Team Pumas
Team Leader: Christon McClure
Team Information
HAPPY MONDAY!!
ATLAS Testing begins tomorrow, Tuesday, May 7, and goes through Thursday, May 9th. It is imperative for students to attend, on-time each day of testing. Students will test each morning from 8:10-11:00 am. Please encourage your child to get a good night's sleep each night, eat a healthy breakfast, and to just show up and do their very best work! We know that they are ready and will do well if they simply try their best! We've got this!!
If your child is interested in playing sports for NLRMS 7th grade next year, we still have a few tryouts coming up. You can see all of those tryout and clinic dates below. Please note that students must have an athletic physical on file to tryout for any sport, cheer, or dance.
Have a great week, everyone!
Important Events
May 7 - 9 - ATLAS State Summative Tests
May 8-Pizza for Dinner (Papa John's Fundraiser night)
May 13-16-Dance Team Clinic and Tryouts 3:45-5:00
May 17-6th Grade Dance (PTA Hosted)
May 21-Team Pumas End of the Year Celebration
May 22 - Cross Country Tryouts 3:30-4:15
May 24 - Catfest
May 27 - No School - Memorial Day
May 30 - Last Day of School
Updates from the classroom...
English Language Arts
This week students will watch the 1939 film version of The Wizard of Oz . Students will prepare to compare the film version with the excerpt from the novel version. In addition, students will take notes to prepare for the upcoming project creating a scrapbook of Dorothy's journey's through Oz.
Math
We will be going over more test prep problems to prepare for the Atlas test
-Area of Rectangle, Triangle, etc.
If you have any questions, please email me at williamsst@nlrsd.org.
Science
This week we are investigating how heat is transferred between objects. Conduction is heat transfer by direct contact (touching a hot stove). Convection is heat transfer in liquids and gases (hot air balloon rising). Radiation is heat transfer through electromagnetic waves (sun heating sand on a beach). Next up we will see how convection causes our patterns of weather as we continue working to prepare for our ATLAS summative assessment next week.
Social Studies
Roman religion and mythology are this week's subject. We will look into the Roman Gods and their Greek counterparts. We will also keep track of current events here and abroad. Atlas testing begins Tuesday and goes through Thursday.
Teacher Contact Information
Want to stay up to date on grades?
We highly encourage parents to make a habit out of checking the Home Access Center weekly. It is the responsibility of the parents and students to stay aware of their progress in their courses. GradeWay is an app you can add to your phone or tablet that will make this very easy to do! It communicates with the HAC and makes it easy to check up on grades, missing assignments, and email teachers when you have questions or concerns.
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A note about teaming: Our students are teamed with their four core subjects, English, Math, Science, and Social Studies, whenever possible. Teams allow us to create a school within a school environment for our students, making our large campus feel smaller. Reading and electives are cross teamed to allow us to meet the vast needs of our students, as well as to allow more social interactions with other students. All of our core departments work closely together to ensure students receive quality instruction regardless of their team.