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7th Grade!
• Please sign up for conferences along the wall
• Find your student's packet of forms
• Complete forms and place in box for homeroom teacher
Unified Arts
Currently Students Have:
1. Physical Education: Miss Eagan and Mr. Brennan
2. Computers: Mr. Baerny
3. Art: Mr. Barry
4. Library: Ms. Cole
5. Lego Pre-Engineering: Mr. Pereira
They will also be having:
Spanish: Mrs. Wilson
Instrumental Lessons: Mr. Maziarz
Aquatics: Mrs. Hays
Environmental Sciences (Garden): Mr. Clark
Social StudiesMr. Rob Johnson
ScienceMiss Simpson
What are we studying?
Dynamic Earth Plate Tectonics, Earthquakes, Volcanoes, Weathering & Erosion
Living Systems Cells, Respiratory System, Circulatory System, Skeletal System etc.
Energy and Simple Machines
Class Expectations
Students will come to class prepared (with a binder and a pencil)
Students will abide by the Science Safety Contract at all times YOU SHOULD HAVE SIGNED THIS
Homework will be given reguarly
Typical Daily Routine
Do Now
Inquiry Based Activity or Lab
Review of Activity
Exit Ticket
This class is heavily based on GROUP WORK and COLLABORATION
Schedule
1st Trimester = Science Mondays, Wednesdays and every other Friday
2nd Trimester = Break from Science...only Social Studies
3rd Trimester = Only Science
High School!
High School
All students in the 8th grade must apply to a high school by December
Hartford Students MUST apply to a Hartford Public School
Can apply to a Magnet High School, Agriscience or Tech School
If you do not apply to a school or do not get into one of your choices, you will be sent to a public High School in your district.
Non-Hartford Students Can apply to a Magnet School, Agriscience, or Tech School
If not, will be sent back to home district
High School
We have a pathway relationship with Connecticut River Academy Magnet School
Environmental Science Theme
We have a pathway relationship with Prince Tech Tech School
In 8th Grade you will be visiting CTRA and Prince Tech on field trips
Other high schools will visit us (next year in 8th grade)
7th grade is a good time to start thinking about where you want to go to high school!
Your advisor is a good person to talk to about your options
Welcome to 7th Grade Math!Miss Ashley O’Connor
ALL STARS
In this classroom, everyone is an All Star
We do many competitions, timed activities, and games
Teamwork is not only important, but essential
You can only do your best if you try
WORK HARD. NO EXCUSES.
CLASS GOALS
As a class, we will average 80% or higher on all assessments Daily exit slips, quizzes, and tests
We will be proficient or higher on the May Math MAP test (NWEA)
We will no longer say “I am bad at math”
Curriculum
Connected Math used in 6th - 8th grade
“CMP is a problem-centered curriculum promoting an inquiry-based teaching-learning classroom environment. Mathematical ideas are identified and embedded in a sequenced set of tasks and explored in depth to allow students to develop rich mathematical understandings and meaningful skills.”
Practice Schedule
Warm Up – basic skills, review
Explore Activity – inquiry, video, game, activity (in a group setting)
Coaching – lesson
Practice – independent work on the skill
Exit Slip – mini quiz (3-5 points) on the topic
Our Season:
Algebraic Thinking
Integers and rational numbers
Ratios, rates, percents, proportions
Linear relationships: tables, graphs, equations
2D shapes and design
Volume and surface area
Probability
Technology
• Edmodo – check for announcements
• Best way to clarify homework questions quickly!
• “Facebook for the classroom”
• iReady.com - mini lessons and extra practice
• Dreambox – math practice
• IXL.com - Practice problems that are instantly graded
• PowerSchool Parent Portal
• How to see your child’s grade in any class at any time
Honors SpanishEspañol con Señora Wilson
Logistics
Señora Wilson had a busy summer and is currently out on maternity leave.
The Honors Spanish 7th grade section will resume after the 3rd rotation of UA classes.
Select students will qualify according to class & test achievement / previous year grades and motivation for 2nd language acquisition!
Class meets daily for 7th and 8th grade to build credit equal to high school Spanish I. (Upon entrance test in 9th grade, students could join Spanish II )
¡BIENVENIDOS!
The five C's
CULTURA: country studies through exploring ways of life in Spanish speaking countries and cities (Hartford included!)
COMPARACIÓNES: compare first and second language components- enhancing both in the process!
CONEXIONES: connecting language to culture around the world / sharing travel experience and inspiring one another to explore!
CONVERSACIONES: written and spoken Spanish practiced daily
COMUNIDAD: How does Spanish in our own cities influence how we live and learn?
¿Cómo está?
Handmade arepas made in the WIlson kitchen!
Expectations
Students will be reading, writing, speaking, creating art, cooking, and more... ALL IN SPANISH!
Be prepared to take risks, mess up OFTEN and keep trying your best.
This is a High School level course. Students will participate as mature language learners, and practice effective study skills.
...HASTA MUY PRONTO!
English Language ArtsMiss Reisch
Daily Schedule
Daily ELA Schedule
Daily Warm Up Writing activity used to build writing stamina, engage students in the central theme, and to provoke thoughtful responses to questions. This is also the time for students to check in homework.
Expeditionary Learning Opening Introduction to Learning Targets, Engaging Students in Learning
Expeditionary Learning Work Time Reading, Writing, Discussion focused on central theme and texts
Expeditionary Learning Closing and Assessment
Daily Reflections and Ongoing assessments used to support all students' learning
Small group and Independent work time
Guided Reading InstructionIndependent ReadingSupplementary Projects in Reading and Writing
Daily Closure Reflections and review of homework
Curriculum
Dai •Core Curriculum: Expeditionary Learninghttp://commoncoresuccess.elschools.org/•
Three Modules, Three Units Per ModuleUnit 1: Building Background & Introducing
ThemeUnit 2: Reading and RespondingUnit 3: Research and Final Performance
Task•
MODULE 1
Module 1:
Reading Closely and Writing to Learn:
Journeys and Survival
Module 1Unit 1
In Unit 1, students begin the novel A Long Walk to Water by Linda Sue Park. Students will read closely to practice citing evidence and drawing inferences from this compelling text as they begin to analyze and contrast the points of view of the two central characters, Salva and Nya.
Module 1Unit 2
In Unit 2, students will read the remainder of the novel, focusing on the commonalities between Salva and Nya in relation to the novel’s theme: how individuals survive in challenging environments. Students will read this literature closely alongside complex informational texts. Unit 2 culminates with a literary analysis essay about the theme of survival.
Module 1Unit 3
Unit 3 brings students back to a deep exploration of character and point of view: students will combine their research about Sudan with specific quotes from A Long Walk to Water as they craft a research-based two voice poem, comparing and contrasting the points of view of the two main characters, Salva and Nya. The two-voice poem gives students an opportunity to use both their analysis of the characters and theme in the novel and their research about the experiences of the people of Southern Sudan during the Second Sudanese Civil War.
• Module 2
Module 2: Working with Evidence-
Working Conditions
Module 2Unit 1
The first unit focuses on Lyddie, a novel that tells the story of a young girl who goes to work in the Lowell mills, and explores the issue of working conditions in industrializing America. This unit builds students’ background knowledge about working conditions and how they affect workers. As an end of unit assessment, students write an argument essay about Lyddie’s choices regarding her participation in the protest over working conditions.
Module 2Unit 2
The second unit moves to more recent history and considers the role that workers, the government, and consumers all play in improving working conditions. The central text in Unit 2 is a speech by César Chávez, in which he explains how the United Farm Workers empowered farmworkers. In the End of Unit 2 Assessment, students apply their understanding of text structure to a new speech.
Module 2Unit 3
Unit 3 focuses on research through an investigation of working conditions in the modern day garment industry, students explore how businesses can affect working conditions, both positively and negatively. As a final performance task, students create a consumer’s guide to working conditions in the garment industry.
Module 3
Module 3:Understanding Perspectives-Slavery- The
People Could Fly
Module 3 Unit 1
In Unit 1, The People Could Fly introduces the topic and the question that connects all three units in the module: What gives stories and poems their enduring power? Through the Narrative of Frederick Douglas they explore slavery, Douglass’s life, and the debate over slavery in the United States before the Civil War. In Unit 1 students build their capacity for making sense of this complex text and learning the routines that will guide their work for the remainder of the module. Then students study poetry.
Module 3Unit 2
Unit 2 centers on the analysis of excerpts from Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass. The End of Unit 2 Assessment is an essay in which students explain how the Narrative conveyed Douglass’s purpose and distinguished his position from that of others
Module 3Unit 3
In Unit 3, students write their own powerful story, using Frederick Douglass: The Last Day of Slavery as a mentor text. They select one event from the Narrative and rewrite it as a picture book for younger students, making sure that the story they create is powerful, just as the stories they have been reading are powerful.
Assessment
–Ongoing Formative Assessment from Daily Work
–Comprehension Assessments within Each Unit
–Daily Writing and Final Written Drafts across all genres (narrative, informative, opinion)
–One Cumulative, Theme-Based, Technology-Embedded Performance Task in each Module
Module 1: Research Based Two-Voice Poem Module 2: Writing a Research Synthesis-Working
Conditions Module 3: Essay- Analyzing Douglass’s Position in
the Narrative
Technology Based Resources
Technology Based Resources
I-Ready: Adaptive Lessons and Progress Monitoring www.i-ready.com
NewsELA: Current News for Students that Can be adjusted for different levels www.newsela.com
Office 365: Microsoft Online https://portal.office.com
Advisory
Advisory enriches and enhances our time here at ESM.
Advisory is your second family and your advisory becomes your "go to" person if you need help, advice, or just someone to talk to.
Advisory is a time to reflect on how the school year is going, talk about academic goals, and learn about the future (high school, college, career, and beyond)!
College
One of our 7th grade advisory themes is college.
Mr. Caldwell (along with many other adults including parents) want to know what students want to be when they grow up and where do they want to go to college.
This year in 7th grade we will learn about why we should go to college, what is college like, and what colleges might be right for us!
Service Learning
Middle School students are required to complete 20 hours of SERVICE LEARNING in order to attend 8th grade promotion.
Service Learning is any type of community service or time you volunteer to help others. This is a great opportunity to get involved with the school or in your hometown. Not only will students be helping the world become a better place, but they become a better person :)
Students can do it all in one year or spread it out. But hours need to get started soon!
Babysitting sisters or cousins for free is not service learning. Volunteering in the library, going to a food pantry, or cleaning a park is what service learning looks like!
More abut advisory…
Sometimes 7th grade can be a little dramatic ...but that's what advisory can help with!
We'll be talking about: Time Management
How to get involved in school and be a leader
Being a good friend
Being a good student
Safe internet and technology use
... and many, many other things
Meet Your Advisors!
Miss O'Connor
Mr. Baerny
Mrs. Riendeau
Miss Simpson
Mrs. Devlin
Mr. Clark
Ms. Reisch
Mrs. Joslyn
Mr. Maziarz
