7-L News

Team 7-L Science with Mr. Dellinger

        Recently, we have started on Unit #3 “Properties of Matter.” In this unit students will be learning about the classification of matter and should be able to identify something as an element, compound, or a mixture. Students will also be able to identify elements by their properties and should understand how physical and chemical changes affect matter.

        Students recently were asked to create a superhero or supervillain that utilized one of the physical or chemical properties of matter. They used their notes, textbooks, and prior knowledge to come up with an original comic worthy character. Students also wrote a 25-100 word summary that had them relating the information discussed in class to their character’s abilities. Below are two student examples from this activity.

 

Team 7-L Math with Mr. Flay

The past few weeks have seen students' on 7-L complete Chapter 3 Operations with Rational Numbers. Students' worked hard on converting fractions to decimals, decimals to fractions, comparing rationals, classifying numbers, and adding, subtracting, multiplying, and dividing rationals!  This chapter involves a lot of thinking, as many of the problems include many steps!  Students' did a great job! We watched a fun video on YOUTUBE to help us gain understanding of how to classify numbers.  Here is the link for anybody who is interested!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m94WTZP14SA&sns=em.

We also tried to break up seat work with some stations when were dividing rational numbers.  The following picture shows students' working in teams to solve division problems throughout the classroom!  

 

The Advanced Pre-Alg group has been working on Chapter 4 Expressions and Equations as the Pre-Algebra group finished up Chapter 3.  They have solved one and two step equations and will have the chapter wrapped up before the winter vacation!

Team 7-L students' are a great group of kids to work with!!! 
I hope everyone enjoys their winter break!!!

Team 7-L Academic Lit. with Mrs. Vasellas

Mrs. Vasellas' Academic Lit classes have started Unit 2: Craft and Structure of Informational Text. Students will be reading a variety of texts to determine author/reader's perspectives, viewpoint and author's purpose.

Team 7-L English with Miss Maxwell

Miss Maxwell's students have just started working on A Christmas Carol. Students in Miss Maxwell's English class will be reading the classic story aloud as a play during class.  While reading the play,  all classes will be looking a literary elements in the story.  Students are very excited to read parts of famous characters like Ebenezer Scrooge and Tiny Tim.  Some students have even started brushing up on their English accents!

Team 7-L Social Studies with Mr. Arigo

Students in Mr. Arigo's Social Studies classes are researching about various cultures from around the world using a combination of methods including new technologies and classic informational texts.  Students are also comparing the unique "American Culture" with others and what makes our diverse country so special!