Welcome students and parents of Seventh Grade.This blog will assist in ensuring that assigments are correctly copied in times of doubt. It will also assist parents in keeping up with what is going on in class and ensuring that work is done correctly and handed in on time. It is NOT a subsitute for assignment pads, as they are days assignments will NOT be posted to the blog.
Thursday, January 31, 2008
Assignments for january 31st
2. Mathematics - complete worksheet.
3. Spelling - Due monday " lights camera action" page 131
4. Social Studies - complete workbook.
Wednesday, January 30, 2008
Assignments for January 24
2. Religion - Handout
REPORT CARDS WERE DISTRIBUTED TONIGHT. IF YOU DID NOT PICK THEM UP THEY WILL BE MAILED HOME. THANKS TO ALL THE PARENTS WHO CAME BY AND PICKED THEM UP; OR SENT IN A NOTE.
Tuesday, January 29, 2008
Assignments for January 29th
2. mathematics - workbook page 113
3.Spelling - pages 124-130
4. Religion Test Tomorrow.
5. Social Studies - Test on Thursday
6. Grammar Test tomorrow
Friday, January 25, 2008
Assignments for January 25th.
2. Science project ( beans) due TUESDAY.
3. Spelling page 123
4. Religion - complete handout
5. Reading - page 100
Thursday, January 24, 2008
Assignments for January 24
2. Mathematics Quiz tomorrow.
3. Science project is now due on Monday. That will give some of you that started late a few more days to ensure that you complete your project.
4. Spelling pages 114-116
5. Religion - page 40 workbook
6. Writing - Choose an animal from the endangered species list and list the reasons why it is endangered. Write in your notebook.
Wednesday, January 23, 2008
Assignments for January 23
2. mathematics - pages 10, 12, 14, 16, 19, 20
3. Science Test tomorrow. review from DEC 6 to Jan 22nd
4. Spelling test tomorrow unit 17 includes words and definitions in notebook .
5. Religion - page 197 design magazine cover.
6. Reading workbook pages 95-96
7. Social Studies - finish head bans and place mats for your event leading up to the declaration of independence.
Tuesday, January 22, 2008
Assignments for January 22
2. social studies workbook page 35
3. Mathematics -complete worksheet back pages.
4. continue to check on science experiments due Friday .
Friday, January 18, 2008
Assignments for January 18th
2. Math 1 - complete handout
Math 2 - complete " house on haunted hill"
3. Science 1 - Complete worksheet
Science 2 - start science germination experiment
4. Spelling - Page 111 number 1-25
5. Religion - Test chapter 16
6. Reading - page 92 workbook.
Thursday, January 17, 2008
Assignments for January 17th
2. Religion - complete handout.
3. Writing - complete the case of the squished tomatoes. Complete the 5w's and write your defense for your point of view.
4. Religion Midterm tomorrow.
Wednesday, January 16, 2008
Assignments for January 16th
2. Religion - Page 39
3. Religion Test on Friday
4. Reading workbook page 89-90
5. Math midterm exam tomorrow.
Monday, January 14, 2008
assignments for january 14
2. Math - workbook page 84
3. Social Studies midterm tomorrow.
Thursday, January 10, 2008
Assignments for January 10th
2. mathematics - oage 83 numbers 1-4
3. Science - Worksheet
4. Spelling Test tomorrow.
5. Religion - workbook page 37 adn 38 key words
6. Science - complete the answers for your study guide.
Midterm exam schedule and study giuides were given out today. There will be no extra copies. IF you need another print from below:
Friday 11th Reading / writing
Monday 14th Science
Tuesday 15th Social Studies
Wednesday 16th Grammar/ Vocabulary
Thursday 17th Mathematics
Friday 18th Religion
The following is your study guide for midterm examinations. There are no “extra” copies. Use this as your guide to ensure that you are fully prepared for exams.
Religion
Ø Know the following vocabulary words: Paschal Mystery, corporal. Spiritual, apostles, neophyte, catechumenate, liturgy, kingdom of God.
Ø What are the sacraments of Initiation?
Ø What are the sacraments?
Ø Baptism. Signs and symbols. What does the sacrament do for us?
Ø What is the incarnation?
Ø Who baptized Jesus and where?
Ø Symbols of water used in the bible.
Ø Confirmation. Signs and symbols. What does the sacrament do for us?
Ø What is RCIA?
Ø What are the gifts of the Holy Spirit?
Ø What is the difference between the corporal and spiritual gifts of mercy? Name them.
Ø Eucharist. Signs and symbols. What does the sacrament do for us?
Ø Penance. Signs and symbols. What does the sacrament do for us?
Ø What do we mean when we say the Eucharist is a meal, sacrifice, and a memorial?
Ø What are the main parts of the mass?
Ø Different ways that people serve the church in worship.
Ø What is prayer?
Ø What is transubstantiation?
Ø Ways that the church carries out the mission of Jesus.
Mathematics
ü Place value of whole numbers through billions
ü Place value of whole numbers through thousandths
ü Addition and subtraction of three digit numbers.
ü Properties of addition and subtraction.
ü Division: whole numbers by decimals.
ü Order of Operations.
ü Division by one and two digit divisors
ü Greatest common factors
ü Lowest common denominator
ü Fractions to mixed Numbers.
ü Multiplication of decimals by decimals
ü Division of decimals by whole numbers
ü Rounding to the nearest cent
Vocabulary/Spelling. – Review Units one through 16
Pay more attention to the following units:
Ø Spelling I and o ( unit3)
Ø Homophones ( unit 10 )
Ø Cumulative ( unit 12)
Science
ü Define Cell
ü Parts of a cell .
ü Types of cell
ü What are organs
ü Diagram of Cells
ü What are systems?
ü Diagrams of body systems.
ü Vocabulary of Body systems
ü Sexual and Asexual reproduction
ü Traits; types of
ü Mitosis and Meiosis
ü Life cycles , direct Development
Social Studies
Ø Route of Nomadic tribes from Asia to the Americas
Ø Europe in the 1300’s. Cathedrals designs, black death
Ø Building that Native Americans lived in. Reasons for their design.
Ø The mayflower compact
Ø Life in New England colony.
Ø Who was banished from the New England colony and why?
Ø Representative Democracy.
Ø House of Burgess.
Ø Slave vs. indentured servants.
Ø What is a plantation?
Ø Bread Basket colonies: what was it? Who lived there? What was life like? What jobs did they have? How were boys and girls educated?
Reading/Writing
Your reading and writing assignment will be administered together. Reading will focus on your ability to read and recall information, make judgments, making inferences, identifying sequence.
You will be writing an essay. Go over essay format to ensure that you use the proper organizational tools for writing your essay.
Your exam will also include a penmanship portion. Review your penmanship skills.
Grammar
ü What is a sentence?
ü Types of sentences.
ü Simple and compound sentences.
ü Complete subject and complete Predicate
ü Verbs and Verb Phrases.
ü Conjunctions.
ü Possessive nouns
ü Forms of the verb “be”
ü Contractions
ü Present, past and future tense of verbs.
Friday, January 04, 2008
Assignments for Jan 04
2. MATHEMATICS TEST ON MONDAY. REVIEW MULTIPLICATION AND DIVISION OF DECIMALS AND ROUNDING MONEY.
3. SOCIAL STUDIES TEST TUESDAY.
Thursday, January 03, 2008
Assignments for Jan 03
2. Mathematics - workbook page 110 numbers 13-22
3. Spelling - vocabulary test tomorrow. Review words page 96.
4. S Studies - page 31
5. Writing - write three topics on a sheet of loose leaf paper. One of them will become your expository writing topic. Be as specific as possible. List in the order 1. 2. 3. DO NOT WRITE on any of the topics.