Patton 7th Grade Newsletter

• 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

The week we set sail on a quest to analyze the plot of a short story with “Rogue Wave”. Students worked independently or with a partner to identify the key stages of plot. In addition, the signposts of Again & Again and Memory Moment were introduced and identified.

Next week, the students will create a plot diagram for the story and take a selection test. Also, Tuesday is our next trip to the LMC (Library Media Center).

Ms. Paradies

pparadies@usd207.org

Ms. Behrens

gbehrens@usd207.org

Students are working on writing essays using templates to help them write a five-paragraph essay with an introduction paragraph, three detail paragraphs, and a closing paragraph.

Ms. Hewitt

nhewitt@usd207.org

7th grade math students continued their week solving problems involving the addition of positive and negative fractions and decimals (rational numbers). On Thursday, we began subtracting rational numbers and we'll continue this work next week. Have a great weekend!

Mr. Ragan

mragan@usd207.org

This week in Science we focused on how plants create their own food through the chemical process of Photosynthesis. Students will have a short quiz on Tuesday before we begin our last lesson in cells, cellular respiration.

Mrs. Raymond

kfeitl@usd207.org

Next week we will be finishing Lesson-3 Topic -1 Climates and Ecosystems topics that will be covered are Air Circulation and Precipitation, Types of Climates, and Biomes and Ecosystems. We will take our Lesson-3 Topic-1 test on Tuesday the 1st . Afterwards we will start Lesson-4 Topic-1 it covers People and the Environment. I hope you have a safe and healthy weekend.

Mrs. Johnson

gjohnson@usd207.org

Social Studies students have had a great week! We wrapped up our Climates and Ecosystems unit this week and will begin our People and the Environment unit next week! Students will be studying population and the movement of people around the world! Have a wonderful weekend!

Ms. Nelson

enelson@usd207.org

7th grade artists completed Busy Background drawings, where they placed more emphasis on the negative space than the object they drew in the foreground. 8th and 9th grade artists have completed an observational drawing unit. They focused on drawing objects from multiple viewpoints in a realistic manner. Next week, 7th - 9th graders will begin their fall ceramics unit, where they will be designing and building masks.

Ms. Miller

amiller@usd207.org

Students have been building up and learning skills to build a robot that solves and real-world problem, they will pick their own project to work on and present how they solved this problem. To complete their project, they will follow the design process.

Mrs. Bargmann

sbargmann@usd207.org

This week in AVID we learned about future college/career interests. Students researched the difference between careers and jobs. Then each student learned about the types of colleges with the goal of finding schools that they could go to in the future. Next week students will continue with the college/career unit by creating a one pager, making a college pennant, and completing a college course board.

Mr. Hunter

jhunter@usd207.org

Ms. Bessette

sbessette@usd207.org

This week we were able to add the microphones to the students’ reader’s theater performances. Next week, each student will be graded on his/her performance.

Ms. Paradies

pparadies@usd207.org

Students are starting their “Energy Expo” project. This project will have students working in groups, researching an alternative energy source, creating a model or prototype to demonstrate it, and they will present their work at our in class “expo” on October 10th. It will be a very engaging next couple of weeks!

Mrs. Rolf

krolf@usd207.org

Students will explore Ohm’s Law which explains the mathematical relationship between voltage, current, and resistance. They will then measure voltage, current, and resistance using a multimeter and mathematically calculate voltage, current and resistance using Ohm's Law. Finally, they will discover the transistor is an important electronic device because it allows a small amount of current to control a larger amount of current. And then design a circuit that uses a transistor as a switch.

Mrs. Bargmann

sbargmann@usd207.org

Medical Detectives students are learning about the nervous system, the organs involved and the parts of a neuron. We also learned about some ways to “grow our brains” by getting the necessary sleep, eating nutritious foods, trying new things, learning a foreign language, reading and playing a musical instrument. Next week, we will learn about the parts of the brain and what they control. Have a super weekend!

Mrs. Elder

nelder@usd207.org

All is well in PE! Mr. Amon/Mrs. Dreiling’s classes have finished playing Ultimate Frisbee. Mr. Turner’s classes have finished volleyball. This next week, we will begin a flag football unit. Students in Sports Conditioning have been doing great with their workouts. 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

Speaking tests on the alphabet and Dicho #4 will be next week. We will also have a written quiz over colors. As usual, study guides are posted in GC.

Our current SW assignment is FEO with nuggets 1-10 due on 10 7 with a deadline of 10/10.

For Hispanic Heritage Month, students are doing an in-class presentation on a person who has influenced culture in the USA and perhaps throughout the world. Presentations begin on October 3rd.

Mrs. Ford

kford@usd207.org