November 4 - 8, 2019

Our investigation continues into the question “What are the benefits and risks of building a pipeline through Yosemite Park?” This week, we will review and assess our understanding of the Interactions of Organisms. In Math we will advance our understanding of proportion further by learning to write mathematical equations for proportional relationships.  This is still in Unit 2 of Illustrative Math. In addition, students should be working on their Khan Academy Assignments in class, but may be completing them at home as well. Remember that practice can be found on KhanAcademy in the Illustrative Math section!

Monday

Math Block

Thought Exercise: Analyzing Algorithms

Thought Exercise: Number Line

Concept Study: Proportional Thinking - Two Equations for Each Relationship (Illustrative Math) (Khan Academy)

Studio: Proportional Thinking

Intervention Focus: GCF and LCM

Tuesday

Math Block

Thought Exercise: 100s Chart

Thought Exercise: Translating Expressions and Equations

Concept Study: Proportional Thinking - Using Equations to Solve Problems (Illustrative Math) (Khan Academy)

Studio: Proportional Thinking

Intervention Focus: Geometry

Wandering Wednesday

Science Block

We will have our first in class debate today!  We will walk to the picnic tables outside the Children’s Theater and students will be given time and resources to prepare.  (A hint, hunting deer?) Please note that on Wandering Wednesdays, as with every school outing, there is no such thing as bad weather, only bad clothing choices!  Unless severe weather is in the area, we will do our excursions, rain or shine.

Thursday

Science Block

Today we will review our learnings about the interaction of organisms and take a mini-assessment.  Students with high understanding will have an opportunity for a bonus mini project while any student struggling will have an opportunity for further understanding!

FriYAY!

Students will continue to work on their FriYAY project! 

October 28 - November 1, 2019

This week we will further our investigation into the question “What are the benefits and risks of building a pipeline through Yosemite Park?” by wrapping up our understanding of competition and beginning to think about the Interactions of Organisms. In Math we will continue on our understanding of proportion by exploring common mathematical relationships, i.e. measuring cooking ingredients, communicating speed, etc.  This is Unit 2 of Illustrative Math. In addition, students should be working on their Khan Academy Assignments in class, but may be completing them at home as well. Remember that practice can be found on KhanAcademy in the Illustrative Math section!

Monday

Math Block

Thought Exercise: Analyzing Algorithms

Thought Exercise: Number Line

Concept Study: Proportional Thinking - Introducing Graphs of Proportional Relationships (Illustrative Math) (Khan Academy)

Studio: Proportional Thinking

Intervention Focus: Operations with Negative Numbers

Tuesday

Math Block

Thought Exercise: 100s Chart

Thought Exercise: Translating Expressions and Equations

Concept Study: Proportional Thinking - More about Proportions (Illustrative Math) (Khan Academy)

Studio: Proportional Thinking

Intervention Focus: Simplifying Fractions and Calculating with Fractions

Wandering Wednesday

Science Block

Today we will review our learnings about competition and invasive species and take a mini-assessment.  Students with high understanding will have an opportunity for a bonus mini project! We will take a break between the review and assessment and walk around the block.  We will do more outside activities! Please note that on Wandering Wednesdays, as with every school outing, there is no such thing as bad weather, only bad clothing choices!  Unless severe weather is in the area, we will do our excursions, rain or shine.

Thursday

Science Block

Students will begin to discover the interactions between organisms.  Today we will walk around outside to take note of biotic and abiotic factors in our environment.  We will also make note of how they affect each other.  

FriYAY!

Students will continue to work on their FriYAY project! 

October 21 - 25, 2019

I hope you have had a restful Fall Break! I am so excited to share our new curriculum with everyone!  We are now working with the STEMScopes curriculum. While we experience it together for the first time, we will chunk information into more bite size pieces, while working towards a bigger question.  This will also adjust the order in which we do things. So while I am excited to learn more about the ocean and weather, we are going to push that off just a little bit in order to investigate the following question.  “What are the benefits and risks of building a pipeline through Yosemite Park?”  In Math we will continue to expand on our understanding of proportion by beginning conversations on Ratios, Unit Rates, and Graphical representation of Proportions.  This is Unit 2 of Illustrative Math. In addition, students should be working on their Khan Academy Assignments in class, but may be completing them at home as well. Remember that practice can be found on KhanAcademy in the Illustrative Math section!

Monday

No School for students!

Tuesday

Math Block

Thought Exercise: Number Line

Thought Exercise: Analyzing Algorithms

Concept Study: Proportional Thinking - Proportions in Tables (Illustrative Math) (KhanAcademy)

Studio: Proportional Thinking

Intervention focus: Exponents/Order of Operations

Wandering Wednesday

Science Block

We will begin our investigation into the following question.  “What are the benefits and risks of building a pipeline through Yosemite Park?”  Our investigation will begin with an understanding of competition among organisms and how invasive species exemplify the impacts of competition.  We will be wandering tomorrow instead of today!

Thursday

Science Block

Students will spend the entire class working to create a public service announcement discussing “How have invasive species impacted our community?”  We will be wandering outside today to identify invasive species for inclusion in our project.  Please note that on Wandering Wednesdays (and THURSDAYS), as with every school outing, there is no such thing as bad weather, only bad clothing choices!  Unless severe weather is in the area, we will do our excursions, rain or shine.

FriYAY!

Students will begin to work on a new FriYAY project! 

October 14 - 18, 2019

Thank you to everyone who was able to join us for our first Exhibition Day! Those of you who were not able to make it were missed! 

I hope you enjoyed the projects which evidenced our investigation on Volcano Farming, we are now moving on to a new investigation!  What causes climates to be so different across the Earth? Over the course of the next 6 weeks, students will be investigating weather, climate, winds, air masses, and ocean currents in order to determine how our global climate is affected by these things.  In Math we will continue to expand on our understanding of scale and proportion. Remember that Math practice can be found on KhanAcademy in the Illustrative Math section!

Monday

Exam Review!

Students will use a number of review activities to make sure they are confident with all of our amazing information this quarter! They may continue to review at home using Khan Academy and the links found in our first Science Unit in Google Classroom.

Tuesday

Exams - Half day!

For 7th A Grade Students:

• October 15th: Humanities Exam - 9:00 - 10:30
• October 15th: Foreign Language Exam - 10:30 - 12:00

For 7th B Grade Students:

• October 15th: Foreign Language Exam - 9:00 - 10:30
• October 15th: Humanities Exam - 10:30 - 12:00
  
  

Wandering Wednesday

Exams - Half day!

For 7th A Grade Students:

• October 16th: STEM Exam - 9:00 - 10:30 
• October 16th: 7th Grade Community Building - 10:30 - 12:30

For 7th B Grade Students:

• October 16th: STEM Exam - 9:00 - 10:30 
• October 16th: 7th Grade Community Building - 10:30 - 12:30

Thursday

Fall Break!

FriYAY!

Fall Break!