7th Grade

• Students are completing their final assessments for The Tempest
  • Essential Question Worksheet due on Wedneday, 11/13
  • Production Role Google Slideshow due on Monday, 11/18    
• Next week, we are moving into our Rhetoric Unit., which we will be in until Winter Break
  • Students will learn various rhetorical appeals 
• Late Work Policy 
  • Student have a week after it is due to turn something in late if they want to receive credit 
  • After a week, I will no longer accept late work

• I will be introducing essay prompts the week of 9/16-9/20
  • Assignments due this week:
    • Chapter 10 Questions
    • Brainstorm Doc 
    • How to Write an Essay Doc 
    • Essay Outline 
• Grandparents Day is Friday, 9/20
• Next week, we will continue working on essays in class
• After this Unit we will begin reading Shakespeare's play The Tempest

Reading Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde

• Reading Strange Case of Dr.Jekyll and Mr.Hyde

• Reading Strange Case of Dr.Jekyll and Mr.Hyde

Monday [1/13/25] - Intro to chemistry lecture and notes; HW: edpuzzle "Atoms & Molecules"

Tuesday [1/14/25] - Lab: Investigating Gas from Bath Bombs in a bottle

Wednesday [1/15/25] - Periodic Table intro: video, lecture, and practice

Thursday [1/16/25] - Review stations for quiz

Friday [1/17/25] - Quiz... Part 1: Google form, Part 2: worksheet // extra credit opportunity

Current Unit: Chemical Reactions and Matter

Monday[1/6/2025] - no school for students; staff development day

Tues [1/7/2025] - Routines & Procedures refresh; Pictionary Vocabulary; Word wall entry

Wed [1/8/2025] - Put yourself in this scene [student reader], Bath bomb investigation

Thurs [1/9/2025] - Initial model [google classroom], zoomed in model, vocabulary flashcards

Fri [1/10/25] - Student Reader Collection 1: Noticing the Chemical World [6th period did not get to this yet]

Monday 12/16/24 - Greenhouse Gases Molecule Synthesis Lab

Tuesday 12/17/24 - Greenhouse Effect Model Lab

Wednesday 12/18/24 - Most Efficient City Project Day 1

Thursday 12/19/24 - Most Efficient City Project Day 2 / Gallery Walk

Friday 12/20/24 - Nature Documentary with Ecosystem Dynamics unit topics

Monday 12/9/24 - Science MAP review activity

Tuesday 12/10/24 - Science MAP

Wednesday 12/11/24 - Science MAP

Thursday 12/12/24 - Fossil Fuel Slideshow assignment

Friday 12/13/24 - Resources writing assignment & Natural Resources Bingo

Monday 12/2/24 - Are changes in Carbon Dioxide normal?

Tuesday 12/3/24 - Analyzing concentration of gases in our atmosphere

Wednesday 12/4/24 - Greenhouse gases article and comprehension questions, HW - edpuzzle Greenhouse gases

Thursday 12/5/24 - Review for quiz: Station Review and Blooket

Friday 12/6/24 - Earth's Resources and Human Impact Quiz Part 1 and 2, extra credit opportunity

Monday 11/18/24 - Initial water story rubric, time to complete assignment, Peer feedback

Tuesday 11/19/24 - Alaska claims, evidence, and graph analysis

Wednesday 11/20/24 - Student Reader Collection 3: Temperature and changes in the atmosphere

Thursday 11/21/24 - Pictionary Vocab Part 2 and word wall entry

Friday 11/22/24 - Flashback Friday - nature documentary where students identify components from prior units

Monday 11/11/24 - What other components are affected in Earth's water system by rising temperatures? Jigsaw article activity and data dig w/expert groups

Tuesday 11/12/24 - Cause and Effect model; Setting up Initial water stories for our case sites

Wednesday 11/13/24 - Graph of the week; complete water stories; present

Thursday 11/14/24 - Preparation for presenter: field questions, natural resources lesson

Friday 11/15/24 - Special presentation by Mr. Dickerson [Superintendent of SUNCOR Energy]

Monday 11/4/24 - Review for Earth's Water System Model Open Response Assessment

Tuesday 11/5/24 - Earth's Water System Model Open Response Assessment / Extra Credit Opportunity

Wednesday 11/6/24 - Student Reader Collection 2: Rising Temperatures, Rising Seas

Thursday 11/7/24 - Throwback Thursday Cells Identification Microscope Lab

Friday 11/8/24 - Science News Article Friday and grade conferencing for end of Trimester 1 

Monday 10/28/24 - Case Site Presentations; Planning for Temperature and Evaporation Lab

Tuesday 10/29/24 - Lab: Temperature and Evaporation

Wednesday 10/30/24 - Interpreting graph data

Thursday 10/31/24 - Creating line and bar graphs/interpreting data & "What is Air?" Reading w/ comprehension questions

Wed 10/23/24 - Identifying Independent vs Dependent Variables lecture, practice as a class, independent assignment, Edpuzzle video assignment

Thurs 10/24/24 - revisit Earth's water system model; Case Site introduction Day 1 -  [Part 1] website, video, map, reading, preview data/graphs

Fri 10/25/24 - Case Sites Day 2 [Parts 2-4]; analyze data; present findings

Monday 10/14/24 - Student Reader Collection 1: Floods and Droughts

Tues 10/15/24 - Earth's water system model; where water is distributed and how it moves on Earth

Wed 10/16/24 - Greenhouse Gases assignment and how they affect our atmosphere and temperatures on Earth

This week we are starting the Core Knowledge Unit titled: Human Resources and Human Impact.

Monday 10/7/24 - Student Reader "Put yourself in this scene" / Pictionary Vocabulary: Earther's Resources and Human Impact

Tuesday 10/8/24 - Water Story Case Studies [California and Mississippi] - Notice and Wonder Analysis

Wednesday 10/9/24 - Identifying patterns in headlines across the U.S. dealing with water [droughts and floods]/HW - water stories in your community 

Thursday 10/10/24 - HW is due/ develop an initial model for how warmer temperatures are causing floods and droughts/Individual and then class model

Friday 10/11/24 - Climate Event Science News Article Friday / IXL from unit 1 cells due next Friday

This week we are learning how abiotic and biotic factors can affect ecosystems.

Monday [9/30/24] - Complete Invasive Species Wanted Poster and Science Notebook Check

Tuesday [10/1/24] - Case Studies on how ecosystems have been affected by abiotic and biotic factors.

Wed [10/2/24] - Ecosystems Before and After Project: go over Rubric and research day

Thursday [10/3/24] - Day 2 of project / mural

Friday [10/4/24] - Gallery Walk / Science news article Friday

View Google Classroom for detailed assignments.

This week we are learning about the specific types of symbiotic relationships within ecosystems. Students will also apply their current knowledge of our ecosystems dynamics unit to our quiz on Thursday [9/26/24].

Monday [9/23/24] - Symbiotic relationships notes, lecture, video and practice slideshow using CER [claim, evidence, reasoning] method

Tuesday [9/24/24] - Individual symbiosis practice & food web / trophic level analysis

Wednesday [9/25/24] - Station Review for Ecosystem Dynamics Quiz

Thursday [9/26/24] - Blooket review game, Ecosystems Quiz Part 1 [Google Form], Quiz Part 2 [open ended], extra cred [on Google Classroom]

Friday [9/27/24] - Invasive species reading in Student Reader [Core Knowledge], Invasive Species Wanted Poster

This week in Science we studied transfer of energy within ecosystems such as: food chains, food webs, and energy pyramids. We also understood trophic levels and the role they play in an ecosystem.

This week in Science we learned the levels of organization within an ecosystem as well as abiotic and biotic factors, and how they can affect an ecosystem.

• Continued to develop an example Google Slides presentation using the standard presentation template.
• **NOTE: class instruction video available in Google Classroom.

• Completed Bell Work 240911 - Practice in Google Classroom
• Completed the Google Slides standard presentation template
• Began developing an example Google Slides presentation using the standard presentation template

• Began developing the Google Slides standard presentation template

• Added access to Tech Lab printer
• Discussed printing expectations
• Identified elements of effective communication
• Explained why Google Slides is used

• Completed Bell Work 240903 - Ben & Jerry's Top 5 in Google Classroom
• Worked with partners to complete the Cup Tower Collapse activity

• Completed TMTSKAM Questionnaire in Google Classroom
• Completed The Harbor - Time Management assignment in Google Classroom

• Introduced Bell Work assignment
  • Requirements for completion
  • Assigned once a week
• Completed Bell Work 280827 - This Year in Google Classroom

• Students organized their Google drive - moving files/documents to new folders or deleting unwanted files.
• Reviewed and the discussed the Standard Response Protocol (SRP) for school emergencies.

• Completed the discussion and review of the Technology documents
  • Class syllabus
  • AV Acceptable Use Agreement
  • Tech Lab Expectations
• Began discussion on File Management and organizing student's Google Drive

• Joined the Tech Google Classroom
• Started the discussion and review of the Technology documents
  • Class syllabus
  • AV Acceptable Use Agreement
  • Tech Lab Expectations

• Discussed the use of Chromeboxes in the MS Tech lab.
• Discussed student expectations with the new Routines and Procedures.

UPCOMING QUIZ DATES

Students who earn a 90% or higher on the quiz, will not be required to take that portion of the final test. If a student makes a 90% or higher on all of the quizzes, they will only need to take the physical features portion of the final test. Click the above link for all of the quiz dates.

01/14/25 (Tuesday) 

Quiz #1 - New England Region

Major Physical Features of the U.S. (draw and label on the BIG Map of the U.S.)

• Bordering Countries: Canada & Mexico
• Rivers: Ohio, Mississippi, Missouri, Colorado, Rio Grande
• Mountains: Appalachians, Rocky Mountains, Sierra Nevada Mountains
• Great Lakes: Ontario, Erie, Huron, Michigan, Superior
• Bodies of Water: Atlantic Ocean, Pacific Ocean, Gulf of Mexico
• Great Plains

Quiz #2 - Mid-Atlantic Region - 01/16/25

01/16/25 (Thursday) 

Quiz #2 - Mid-Atlantic

State Plate Project - DUE at the end of class on Thursday (01/23/25)

Must complete the planning page before receiving the plate for the project on Tuesday (01/21/25)

Quiz #3 - Southern Region - 01/21/25

UPCOMING QUIZ DATES

Students who earn a 90% or higher on the quiz, will not be required to take that portion of the final test. If a student makes a 90% or higher on all of the quizzes, they will only need to take the physical features portion of the final test. Click the above link for all of the quiz dates.

01/08/25 (Wednesday) 

Intro to the States/Capitals quiz expectations.

Students will begin working on the BIG Map of the United States --- Labeling the States and Capitals. This will be completed in class. We will be adding to the map over the course of 3 class periods.

01/10/25 (Friday) 

Continue working on the BIG Map of the U.S. --- we will be adding the regions and learning about the various regions of the U.S.

QUIZ #1 - New England Region - Tuesday (01/14/25)

UPCOMING TEST - Module 9 Test - Wednesday (12/18/24) - Module 9 Study Guide and Blooket Review

12/20/24 (Friday) 

Holidays Around the World Activity (in-class)

12/18/24 (Wednesday) 

Module 9 Assessment

12/16/24 (Monday) 

M9L3 > A National Culture

UPCOMING TEST - Module 9 Test - Wednesday (12/18/24) - Module 9 Study Guide

12/12/24 (Thursday) 

M9L2 > Minority Rights

12/10/24 (Tuesday) 

M9L2 > Competing Ideals - Prohibition and the Scopes Trial

12/04/24 (Wednesday) 

M9L2 > A Changing Society

12/02/24 (Monday) 

M9L1 > Business Booms (Growth of Industries) AND Hoover Elected

M9L1 QUIZ - Students were expected to use their book and their notes

11/25 - 11/29 - Happy Thanksgiving!!!

11/21/24 (Thursday) 

M9L1 > Business Booms - discussed the impact of innovation by Henry Ford and the important changes that were made to manufacturing through the moving assembly line

11/19/24 (Tuesday) 

M9L1 > Return to Peace and Prosperity AND Coolidge's Probusiness Administration - read and took notes (Notes are also available in Google Classroom)

11/11/24 (Monday) 

Today we went over two political cartoons and 2 primary sources regarding America and the League of Nations. Then we created a CER (Claim, Evidence, Reasoning) paragraph to defend whether or not the United States should or should not join the League of Nations after WWI. This was completed in class and is practice for future CER assignments that will be completed independently. League of Nations CER

TEST: Module 8 Test - Friday (11/15/24) - Students can use this study guide (also in Google Classroom) to help prepare for the test. Students will need to prepare for TWO written response questions. They may choose which two they respond to. Prior to the test (between now and the test) they may use their textbook and notes to complete the planning pages (included in the Study Guide). During the written response portion of the test, students will only have access to the physical copy of their planning page and/or their spiral. They will not have access to their online textbook or other online resources.