Team Kani News: April 4-14, 2017
Milestones Testing Begins!
April 18 = ELA, Part 1
April 20 = ELA, Part 2
April 25 = Math
Happy Earth Month!
All month long students will be learning about the importance of conserving and using Earth's resources wisely.
Help us meet our 2016-2017 Energy Star Pledge Goal of 1000 pledges. Here is a link to Hilsman's Energy Star Pledge Campaign: Hilsman Energy Star Pledge
Help us meet our 2016-2017 Energy Star Pledge Goal of 1000 pledges. Here is a link to Hilsman's Energy Star Pledge Campaign: Hilsman Energy Star Pledge
Spring is Busy!
Here is a link to the End of Year Schedule of Events: 7th Grade End of Year Events
Experience UGA Field Trip
Team Kani will go to the Botanical Gardens and UGArden on Tuesday, April 11. Students need to wear their school uniform with closed toe shoes. We will be walking along the nature trails. Students can bring a bottled water and a snack.
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 4-7 = Natural Selection & Fossils
April 10-14 = Unit 6 Review, MYP Assessment, & Unit Test
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
This week we will be continuing with Unit 7 Africa Geography. Our main focus this week will be education, famine, and disease through out Africa. We are now in the last 9 weeks of the school year and it is important for students to remain focused and continue to turn in all assignments. Some grades were adversely affected during the 3rd 9 weeks due to incomplete assignments. The Africa physical map and biomes map quiz will be given next Monday. The Asia coach book in the ABOUT section of google classroom can be a helpful study resource. Thank you for your support!
SS7G1 The student will locate selected features of Africa.
a. Locate on a world and regional political-physical map: the Sahara, Sahel, savanna, tropical rain forest, Congo River, Niger River, Nile River, Lake Tanganyika, Lake Victoria, Atlas Mountains, and Kalahari Desert.
b. Locate on a world and regional political-physical map the countries of Democratic Republic of the Congo (Zaire), Egypt, Kenya, Nigeria, South Africa, Sudan, and South Sudan.
SS7G2 The student will discuss environmental issues across the continent of Africa.
a. Explain how water pollution and the unequal distribution of water impacts irrigation, trade, industry, and drinking water.
b. Explain the relationship between poor soil and deforestation in Sub-Saharan Africa.
c. Explain the impact of desertification on the environment of Africa from the Sahel to the rainforest.
SS7G3 The student will explain the impact of location, climate, and physical characteristics on population distribution in Africa.
a. Explain how the characteristics in the Sahara, Sahel, savanna, and tropical rain forest affect where people live, the type of work they do, and how they travel.
This week we will be continuing with Unit 7 Africa Geography. Our main focus this week will be education, famine, and disease through out Africa. We are now in the last 9 weeks of the school year and it is important for students to remain focused and continue to turn in all assignments. Some grades were adversely affected during the 3rd 9 weeks due to incomplete assignments. The Africa physical map and biomes map quiz will be given next Monday. The Asia coach book in the ABOUT section of google classroom can be a helpful study resource. Thank you for your support!
SS7G1 The student will locate selected features of Africa.
a. Locate on a world and regional political-physical map: the Sahara, Sahel, savanna, tropical rain forest, Congo River, Niger River, Nile River, Lake Tanganyika, Lake Victoria, Atlas Mountains, and Kalahari Desert.
b. Locate on a world and regional political-physical map the countries of Democratic Republic of the Congo (Zaire), Egypt, Kenya, Nigeria, South Africa, Sudan, and South Sudan.
SS7G2 The student will discuss environmental issues across the continent of Africa.
a. Explain how water pollution and the unequal distribution of water impacts irrigation, trade, industry, and drinking water.
b. Explain the relationship between poor soil and deforestation in Sub-Saharan Africa.
c. Explain the impact of desertification on the environment of Africa from the Sahel to the rainforest.
SS7G3 The student will explain the impact of location, climate, and physical characteristics on population distribution in Africa.
a. Explain how the characteristics in the Sahara, Sahel, savanna, and tropical rain forest affect where people live, the type of work they do, and how they travel.
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