6th - 8th Grade

UPCOMING EVENTS

(NEW) First bell rings at 8:05, tardy bell now rings at 8:15

Parent Teacher Conferences October 7-10, sign ups were emailed out. Please check email and remind for links.
Fall Break Oct 11-19th

Be sure to join our REMIND class for your student's grade level to get information and updates!

6th Gr Code: gsa-6gr

7th Gr Code: gsa7th26

8th Gr Code: gsa8th26

Dress Code Reminders: Please review the district dress code policy. Students who violate the dress code will receive 2 verbal reminders. Continuous violation of the dress code will result in your child being sent to the office to wait for you to bring an outfit change. Only solid-colored sweaters will be allowed in the classroom. Students who bring hats to school must refrain from using them indoors.
GUM IS A CONTINUED PROBLEM with our middle school students. Please remind your child that GUM in NOT ALLOWED on campus.
Students may access Clever here to use the learning programs at home. Once they log in to Clever, they will not need to use any additional passwords. ST Math is a great way to practice mathematical concepts! At-home practice/work may be needed if your child is unable to complete the minimum requirement during the school day.

This week in Sixth Grade:

ELA: Unit 1 Discovering Your Voice

Collaborate and Compare

Students will be reading two stories:

Better Than Words: Say It With a Selfie
OMG, Not Another Selfie!
Both of these stories are found on HMH.

Math: Unit 3 - Unit Rates & Percentages

We just finished our test

Please check the list of math links I've created so you and your child can keep up to date!

If your gator could use more math practice at home, please consider checking out Khan Academy. Students can make an account and have additional practice that follows grade-level standards! The lessons offer step-by-step feedback to support complete understanding!

Science: Oct 20 -
Science Fair: Procedures, Variables, and Control is due October 22:

- When school resumes we will begin our unit on States of Matter

Social Studies:

Students will learn about Ancient Mesopotamia and How the key features of it's geography and development of technology influenced the daily lives and culture of its people.
Graded Assignments: Hexagonal Thinking (10 pts) & Ancient Mesopotamia Map (10 pts). There may additional assignments that go into the gradebook.
Assessment: 10 question quiz on Ancient Mesopotamia.

6th Grade First Quarter

First Quarter Learning Targets

6th Grade 2nd Quarter Expectations

Second Quarter Learning Targets

Q3 6th Grade Quarterly Expectations.pdf

Third Quarter Learning Targets

Q4 6th Grade Quarterly Expectations

Fourth Quarter Learning Targets

This week in Seventh Grade:

Math:

Unit 4: Proportional Relationships/ Percents

Sub-Unit 1: Percentages as Proportional Relationships (Lessons 1–6 + Practice Day + Quiz)

Solve problems involving percent change using representations, such as tape diagrams, double number lines, tables, and equations.
Interpret verbal descriptions and strategies to solve problems about percent change.

Sub-Unit 2: Applying Percentages (Lessons 7–10)

Use proportional reasoning to solve problems in real-world situations involving percent increase, percent decrease, and percent error.
Interpret situations involving percent change and apply appropriate representations to solve problems.
Interpret scenarios depicting percent change and percent error.

Sub-Unit 3: Proportional Relationships With Fractions and Decimals (Lessons 11–13 + Practice Day)

Determine unknown values in proportional relationships involving fractional quantities.
Convert between fraction and decimal representations.
Analyze strategies for solving problems involving proportional relationships with fractional and decimal quantities.

Additional Resources and Support for Unit 4:

Caregiver Guide for Lessons

Additional Practice Problems

Khan Academy

Amplify Caregiver Hub

Free online Math Tutoring through U of A: https://crr.math.arizona.edu/zoom-tutors

Science:

-As we begin Quarter Two, we will begin exploring our next System of the Body, the Skeletal System

-Students will explore the fundamentals of the Skeletal System and the Major Bone Structures of the body, their locations, and how they work together to facilitate movement

ELA: Q1 information

Unit 1

Selection 1: Mirror Image
- Focus Skills: Analyze Plot and Flashback & Analyze Character Traits
Selection 2: Not Everything it Seems
- Focus Skills: Determine Author's Purpose & Cite Evidence

Upcoming Assessments:

MAP Growth Measurement Aug. 7th

Social Studies:

Enlightenment Thinkers
- Create memes to show Enlightenment Thinkers' main arguments
DBQ Pretest
- The Soviet Union: What should textbooks emphasize? (This is our Quarter 4 DBQ assessment that we will take as a pretest in Quarter 1, and again as a post-test in Quarter 4)
Intro to the French Revolution

7th Grade First Quarter

First Quarter Learning Targets

7th Grade Q2 Quarterly Expectations

Second Quarter Learning Targets

Q3 7th Grade Quarterly Expectations.pdf

Third Quarter Learning Targets

Q4 7th Grade Quarterly Expectations

Fourth Quarter Learning Targets

This week in 8th Grade:

Candle Fundraiser order forms and money are due Monday, October 20th!

Math:

Unit 4 Linear Equations/Systems of Equations

Sub-Unit 1: Solving Linear Equations (Lessons 1–8 + Practice Day + Quiz)

Write and solve equations with variables on both sides of the equal sign.
Determine the number of solutions to a linear equation.
Analyze strategies for solving linear equations in one variable.

Sub-Unit 2: Systems of Linear Equations (Lessons 9–14 + Practice Day)

Solve systems of linear equations in two variables graphically and algebraically.
Interpret the intersection point of two linear relationships in context given their graphs or equations.
Describe strategies for solving systems of linear equations.

Caregiver Guide for Lessons

Additional Practice Problems

Khan Academy

Amplify Caregiver Hub

Free online Math Tutoring through U of A: https://crr.math.arizona.edu/zoom-tutors

Science:

This week we are:

learning MORE about Habits of Systems Thinkers. Students will be applying those thinking models/strategies throughout the year.
Continuing: Unit 3 - Nature via Nurture: How can we use environmental and genetic factors to explain changes in organisms?
- - Task 1: We learned about weather and the environmental factors that can affect living organisms and habitats.
  - Task 2: We created our own experimental procedures and identified independent, dependent, and control variables to test growing conditions for plants and made observations.
  - Task 3 (finishing): We learned to analyze & interpret data when considering genetic or environmental conditions that can cause changes in organisms and/or habitats.
  - Task 4 (moving into): We are learning about reproduction and genetics, and environmental factors that can cause adaptations for survival in living things.

ELA: Q1 Information

Unit 1: Gadgets and Glitches

Selection 1: The Brave Little Toaster
- Focus Skills: Analyze Plot & Analyze Science Fiction
Selection 2: Are Bionic Superhumans on the Horizon?
- Focus Skills: Identify Central Ideas and details & Analyze Organization

Upcoming Assessments:

MAP Growth Measurement Aug. 7th

Social Studies: updated 10/3

Quarter 2 DBQ: "How Did the Constitution Guard Against Tyranny?"
We have connected to our Social Studies Google classroom. If you received invites via email to join please accept so you can follow up your child's work and progress.
We will be watching CNN 10 for daily news headlines and connecting them to historical ideals. I highly encourage you to preview these each day and then discuss them with your child. Engaging with your young adult about the news and bigger world around them is an important part of helping your teen grow into a thoughtful and engaged young adult.
We will start our "Think like a historian" quote research project
Quiz on Tuesday, October 7 - Review Session October 6 at recess. No retests unless the recess review session is attended.
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