JGMS Weekly Learning Snapshot

Learning This Week

• I can explore our Essential Question, “What can one generation learn from another?”
• Generating and writing a personal narrative
• Continuing to build reading and writing stamina and volume

ELA 7 • Week of 11/2/26

Questions to Ask Your Child

• What are some ideas you generated for your personal narrative?
• How do your ideas fit with your essential question?

Simple ways families can support learning this week

• Share what you have learned from older generations that you have passed along to the next generation
• Check your students planner
• Encourage reading at home!

JGMS Weekly Learning Snapshot

Learning This Week

• I can exploring our Essential Question, “What can one generation learn from another?”
• I use my knowledge from The Creator’s Game A story of baaga’adowe/lacrosse, to create an identity poster
• I can read, understand and discuss poetry and different themes
• I can make connections between my culture and others

ELA 7 • Week of 10/26/2026

Questions to Ask Your Child

• What did the Creator’s Game teach you about your own identity? What culturally connections can you make to what you read and discussed this week?
• What are some symbols that you added to your identity stick?

Simple ways families can support learning this week

• Share what you have learned from older generations that you have passed along to the next generation
• Check your students planner
• Encourage reading at home!

JGMS Weekly Learning Snapshot

Learning This Week

• I can exploring our Essential Question, “What can one generation learn from another?”
• I can read The Creator’s Game A story of baaga’adowe/lacrosse
• I can read, understand and discuss characters and different themes
• I can make connections between my culture and others

ELA 7 • Week of 10/19/2026

Questions to Ask Your Child

• What did you learn about baaga’adowe/lacrosse this week? What did you learn about the history of the game?
• What culturally connections can you make to what you read and discussed this week?
• What is theme?

Simple ways families can support learning this week

• Share what you have learned from older generations that you have passed along to the next generation
• Check your students planner
• Encourage reading at home!

JGMS Weekly Learning Snapshot

Learning This Week

• I can exploring our Essential Question, “What can one generation learn from another?”
• I can continue to build my reading stamina by reading choice books daily
• I can research an important figure to represent my learning about Hispanic Heritage.

ELA 7 • Week of 10/12/2026

Questions to Ask Your Child

• What choice book are you reading? What do you like about it? What do you find challenging?
• Who did you decide to research for your project? Why? What are you learning about them?

Simple ways families can support learning this week

• Share what you have learned from older generations that you have passed along to the next generation
• Check your students planner
• Encourage reading at home!

JGMS Weekly Learning Snapshot

Learning This Week

• Building strong reading routines, habits, and engagement
• Exploring our Essential Question, “What can one generation learn from another?”
• Reading and analyzing texts to analyze central ideas and text evidence

ELA 7 • Week of 10/6/2026

Questions to Ask Your Child

• What choice book are you reading? What do you like about it? What do you find challenging?
• What have you learned about central idea?

Simple ways families can support learning this week

• Share what you have learned from older generations that you have passed along to the next generation
• Check your students planner
• Encourage reading at home!