our unit on Word and then moving onto PowerPoint and digital stories.

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

We are continuing to work on our pep band song list; we will play at the home game on September 15th. We are also starting our dive into our Christmas music!

Important Dates

• 12/6:  11:30 dismissal
• 12/18:  2:30 dismissal
• 12/20:  2:30 dismissal for Holiday break;  2nd quarter ends
• 12/23 -1/6: Holiday Break
• 1/7:  students return to school                                 

Reminders

• 2nd quarter AR points are due December 20.  Students need 10 AR points and one literacy skills test.  Students also need 1 science AR point.  Science AR is due December 13.  
• You can see your child’s homework on the Mayo homepage under the PARENTS tab.

Keep up all the wonderful things you are doing!