Keys to Success parent meeting October 13, 2014

KEYS TO SUCCESS

PARENT MEETING

OCTOBER 13, 2014

Seventh grade teachers

2nd Nine Weeks Focus

KEYS TO SUCCESS⦿Turn in assignments on time

◼Late assignments not accepted or with penalty

⦿Take personal responsibility ⦿ Improve attendance, tardies, early

dismissals◼Larger amount of content to cover◼Most assignments cannot be completed

without some teacher directives⦿Expect a challenge

◼HIGH expectations and RIGOROUS curriculum

◼Some students are preparing for HIGH SCHOOL level courses next year

POLICY FOR MAKE-UP WORK⦿Absent 1 day- Two days to complete

assignments⦿Absent 2 days- Three days to complete

assignments⦿Absent 3 days- Four days to complete

assignments⦿Absent 4 days- Five days to complete

assignments

Latimer

GT MATH 2ND NINE WEEKS-LATIMER

EquationsInequalitiesExponentsScientific NotationIntegers Functions

MATH 7 2ND NINE WEEKSLATIMER FOR GT MATH

⦿Multiplying and Dividing Rational Numbers

⦿Operations with Percents and Decimals⦿Equivalent Expressions ⦿Equations

MATH 7 2ND NINE WEEKSMCDOWELL

⦿Multiplying and Dividing Rational Numbers

⦿Operations with Percents and Decimals⦿Equivalent Expressions ⦿Equations

MATH 7 2ND NINE WEEKSACCELERATED MATH - MCDOWELL

⦿Equivalent Expressions⦿Equations

◼One Step◼Two Step◼Multi Step

⦿Systems of Linear Equations⦿Functions

READINGGT - 2ND NINE WEEKS FOCUS⦿SHORT STORY UNIT IN GREAT BOOKS⦿Perception and Reality Unit in textbook⦿NOVEL UNIT (Holocaust books)⦿Non-Fiction (scattered throughout)⦿Mini-research unit pairing our novel with

science and completing a short RSA Animate

⦿Continuous mini-lessons on reading skills and word work (stems, vocabulary, etc…)

Please Note:⦿Reading logs and classwork help

maintain good grades as well as studying for tests. ☺

READINGGENERAL-2ND NINE WEEKS FOCUS⦿Short story unit⦿Perception and Reality Unit in textbook⦿Mini-research unit pairing our novel with

science and completing a short RSA Animate

⦿Novel unit on The Man Who Loved Clowns

⦿Non- Fiction (scattered within novel study)

⦿Continuous mini-lessons on reading skills and word work (stems, vocabulary, etc…)

Please Note:⦿Reading logs and classwork help

maintain good grades as well as studying for tests. ☺

WRITINGSecond Nine Weeks October 22 – January 14

Informational Text and Research Writing: Career and College

Choices, Argument Playtest, G@meStar Mechanic

● Daily Grade:

Writing Entries – General: 10 Sentences Minimum

GT: 15 Sentences Minimum● Classwork Grade:

Jump Start Responses – General: 10 Sentences Minimum

GT: 15 Sentences Minimum

Writer’s Manual Check – End of Nine Weeks ● Major Grades: Informational Text, Choice Piece

District Benchmark exam CANCELLED.

SCIENCE- THE WONDERFUL WORLD OF CELLS⦿Perform labs to investigate bacteria,

protest, and viruses. How “CLEAN” is your water?????

⦿Build models to distinguish the difference between plant and animal cells.

⦿Use D2L ( Draw to Learn) strategies to understand the cellular processes essential for survival.

  WHY ARE YOU…...YOU HEREDITY…⦿Use Punnett Squares to predict inherited

traits

⦿Perform labs to understand dominant/recessive traits inherited from your parents……..

⦿Activity to distinguish between traits and environmental factors.

SOCIAL STUDIES

⦿Age of Revolutions: American, French, and Latin American Revolutions

⦿Napoleon Bonaparte’s Europe

⦿ Industrial Revolution

⦿ Imperialism

IN ORDER TO SUCCEED IN SOCIAL STUDIES STUDENTS NEED TO:⦿Keep binder organized

⦿Make studying a priority, but not depend on studying to learn the material

⦿Practice time-management in and out of class to complete projects

⦿ Take advantage of extra-credit opportunities (getting quizzes signed, corrections, etc.)