7th Grade Tech Parent Page

Hi Parents and welcome to 7th Grade Tech!

This will be the place where you can come to get an overview about what our goals for the year are or to get an update on what they'll be working on each week. Your students will be creating a webpage to upload their finished projects to, to archive, and once those webpages are created, you'll be able to find the link to your student pages here as well.

Over the course of the year, we'll continue working on our typing skills, both for speed and accuracy. We'll also work on a month's long small business unit, where your student will create a sales website, design a logo, digitally place that logo on a t-shirt, create a sales form, and pre-sell their t-shirts to family and friends. We'll then mass produce the products they sell in December, in time for Christmas! We'll also work on filming and video editing projects.

Your student will also be using the links found on this page to self-report, if they fail to turn in a Tech homework assignment, fail to complete an in-class assignment for behavior reasons, or have an in-class behavior issue (that doesn't quite rise to "infraction level"). In the case of the first two, if a student fails to complete an assigned task, they fill out a self-report form, and a copy will be emailed to you that day, so, if you choose, you can follow up at home. In the case of a behavior self-report (for low-level disruptions, such as continued talking after being asked not to), the student will fill out the form, but it wont be emailed home if the student is able to correct their behavior. However, if they are asked to self-report 3 times in the same week, all self-reports from that week will be emailed home, so you can follow up with the student. All of these self-report links are found under the "7th Grade > Missing Homework, Classwork & Behavior links" link above.

On the positive side, in addition to receiving Gold Slips, middle school students also receive "Break Out Points" for positive behavior. These points can be used by students to "break out" of the class before Extra Gym 5 or 10 minutes early, to get a head start!

The "Weekly Lessons" page is an overview of what we'll be working on each week; however, it is subject to change, and likely will evolve as the year goes on.

The "Assignments" page is where homework assignments will be posted (as well as on Edmodo).

The "Links to Student Pages" page is where you'll be able to access the individual student websites. The students will be using their site to sell their products from (when we do our small business unit), publish videos (when we do video editing) and the rest of their finished products.

Additionally, I'll also post photos and videos of 7th grade gym class from time to time, on the 7th Grade Gym page. I'm looking forward to a great year, and if you have any questions, please feel free to email me at CBentley@Stjohnschoollgv.org!