Throughout the semester, we have been updating the website with week by week information on what the students have been learning. Please choose from the weeks below.
Week 2
Grade 7 English
Teacher Roadie Sawyers
Dear Parents:
This week in English, grade 7 will be taking on the tasks of leadership and team building while improving upon their spoken English. This task will be met via collaboration of a song through the use of tongue twister and idioms. Good luck to all students.
Some of this weeks vocabulary includes:
– Collaborate
– Storyboard
– Mock Up
– Sketch
Grade 7 Science
Teacher George Perry
We had an enjoyable first week getting to know each other and introducing topics that are required for secondary level science, so that now students are on the right trajectory for the year ahead learning Grade 7 Science.
This week, we’ll be continuing our learning of Unit 1: Cells. We’ll complete Chapter One about the Characteristics of Cells, and then we’ll move onto Chapter Two, which is all about the Chemistry of Life, describing the chemical makeup of living things.
Keywords:
atom, molecule, carbohydrate, nucleic acid, lipid, phospholipid, protein
Grade 7 Math
Teacher Nikon Chaocharoenpon
Ch.1: The Number System
Ch. 3 Rational Numbers
This week we will continue adding rational numbers with different signs. Then, they will have a review and a mid-chapter test. After that, we will start exploring subtracting integers and rational numbers.Students will learn, explore, and apply the followings:
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– Adding Rational Numbers
– Subtracting Integers
– Subtracting Rational Numbers
Week 1
Grade 7 English
Teacher Roadie Sawyers
This week we will be focusing on the core area of perception and reality. Students will learn that things are not always as they appear and that reality can be different from perception. Argue, question, and explore is the mindset of the week.
Some vocabulary: Perception, precipitation, spearheading, and futile among many others.
Grade 7 Science
Teacher George Perry
This week, we’ll be welcoming the students back and preparing them for the year ahead in Grade 7 Science.
We’ll then start our learning, and students will be able to identify the components of cells and compare the difference between prokaryotes and eukaryotes.
Keywords:
cell, organism, cell membrane, cytoplasm, organelle, nucleus, prokaryote, eukaryote
Grade 7 Math
Teacher Nikon Chaocharoenpon
Ch.1: The Number System
Ch. 3 Rational Numbers
This is the first week of school year. The first few weeks we will do something different. Since the first three chapters are closely related, we will study chapter 3 along with chapter 1 and 2. We will explore number system, specifically on integer/rational operations. Students will use models, number lines, and algebraic approaches to add and subtract integers. Students will learn, explore, and apply the followings:
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– Adding Integers with the Same Sign
– Rational Numbers and Decimals
– Adding Integers with Different Signs
– Adding Rational Numbers