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Team 7-L Science with Mr. Dellinger

        Students are currently working through the Sound & Light unit of the science curriculum.  Recently, students completed a set of puzzle notes concerning the properties of waves, the electromagnetic spectrum, and sound waves.  Students worked in small groups to build puzzles.  The notes for the section were on the back of these puzzles.  Students enjoyed this activity.  In the coming weeks we will be moving into Electricity and then transitioning into Life Science. We hope to be working on Cells, Genetics and other biology units by early May.

       

Just as a reminder… students now have access to the online science textbooks. The following website provides a link to the book.

http://connected.mcgraw-hill.com/connected/login.do 

Once there, the student will enter their study island username and password to access the book. This textbook will actually read the text to the student and provides many clear examples of concepts.

Team 7-L Academic Lit. with Mr. Vasellas

Mrs. Vasellas' Academic Lit classes have finished their Unit 2 Assessment. Students have started Unit 4 - Argumentative Writing. In keeping with Earth Day, our topic will be Plastic vs Paper. As part of this unit students will create a thesis statement, locate and cite relevant/credible sources, gather and organize information from sources and write a research essay.

Team 7-L English with Miss Maxwell

Students in Miss Maxwell's class have continued to work with figurative language, literary devices, and sound devices.  In the coming weeks, we will be using our knowledge to analyze songs and poetry.  As the year comes to a close, we will be working on writing personal narratives and analyzing historical fiction.

Team 7-L Math with Mr. Flay

Spring is here and so is Marking Period 4.  We are ‘rounding’ 3^rd base and heading for home.  With PSSA’s in the rearview, we will be focusing our attention to Chapter 5:  Multi-Step Equations and Inequalities,  Chapter 11:  Distance and Angles, Chapter 12:  Surface Area and Volume, and hopefully, Chapter 8:  Linear Functions and Graphing to finish out the school year. 

I am hoping to find a nice mix of enjoying the beautiful weather to come, as well as raising expectations in order to prepared students for 8^th grade! 

 It’s an exciting time of the year for all!

Team 7-L Health with Mr. Martin

As we move forward into the last marking period, we are starting our next unit on First Aid and Safety Prevention, which will help students be better prepared to deal with some of lifeís unfortunate and unexpected circumstances that any of us may face at a momentís notice.  As our teens are growing up, they are given greater responsibility by being left alone or in charge of younger children.  This makes it all the more imperative as to why they need to know what to do in the event of an emergency. 

Students will learn a variety of different skills related to many different first aid emergencies including: burns, wounds, weather emergencies, heat and cold related emergencies, allergic reactions, asthma, heart attacks, stroke, diabetes, musculoskeletal injuries, shock, poisoning, seizures, breathing emergencies, choking, and more.

All people can benefit from basic first aid and safety prevention education, and I once again encourage parents to talk your children about these and other important health and safety issues.

Team 7-L Social Studies with Mr. Arigo

All students in Mr. Arigo’s, 7th Grade Social Studies classes will be exploring PA’s geography, history, economy, and government.  The new textbooks are exciting as we cover the various industries that shaped our versatile economic activity here in the Commonwealth.  Historically, we will concentrate on the battlegrounds in the state especially during the early colonial times and the Civil War.   Our entire 7L Team will be traveling to Gettysburg in May to get a firsthand look at the authentic history in our surrounding area.  Students continue to use technology in the classroom even to take assessments and for simulation projects that students are working on together regarding PA.