March - April Newsletter
7th Grade
Spring time is almost here!
CMAS Testing
- Make sure students get a good night's sleep
- Have students eat a good breakfast each morning
- Strive for good attendance and being at school on time
- Encourage student's best effort, we want them to show what they know!
Current Units of Inquiry
Language and Literature
Key Concept: Communication
Related Concepts: Point of View
Global Context Exploration: Civilizations and social histories, heritage; pilgrimage, migration, displacement and exchange
Statement of Inquiry: Students will understand that communication and point of view influence social histories.
Summative Assessment: Students will write a journal from the perspective of one of the characters in the Diary of Anne Frank.
Spanish
Key Concept: Communication
Related Concepts: Patterns, Word Choice, and Message
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:
G- Students will create a plan of their own home, using vocabulary and grammar learned in the unit.
A- The audience will be prospective home buyers.
S- The real estate market has just improved for buyers. Your responsibility is to convince buyers to purchase your home.
P- A plan of their own home either computer generated or hand drawn. Students must use 20 unit vocabulary words, making comparisons,the superlative, the verbs ser, tener, and estar.
S- Criterion A and D
Individuals and Societies
Key Concept: Systems
Related Concepts: Sustainability, Trade, and Consumption.
Global Context Exploration: Markets, commodities and commercialization
Statement of Inquiry: The distribution of resources affects economic choices.
Summative Assessment: Under Construction!
Science
Math
Drama
Key Concept: Aesthetics
Related Concepts: Innovation, and Play
Global Context Exploration: Artistry, craft, creation, beauty
Statement of Inquiry: Personal and cultural expression develops aesthetic through play with various medium.
Summative Assessment: Students will complete a variety of activities with their plays including costuming and set design.
Instrumental Music
Key Concept: Aesthetics
Related Concepts: Narrative
Global Context Exploration: Personal and Cultural Expression
Statement of Inquiry: Students will understand that aesthetics and narrative impacts personal and cultural expression.
Summative Assessment:
PHE
Key Concept: Change
Related Concepts: Energy
Global Context Exploration: Inequality, difference and inclusion
Statement of Inquiry: Knowing and understanding concepts of movement and skill mechanics can improve performance in a specific skill, and provide the foundation for transfer of skills in a variety of lifelong activities.
Summative Assessment: Unit Under Construction!
Design
Key Concept: Perspective
Related Concepts: Adaptation
Global Context Exploration: Digital life, virtual environments and the Information Age
Statement of Inquiry: The perspective of the digital media user can relate and adapt to social media as it changes throughout the years.
Summative Assessment:
To understand the process of evaluating and testing products for success by creating a stop motion animation using Google Slides that is creative, original, and complex. Students are the producers, writers, and directors of their own stop motion animated movie. Students will research some information about stop motion animation and then apply their research to the creation of their own original stop motion animation. Students will need to look into creating a test for the success of their animation. This means that they will need to explore how to test the success of a creative work because creative work is inherently subjective and how they can evaluate creative work meaningfully.
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Corwin International Magnet School
Email: corwin@pueblocityschools.us
Website: cims.pueblocityschools.us
Location: 1500 Lake Avenue, Pueblo, CO, USA
Phone: (719) 549-7400