7th Grade Weekly Overview!
June 3-7, 2024
Course | Teacher | Here is what’s happening this week! |
ELA | We have finished reading Ghost Boys, by Jewell Parker Rhodes, and are preparing for our final FISHBOWL DISCUSSION of the year. This time students will not only consider the texts we read during this final unit, but also how they connect to all other topics we have studied this year as they prepare Costa Leveled questions to bring to the discussion. Can we answer our overarching Essential Question for this year? | |
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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: ¡Vale! Okay! Students finished up Unit 10: Lágrimas de cocodrilo. We will do a variety of engaging activities surrounding the target structures to support language acquisition. tiene hambre - is hungry está triste - is sad llora -cries come - eats | |
PE | Coach Dameron - P.E. (Basketball & Pickleball) & Health (Getting Smart w/Money) Coach Burroughs- Kickball/wiffle ball units, and will learn offensive and defensive strategies in game play. Finishing up our CPR unit. | |
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 | Our gallery show opening was this week and it was a wonderful success. 43 students had their decks selected to be a part of the gallery in Push. It’ll be up for the next two weeks. Now we are preparing for our Biltmore field trip which will take place next Wednesday. We will be making art en plein air on the grounds of the house. It should be a wonderful day. | |
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! | |
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