AMMS: 7TH GRADE NEWSLETTER
Rigor, Relevance and Relationships
Thursday, May 17, 2018 is the LAST DAY to turn in missing work and recovery assignments!!
CAREER DAY
Parents, friends and community members are invited to participate in Autrey Mill Middle School’s Career Day on May 11, 2018. The purpose of this event is to expose students to a variety of careers in order to gain a valuable perspective from professionals in our community.
COUNSELOR'S CORNER
HOME ACCESS CENTER (HAC)
Please check Home Access Center (HAC) on a regular basis to review your child’s grades. Alerts can be set up so that you are notified if their grade has dropped.
NHI (Not Handed In)
If your child fails a test with a 69 or below, their teacher will contact you or you should contact them, regarding them having recovery for the test. The recovery for the test must take place in order to help prevent your child from failing that particular class. HAC http://www.fultonschools.org/en/sp/Pages/default.aspx
HELP SESSIONS
Please see below for the link for Help Sessions. They take place from 8:00 a.m.-8:30 a.m. or 4:05 p.m.- 4:35 p.m. For morning sessions, students must report on time. The teacher for the subject will go to the cafeteria, call the subject and walk the students to the classroom for the help session. We also have tutors from JCHS on Tuesdays from 4:05 p.m.-5:00 p.m. Please take advantage of these vital resources! http://school.fultonschools.org/ms/autreymill/Pages/HelpSessions.aspx
Also, www.khanacademy.org is a great resource for math and other STEM subjects! Please check and see if your child has it installed on their iPad. It can be found in the catalog under Khan Academy.
MESSAGE FROM THE GRADUATION COACH
Need time to organize?
Need extra help in a class?
Additional information
ENGLISH/LANGUAGE ARTS
READING
Reading classes have started our final unit about two life-long skills: avoiding plagiarism and taking notes. We will learn three ways to avoid plagiarism: summarizing, paraphrasing, and quoting. After that, there will be instructions on three different note taking methods: outlining, mind mapping, and Cornell notes.
Please continue to look around your home for books that come from my personal classroom library. There are many popular titles which have not come back to their place on the bookshelf. Now is the time to return them so that next year’s students get to enjoy them as well! Thanks!
MATH
MATH 8
MATH 7
SCIENCE
Welcome to the Office of the Medical Examiner-Fulton County Schools Autrey Mill Facility.
This week in science, students will continue their study on the human body. Students will then perform an autopsy on the rat later on in the unit (MAY 7-MAY 8). Students will take a quiz on MAY 9 after the dissection. We would be most appreciative if you could please donate Clorox wipes and paper towels for this awesome dissection.
Did you know......?
- The average person has 67 different species of bacteria in their belly button.
- Your mouth produces about one liter of saliva each day!
- Your brain is sometimes more active when you’re asleep than when you’re awake.
SOCIAL STUDIES
WORLD LANGUAGES
SPANISH
Hello Parents,
This week we will present our “Familia Projects.” We will also have a spoken PBA on Thursday, May 3. As the end of the year approaches, please encourage your student to review his/her notes every night for a few minutes. S/he can also practice a vocabulary quizlet that is posted in Google Classroom.
Thank you,
Señorita Brown, Señora Clark and Señorita Maust
LATIN
“Please refer to the newsletter email for more information about 7th grade Latin”
Best regards,
Kevin McElroy
Latin Teacher
Autrey Mill and Taylor Road Middle
FRENCH
Bonjour parents,
Please refer to Madame Sudu’s and Madame Blackburn’s emails for current lesson and assessment information. Google Classroom is also an important source for students to find various resources.
Sincerely,
Merci beaucoup,
Mesdames Sudu et Blackburn
STUDENT HEADPHONES/EARBUDS
Our classrooms are equipped with desktop computers and student personal iPads, which will be used throughout the school day integrating technology into the curriculum and providing additional personalized learning opportunities for our students. In order to work independently on these devices and not be disruptive to others, students need to use earphones. We would like to ensure that each child has their own set of headphones or earbuds for their individual use. We are committed to provide students with their classroom supply needs, but knowing that the use of specific headphones or earbuds can be very personal, if you are able, please provide your child with a set of headphones or earbuds. We wouldn’t want any of the students to miss out on any multi-sensory learning experiences.
AMMS INSTRUCTIONAL TECHNOLOGY
AMMS Instructional Technology is working to build a Virtual Reality Lab to provide these experiences for all Autrey Mill students. Through your donations, you will be providing our students at AMMS with cutting edge opportunities and preparing our students for the jobs of tomorrow.