7th Grade News: September 4-7, 2018

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7th Grade Curriculum Night

September 11 from 6-7:30pm: Come visit your student's teachers, follow their schedule, learn about their classes, and experience the character of Hilsman 2.0! More specifics will be available later.

ELA News

Monday, September 03, 2018: Labor Day (No School)
Tuesday, September 04, 2018: Library Day (Hubbard and Myers) / Guided Reading
Wednesday, September 05, 2018: Read "Rikki Tikki Tavi" 
Thursday, September 06, 2018: Read "Rikki Tikki Tavi" 
Friday, September 07, 2018:  Library Day (Heu) / Guided Reading

***Students must read 20-30 minutes each night.
ELAGSE7W3:Write narratives to develop real or imagined experiences or events
using effective technique, relevant descriptive details, and well-structured event sequences.
ELASGSE7RL3: Analyze how particular elements of a story interact.
ELAGSE7L1: Demonstrate command of the conventions of standard English grammar
and usage when writing or speaking.
ELAGSE7SL1: Engage effectively in a range of collaborative discussions.

Science News

Tuesday & Wednesday = Symbiotic Relationships
Thursday = Impact of Environmental Change on Living Things
Friday = Big 10 Quiz #5 & Binder Check #3

Students need a Notebook for Science Work.  The Science Notebook can be a spiral notebook or a composition book.  

Math News
This week will continue Unit 1 - Accentuate the Negative: Positive and Negative Numbers
Students have experienced positive and negative numbers informally in their everyday world - in temperatures, in sports scores, and in game contexts; now they will develop formal ways to work with these numbers.

 Our week will look as follows:

Monday: No School
Tuesday: Multiplication of Positive and Negative Numbers
Wednesday: Multiplication of Positive and Negative Numbers
Thursday: Division of Positive and Negative Numbers
Friday: Practice and Extension of this Week's Concepts

 Homework: 10 questions handed-out on Tuesday, due Friday

GSEMath Standards:
NS.2c: APPLY properties of operations as strategies to MULTIPLY and DIVIDE rational numbers.
NS.3: SOLVE real-world and mathematical problems involving the four operations with rational numbers.

As always, please feel free to email your child's respective math teacher if you have any questions.


Social Studies News

Students are studying the geography and cultures of the Middle East. This week they are focusing on three prominent ethnic groups in the Middle East: Arabs, Kurds, and Persians. This includes the predominant religions as well as the cultural characteristics of each ethnic group (language, clothing, music, food, customs, etc). Digital copies of many (not all) of the assignments are also uploaded in Google Classroom also. Thank you for your support! 

Upcoming social studies dates:
Thursday, Sept 6 - Students will receive a study guide for their first social studies test. They need to complete 3 different study methods and get a parent/guardian or teacher signature for each.
Tuesday, Sept 11 - Study guide due
Wednesday, Sept 12 - Review day for test
Thursday, Sept 13 - Unit 1 Social Studies test (topic: geography, religions, and cultures of the Middle East)
 
Social Studies standards: SS7G8 Analyze the diverse cultural characteristics of the people who live in Southwest Asia (Middle East).
a. Explain the differences between an ethnic group and a religious group.
b. Describe the diversity of religions within Southwest Asian (Middle Eastern) ethnic groups
(e.g., Arabs, Persians, and Kurds).
c. Compare and contrast the prominent religions in Southwest Asia (Middle East): Judaism,
Islam, and Christianity.

Spanish News

The 7th Grade On-Level & 7th Grade Advanced classes are finishing their unit revision and beginning to learn about definite and indefinite articles. This unit revision includes all of the curriculum that the students learned in their 6th grade Spanish class.

Monday, September 3, 2018: Labor Day
Tuesday, September 4, 2018: Final Review
Wednesday, September 5, 2018: Preliminary Unit Test
Thursday, September 6, 2018: Introduction to Definite Articles
Friday, September 7, 2018: Introduction to Indefinite Articles

Modern Language Standards: 
MLC.IP1A Use basic greetings, farewells, and expressions of courtesy.
MLC.IP1B Use sequenced information meaningfully.
MLC.IP2C Demonstrate Novice-Low proficiency in oral and written exchanges.
MLC.CCC1A Demonstrate basic geographical knowledge.

7th Grade Faculty

Math
Michael Barton, bartonm@clarke.k12.ga.us
Levita Benson, bensonl@clarke.k12.ga.us
Randy Garner, garnerr@clarke.k12.ga.us

ELA
Julie Hubbard, hubbardj@clarke.k12.ga.us
Natalie Myers, myersn@clarke.k12.ga.us

Science
Maxine Dalton, daltonm@clarke.k12.ga.us
Audrey Hughes, hughesa@clarke.k12.ga.us
Quinnesha Turner, turnerq@clarke.k12.ga.us

Social Studies

Spanish
Marcus Mundy, mundym@clarke.k12.ga.us
Summer Willingham, willinghams@clarke.k12.ga.us

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