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In Religion, we are continuing to learn more about Jesus, Mary, and the Saints plus different national holidays . The students researched Holy Men and Women for Black History Month. Each student was assigned a Black saint or a man/woman who is in the process of becoming a saint. The students were impressed with the accomplishments of these amazing men and women plus how young some of them were. The seventh graders colored a Black History Month mural and are working on coloring the Women's Month Mural. Each student colored a piece of the mural and when put together form famous men and women for each month. The students started Lent with mass and continue to learn about Lent and Jesus’ Death and Resurrection. The students are looking forward to the Easter celebration!
Math class has been challenging because the students have been working with integers. Integers are positive and negative numbers, in all forms-whole numbers, decimals, and fractions. They have solved word problems and problems using all four operations. The challenges will continue when they start solving algebraic equations with integers. The students will be completing fun activities for Pi Day, St. Patrick’s Day, March Madness, and National Crayon Day!
The 7th grade spent a good bit of time in February focusing on Black History month, Valentine's Day, and President's Day as the topics of much of their reading assignments. They worked on a Black History Month Escape Room which introduced the students to the era. The assignment had activities that encouraged students to learn about innovative Black Business Owners while developing important reading skills such as understanding the main Idea & supporting details, identifying the text structure, theme and making inferences. Looking ahead into March we will spend time celebrating Women's History Month, St. Patrick's Day and the start of Spring!
In Social Studies our 7th graders have been exploring Europe during the Middle Ages, This period brought about significant societal change, and deeply altered Europe. In this period the students have learned about the deep connection between the Catholic Church, and its important influence on society.
The seventh graders have been working on creating group power points on a famous environmentalist using the book Champions of the Environment. They presented their powerpoints to class and did a very good job. This assignment will lead into their formal MLA style research paper on an environmental issue. Students have also been reviewing daily grammar, punctuation, and sentence structure through Daily Oral Language, Students have also been perfecting their writing skills through frequent journal entries.
In seventh grade Science the students are learning about the importance of plants. They learned that without plants all living things would have no oxygen to breathe, as well as nothing to eat, on account of the animals that depend on plants would be gone. Earth as we know it, would cease to exist. They learned about how plants defend themselves from predators, parasites, and disease. We conducted several experiments involving how plants grow, breathe, and release water into the atmosphere. They are wrapping up their unit by researching, developing a slide show presentation, and presenting their findings to the class about what would happen to the earth if a plant disappeared.
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