7th Grade News: February 25-March 1, 2019

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Family Education Series #5
Come join us this Wednesday, February 27 from 6-7:30pm for Family Education Series #5. The topic will be "How to cook healthier meals." Dinner will be provided!

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
National FFA Week Celebration-FFA members Only
FFA Shirts will be on sale for $5 all week to FFA members and Hilsman faculty/staff!
Monday- Gold Shirt Day- Show Mrs. Martin you have your gold shirt on during homeroom and get a prize!
Tuesday- FFA Meeting 4:00-6:00 and wear this years FFA shirt to school with uniform bottoms.
Wednesday- $5 FFA Dues (get to participate in anything after this date including Thursday's breakfast- does NOT include a t-shirt- $10 to include a shirt)
Thursday- 7:30-7:59 FFA Member Donut Breakfast!
Friday- Wristband turn in during homeroom if you have all 5 colors! (yellow, green, red, orange, blue) Prizes will be handed out!

Ag Class Reminders- 
March 1- Test/Quiz Makeup 7:45-8:15 and 4:00-4:30
March 5- SAE Workday 4:00-5:00
March 6- SAE Due 3 hours/3 pictures for Test Grade
March 7- Agriscience Fair Projects Due- Practice 4:00-6:00

ELA News
Monday, February 25, 2019 to Friday, March 01, 2019: In celebration of Black History month, our students will be working in groups to research a famous and prominent Black American from the past or current. They will be expected to write an informational essay as well as have a visual to support their writing. Students will be expected to present their person to their classmates and explain the significance of  their person's life.

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 finishing Unit 4 this week. In Unit 4, students gained an understanding of experimental and theoretical probabilities. Students found 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 used 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 Monday, 2/25 and will be due Friday, 3/1.
Monday 2/25: Finish Unit 4 Study Guide; review for Unit 4 Post Test
Tuesday 2/26: GA Milestone prep: Review of ratios and proportional reasoning
Wednesday 2/27: Unit 4 Post-Test
Thursday 2/28: Finish Unit 4 Post-Test
Friday 3/1: Unit 5 Pre-Test; Unpack Unit 5 Standards

Science News
Genetics Unit Georgia Standards of Excellence:
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 & Tuesday - Solving Punnett Squares
Wednesday & Thursday - Asexual & Sexual Reproduction
Friday - Big 10 Quiz #27 

Social Studies News
Students are in finishing a short unit on the governments and economies of Asian countries. They are focusing on India, China,  Japan, South Korea, and North Korea. Beginning on Friday, students will begin studying our third and final region, Africa!

Monday: Economies of Asia
Tuesday: Economies of Asia
Wednesday: Quiz on Governments and Economies of Asia (open note quiz!)
Thursday: Reading Milestones practice
Friday: Begin studying Africa!

Spanish News
From Ms. Tolbert: We are continuously striving towards excellence in the Elevate K12 Spanish setting. Students have embraced the online platform and are better able to navigate it as they are learning Spanish. Parents, please know that instruction is provided to students Monday-Thursday and a quiz is given every Friday. I am working to gain permission for the online teacher to enter weekly grades into Campus.  This is the current grading system for the online platform:

Current weight for assignments:
Student Participation   20%
Notebooks/Worksheets   20%
Quiz/Project Work   60%

Please check in weekly with your scholar to inquire about their progress in Spanish. Students have access to the platform to their grades and assignments. If you have any questions or concerns, please contact Mr. Scott or Ms. Tolbert

Also, come celebrate Mardi Gras night, Monday March 3 from 6-7:30pm in the school cafeteria. For mroe information, contact Ms. Willingham or Mrs. Viera

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

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