2nd Semester
7th Grade Otto Middle School
Every Kid Needs A Champion
Open House
Menu Items and Prices
Nachos ~ Beans and queso $5.00
Nachos ~ Beef, chicken or both, beans and queso $8.00
Tacos (3) ~ Beef and chicken with Chips $8.00
Burrito Bowl ~ Lettuce, beef, chicken or both, beans, sour cream and queso $8.00
PBIS
Otto students are proud to be Organized, Mindful, and Scholarly. Teachers incorporate these values throughout their lessons and interactions with students. The article linked below provides great ways for parents to help their children develop self-discipline and effective focus strategies.
http://www.kumon.com/resources/grab-their-attention-how-to-help-kids-get-focused-and-stay-focused/
Growth Mindset and Testing
With STAAR right around the corner, it is important to maintain a growth mindset. The article below elaborates on how students perform when they are learning versus during a summative assessment.
Communication with Teachers
The Otto staff has been working hard to find productive ways to interact with parents and students about upcoming assignments and due dates. A few of the formats frequently being used by the Otto teachers and staff.
1. Google Classroom - Check out this link to get started on Google classroom and to help your child get signed up to his or her classes.
https://docs.google.com/a/pisd.edu/file/d/0ByqrAI5UxSJNNmxYVlNZalZiNWc/edit?pli=1
2. Remind 101 - Find out from your child's teacher what their classroom code is and receive communications about upcoming assignments and due dates via email or text.
3. Mypisd - The districts website is available to all parents. This site is a great way to access your child's grades and attendance throughout the six weeks.
https://sso.portal.mypisd.net/cas/login?service=http%3A%2F%2Fportal.mypisd.net%2Fc%2Fportal%2Flogin
English
In English, the students will be continuing their Journey and Passages unit. In this unit, students will be reading and analyzing stories that send the character on a physical journey in which they are challenged to grow and mature mentally and emotionally. The students will be finishing their class novel, Crispin: The Cross of Lead. The students will use their understanding of Crispin's journey to explain how specific themes fit into the story by crafting expository essay responses.
In Honors English, the students will be continuing their Journey and Passages unit. In this unit, students will be reading and analyzing stories that send the character on a physical journey in which they are challenged to grow and mature mentally and emotionally. The students will be finishing their class novel, The Hobbit. The students will use their understanding of Bilbo Baggin's journey to explain how specific themes fit into the story by crafting expository essay responses. The students will finish the unit by selecting a book club novel that contains a journey by a major character.
Contact Information:
Kristin Ernst
469-752-8563
Erin Kerry
469-752-8560
Anna Mackey
469-752-8561
Tara Browning
469-752-8559
Niki Matasso
469-752-8556
History
Texas History will be Moo-ving on up at the start of this next six weeks. We will begin looking at the role Texas played in the Cattle Trails and the economy that was built from this. Planes, Trains, and the Galveston Hurricane?! Where will Texas be at the turn of the 19thCentury? This six weeks students will discover the Wild West and how Texas will prosper and thrive.
In PACE, the unit focuses on the economic development of Texas from Reconstruction to the 21st century. Students will see how Texas changed from an agrarian to urban society and investigate the causes of that change. The class will study specific events such as Spindletop, the Galveston Storm, and the Texas City Disaster and their effects on the Texas economy. The students will then use their knowledge to predict how an industry might affect a fictional town.
Contact Information:
Miriam Carpenter
469-752-8571
Daniel Moman
469-752-8570
Brent Truitt
469-752-8576
Zeshan Khan
469-752-8577
Math
Math 7
Shape Up (continued)
- Solving problems involving volume (prisms, pyramids)
- Solving problems involving surface area and lateral surface area from nets (prisms, pyramids)
Dealing with Data (statistics)
- Making inferences from a variety of statistical representations
- Comparing distributions of two sets of data using measures of center
- Using data collected from a sample to make predictions about a population
- Analyzing data from a statistical representation
Honors Math 7
Wrapping and Filling (continued)
- Connecting a figure to its corresponding surface area and volume formulas
- Solving problems involving volume and surface area
What’s Trending? (Data Displays)
- Making inferences about a population
- Making predictions about relationships found in scatter plots using trend lines
- Analyzing a scatter plot and determining the association between the variables
- Comparing data sets
- Calculating the mean absolute deviation for a data set up to ten values
- Identifying appropriate methods of generating random samples
Focus on Finances (Financial Literacy)
- Solving percent problems
Contact Information:
Fern Johnson
469-752-8573
Cindy Ramirez
469-752-8553
Alex Rosenfield
469-752-8595
Caresir Gonzales
469-752-8597
Elizabeth Jacobsen
469-752-8591
Science
This six weeks we are learning about the human body systems: Nervous, Integumentary, Excretory, Endocrine, Muscular, Reproductive, and Skeletal. We will be discussing the structures and functions of all these systems and learning how the human body is able to maintain balance despite all the external stimulus.
Reproduction will be taught over two days on March 17th and 18th, with boys and girls in separate classes. A letter will be sent home on February 18th outlining the lesson. Please send it back signed if you would not like your child to participate in the lesson, however they will be responsible for the information.
Contact Information:
Jamie Bell
469-752-8587
Maritza Bradshaw
469-752-8589
Ron Ohlig
469-752-8594
Elizabeth Jacobsen
469-752-8591
Otto Middle School
Website: http://k12.pisd.edu/otto-middle-school
Location: 504 North Star Road, Plano, TX, United States
Phone: 469-752-8550