Science Fair

Science fair judging and presentations will take place on December 17th! If you have any interest in judging, please let me know! We are in need of more judges.

Students will work on graphing and data analysis next week. Their presentations on the 17th will serve as a learning target grade.

The end of the semester is approaching and it is no coincidence that Commitment is our character key of focus this month! We know it is a busy yet festive season. We want to guide our students in ending successfully.

• Due date for all missing assignments and corrections is December 12th.
• December 16th-18th will focus on wrapping up our units and classes with assessments and/or projects.
• We do have plans in the works for a fun day on Dec. 19th. We will keep you posted on details as we finish organizing!
• Please encourage your child to follow up with absent work, so their work is completed and turned in by end on time per the hand book; 2 calendar days for every 1 missed school day.

Here's The Happenings:

Science:  Students have been working hard on their science fair projects!  We started their slideshow this week and set up data tables.  Students should have their data added to their table by Wednesday next week.  This means experiments must be done by that time.  This will allow us to graph, analyze, and conclude prior to the last week of the semester.  We also started our last unit of Semester 1- pressure and density.  This is a short unit that builds on our knowledge of forces.  Ask your child about the first streaker- Archimedes and how math determined the quality of the king’s crown!

Homework: Science Fair Data Collection & Slides 1-12, DUE 12/10

Math: Unit 3 (Ch. 2-8th GB)- Transformations

This week we worked on our Chapter 2 Review and completed mid-year NWEA testing. We will do our Battleship and test next week. Our next unit on Angles and Triangles will be a quick one that we will continue to work through for the remainder of this semester and beginning of next semester depending on how quickly the students grasp the concepts. All missings/corrections need to be turned in no later than Friday, December 12th.

Homework: Finish Chapter 2 Review (all problems); Missings/ Corrections

Social Studies: Students will be learning about the roaring 20’s. They will learn about the Red Scare, women’s right to vote, and prohibition. They will study American music during the Jazz Age, and begin our biography research.

English: The 7th grade has started creating a newspaper detailing events from The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde. Students were divided into groups of three, and each group is responsible for producing one newspaper. Each newspaper will include two character interviews, one police report, three advertisements, and three editorials. To keep this project on track, please refer to the schedule below.

December 9th & 10th 

      -NWEA testing 

December 11th

      -Finalizing character interviews, police reports, editorials, and ads

      -Finalizing all design elements 

      -Print newspapers if time allows

December 12th 

     -Finish printing newspapers 

     -Gallery walk

Writing & Research: Middle school is at the finish line for their science fair essays! It has been a long road, and I am proud of how much effort they have put into this assignment. They have worked on adding a thesis statement as well as topic sentences. On Monday or Tuesday, we will focus on completing the introduction and concluding paragraphs. Then, on Thursday or Friday, they will finalize and make finishing touches.

Essays must be completed and turned in no later than December 12th.

Eligibility for WCMS Sports is pulled on Thursdays. Missing assignments must be turned in to teachers by 7:30am Thursday morning. Missing flags can be removed from the gradebook before pulling eligibility, but assignments may not be graded. Most of the time, they will be graded along with other assignments from the week.

Please remind your athlete that they are expected to check in with their elective teachers/classes for their make-up work, due to leaving for practice and games. Depending on the class, material may need to be self taught using the teacher provided resources.