BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE ACADEMY
WEEKLY INSTRUCTIONAL AGENDA
SEVENTH GRADE
3/4/2019 – 3/8/2019
WEEK 3 OF CYCLE 5
THE 7th GRADE TEAM
DEAN: Ms. de Dios [email protected]
TEACHERS
English Language Arts
Ms. Davis [email protected] Conference Time: 2:30 – 3:50 pm (B10)
Ms. Yap [email protected] Conference Time: 2:30 – 3:50 pm (B10)
Spanish
Ms. Obeid [email protected] Conference Time: 9:55 - 11:15 am (B7)
Latin
Mr. Bowen [email protected] Conference Time: 9:55 - 11:15 am (B7)
Mathematics
Mr. Steele [email protected] Conference Time: 2:30 – 3:50 pm (A5)
Ms. Bhatia [email protected] Conference Time: 2:30 – 3:50 pm (A5)
Math Lab
Ms. Kerawala [email protected] Conference Time: 2:30 – 3:50 pm (A5)
Mr. Eligio [email protected] Conference Time: 2:30 – 3:50 pm (A5)
Science
Ms. Holley [email protected] Conference Time 11:20 – 12:00 pm;
12:40 – 1:20 pm (B8)
Ms. Sudhakaran [email protected] Conference Time: 11:20 – 12:00 pm
12:40 – 1:20 pm (B8)
Social Studies
Mr. Conrad [email protected] Conference Time: 11:20 – 12:00 pm;
12:40 – 1:20 pm (A3)
Mr. Palmitier [email protected] Conference Time: 11:20 – 12:00 pm;
12:40 – 1:20 pm (A3)
Scientific Decision- Making
Mr. Rasti [email protected] Conference Time: 8:30 - 9:50 am (A1)
Mr. Wertz [email protected] Conference Time: 8:30 - 9:50 am (A1)
Physical Education
Ms. Godinez [email protected] Conference Time: 9:55 - 11:15 am (A2)
Mr. Johnson [email protected] Conference Time: 12:00 – 1:20 pm (A3)
*PLEASE NOTE THAT AN APPOINTMENT NEEDS TO BE SET UP PRIOR TO
MEETING WITH A TEACHER.
IMPORTANT INFORMATION
7th
Grade Field Trip to Main Event
May 22
Field Trip Fee: $20
Cash payment only, exact amount, in the morning in the GYM
and during 7th
Grade lunch in the CAFETERIA
ONLY MS. DE DIOS IS AUTHORIZED TO ACCEPT
PAYMENT.
Last day payment will be accepted: April 5, 2019
BEHAVIOR REQUIREMENT: Any student who gets 3 bus
referrals OR gets assigned 3 detentions OR 1 Saturday detention
OR 1 out of school suspension starting from JANUARY 28 will
not be eligible to join the 7th
Grade Field Trip.
Parent Student Connect (Gradespeed)
You can access and monitor your student’s attendance, assignments and grades.
Go to www.HoustonISD.org/PSCregister to get started.
You may also use Gradespeed to communicate with your student’s teachers.
After-School Tutorials (4:00 - 5:00 p.m.)
Mondays – ELA/Reading
Tuesdays – Science
Wednesdays – Social Studies
Thursdays – Mathematics
*Students attending after-school tutorials or after-school activities must report directly to the
cafeteria. Teachers pick up their respective tutorial students from the cafeteria.
*Please pick up your child promptly at 5:00 p.m. when he/she attends any after-school
tutorial or activity.
*Please be reminded that there are no after-school tutorials or activities on FRIDAYS.
Saturday Tutorial Dates
9:00 – 12:30 Breakfast is served by 8:30 am. Lunch will also be
provided.
Please note that there will be no one to monitor your student
before 8:30 a.m. and please pick up your student promptly at
12:30 pm.
March 23, March 30
April 6, April 13, April 27
May 4, May 11
There will be NO Saturday tutorials on March 9 and March 16.
SPRING BREAK from March 11 through March 15.
PARENTS, PLEASE MONITOR YOUR
STUDENT’S GRADES ON GRADESPEED
DROP-OFF AND PICK-UP FOR CAR RIDERS
WHEN YOU DROP OFF YOUR STUDENT IN THE MORNING AND PICK
HIM/HER UP AT DISMISSAL IN THE AFTERNOON, PLEASE FOLLOW THE
DIRECTIONS OF SCHOOL PERSONNEL WHO WILL BE DIRECTING THE FLOW
OF TRAFFIC TO KEEP EVERYONE SAFE, ESPECIALLY STUDENTS.
Students will be allowed into the building at 7:45 a.m. Please note that there will be no
school personnel monitoring students who will be dropped off earlier than 7:45 and left
on school grounds, outside of the building.
In the afternoon, students who are not picked up by 4:20 will be led back into the school
building. Anyone picking up after 4:20 will have to go to the main office to pick up their
student. If unable to get off your car and pick up your student yourself from the main
office, please send an adult, and not a child, on your behalf.
If your student will be walking home after-school, send/submit a signed letter of
authorization to Ms. de Dios, the 7th grade dean. The letter must clearly identify the
student, the person authorizing the student to walk home after school and the contact
information of the said person.
***SCHOOL RULES AND POLICIES***
Before being dismissed for first period, ALL students MUST be in their assigned
areas. 7th
grade students report to the GYM. No students are allowed to be in the
hallways, classrooms or restrooms WITHOUT PERMISSION.
Locker times: Morning, after being dismissed from their designated areas; Before and
After Lunch; Between 4th
and 5th
Period.
Dress code: Navy blue polo shirt with BCMA logo, khaki pants/shorts or skirts that are
knee-length, BCMA navy blue sweater or solid blue sweater. School I.D. must be worn
around the neck at all times. If your student loses his/her school I.D., a replacement
school I.D. costs $5.00. Payment must be made through Ms. Westbrook, the school
secretary.
ONLY ON FRIDAYS: Blue or black jeans with no tears, cuts or holes, BCMA spirit
t-shirt or college t-shirt.
When dismissed at 3:50 p.m., all bus riders must proceed directly and promptly to the bus
ramps. School buses will leave at 3:57 p.m. everyday. Car riders must proceed directly
and promptly to the front of the building.
Be respectful to school personnel and fellow students.
ENGLISH LANGUAGE ARTS
MS. DAVIS and MS. YAP
Monday (A day) and Tuesday (B day)
Skill focus: Capitalization
Individual work
Essay workshopping
Wednesday (A day) and Thursday (B day)
Skill focus: Interrupters & clauses/phrases, commas, hyphens
Individual work
Essay workshopping
Friday (A day)
Skill focus: Clarity
Individual work
Essay workshopping
MATHEMATICS
MS. BHATIA
Attention!!!
Please bring your GO MATH text book every class period for the topics being
covered in this week.
Homework: Pages 309 and 310 of Go Math book. Due 3/4 (Day A) and 3/5 (Day
B).
Classwork: Page 307 and 308. Try the problems for classroom discussion.
Castle project assigned to all students. 3/4 (Day A) and 3/5 (Day B). Due on 3/20
(Day A) and 3/21 (Day B).
STAAR prep packet provided to all students. Please put it in the 3- ring binder
and bring to the class every time for review (Do Now/ Exit ticket)
Monday (A day) and Tuesday (B day)
Determine the area and circumference of a circle. Find the proportional
relationship between diameter, radius, and circumference.
Determine the area of composite figures containing combinations of rectangles,
squares, parallelograms, trapezoids, triangles, semicircles and quarter circles
Wednesday (A day) and Thursday (B day) and Friday (A day)
Determine the area of composite figures containing combinations of rectangles,
squares, parallelograms, trapezoids, triangles, semicircles and quarter circles.
ALGEBRA
Homework will be assigned during the week.
Project on Quadratic equations will be assigned on Wednesday.
EOC practice packet has been provided to all students. Please put it in the 3- ring
binder and bring to the class every time for review (do now/ exit ticket). Please
work on the problems at home as well.
Heads up! We will start with Quadratic Equations.
Monday (A day)
The student applies the mathematical process standards when using graphs of
linear functions, their key features, and their related transformations to represent
in multiple ways and solve, with and without technology, equations, inequalities,
and systems of equations..
Student can graph the solution set of linear inequalities in two variables on the
coordinate plane.
Wednesday (A day) and Friday (A day)
The student applies the mathematical process standards to solve, with and without
technology, quadratic equations and evaluate the reasonableness of their
solutions.
The student formulates statistical relationships and evaluates their reasonableness
based on real-world data.
MR. STEELE
The teacher will provide his students with a hard copy of his instructional agenda.
MATH LAB
MS. KERAWALA
Classwork this Week: Students will complete individualized topics, assignments, earn
their piece of the pie, and take assessments in www.Aleks.com program. Students have
approximately an hour in class daily to work on weekly topic and time assignments. On
an average, students are expected to work for two hours and learn at least 12 topics each
week. The program is self-pacing, and therefore some students may need to work over
two hours to master 12 topics this week. The assignments are as follows:
Assignment Weight Description Due Date
Aleks Tech Support Hours
(Eastern Time):
Sunday, 4:00 PM to 1:00 AM
Monday – Thursday
7:00 AM to 1:00 AM
Friday, 7:00 AM to 9:00 PM
Phone: (800) 258- 2374
(714) 619-7090
Semester II Classwork 11 30% 6 problems unlimited
corrections Midnight Sunday 3/17/19
Semester II Quiz 11
Mar 4-Mar 10 15% 15-20 problems as assigned Midnight Sunday 3/17/19
Semester II Topic 11 HW 10% 12 Topics Midnight Sunday 3/17/19
Semester II Time 11
Participation 10% 2 Hours Midnight Sunday 3/17/19
Project Grade
Pie Goal 5 (15%) 15%
90% = 355 Topics
90% = 498 topics(Alg) Midnight Sunday 3/31/19
Homework/Make-Ups: Complete unfinished weekly goals and Pie Goal 5 on
www.Aleks.com. Due to the nature of the ALEKS program and built in extended
deadline with multiple attempts, the program will not allow extension for assignments
past the due dates. These assignments must be done in a timely manner.
Homework/Make-Ups Spring Break: Semester II Time - 12 and Topic 12 – Each
grade can be used as make up for a failing assignment grade
Test and Quizzes: Daily and Weekly Do Now, Journal/Notebook Checks, and Exit
Tickets may be graded as tests and quizzes for accuracy and completion.
Tutorials: Every Thursday afternoon from 4:00-5:00 pm. Students need to reserve a
spot for tutorials by signing ahead.
Please check your timeline and assignments on report page of ALEKS for current and
future week’s assignments.
MR. ELIGIO
Algebra 1
Monday (A day) and Tuesday (B day)
Study Island
o Rewrite Polynomial Expressions
o Simplify Radical Expressions
Wednesday (A day) and Thursday (B day)
Study Island
o Functions
o Sequences
o Slope of a line
Friday (A day)
Study Island
o Rate of Change
o Graph of Linear Functions
Homework: Complete all the required topics in study island every week due on
Sunday midnight
Website: www.studyisland.com
Math
Monday (A day) and Tuesday (B day)
Study Island
o Real World Rational Numbers
o Rate, Ratios, and Proportions
o Percent
Wednesday (A day) and Thursday (B day)
Study Island
o Conversions
o Similarity
Friday (A day)
Study Island
o Scale Drawings
o Probability
Homework: Complete all the required topics in Study Island every week. Due on
Sunday midnight. Website: www.studyisland.com
SCIENCE
MS. SUHAKARAN
Monday (A day) and Tuesday (B day)
Lesson: Reproduction 7.14B
In asexual reproduction, prokaryotic cells divide by binary fission, replicating
DNA from the parent and producing uniform offspring. Organisms composed of
eukaryotic cells can also reproduce asexually by forming spores, by budding, or
by vegetative propagation.
In sexual reproduction of eukaryotic organisms, the offspring receives some DNA
from both parents resulting in unique combinations of dominant and recessive
traits for each offspring.
Activity 1: Investigating Reproductive strategies by watching the video
Activity 2: Compare and contrast sexual and asexual reproduction using Venn
diagram
Homework: Picture vocabulary from Stemscope
Wednesday (A day) and Thursday (B day)
Lesson: Reproduction 7.14B
In asexual reproduction, prokaryotic cells divide by binary fission, replicating
DNA from the parent and producing uniform offspring. Organisms composed of
eukaryotic cells can also reproduce asexually by forming spores, by budding, or
by vegetative propagation.
Activity: Test review using Study Island
Homework: Reproduction assignments from Stemscopes
Friday (A day)
Lesson: Reproduction 7.14B
In asexual reproduction, prokaryotic cells divide by binary fission, replicating
DNA from the parent and producing uniform offspring. Organisms composed of
eukaryotic cells can also reproduce asexually by forming spores, by budding, or
by vegetative propagation.
Activity: Test
MS. HOLLEY
Teacher will provide her students with a hard copy of the Science
Instructional Agenda
SOCIAL STUDIES
MR. CONRAD and MR. PALMITIER
The teachers will provide their students with a hard copy of his instructional
agenda.
SCIENTIFIC DECISION-MAKING
MR. RASTI and MR. WERTZ
Monday (A day) and Tuesday (B day)
The students will complete their TELPAS writing samples and will create review
sheets for their upcoming test.
o OPTICS
o TELPAS writing
o Review sheet creation
o Literacy in the Middle
Homework: Students will study for Test covering Avian Flu, Flu & Flu Vaccines,
West Nile Virus, Migration, SARS, and Swine Flu
Wednesday (A day) and Thursday (B day)
The students will complete an exam covering Avian Flu, Flu & Flu Vaccines,
West Nile Virus, Migration, SARS, and Swine Flu
o Do Now: Review for Exam
o Test over Avian Flu, Flu & Flu Vaccines, West Nile Virus, Migration,
SARS, and Swine Flu
o Literacy in the Middle
Homework: None
Friday (A day)
The students will be introduced to different genetic disorders and their treatments
o Do Now: STAAR Math Questions
o Review test
o “The Gene Doctors”
o Summary of the PBS film
o Literacy in the Middle
Homework: STAAR packet
LATIN with MR. BOWEN
Monday (A day)
The students will review plural and singular nouns and verbs.
They will be introduced to imperfect & perfect verbs.
They will create a comic book splash page over pugna (pg 90).
We will translate Felix (pg. 91) as a class.
Homework: Stage 6 Vocabulary Quiz (pg. 102) on Thursday & Friday
Tuesday (B day) and Wednesday (A day)
The students will read over Slaves and Freedmen (pg. 97 to 100) for
understanding of Roman society.
They will create captions of the story Felix et fur (pg. 92). We will review
imperfect & perfect tenses.
Homework: Stage 6 Vocabulary Quiz (pg. 102) on Thursday & Friday
Thursday (B day) and Friday (A day)
The students will take a vocabulary quiz over stage 6.
We will create Roman theatre masks and read an excerpt from a Roman play.
Students will identify cultural practices of ancient Roman and compare them to
modern day traditions.
SPANISH with MS. OBEID
Teacher will provide her students with a hard copy of the Spanish
Instructional Agenda
TECHNOLOGY APPLICATIONS with MS. CHAO
Learning Objective:
o Apply computational thinking to solve problems.
o Design and develop a mobile app solution.
o Analyze the implications of computing in society.
o Abide by professional, legal and ethical standards when using digital
resources.
o Identify the variety of careers related to engineering, biomedical sciences,
and/or computer science.
o Analyze algorithms that accomplish a task.
Vocabulary:
o Variables: is a value that can change, depending on conditions or on
information passed to the program