7th Grade News: December 17-20, 2018

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Monday 12/17: College and Career Shirt Day

Our monthly College/Career T-Shirt Day will be this Monday, December 17th. Students are encouraged to wear a t-shirt representing a college (or career) with uniform bottoms. Please make sure the college is visible on the shirt, as solid colors are not permitted. Students who do not wish to participate must wear regular uniforms. Our staff will be decked out and we hope students will join us!

Panther Nation News Blog
Be sure to check Ms. Tolbert's Panther Nation News Blog, as it contains news, announcements, and information for the entire school! 


Ag / FFA News

Dec 18- 7:15-8:00 Agriscience Fair Practice
Dec 18- 4:00-6:00 FFA Meeting and Coffee Hand Out (Ugly Sweater Contest and Present Exchange- Presents are provided by FFA)
Dec 19- 7:15-8:00 Agriscience Fair Practice
Dec 20- 7:15-8:00 Agriscience Fair Practice

 ELA News

Monday, December 17, 2018 to Friday, December 20, 2018: Students will be reading "The Outsiders" by S.E. Hinton. Students will be finishing the novel and then watching the movie. Students will be critiquing how the book is similar as well as different from the film. "The Outsiders" is a coming of age story about a set of brothers who have to grow up without their deceased parents. ELA teachers would like to wish you all a "Happy Holidays" and a wonderful "New Year 2019!"


***Students must read 20-30 minutes each night.
ELAGSE7W2: Write informative/explanatory texts to examine a topic and convey ideas, concepts, and information through the selection, organization, and analysis of relevant content. 
ELAGSE7RL2: Determine a theme and/or central idea of a text and analyze its development over the course of the text; provide an objective summary of the text.
ELAGSE7L2: Demonstrate command of the conventions of standard English capitalization, punctuation, and spelling when writing

Math News
We are in Unit 3 this week. Unit 3 is about equations and inequalities. In this unit, students are developing skills in areas that are traditionally known as algebra. They learn algebraic methods for solving equations. Students will also solve linear inequalities in one variable and represent their solutions on a number line.
   
No Homework this week! Work on your Poster Project due Wed 12/19
Monday 12/17: Develop skill of solving equations using Balanced Hangars
Tuesday 12/18: Using Balanced Hangers to solve equations
Wednesday 12/19: Poster Project Due. Using Balanced Hangers to solve equations with parenthesis
Thursday 12/20: Solving equations with negative integers
Friday: 12/21: No School


Science News

Unit 2: 
Human Body Systems
This Week: 
Unit 2 Test on Wednesday, December 19
Human Body Systems Ticket Portfolios dues on Thursday, December 20

 Food Web & Biome Projects + Other 1st Semester Projects:
Students NEED to take home all 1st Semester Projects before the break.  Any projects that are not taken home will be recycled.

Science Fair:
Students that are interested in participating in the Science Fair should see Mrs. Fassbender or Mrs. Maxey for information and guidance.  Mrs. Fassbender and Mrs. Maxey are our school's gifted collaborators.  Any student can participate in the Science Fair.


Social Studies News

Students are finishing their study of the major religions and philosophies in southern and eastern Asia, focusing on Hinduism, Buddhism, Shintoism, and Confucianism. This will continue through Thursday, December 20. When students return in January, they will begin studying the modern history of several countries in Asia.

Wednesday, December 19 - quiz on religions and philosophies in Asia

SS7G12 Analyze the diverse cultural characteristics of the people who live in Southern and Eastern Asia. 
a. Explain the differences between an ethnic group and a religious group. 
b. Compare and contrast the belief systems originating in Southern and Eastern Asia: Buddhism, Hinduism, Shintoism, and Confucianism.


Spanish News


Spanish semester class:
Monday: Review for unit test
Tuesday: Unit test
Wednesday: Describe myself
Thursday: Mini project
Codes for Google Classroom: 2nd period: kbozag // 3rd period: fhyuxo // 4th period: mp0gxx

Spanish all year class:
Monday: Review for unit test
Tuesday: Unit test
Wednesday: Describe myself
Thursday: Mini project

 Practice on thisislanguage.com with assignments on subject pronouns and regular verbs
Login: username is email address and the password is lunch number

*Tutoring Mondays 4pm-5:30pm in Sra. Laura's room


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
Lauren Wood, woodl@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
Summer Willingham, willinghams@clarke.k12.ga.us

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