Team Kani News: April 15-May 2, 2017
Milestones Testing Begins!
April 18 = ELA, Part 1
April 20 = ELA, Part 2
April 25 = Math
Spring is Busy!
Here is a link to the End of Year Schedule of Events: 7th Grade End of Year Events
Earth Month Field Trip
The Team Kani Field Trip to the Recycling Center, Landfill, & Compost Facility is on May 2. Please wear closed toe shoes and your school uniform.
Team Kani End of Year Breakfast
Please complete the form linked here: Team Kani Breakfast Survey
English/Language Arts News
Starting next week, we will begin review activities for the ELA Milestones that are quickly approaching. We will brush up on reading for information and key ideas, citing text, writing strategies and techniques, and grammar rules to strengthen our writing. After Milestones, we will resume reading and finish our class novel, A Long Walk to Water. The students have enjoyed reading this novel immensely! Please ask your child to tell you about this wonderful and amazing story of hope, courage, and strength as told from the real-life account of Salva Dut.
Please look over your child's grades to ensure there are no missing assignments. Progress Reports will be coming out in the near future, so now is a great time to talk with your child about the importance of completing all work and turning it in. After Progress Reports, we only have a mere 4 1/2 weeks left in the final quarter of this school year...let's work together to help our students finish the 7th grade year STRONG and SUCCESSFUL!
Starting next week, we will begin review activities for the ELA Milestones that are quickly approaching. We will brush up on reading for information and key ideas, citing text, writing strategies and techniques, and grammar rules to strengthen our writing. After Milestones, we will resume reading and finish our class novel, A Long Walk to Water. The students have enjoyed reading this novel immensely! Please ask your child to tell you about this wonderful and amazing story of hope, courage, and strength as told from the real-life account of Salva Dut.
Please look over your child's grades to ensure there are no missing assignments. Progress Reports will be coming out in the near future, so now is a great time to talk with your child about the importance of completing all work and turning it in. After Progress Reports, we only have a mere 4 1/2 weeks left in the final quarter of this school year...let's work together to help our students finish the 7th grade year STRONG and SUCCESSFUL!
Please look over your child's grades to ensure there are no missing assignments. Progress Reports will be coming out in the near future, so now is a great time to talk with your child about the importance of completing all work and turning it in. After Progress Reports, we only have a mere 4 1/2 weeks left in the final quarter of this school year...let's work together to help our students finish the 7th grade year STRONG and SUCCESSFUL!
Science
April 15-20 = Evolution MYP Task
April 21 = Earth Day Solar Energy Lesson
April 24-28 = MYP Tasks
Notebook Contents to date for Notebook Check #4: CLICK HERE TO VIEW
Math News
Get ready for another exciting week in math class! This past week, we began the second half of Unit 5.
We will begin the upcoming week by spending some time outdoors, learning about Hilsman's compost site. Specifically, on Monday, Ms. Seymour will be leading each class through numerous different stations outside to explore how our school is helping reduce waste. The goal of this on-site "field trip" is to get students thinking about how to make composting more efficient. We are currently investigating volume and surface area. At the end of our current unit, students will have the opportunity to present their own ideas and offer suggestions as they relate to making the most efficient and cost effective composting site.
On Tuesday, we will continue working through our "Filling and Wrapping" Investigations. Again, we are addressing concepts related to volume and surface area of geometric shapes and prisms. Due to Early Release, Wednesday-Friday will be cut short but our learning will not stop. We will spend Wednesday and Thursday completing a single Investigation and then conclude the week with a short "Check-Up Quiz" on Friday. Students have been keeping all of the notes we have been taking over the past 2 weeks. These notes will prove to be extremely beneficial in studying for our quiz on Friday.
Please remind your child(ren) to take advantage of our online resource, Waggle. Students are still expected to complete an hour of "Waggle time" each week. I have uploaded a new assignment, "Area, Surface Area, and Volume" that aligns closely to the content we are covering in class.
Waggle student login information is as follows...
username: [student i.d. number]
password: clarke[student i.d. number]
As always, please let me know if you have any questions or concerns.
Go Panthers!
Social Studies News
We finally made it to the last week! There will be no new assignments this week students just need to finish and turn in any late and or missing assignments by Tuesday May 16th to give me time to get everything graded by the grade posting deadline. Thanks!
We finally made it to the last week! There will be no new assignments this week students just need to finish and turn in any late and or missing assignments by Tuesday May 16th to give me time to get everything graded by the grade posting deadline. Thanks!
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