7th Grade News February 3, 2020
Monday, February 3, 2020
2020 Week 5 . February 3-7, 2020
Hilsman Administration
Credit recovery began Tuesday, January 21, 2020 for students who had a failing grade in Mathematics or Language Arts. Credit Recovery meets on Tuesdays and Wednesdays after school.
7th grade Field Trip to Rock Eagle 4-H Center details coming soon!
School Health Services
Hilsman Health Center is now open!
The Hilsman Health Center is now officially open! In order for students to be served, they need to have a parent/guardian fill out a consent form and return it to Nurse Caitlyn. Once the form is returned, we can schedule an appointment. If students have their consent form signed (and on file) and we get verbal permission, our nurses can walk students to the Health Center while they're at school if it's for urgent care (fever, asthma visit, etc.). Otherwise, it operates like a regular doctor's office! They currently do not have a phone number (they're working on it!), but appointments can still be made through the Athens Neighborhood Health Center. They are also taking walk-in visits for the time being!
Have any questions? Send Nurse Caitlyn an email at kurishc@clarke.k12.ga.us.
Academics
English/Language Arts
Mathematics
This week students will be engaged in the start of Unit 4. This unit is all about probability.
We will be conducting experiments and collecting data throughout the week.
Our experiments may include flipping cups, flipping coins, spinning a spinner, drawing marbles out of a bag, etc. Our presentation that we will use this unit can be found here
Our Macro Lesson Plan can be found here
Accelerated Math:
This week students will conclude investigating patterns of exponents and begin to apply their knowledge to describing powers of 10. They will learn to represent very large and very small numbers on a number line. On Friday Unit 1 Quiz # will be assessed. Students will receive unit 1 study guide and performance task on Friday. The performance task will be due on 1/29/20, and the study guide will be due on 1/31/20.
Social Studies
Social Studies Q3 Lesson Plan
"7th Grade Social Studies will be continuing Southern and Eastern Asia History this week. We will be studying Mohandas Gandhi and his impact on India's independence and world-wide non-violent protests. We will also be teaching and interacting with the history of Korea and Vietnam. The History Vocabulary re-take will be Monday, 1/27 and the Unit Test re-take will be on Thursday, 1/30. Remediation will be required for the Unit Test re-take and is being discussed each day in class. Please encourage your child to study daily and turn all of their work in! Thanks!"
Science News
Welcome to Mrs. Natasha Jefffries our long term substitute for the Science department Room 412.
Congratulations to Mr. Diarra Mosley for being named Educator of the Month for January 2020 by the Bulldog 93.3 FM Radio Station.
Science Q3 Lesson Plan
This week in Life Science we continue to the Cells and Heredity Unit by studying the cell and the organelles in plant and animal cells. This week (week 5) we will complete activities to review the cell and cell structures and functions to prepare for our final assessment Wednesday, February 12, 2020.
We are accepting 3D Cell Projects if students want a chance to get an extra 5 points toward their lowest test grade and 5 stamps in their agenda.
Mathematics
This week students will be engaged in the start of Unit 4. This unit is all about probability.
We will be conducting experiments and collecting data throughout the week.
Our experiments may include flipping cups, flipping coins, spinning a spinner, drawing marbles out of a bag, etc. Our presentation that we will use this unit can be found here Our Macro Lesson Plan can be found here
Accelerated Math:
This week students will conclude investigating patterns of exponents and begin to apply their knowledge to describing powers of 10. They will learn to represent very large and very small numbers on a number line. On Friday Unit 1 Quiz # will be assessed. Students will receive unit 1 study guide and performance task on Friday. The performance task will be due on 1/29/20, and the study guide will be due on 1/31/20.
Social Studies Q3 Lesson Plan
"7th Grade Social Studies will be continuing Southern and Eastern Asia History this week. We will be studying Mohandas Gandhi and his impact on India's independence and world-wide non-violent protests. We will also be teaching and interacting with the history of Korea and Vietnam. The History Vocabulary re-take will be Monday, 1/27 and the Unit Test re-take will be on Thursday, 1/30. Remediation will be required for the Unit Test re-take and is being discussed each day in class. Please encourage your child to study daily and turn all of their work in! Thanks!"
Welcome to Mrs. Natasha Jefffries our long term substitute for the Science department Room 412.
This week in Life Science we continue to the Cells and Heredity Unit by studying the cell and the organelles in plant and animal cells. This week (week 5) we will complete activities to review the cell and cell structures and functions to prepare for our final assessment Wednesday, February 12, 2020.
Connections
The Arts News
The Arts News
Band and Orchestra News!
The Rock-A-Thon is Friday, January 31 from 6:00pm-12:00am! Money is due Friday morning! Hope you can come out to help and watch the students have a blast!
Art
Lesson Plan
Art Q3 Lesson Plan
Next week, 7th graders will be learning about the weirdness of surreal art, and they will be looking at a lot of surreal scenes. They will then start making a one point perspective drawing of their neighborhood or community and collage surreal elements into their art. The unit is called My Surreal Neighborhood!
The Rock-A-Thon is Friday, January 31 from 6:00pm-12:00am! Money is due Friday morning! Hope you can come out to help and watch the students have a blast!
Art
Lesson Plan
Art Q3 Lesson Plan
Lesson Plan
Art Q3 Lesson Plan
Next week, 7th graders will be learning about the weirdness of surreal art, and they will be looking at a lot of surreal scenes. They will then start making a one point perspective drawing of their neighborhood or community and collage surreal elements into their art. The unit is called My Surreal Neighborhood!
Family and Consumer Science
Students will wrap up our employability skills unit. We will spend a few days reviewing vocabulary and concepts, ending the week with a cumulative open-note assessment.
Agricultural Science
This week, 7th grade will continue their 2-week "Importance of Agriculture" unit. We will study the history of Agriculture, and how the field has changed in modern times. We will also use class time to plan our Supervised Agriculture Experience (SAE) projects.
The "Supervised Agriculture Experience" is the only homework assigned to Agriculture students all quarter and counts for 2 summative grades. Students will design and complete a project that relates to agriculture to help themselves, their family, or their community. I will stay after school all semester on Tuesdays and Thursdays from 4-5 if students would prefer to work on their project at school instead of at home.
Our schools Future Farmers of America (FFA) chapter will meet on the first and last Thursday of every month from 4-5, and all Agricultural Science students are encouraged to attend meetings.
Students need to fill out a permission slip to stay after school for SAE workdays or FFA meetings, and are welcome to ride the activity bus home from Hilsman. Please reach out if you have questions, or if you would like to support the school agriculture program in any way.
Thank you,
Greg Brav
Agricultural Science Teacher
Physical Education
STEM Class News
Donations of empty toilet paper and paper towel tubes for a wind energy project are need for the STEM Connections class. Donations of these items will be appreciated.
Here is a link to the lessons for Week #5:
Here is a link to the lesson plans for Quarter #3:
Monday: Marathon Monday
Tuesday: FITNESSGRAM
Wednesday: FITNESSGRAM
Thursday: FITNESSGRAM
Friday: Activity Day
Media Center
Malcolm Mitchell, author of The Magician's Hat, Founder of the Read with Malcolm Literacy Program, partner of the Share the Magic Foundation, and former member of the UGA Collegiate and New England Patriots NFL football teams will be here at Hilsman next Wednesday, Feb. 5th to MOTIVATE our students (and us)!! We'll also have esteemed guests in attendance. Let's RALLY!! (Schedule details coming soon!)
Athletics
Congratulations to both Hilsman basketball teams on the conclusion of great seasons! Huge shout out to Coach Stewart, Coach Maddox, and Coach Burton for putting in so much time and energy to bring out the best in these students both on and off the court. Thank you so much to everyone who helped out this season, whether it was doing behind-the-scenes organization, volunteering at games, coming out to support, or helping student-athletes stay on track to be successful!
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