7th Grade News: March 4-8, 2019

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Binder Check Dress Down: Monday, March 4
Students who received 300 or more points on February binder checks may dress down on Monday! Please make sure students follow the HMS dress code policy. If you have any questions regarding binder checks, please email student's teachers.

Parent Conferences coming soon: March 20-22!
Most teachers have sent letters home to sign up for conferences. Most conferences will be with student's homeroom teachers. If you have any questions, please contact your student's homeroom teacher (see the email list below).

 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
Tuesday-
FFA-Ag Science Practice 7:15-8:00
Ag Class- Bell Ringer Creed 5 Quiz
Ag Class- SAE Workday 4:00-5:00

Wednesday-
Ag Class- SAE Check 3 hours/ 3 pictures (Test Grade)

Thursday-
AG/FACS Career Fair During Class
Agriscience Fair Practice (Mandatory) 4:00-6:00. All projects are due at the end of practice.

 ELA News
Monday, March 4, 2019 to Friday, March 8, 2019: Students will be beginning a Fantasy Unit to focus on citing evidence to back up inferences and assertions about a book's characters, plot, and setting.

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.
ELAGSE7R1: Cite several pieces of textual evidence to support analysis of what the text says explicitly as well
inferences drawn from the text.
ELAGSE7L3: Use knowledge of language and its conventions when writing, speaking, reading, or listening.

Math News
We finished Unit 4 last week and are beginning Unit 5, which focuses on Geometry. Khan Academy is good resource for students with internet access.

Homework will be given on Monday, 3/4 and will be due Friday, 3/8.

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 - Non-Mendelian Genetics
Wednesday - Unit Review
Thursday - Genetics Focused Note-taking
Friday - Genetics Unit Test, Part 1

 *All missing work for the 3rd Nine Weeks is due by Thursday, March 7.  The grading period will end on Friday, March 8.  The last grade calculated in the average for this Nine Weeks will be the Genetics Unit Test on Friday, March 8.

Social Studies News
All of the social studies grades for 3rd quarter are entered, so a student's current grade will be their report card grade. This grade will only change if students turn in missing work, makeup work, or Milestones corrections this week. Many students have room to improve their grade. Please check Infinite Campus to see details of your student's grade.

Students finished the last unit with an open-note quiz. Since grades were not as good as the teachers thought they should be, students could earn extra credit by turning in their notes. We will continue to work on the skill of note-taking and have another open-note quiz in the next unit, which began last Friday. This unit is on the geography of Africa. All grades for the Africa unit will be carried over to 4th quarter.

Monday: Geography of Africa
Tuesday: Physical map of Africa
Wednesday: Biome map of Africa
Thursday: Physical features notes
Friday: Physical features notes

Here are the standards we are teaching:
SS7G1 Locate selected features of Africa.
a. Locate on a world and regional political physical map: Sahara, Sahel, savanna, tropical rain forest, Congo River, Niger River, Nile River, Lake Victoria, Great Rift Valley, Mt. Kilimanjaro, Atlas Mountains, and Kalahari Desert.
b. Locate on a world and regional political physical map the countries of Democratic Republic of the Congo, Egypt, Kenya, Nigeria, South Africa, and Sudan.
SS7G2 Explain environmental issues across the continent of Africa.
a. Explain how water pollution and unequal access to 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.
SS7G3 Explain the impact of location, climate, and physical characteristics on population distribution in 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 4 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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