Patton 7th Grade Newsletter

• September 2: No School (Labor Day)
  
• September 6: Early Release Friday (1 PM)
• September 11: Freedom Walk
• September 13: School Pictures
• September 20 : Early Release Friday (1 PM )
• October 4: Early Dismissal 1:00pm
• October 11: No school
• October 14: No school
• October 17: 8am - 7pm Parent/Teacher conferences
• October 18: 8am - 12:00 Parent/Teacher Conferences

This has been a busy week in ELA. We made our first trip to the LMC (Library Media Center) to check out books. It is the expectation for students to have a book to read during WIN. We also read “Heartbeat” from out literature books. The students annotated the story, focusing on characterization and conflict. On Thursday, the classes enjoyed a visit from Mrs. Walker, our school counselor, and Mr. Staley, our MFLAC. Students learned a bit more about the role each one has at Patton.

Next week, we will continue our study of “Heartbeat” finishing with a quiz at the end of the week. Also, in order to get back on our LMC schedule, we will visit the LMC again on Tuesday.

Ms. Paradies

pparadies@usd207.org

Ms. Behrens

gbehrens@usd207.org

We have had a wonderful start the first two weeks of school. We have finished our All About Me presentations. It was very interesting and fun to learn about my students and their families and travel. We have begun reading a book in google classroom. Students have learned how to open a book placed into google classroom and learned how to edit the quiz and worksheets associated with the story. They will demonstrate their ability to comprehend a story with written responses. This will occur weekly throughout the year. Next week we will begin sentence construction and the proper way to write in English sentences.

Ms. Hewitt

nhewitt@usd207.org

7th grade math students continued their work with integers, solving problems involving the addition and subtraction of positive and negative whole numbers. We will complete a study guide on Tuesday, 3 September, and the kids will take a test on these concepts on Wednesday, 4 September. The study guide and study guide answer key will be included in Tuesday's lesson (3 Sept) in Google Classroom. On Thursday, we'll begin solving problems involving the multiplication and division on integers. Have a great long weekend!

Mr. Ragan

mragan@usd207.org

Next week we are finishing up Topics 1 Lesson 1 -Geography Basics. We will continue to cover and review topics such as Describing Locations, Geography's Five Themes, Discussing How Do Geographers Show Earth's Surface? and Lastly Understanding Map Keys. I hope everyone has a safe and healthy weekend.

Mrs. Johnson

gjohnson@usd207.org

Social Studies is going great! The students spent the week studying maps and reviewing the five themes of geography. Next week, the students will take their Geography basics test on Wednesday, September 4th. They received the study guide for this test on Monday, August 26th. There is also an extra copy on Google Classroom. Students will spend next week learning about the layers of the earth and how the Earth moves. Have a wonderful weekend!

Ms. Nelson

enelson@usd207.org

6th grade artists are finishing their All About Me drawings and have begun creating name designs in the style of their choice. 7th, 8th and 9th grade artists are experimenting with collage techniques and learning how to combine unrelated images to create new meanings in a work of art. Next, upper level artists will begin to focus on pattern, shape and negative space, while sixth grade artists will focus on line and mixed media.

Ms. Miller

amiller@usd207.org

Learning Targets for Next Week:

• Plan a program using appropriate strategies such as flowcharting.

• Create appropriate event handlers to respond to runtime events, such as the push of a bumper switch.

• Demonstrate successful collaboration within a team to meet development goals.

• Create algorithms that use loops.

  Generate ideas or build upon other ideas to innovate.

Mrs. Bargmann

sbargmann@usd207.org

7th Grade AVID finished up the organization unit and received their AVID binders. They are going to work toward becoming more organized with their agenda and tabs to place their work. We also continued to build relational capacity and had our first CHOICE day.

Mr. Hunter

jhunter@usd207.org

Ms. Bessette

sbessette@usd207.org

After reading a plethora of scripts, all of the students have selected their Reader’s Theater scripts. The next few weeks will be spent learning about presentation skills and rehearsing.

Ms. Paradies

pparadies@usd207.org

Students have learned about the parts of a wind turbine. In the week ahead, they are designing blades for their wind turbine to determine the best shape and configuration to generate the most energy from their wind turbine.

Mrs. Rolf

krolf@usd207.org

Students will be exploring the relationship between current, voltage, and resistance. They will measure voltage and current using a multimeter. They will also describe the properties of a magnet including polarity and defining characteristics. Finally, students will demonstrate the characteristics and functions of an electromagnet.

Mrs. Bargmann

sbargmann@usd207.org

Medical Detectives students have diagnosed their first patient this week using the disease dictionary. Ask your son/daughter about their experience “playing doctor” at school! Students will do the experiment using antibiotics next week. If your son/daughter has an allergy to erythromycin, tetracycline or ampicillin, please let me know. For more information on the antibiotic lab, see the parent letter or email I sent at start of the school year. Have a wonderful weekend!

Mrs. Elder

nelder@usd207.org

All is well in PE. Next week, we will finish our unit with several games of Ultimate Frisbee. All students in Sports Conditioning have begun their workout cycles. They are working hard and putting forth their best effort. Feel free to contact us with any questions or concerns you may have for your student!

*We will look to go outside as much as possible for PE (weather permitting). Please help us in reminding our students to bring water bottles and tennis shoes every day they have PE.

Coach Amon

pamon@usd207.org

Coach Dreiling

tdreiling@usd207.org

7th Grade Spanish is working on the <<Billy y las Botas>> Trilogy. Part 3 nuggets 1-6 are due by 1:00PM on September 6th. Students have begun their embedded readings of this story in class. Our next DICHO Quiz is "Don't procrastinate!" <<No dejes para mañana lo que puedes hacer hoy.>> This speaking quiz is scheduled for September 5-6 in class. Our next big item is learning the names of the 21 countries and capitals of the Spanish-speaking world. There will be a matching quiz on this by mid-September. Videos and a Study Guide are posted in Google Classroom.

Mrs. Ford

kford@usd207.org