7th Grade

August 26 - Open House 6 - 8:15 PM

September 2 and 3 - No School

Welcome back Thunderhawk Nation!

Welcome back Thunderhawk Nation! I am excited to be your 7th grade Assistant Principal this year. I love the start of school, so many opportunities are before you! Let’s make this year the best yet!!

Ms. Williams

7th Grade Principal

dana.williams@edmondschools.net

(405) 726-

Counselor's Corner

We had a great first full week in 7th Grade.

Here’s some helpful hints to help our young scholars navigate the school year.

Consequences are critically important for helping all students learn to be responsible for their behavior, actions, and decisions. Consequences when delivered without lectures, anger, or threats can be a powerful way to help students learn the relationship between what they do and the results of what they do. When delivered with love and empathy, logical consequences help provide accountability. Loving Accountability can help kids feel 1. I am loved, 2. I am competent, 3. I can solve problems. All kids thrive when they embrace the above beliefs.

Have a great week and remember to always BE KIND.

Kim Treece

7th Grade Counselor

kim.treece@edmondschools.net

(405) 726-6254

We will be starting our first unit in our textbook, Generations. In this unit, students will investigate what one generation can learn from another, considering how knowledge flows between age groups. Students will read a variety of texts, watch videos, and view media as they discuss the Essential Question for the unit. What can one generation learn from another?

Literacy will be reviewing figurative language. We will also be reading short stories by Ray Bradbury. We will do an author study and plot diagram for each short story and summarize the stories.

Students are finishing up lab safety. If they have not turned in their safety contract they need to do so. We will be moving on to the nature of science where students will understand the difference between scientific theory and scientific law. Students will also learn how to make observations and inferences during in class activity.

Math will be continuing to work with proportional relationships. We are comparing fractions and determining if they are proportional or non-proportional.

Students will learn about Exponent Rules in Algebra this week. Students will practice adding/subtracting and multiplying monomials using the Exponent Rules. Students will take their Aimsweb Math Test on Wednesday, August 28.

This week we are continuing to review 6th grade skills. We are also learning a writing technique called Claim-Evidence-Commentary, used to state a position and defend it with evidence. On Friday, weather-permitting, we will be doing an outdoor Giant Map activity to learn about demographics.

Use this link for a tutorial on how to connect to your child's canvas account as a parent observer.

What is Canvas?

Canvas is where your child's teachers post assignments and the plan for each week. If your child is absent, this is where to go to find the work they missed. If your child says they have turned in an assignment that is marked missing in the gradebook, this is often (if it is a digital submission) where they can show you the assignment has actually been submitted or not.

Use this link to check your child's current grades.

Don't remember your login information or don't have access anymore?

Call our front office for more info on getting access. 405-340-2972

What is Infinite Campus?

This is where your child's current official grade in progress is visible. This is where teachers will flag assignments that your child is missing. If a child submit an assignment late, it will not instantly update on Infinite Campus because the teacher has to take time to grade it. Additionally, if your child fails to turn in an assignment, it may take a week or so for it to be flagged as missing. With that being said, if you know your child has consistent issues with not completing work, you may want to check Canvas to see what assignments they are to be completing each week. With Infinite Campus, you will be able to see what assignments haven't been turned in after the fact, but again, there is a bit of a delay.

Infinite Campus grades are used for all extracurricular competition eligibility determinations. If your child is failing a class, the first week they are put on academic probation. The second consecutive week with a failing grade results in ineligibility to compete until all grades are up to passing scores.