7th Grade Science:
Students will wrap up learning about cellular respiration. Midway through the week, students will have a test over cellular energy and how organisms acquire energy for survival. Following the test, we will begin the rat dissection lab and learning about the different organs and body systems in mammals!
7th Grade Social Studies:
Students have been quizzed a few times over World Religions and many students have not achieve mastery. Students should be studying their World Religions notes nightly. We will continue to quiz. Students took a citizenship quiz and scored quite well. One question on the quiz asked students, "What five questions do you think should be on the citizenship test?". Mr. McNamara and I received lots of great answers! Good job! Remember, all 7th graders should be completing at least two Achieve articles with the activity at 75% or more each week. If your student does not get the Math question right, they are encouraged to ask Mrs. Tetrick to explain!
7th Grade Math:
All Middle School: Next week, it is
imperative
that students have their devices as we begin practicing with the ILEARN online assessments.
(A+) We will finalize our work with "percentage" problems that involve markups and markdowns in real-world contexts. Students will then begin a Probability and Stats Unit. This unit will bridge together all of the previously learned concepts.
(A) Students will continue to work with "percents" in the real world. We will finish out our practice with markups and markdowns next week. The week after, we will plan on refining our skills with linear equations, percents, and word problems with both concepts. After students display mastery, we will move into the Probability and Stats Unit.
7th Grade Language Arts:
English/Language Arts ILEARN begins on May 1st! As the date approaches, we are continuing to focus on test preparation. Please help by encouraging your children and emphasizing the importance of putting forth his or her best effort in the upcoming weeks!
7th Grade Theology:
Students are learning about the Eucharist. Mr. McNamara told students they should always strive to be the perfect version of themselves. Great advice! There will be a quiz next week over Eucharist.
8th Grade Math:
Students will work on Fractional Coefficients and how to solve for variables on both sides of the equation. Students will continue working with variables on both sides.
8th Grade Science:
Students will not have class on Tuesday due to the Day of Service, however, please encourage students to study for the Meiosis and genetics test on Thursday.
8th Grade Theology:
Students took a quiz over the Protestant and Catholic Reformations. The scores were not quite as good as I would have liked. We will review the quizzes and I encourage students to come after school to ask questions. The next topic of discussion will be Just War Doctrine.
8th Grade Social Studies:
The students just completed their Unit Test and we will begin learning about the Civil War. We begin with the causes and conflict, then the events of the Civil War, whether the outcome was ever in doubt, and finally Reconstruction. This will take up the rest of the school year, and will be included on the final exam.
