7th Grade ACTS Newsletter
September 19 -23, 2016
Science - Mrs. Sexton
Students learned about
carrying capacity and limiting factors
by fishing for Skittles!
Voice - Mrs. Fennell
Seventh grade voice students are singing so well! This week, we will begin learning to count tied rhythms. We will also learn to count sets of four sixteenth notes. On Thursday, we will have a lesson on performance etiquette as we prepare for our field study to Greenwood Community Theatre. There will be no written assessment this week. Our next test will be the first week in October.
Dance - Mrs. Brewington
Math - Mr. Smith
We will begin chapter 3 on Wednesday, continuing with proportional reasoning ideas with percents.
ELA - Templeton
Writing: The students are working on a realistic fiction piece.
Stems: Quiz on Tuesday.
Reading: We will finish "The Lottery", and we will have a test on Tuesday. They will have a quiz Friday on the different story elements.
Grammar: We are beginning a new grammar program online called No Red Ink. It will individualize for each student.Science - Mrs. Griffin
ELA & Social Studies - Mrs. Owensby
Students will have a list of Greek and Latin stems to study for their next quiz. We will continue our study of punctuation rules. Students will write realistic fiction stories based on writing techniques they are learning as they study realistic fiction text.
7th Grade SS
Students will complete a study of The Age of Enlightenment. They will a create a study guide of important details to help them prepare for the test.