7th Grade Purple TeamOpen Pod Meeting

April 29, 2019

Developmental Expectations

★ Improving ability to independently ask for help from teachers (self-advocacy skills)

★ Gaining skills in executive functions, such as time management, study habits, prioritizing and organization

★ Navigating social problem-solving with adult support, when needed

Important Dates!

● 7th Grade SBAC Testing: ○ Bring book and headphones○ Please arrive at school on time

● NWEA Testing will be late May-early June

● Memorial Day (no school): Monday, 5/27

Important Dates!IN JUNE...

● 7th Grade Compo Beach Field Day (full day trip): ○ Monday, 6/17 (CMS & BMS combined)

● Last Day of School (shortened day): Tues, 6/18● Relay for Life: June 6th (we will kick this off after

SBACs)

● Yearbook Distribution for 7th - Friday, June 14th

ScienceSprouting Water Bowl

Sound and Light Activities

Cells ● What is a cell? ● What is inside a cell? ● How do cells function?● Why are they so small?● “Cellular Organization in Multicellular Organisms”

Genetics: Why do you look like you?

Using the Microscope to see our cells and the cells of other organisms!

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Making a Model of a Cell

Paramecium Under Microscope 100XStudent Photo Using Phone

The Whale and the ShrewThe blue whale is the largest mammal in the world. The pygmy shrew is one of the smallest mammals in the world. How does the size of average cells compare between a blue whale and a pygmy shrew?

● Is the average cell of a blue whale smaller?

● Is the average cell of a blue whale larger?

● Is the average cell of a blue whale about the same size of a pygmy shrew?

Why are Cells So Small?

Social Studies

Finished Industrialism Unit- Covered Industrial Revolutions- Europe and U.S. case studies- Soviet Industrialization

comparisons

Next Unit: WWII & Global Citizenship- Lessons on WWII - context for Bomb - Reading Bomb by Steve Sheinkin- Focus: characters’ decision making- Argumentative writing

Social Studies

Global Citizenship Unit- Concept of globalization

- Intro to economic & political impacts- Future of globalization?- Brexit, French elections, NAFTA?

Capstone Project- Student choice - topic, activities, presentation- explore an area of interest related to the theme:

“Take a Stand”

Social Studies Continued

Skills:● Reading

○ Annotating, ○ notetaking

● Research○ Developing questions○ Finding answers

● Argumentative Writing○ Developing claims○ Supporting claims with

evidence○ Explaining the connection

between the evidence and claim

● Presentation ○ Presenting capstone project

Language Arts

Current Unit =Writers’ Workshop: Writing about Reading

(Companion Guides)

Next Unit = Historical Fiction Book Clubs

Writing About Reading

So Far… Two Analytical Chapters

Deeper literary analysis

Creative writing opportunities

End Product: Companion Guide

Choice ~ Students Enjoy this Unit!Actual quotes overheard in LA class during this unit...

I could write about this book for, like, eight

hours.I could

write about this all day!

Explore Ideas Using a Toolbox of Strategies

Examples from your students!

Deeper Literary Analysis

● Theme● Craft Moves● Purpose & Goals● Symbolism● Text Structures

What’s next?Historical Fiction book clubs

Which time periods will we focus on?Historical Fiction book clubs

*Great Depression & Dust Bowl*Industrial Rev*Holocaust*WWII*Japanese Internment*Vietnam War*Civil War

MathematicsMath 7Previous Unit: Equations, Inequalities, Word ProblemsCurrent Unit: Coordinate Plane, Graphing, and Direct Proportion

Math 7+Previous Unit: Coordinate Plane, Graphing, and Direct/Inverse Proportion Current Unit: Statistics

Friday, May 10: Math Recommendations Live to Parents Final exam: Thursday, June 13th

Honors Algebra - Mrs. Sicbaldi

- In the middle of a unit on exponents- We will finish the year with quadratic equations and graphs

Final exam: Thursday, June 13th

- Extra help available in the mornings

- On Schoology: assignments, extra practice, assessment notifications, etc.

THANK YOU!