7th Grade Purple TeamOpen Team Meeting

November 13th, 2017

CounselingDevelopmental Expectations for 7th Graders:

★ Improving ability to independently ask for help from teachers (self-advocacy skills)

★ Gaining skills in executive functions, such as time management, study habits, prioritizing and organization

★ Becoming more aware of setting realistic goals★ Navigating social problem-solving with adult

support, when needed★ Allowing kids to learn from their academic &

social mistakes (natural consequences)

Chromebook 1:1 Pilot● October 14 - Parent Survey Emailed

● By November 7:- All grade 7 students will receive Lessons regarding:

- Acceptable Use Agreement (AUA)- Care and expectations for the device- Student Responsibilities

● November 9 - Chromebooks Distributed to 7th graders in HR

For More Information Visit http://1to1.westport.k12.ct.us/

Team Tech Expectations1. We use tech with permission

Violating UAU may result in suspension from tech use

2. IF THERE IS AN TECH ISSUE AT HOME, PLEASE SEND A BRIEF NOTE, EMAIL, or VOICEMAL- internet issues- printer issues- etc.

- Worst case - LMC is open early at 7:30am - ask homeroom teacher next morning

Social StudiesFinished up first unit: Intro to Government & Gov Econ Systems

Current Unit: Migration - Global Migration - historically and today Focus on North and South America Immigration Project

Skills: Note-taking and Resource Evaluation Resilience & Responsibility

Grade 7 Language Arts

Author Studies Readers’ Workshop

Writers’ Workshop: Becoming the Author

Yourself!

September - October October - November

Strategies ---- Author’s Craft

Contrasts & Contradictions

Character Development, Conflict,

Setting, Irony

Aha! Moment Character Development, Conflict

Tough Questions Character Development, Conflict

Words of the Wiser Conflict, Character Development, Theme

Again & Again Symbolism, Repetition

Memory Moment Flashback, Foreshadowing

Example...

Signpost (Reading Strategy)

What to look for in the textAnchor

Question

Excerpt from Riding Freedom:Ebeneezer put his hand on Charlotte's shoulder. "Now

listen, don't you pay them passengers no mind. You are what you are. And what you are is the best coachman I ever saw. You remember that. Under the circumstances, there ain't nothing left for you to do but your job. So get to it."

Charlotte looked square at Ebeneezer.Ebeneezer looked square back at Charlotte and said,

"You're the coachman. You're in charge, so load 'em up."

What’s the life lesson?How might it affect Charlotte?

Writers’ Workshop: Becoming a Fiction Writer

Developing Meaningful Stories and Characters

Drafting and Revising with an Eye Toward Meaning

Revisions and Edits with Audience in Mind

● Idea generation● Character development● Story arcs

● Planning and writing scenes● Adding details● Writing leads, dialogue, and endings● Using mentor texts

● Reading like an editor● Weaving in symbolism and imagery● Purposeful choices of syntax● Editing on the sentence and word

level

Building the Writer’s Toolbox

VocabularySentence Patterns

Parts of Speech

Sentence Patterns This Year:

Pattern 1: SV, (coordinating conjunction) SVPattern 2: SV; SV. Pattern 3: SV; (conjunctive adverb), SV. Pattern 4: General statement (idea): specific statement (example). Pattern 5: Participial phrase, SVPattern 6: S—appositive, appositive, appositive—V. Pattern 7: Appositive, appositive, appositive—summary word/phrase SV

Completed Units: ● Real Numbers

● 2 and 3 Dimensional Geometry (7+)

Current Unit:● Integer Operations

● 2 and 3 Dimensional Geometry (7 regular)

Next Units:● Algebraic Expressions

● Algebraic Equations & Inequalities

Math

Formative VS SummativeFormative Assessments are for learning along the way to the goals- Students may relearn by coming in for help (Mon-Thurs 7:30am) and then retake the assessment (quizzes, ticket, mini quizzes) worth 40% of the grade.Summative Assessments are to measure the learning goals at the end of a unit. These are non retakable exams worth 60% of the grade.Homework is checked and reviewed but not included in the grade. It is a tool to measure your understanding along the way to the learning goal.

● Algebra + students have just completed our first big unit on Expressions Equations and Inequalities...they did a great job!!!

● We are currently in a mini Statistics unit, then we will be entering the world of FUNCTIONS!!!

● Extra help is available in the mornings

● All assignments are posted on Schoology

ALGEBRA - Mrs. Sicbaldi

Science- What have we been up to?

Collapsing CansHurricane Research Project Hurricane Tower Building ChallengeEnergy - What is it? Outside: exploring energy from our sun How does it get from there to Here???Modeling Waves - Wave Machines

Levers and Pulleys

Student Check InsShort explanations to questions to check for student understanding.

Question: Why do we see an apple as red? White light is a form of energy that travels in waves. It can be absorbed, refracted or reflected. Visible white light is made up of different wavelengths of energy. These different wavelengths we see as colors. The color of an object or material is determined by the wavelengths it absorbs and those it reflects. An object has the color of the wavelengths it reflects. A material that reflects all wavelengths of visible light appears white. A material that absorbs all wavelengths of visible light appears black. We see an apple as red, because all the colors or wavelengths of white light are absorbed except for the color red which is reflected back to our eyes.

Short Homework assignments -Reading and answering questions. All assignments and notes, videos whatever we do can be found in the Materials folder in Schoology

Homework