January-February Newsletter
7th Grade 2017-2018
Happy New Year!
Meet Your Exploratory Team!
Mrs. Hutchins - Drama
Mrs. Pineda-Fuentes - Instrumental Music
Ms. Stanley - Visual Art
Current Units of Inquiry
Language and Literature
Key Concept: Connections
Related Concepts: Audience Imperatives, Genres, Intertextuality
Global Context Exploration: Imagining a hopeful future
Statement of Inquiry: Heroic characters define the limits of people's aspirations while heroic acts remind people to continue doing good in society.
Summative Assessment: Students will write a 5 paragraph inspirational essay referring to 3 heroes from the unit.
Science
Key Concept: Systems
Related Concepts: Function, and Interaction
Global Context Exploration: The biological revolution
Statement of Inquiry: Advancements through the biological revolution changes how systems interact to perform functions.
Summative Assessment: Students will participate in a variety of assessments for each human body system including writing stories, creating pamphlets, etc.
Individuals and Societies
Key Concept: Global Interaction and Change
Related Concepts: Conflict, Rights and Responsibilities, and Citizenship.
Global Context Exploration: Democracy, politics, government and civil society
Statement of Inquiry: Define the rights of individuals and how it and affects the world community.
Summative Assessment: Students will complete Documents Based Questions, to reflect the knowledge you have gained from the study of the Eastern Hemisphere
Math
Key Concept: Form
Related Concepts: Model and Space
Global Context Exploration: Natural and human landscapes and resources
Statement of Inquiry: Understanding form and space enhances natural and human landscapes
Summative Assessment: Explore the Ocean Depths Students will act as an oceanographer and create An ocean map of two hundred miles of ocean for a dare devil diver.
Design
Key Concept: Communication
Related Concepts: Resources and Function
Global Context Exploration: Commonality, diversity and interconnection
Statement of Inquiry: Clear communication with clients using available resources helps the client understand the commonality, diversity, and functionality of our lifestyles, health and well being.
Summative Assessment: Students will play the role of a nutritionist and create a presentation for a fictional client with specific nutritional advice.
Language Acquisition
Key Concept: Communication
Related Concepts: Message, Patterns, Word Choice
Global Context Exploration: Natural and human landscapes and resources
Statement of Inquiry: Using communication to describe living structures can vary based on orientation in space and time.
Summative Assessment: Students will create a plan of their own home, using vocabulary and grammar learned in the unit. R- Students will be writing as Real Estate agents.
Physical and Health Education
Key Concept: Relationships
Related Concepts: Adaptation and Refinement
Global Context Exploration: Physical, psychological and social development; transitions; health and well-being; lifestyle choices
Statement of Inquiry: Dancing is a universal activity that people can perform to express themselves and build relationships with one another to help with their physical, psychological, and social development.
Summative Assessment: Students will create a dance from the decades using moves that they have learned from previous dances from the internet, school, weddings dance recitals etc..
Drama
Instrumental Music
Title: Chromatic : Half Step..half step.. half step
Key Concept: Change
Related Concepts: Boundaries and Innovation
Global Context Exploration: Opportunity, risk, consequences and responsibility
Statement of Inquiry: Boundaries and innovation impact change and influence opportunity, risk, consequences & responsibility.
Summative Assessment: Write and Perform a one - octave instrument specific chromatic scale
1. Ascending and Descending
2. Use of whole, half, quarter notes
3. Use of whole, half, quarter rests
4. Notes must be chromatic in step
Visual Art
Corwin International Magnet School
Email: corwin@pueblocityschools.us
Website: cims.pueblocityschools.us
Location: 1500 Lakeview Avenue, Pueblo, CO, United States
Phone: 7195497400
School Events!
No Bully Parent Training
Second Step Update
All MYP students will be participating in Lessons 4 and 5 of the Second Step curriculum January 29th and 30th and February 12th and 13th. Below are the learning objectives so that you will be able to ask your student about what they are learning. You can also ask them about the “homework” they should be bringing home after each lesson. Thank you so much for your ongoing support of the No Bully Initiative.
7th Grade Lesson Learning Objectives
Lesson 4: Giving and Getting Support
Lesson 5: Responding to Bullying