7th Grade Weekly Overview!
April 22-26, 2024
Course | Teacher | Here is what’s happening this week! |
ELA | Media Literacy Projects are due to be completed in every class by April 30th at the latest*. Please plan to visit THIS Friday, May 3rd during our 8th period (1:45-3:00 PM) to view their work! Hopefully, we will begin Unit 4, Differences, with a surprise activity next week as well. *Extension due to many “B”day students out on Friday | |
Math |
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Science | We are working on Genetics and Punnet squares. Get ready for great questions at home. Here is the link to the work they have been doing. | |
Social Studies | We’ve been learning about the Columbian Exchange and the impact of European exploration and colonization of the Americas. This week we’ll be learning about the Middle Passage and the Atlantic slave trade. | |
Spanish | The phrase of the week: ¡Ni hablar! Forget it! No way! Students will continue Unit 9: El Cucuy. We will do a variety of engaging activities surrounding the target structures to support language acquisition. tiene miedo de - has fear of mira - looks at hacia - toward | |
PE | Coach Dameron - Volleyball & Team Building Games Coach Burroughs- Next week we will start our volleyball unit, and will learn about teamwork, and sportsmanship. | |
AVID | 7th grade AVID has focused on community building and the basics of organization for the first few weeks of school. We’re now moving into the Tutorial process, in which students will form collaborative groups to assist one another with challenging questions and “Points of Confusion” in their academic classes. | |
PLTW Green Energy | We are preparing presentations to share our research on a technology artifact and are excited to see what students have discovered! | |
PLTW Design and Modeling | Check Back Next Week. | |
Art | Self portraits are well under way. Students began by practicing photo realism in drawing either a fork or a marble sculpture as seen in the photo below. Below that are two self portraits that have been completed by 8th graders. | |
Chorus | Please refer to the weekly choral newsletter. | |
Band | We will be sending out a bi-weekly band specific newsletter that will have all necessary reminders and upcoming events for band! If you do not receive it, please email us so we can add you to our list! | |
Theater |
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