Swann Lion Times

Your weekly update from your Lion Pride!

What our Lions are Learning

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8th Grade Science

Ms.Moore's students conducted an experiment aligned with their lesson this week. They were identifying physical and chemical changes while also documenting their observation.

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8th Grade Science

Ms.Moore's students conducted an experiment aligned with their lesson this week. They were identifying physical and chemical changes while also documenting their observation.

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8th Grade Science

Ms.Moore's students conducted an experiment aligned with their lesson this week. They were identifying physical and chemical changes while also documenting their observation.

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Band

Our scholars are working hard to perform at Carowinds!

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Band

Mr.Milton is working hard to ensure his band students are ready to play when they perform at Carowinds!

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Band

Practice is intense and students are highly engaged as they prepare to perform at Carowinds.

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6th Grade ELA

Mrs.Bratcher's students worked on a group annotation protocol assignment with informational text.

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6th Grade ELA

Mrs.Bratcher's students worked on a group annotation protocol assignment with informational text.

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6th Grade ELA

Mrs.Bratcher's students worked on a group annotation protocol assignment with informational text.

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7th Science Spanish Immersion

Ms.Zegarra's class conducted an autopsy of a skeleton this week.

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7th Science Spanish Immersion

Ms.Zegarra's class conducted an autopsy of a skeleton this week.

6th Grade had a BLAST at the Grasshoppers game!!

8th Grade Picnic......FUN! FUN! FUN! WITH FRIENDS!!

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BASKETBALL

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T-SHIRTS

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AIRBRUSHING

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TIC TAC TOE

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JENGA

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CARICATURE

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TATOOS

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FOOTBALL

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SNACKS

AND MUCH MUCH MORE!!!!

Be sure to talk with your Lions each night about what standards they are working on and what activities they are doing to master those standards! Here is some general information to get the conversation started.

In Math, students use the Open Up curriculum. Click here to see the Open Up lessons for all grade levels! Click here to see the Math 1 Open Up lessons. 6th graders are exploring rational numbers; 7th graders students are working with probability; and 8th grade working on exponents and scientific notation.

In ELA, students are in their last unit of text studies. 6th grade is reading Hidden Figures, 7th is exploring texts from the Harlem Renaissance, and 8th is reading Maus.

In Social Studies, 6th graders are learning about the Islamic Empire, 7th grade is learning about the Cold War, and 8th grade is exploring the mid 20th century.

In Science, 6th graders are in their Earth Science unit, 7th graders are learning about organisms and evolution, and 8th graders are learning about matter and chemistry.

Math Moments

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6th Grade

In 6th grade, students are practicing with positive and negative numbers. Decide which of the following quantities can be represented by a positive number and which can be represented by a negative number. Give an example of a quantity with the opposite sign in the same situation.

Tyler’s puppy gained 5 pounds.
The aquarium leaked 2 gallons of water.
Andre received a gift of $10.
Kiran gave a gift of $10.
A climber descended 550 feet.

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7th Grade

In 7th grade, students are working with sampling and probability. They conducted several experiments this week. See if they can apply that knowledge to this word problem. Lin is interested in how many of her classmates watch her favorite TV show, so she starts asking around at lunch. She gets the responses in the chart. If she asks one more person randomly in the cafeteria, do you think they will say “yes” or “no”? Explain your reasoning.

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8th Grade

In 8th grade, students are learning about exponents and powers of 10. Scientific notation is a way to write very large or very small numbers. We write these numbers by multiplying a number between 1 and 10 by a power of 10. For example, the number 425,000,000 in scientific notation is 4.25 x 10^8.

Write each number in scientific notation.

14,700
0.00083
760,000,000
0.038
0.38

Announcements

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Chromebook and Charger Collection

Take note! Chromebooks and chargers will be collected for physical inventory and test set building on MAY 1st! After this point, Chromebooks will not be going home with students. Classwork and homework will not be online after May 1st. Students can still access PowerSchool, Clever, and Canvas on their personal devices to see their grades and Classcraft data.

Please locate any missing Chromebooks and chargers in advance! We will need them all for EOG testing!

Family and Community Involvement Opportunities

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Parent Academy

GCS Parent Academy is a great resource to helps support families with a variety of things such as homework help, digital resources, resume assistance, homeownership, and much much more. Click on the link below to explore the many benefits of being a part of the GCS Parent Academy.

GCS Parent Academy

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Join the PTA Today!

Swann is a proud PTA school! Click here to join our PTA as a parent, student, community, or staff member. If you are interested in serving on the Board, let us know and we will put you in touch with the current PTSA reps! School is better when we work together!

For more information, please reach out to swannpta@gmail.com.

Counseling Corner

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Meet the Counselors!

Ms. Dorsey is serving our 6th grade and N-Z 8th grade students.

dorseyc2@gcsnc.com

Ms. Kelly is serving our 7th grade and A-M 8th grade students.

kellyc2@gcsnc.com

Because our counselors work with students all day, email is a good way to contact them when you need them!

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Character Trait of the Month

In April, our focus trait of the month is caring and kindness. Watch the video with your family: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iXel1Vmvmhw. What does it mean to be caring? How can you show someone you care? What are the similarities between caring and kindness? How are they different?

Athletics

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Spring Sports

Spring sports practices have begun! See the athletics page of the website for the schedules. Note that most Spring athletic events do not happen on middle school campuses due to facilities. Note the location of the event on the calendar carefully.