Stuck in the Middle
FMS 7th Grade Newsletter: Week of Feb. 11-15
Important Dates
February
15 - No School ~ Teacher PD
18 - No School ~ President's Day
Classroom Notes
ELA
It’s been another short, but good week in the 7th grade ELA classroom! We continued learning about theme and researching our topics for the informational/expository writing assignment. We are looking forward to our post-test on theme next week! We will also be digging more into our informational/expository writing and beginning a new close read!
Week at a Glance:
Monday - Expository writing, Review for Theme Assessment
Tuesday - Expository writing, Theme Assessment, Introduction to Close Read
Wednesday - Expository writing, Close Read
Thursday - Close Read, Expository writing
Friday - Close Read, Expository writing
Learning Targets for the Week:
Writing: Gather relevant information from multiple print and digital sources; assess the credibility of each source; and quote or paraphrase the data and conclusions of others while avoiding plagiarism and providing basic bibliographic information for sources.
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.
Important Vocabulary:
Theme
Textual evidence
Summary
Context
Expository
Plagiarism
Power Standards for the Quarter: ***If you click on this title, it is linked to the 7th grade ELA objectives in your eBinder.
RI1D: Explain the central/main idea(s) of a text and explain the relationship between the central idea(s) and supporting evidence; summarize the text distinct from personal opinions.
R.I.1.B: Determine the meaning of words and phrases as they are used in the text, using context.
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.
Writing: Use a given process to create clear expository writing that is developed, and organized for the task; including style, voice, purpose, and audience.
Writing: Gather relevant information from multiple print and digital sources; assess the credibility of each source; and quote or paraphrase the data and conclusions of others while avoiding plagiarism and providing basic bibliographic information for sources.
Simple Sentence Smackdown!
Practice!
Expository Writing!
Math
Announcements:
To see what we are doing in class, ask your child to show you their daily agenda on the Hyperdoc attached to Google Classroom. Here you can see the agenda as it is updated daily to reflect what students are doing each day. Our objective rubrics for the first quarter are linked to the Power Standards below.
Learning Targets for the Week:
- I can the properties of algebra to simplify expressions.
- I can add and subtract like terms.
Important Vocabulary: Properties of algebra: Identity, Associative, Commutative, Distributive, Multiplicative Property of Zero
Power Standards for the Quarter:
7.EEI.B.4: Write and/or solve linear equations and inequalities in one variable
Students helping students.
QR Codes!
AC Lab Riddles.
Life Science
Week at a Glance:
This week, we will move to a few exploratory labs to introduce and learn about the nervous system!
Learning Target for the Week:
I can identify the main functions of the nervous system and how it is structured.
I can identify the main organs in the nervous system.
Important Vocabulary
- Central nervous system
- Peripheral nervous system
- Autonomic nervous system
- Somatic nervous system
- Cerebellum
- Cerebrum
- Neurons
- Axon
- Synapse
- Understand and define each of the body systems and explain how they interact to keep us alive.
Social Studies
Week at a Glance:
This week we began comparing the colonies, and looking at the things that gave each one a specific identity. Mrs. Yates and Mrs. Brunk work hard to change up activities to keep history interesting. So this week was about giving kids choices on how they learned about the middle colonies. In Mrs. Brunk's class students chose from articles and videos to take notes, then they furthered their learning through their choice of skits, posters and creating questions for a Jeopardy game. In Mrs. Yates' room students presented about each colony through the Colonial Fair. Students had the opportunity to hear about all of the colonies and how they were similiar and different.
Learning Target for the Week:
- Compare the similarities and differences of the English colonies in America in relation to: geography, climate, economy, religion, government.
Vocabulary: economy, mercantilism, cash crops, slave trade, agriculture, self-governing, charter, democratic
Questions? Email your child's social studies teacher:
Heather Yates - hyates@fulton58.org
Lara Brunk - lbrunk@fulton58.org