Welcome Back
2020-21 School Year
Dear Families
Sincerely,
The 7th Grade Team
This Week in 7th Grade
Mindfulness Mantras
Special thanks to Mrs. DeBiaso and her Cricut for the awesome cutouts.
Character Strong
Changing your Mindset
Important Dates at a glance
9/22 (A-Day): Protective bags needed for band, Vocab quiz in Social Studies,
9/23 (B-Day): Vocab quiz in Social Studies
9/24 A-Day
9/25 B-Day
Core Class Information
Jennifer Morelock
7th Grade Math
This week we started working on our Envisions Math! The district Star test got unexpectedly pushed back so we will be doing that this upcoming week. I'm so excited to be able to start working on math with these kiddos! Please remember that if you would like to see specific assignments the kids are working on you can ask them to see their Google Classroom, all assignments and activities are listed there!
Nichole Sullinger
7th Grade Science
Class Information
We are now working in our first unit: Force and Motion. This week we covered how to determine if an object has motion and next week will be learning how forces affect the motion of objects. I have so enjoyed getting to meet each student. I have been impressed and excited to work with them this year! I am implementing a flipped classroom this year. This is where students go through the notes at home individually. Then we come back as a class, we recap the main ideas and complete an activity. This way I can be there for them to answer questions and address any misconceptions and students can go through the notes on their own, so they can take the time they need to complete the notes. For this to be beneficial, I really need students to complete the notes at home. Starting next week, students should be completing notes at home on Monday (Group A) and Tuesday (Group B), if you would please follow up with them to ensure they had the notes completed, I would greatly appreciate it. Things that need to be completed next week: - Notes over Force - Net Force activity (in Google Classroom) - Types of Motion Scavenger Hunt - Notes over Speed, Velocity, and Acceleration A Quiz over Motion and Force will be on Sept 28th (A Day) and Sept 29th (B Day).
Tyrone Seymour
7th Grade Social Studies
We are working on our first official unit: World Religions. We will be learning the fundamental beliefs of Hinduism, Judaism, Buddhism, Christianity, and Islam. This is always a unit that students enjoy and find to be very informative. This week we will be continuing our work on facts, opinions, beliefs, and belief systems. We will also be examining some of the commonalities of religious belief systems; for example, most belief systems attempt to explain human origins, how people "should live," etc. Please understand that we will be learning about these religious belief systems through an academic lens; we will not judge the validity or correctness of any belief systems. We will not engage in debate or discussion that will attempt to create a "hierarchy" or prove that one belief system is "best" or "better than" another. We are all granted the right to believe whatever we want through the First Amendment of the Constitution, and I would encourage you to have values discussions with your 7th-grader about your family's beliefs are. Your cooperation is greatly appreciated!
There will be a vocabulary quiz on 9/22-9/23 the 15 words from the quizlet deck that was shared on Friday in google classroom.
Chris Ruiz
7th Grade ELA
This week, our class learned about the various tenses and aspects of verbs, such as present progressive and present perfect, and both comparative and superlative adjectives. We will be covering more of the basic parts of speech in the coming week, as well as finishing up the STAR test for B-Day students, and A-Day's sixth-period students.
Mr. Cerutti
Pre-Algebra and Algebra
Algebra worked on reviewing expressions, equations, and inequalities this week in order to move on to new material next week.
From your Elective Teachers
PLTW: CSIM
Students are learning about the parts of a Micro:bit Microcontroller, which we will start programming in the next couple of weeks. Students all have myPLTW logins now, and on remote learning days should be logging in to check Google Classroom for their assignments.
- Mrs. Delaney
PE / Health
-Coach Milne
Art
-Mr. Elliott
World Languages
-Mrs. Lackey
Vocal Music
-Mrs. Duffy
Band
September 21st/22nd - Woodwind and Brass students must have instrument/bell covers in class
-Miss. Chesney
From the Library
Barry School
Email: morelocj@platteco.k12.mo.us
Website: https://www.plattecountyschooldistrict.com/
Location: 2001 NW 87th Terrace, Kansas City, MO 64154
Phone: (816) 436-9623
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