Ball State

Welcome to 7th Grade: Team Ball State

English

Miss Lucas

In the last three weeks of school, students will be finishing up NWEA testing. Afterwards, we will continue to read The Giver and complete the corresponding chapter comprehension checks. The quarter 4 final will test their ability to find the meaning of words in context, differentiate between internal and external conflicts, make inferences, and identify a theme.

Social Studies

Mr. McCormack

In World Geography, students are just working the region of Southeast Asia. We will be looking at the cultural similarities and differences of those countries while studying the Religions, Political Systems, Financial Institutions, Histories and Traditions of the region. The unit test is *TBD.*

Science

Mrs. Schugars

In Science, we are continuing our unit over Cells. Regular science will be having a test over Chapter 1 and on Wednesday, April 3rd. In Honors science, we are continuing our unit over Cells. We will be having a quiz over Organelles towards the end of this week.

Math

Ms. Chamberlain

In Math, students are working on our Slope Intercept Unit. This will graph lines using Slope Intercept Form. The quiz will be on Friday, May 10th.

Honors is working their unit over System of Equations. We will solve for System of Equations through various methods: substitution and elimination. We will conclude the unit on Friday, May 10th with a unit test.

The Spring Math NWEA will be given on May 13th & 14th.

The Quarter 4 Final will be on Thursday, May 23rd.

Specials

Our specials here at CMS offer several opportunities to explore many interests! We have art, general music, band/choir/orchestra, health, physical education, foreign languages, college and careers, and computers. Some of these classes are only offered in 8th grade and are for high school credit (foreign language, college and careers).

Our specials teachers on team Ball State are Mr. Nuzzo (Music), Mr. Prow (Physical Education) and Mrs. McCrovitz (Resource).

If you are interested in a certain specials class for next year, be sure to pay attention to registering for classes next year, and speak with Mrs. Lamb!

Contact Team Ball State

Miss Lucas - ENGLISH alucas@duneland.k12.in.us

Ms. Chamberlain - MATH tchamberlain@duneland.k12.in.us

Mrs. Schugars - SCIENCE lschugars@duneland.k12.in.us

Mr. McCormack - WORLD GEOGRAPHY wmccormack@duneland.k12.in.us

Mr. Nuzzo - MUSIC jonuzzo@duneland.k12.in.us

Mr. Prow - PHYSICAL EDUCATION kprow@duneland.k12.in.us

Mrs. McCrovitz- RESOURCE amccrovitz@duneland.k12.in.us

Mrs. Lamb- GUIDANCE dlamb@duneland.k12.in.us

HOW CAN I HELP MY STUDENT?

Often times, parents will ask how they can help their student become more successful in class and show growth on standardized assessments.

Read!

The number one thing a student can do to become a better student of English is to read in their free time everyday. Studies show that a student who reads 20 minutes per day will score in the 90th percentile on standardized tests.

Edmentum!

Edmentum is a program that Duneland has purchased to assist students in closing learning gaps in Reading, Language, and Math. Students get targeted instruction on the specific standards that they have historically missed on standardized tests. Students have unlimited amounts of work to do on Edmentum – even when they finish 8th grade standards it will send them to 9th grade. The more they do, the better!

Get More Math

Students are required to get at least 30 points of Get More Math each week. This is a grade each week. This program allows students to review material from the entire year as well as practice current content.

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