Stuck in the Middle
FMS 7th Grade Newsletter: Week of Feb. 25 - March 1
Important Dates
March
15 - NEW - End of Quarter
Classroom Notes
ELA
Wow! We sure rocked that theme assessment this past week. Kudos to the 70% of 7th grade students who scored proficient on the post-assessment. Next week, we’ll be finishing our close read and essays so that we can dig into connotative, figurative, and literal meanings of words and phrases.
Week at a Glance:
Monday - Finish close read and essay
Tuesday - Introduction to connotative, figurative, and literal meaning
Wednesday - Introduction to shared reading
Thursday - Continue shared reading, revise and resubmit essays
Friday - Finish shared reading, revise and resubmit essays
Learning Targets for the Week:
Writing: Gather relevant information from multiple print and digital sources; assess the credibility of each source; and quote or paraphrase the data and conclusions of others while avoiding plagiarism and providing basic bibliographic information for sources.
RL1B (fiction): Determine the meaning of words and phrases as they are used in the text, including figurative and connotative meanings, using context, affixes, or reference materials.
Important Vocabulary:
Connotative
Textual evidence
Figurative
Context
Expository
Plagiarism
Power Standards for the Quarter: ***If you click on this title, it is linked to the 7th grade ELA objectives in your eBinder.
RI1D: Explain the central/main idea(s) of a text and explain the relationship between the central idea(s) and supporting evidence; summarize the text distinct from personal opinions.
R.I.1.B: Determine the meaning of words and phrases as they are used in the text, using context.
RL1D (fiction): Using appropriate text, determine the theme(s) of a text and analyze its development over the course of a text; provide an objective summary of the text.
Writing: Use a given process to create clear expository writing that is developed, and organized for the task; including style, voice, purpose, and audience.
Writing: Gather relevant information from multiple print and digital sources; assess the credibility of each source; and quote or paraphrase the data and conclusions of others while avoiding plagiarism and providing basic bibliographic information for sources.
Vocab!
This class!
#WorldChangers
Math
Announcements:
To see what we are doing in class, ask your child to show you their daily agenda on the Hyperdoc attached to Google Classroom. Here you can see the agenda as it is updated daily to reflect what students are doing each day. Our objective rubrics for the first quarter are linked to the Power Standards below.
Learning Targets for the Week:
- I can the properties of algebra to simplify expressions.
- I can add and subtract linear expressions.
Important Vocabulary: Properties of algebra: Identity, Associative, Commutative, Distributive, Multiplicative Property of Zero
Power Standards for the Quarter:
7.EEI.B.4: Write and/or solve linear equations and inequalities in one variable
Peer to Peer Support
Peer to Peer Support
Peer to Peer Support
Life Science
Week at a Glance:
This week, we will complete a mini project on neurological disorders. We will end the week with a nervous system review and post test.
Learning Target for the Week:
I can identify the main functions of the nervous system and how it is structured.
I can identify the main organs in the nervous system.
Important Vocabulary
- Central nervous system
- Peripheral nervous system
- Autonomic nervous system
- Somatic nervous system
- Cerebellum
- Cerebrum
- Neurons
- Axon
- Synapse
- Understand and define each of the body systems and explain how they interact to keep us alive.
Social Studies
Week at a Glance:
After examining our data, reteaching and reassessing over the colonial unit, we were ready to being our next topic: The French & Indian War. We were excited to kick off our unit with the question, "When is it necessary for citizens to rebel against their government?". To guide us into our discussion we learned about protests happening in Haiti as the people strive to create change in their government. This is going to lead into our unit as the colonies will protest again the rule of Britain in America. We are excited to begin!
Learning Target for the Week:
Explain how the effects of the French & Indian War were a turning point in American History that will demonstrate American independence.
- Explain what caused the French & Indian War and the outcome.
- Identify the reasons for taxes introduced by Great Britain after the War
- Explain why colonies were so upset about not being represented in Parliament
- Give multiple examples of colonists' reactions to the taxes.
Vocabulary: colonist, taxes, militia, repeal, tyranny, violation, boycott, restricted
Questions? Email your child's social studies teacher:
Heather Yates - hyates@fulton58.org
Lara Brunk - lbrunk@fulton58.org