7th Grade Newsletter
Week of April 28 – May 2nd
Reading – We will begin our last novel for the year, Where the Red Fern Grows. Students will read chapters 1-5 Monday and Tuesday. We will then complete chapters 6–10 throughout the week. Students will be assigned chapters 11-15 over the weekend. Students will be completing logs, comprehension questions, and vocabulary exercises for each set of chapters.
English – Students will have a quiz over verbals on Monday. On Tuesday we will begin Unit 20 on Punctuation. This unit is a nice compilation of how to use ending punctuation, commas, etc. This week we will focus on ending punctuation and commas within sentences.
Math – This week we will be finishing up Chapter 6. We will wrap it up on Monday, take a practice test Tuesday and then test over that material on Wednesday. We will then go directly into Chapter 8 which covers geometry concepts. This will be a great way of ending the school year.
Science – In science, we will wrap up Chapter 2 in our book by sharing our essays over “air quality.” We will have a speaker coming in on Tuesday during class who is a meteorologist and the rest of the week will be spent discussing real life application to forecasting weather and other such issues.
Social Studies – This week the students will chapter 14, Empires and Cultures of Ancient China. They will then begin to study Chapter 16, European Expansion. In this chapter they will cover the beginnings of modern science and exploration in Americas and Australia.
Religion- We will finish this week by finishing up our presentations on how Christian music is a form of prayer. Each student has selected his/her favorite song to share with the class. Presentations on these songs will be Thursday and Friday.
Dates to Remember
April 28 Graduation meeting for parents @ 5pm
April 29-30 Outdoor Ed for 6th Grade
May 2 Dress Down Day – SCRIP reward!
May 4 8th Grade Confirmation
May 6 5th – 8th Grade Music Program
May 8 2pm Early Dismissal
May 13 Move up day! 8th Graders Last Day!
May 14 Acrodunk
May 15 Graduation Mass, brunch, & ceremony
May 19 5-8th Grade Field Day
May 20 Last Day of School!
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