7th Grade News: February 18-22, 2019

Black History Month Program
The Hilsman Black History month presentation will take place on Thursday, February 21 from 6-7pm. Any students interested in performing, participating, or assisting with the presentation should contact Mr. Black in or Ms. Page in 8th grade.

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
Monday- No School for Students
Tuesday- Agriscience and Nursery Practice 7:15-8:00 and 4:00-5:00 (Lorax movie)
Wednesday- Meet The Mayor for FFA Members who signed up and brought in forms. (Agriscience Worksheet)
Thursday- Agriscience and Nursery Practice 7:15-8:00 and 4:00-5:00 (Lorax movie completion) Makeup Test and Quiz Day- 7:45-8:15 and 4:00-4:30 in Mrs. Martin's room.
Friday: Agriscience Topic Selection in Class.

ELA News
Monday, February 19, 2019 to Friday, February 22, 2019: On Tuesday, students will review for the Unit Test this week. On Wednesday, students will review for the Milestones Test in April. The remaining 2 days of this week will consist of taking the Unit Test.

ELAGSE7W1: Write arguments to support claims with clear reasons and relevant evidence.
ELAGSE7RI6:Determine two or more central ideas in a text and analyze their development over the course of
the text; provide an objective summary of the text.
ELAGSE7SL3: Delineate a speaker’s argument and specific claims, evaluating the soundness of the reasoning
and the relevance and sufficiency of the evidence.
ELAGSE7L3: Use knowledge of language and its conventions when writing, speaking, reading, or listening.

Math News
We are in Unit 4 this week. In Unit 4, students will gain an understanding of experimental and theoretical probabilities. Students will find probabilities by conducting experiments (with coins, number cubes, and spinners) and by analyzing situations (basketball free-throw success rates, tree diagrams, and organized lists). Students will use fractions, decimals, and percents to describe how likely events are.

A resource to help family members help students can be found at this link: Unit 4 family resource
Another resource: Unit 4 family resource 2
Khan Academy is another good resource for students with internet access.

Homework will be given on Tuesday, 2/19 and will be due Friday, 2/22.
Monday 2/18: No school
Tuesday 2/19: GA Milestone prep: Review of ratios and proportional reasoning
Wednesday 2/20: Probability and spinners
Thursday 2/21: Probability of compound events
Friday 2/22: Review for Unit Post Test next week on Wednesdy 2/27

Science News
S7L3. Obtain, evaluate, and communicate information to explain how organisms reproduce either sexually or asexually and transfer genetic information to determine the traits of their offspring.

  • a. Construct an explanation supported with scientific evidence of the role of genes and chromosomes in the process of inheriting a specific trait.
  • b. Develop and use a model to describe how asexual reproduction can result in offspring with identical genetic information while sexual reproduction results in genetic variation. (Clarification statement: Models could include, but are not limited to, the use of monohybrid Punnett squares to demonstrate the heritability of genes and the resulting genetic variation, identification of heterozygous and homozygous, and comparison of genotype vs. phenotype.)
  • c. Ask questions to gather and synthesize information about the ways humans influence the inheritance of desired traits in organisms through selective breeding. (Clarification statement: The element specifically addresses artificial selection and the ways in which it is fundamentally different from natural selection.)

Monday - No School
Tuesday - Genetics
Wednesday & Thursday - Genetics & Black Scientists/Inventors
Friday - Big 10 Quiz #26 & Math Milestones Practice 

Social Studies News
Students are in the middle of a short unit on the governments and economies of Asian countries. They are focusing on India, China,  Japan, South Korea, and North Korea.

Monday: No school
Tuesday: Governments of Asia
Wednesday: Governments of Asia
Thursday: Reading Milestones practice
Friday: Economies of Asia

Upcoming dates: 
February 27 - Quiz on governments and economies of Asia

Spanish News
Students are still using the Elevation K-12 online platform to learn Spanish. It has been going well so far, and students are engaged in learning Spanish. Here is some material about the program: Elevate K-12 Parent LetterElevate K-12 One Page descriptionFrequented Asked Questions Elevate K-12.

If you still have questions, contact the front office and we'll get them answered!

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

7th Grade Faculty

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