Stuck in the Middle
FMS 7th Grade Newsletter: Week of January 25- January 29
ELA
We had a great start to learning more about theme and affixes. Grade cards will be available tomorrow (1/22) at 3:30 PM. If you have any questions, please contact the content area teacher.
Here is the unit site for students to practice the objectives. https://sites.google.com/fulton58.org/7thgradeela/unit-1
Week at a Glance:
Monday - Theme Quest Card #4-5, Affixes
Tuesday - Close Reading for theme
Wednesday - Close Reading for theme
Thursday - Close Reading for theme
Friday - Affix Word Work/Socratic Seminar
Learning Targets for the Week:
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.
RL3A: (fiction) Compare and contrast a written story, drama, or poem to its audio, filmed, staged, or multimedia version, analyzing how the technique's unique to each medium contribute to meaning.
RI2A: (nonfiction) Analyze how a text’s organization or overall structure contributes to meaning.
Writing: Use a given process to create clear narrative writing that is developed, and organized for the task; including style, voice, purpose, and audience.
Speaking and Listening: Present in a clear and audible voice while remaining on-topic, focused, and maintain voice level and pace
Important Vocabulary:
Theme
Drawing conclusions
Text support
Affix
Prefix
Suffix
Root word
Presentation
Clarity
Gallery Goal Setting
Gallery Goal Setting
Gallery Goal Setting Walk Through
Math
Daily Assignments:
Mon 1/25 Unit 6, Lesson 11 (Lesson Slides and Goformative. Goformative will be turned in.)
Tues 1/26 Unit 6, Lesson 12 (Lesson Slides and Goformative. Goformative will be turned in)
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Wed 1/27 Unit 6, Unit 6 Mid Unit Test (Test will cover information learned during lessons 1-12 and turned in on GoFormative)
Thurs 1/28 Unit 6, Lesson 13(Lesson Slides and Goformative. Goformative will be turned in.)
Fri 1/29 Unit 6, Lesson 14 (Lesson Slides and Goformative. Goformative will be turned in.)
Week at a Glance:
This week, students will review how to write and solve one step and two-step equations in Unit 6: Expressions, Equations, and Inequalities. Important vocabulary words and sample problems are available in the Family Newsletter from Open Up Resources.
Students should be using Edmentum ExactPath for 15 minutes per day in math. Please check out this resource for more about Edmentum.
Students who do not have a 3 for one of the units can continue using the Retake Agenda to practice their skills.
Important Vocabulary:
Properties of algebra: multiplicative property of zero, identity properties, associative, commutative, distributive
substitute
inequality
combine like terms
coefficient
Using tape diagrams to solve equations
Working to solve equations with negative numbers
Life Science
Week at a Glance:
This week, we will start begin our unit on plant adaptations by looking at photosynthesis!
Monday/Tuesday: Photosynthesis
Wednesday/Thursday: Plant Adaptations
Friday: Plant Adaptations (cont.)
I can identify the parts of a plant and how they are used in photosynthesis.
Key Vocabulary
- photosynthesis
- chloroplasts
- carbon dioxide
- oxygen
- glucose
Ms. Dollens: ddollens@fulton58.org
Mrs. Jacobs: cjacobs@fulton58.org
Social Studies
Plan for the Week:
- Mon/Tues: People of the Middle Colonies (continued)
- Wed/Thurs: People of the Southern Colonies
- Fri/Mo: Comparing the economy of the Colonies
Learning Target for the Week:
Compare the People who settled in all three regions and their reason for coming to America.
Key Terms & Events:
Key people: Pilgrims, Puritans, Quakers, indentured servants, slaves, debtors,
Key terms: joint-stock company, charter, headright, self-governing, dissent, persecuted, tolerance, economy, mercantilism, cash crops
Questions? Email your child's social studies teacher:
Heather Yates - hyates@fulton58.org
Lara Brunk - lbrunk@fulton58.org
Christopher Crowson - ccrowson@fulton58.org
Elizabeth Windmann - ewindmann@fulton58.org