So far 7th grade is going well. It is a big change from 6th grade in many ways, we change classes more often and we have lockers this year. In LA this week we made a few projects. The first was a list of things we did this summer but each had to have a different noun and verb. Then we wrote an autobiographical poem about ourselves. I am very excited for everything we are learning in LA this year.
We are learning many other fun things this year in other classes too. In science we will start working on our solar catchers and in math we are working with decimals. This week, runners started cross country and and the girls had a volleyball informational meeting, tryouts will be next week. I can tell this will be a great year for the 7th grade.
-Ashley
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So far in this first week of school it has been really fun. 7th grade is full of fun classes that involve a lot of activities. The first week was full of learning about cool tools, or how to live the Jayhawk Way at school. 7th grade I feel like is the same thing as 6th grade, but we get lockers and we have more teachers.
In Language Arts, we have been doing activities that would introduce the class, individually. For example, we did autobiography poems. We also did a what-did-you-do-over-the-summer poster. We did Compass Learning too. I’m excited to read and find more interesting books that I enjoy. I especially want to find more books with action and a lot of suspense.
In science, we observed the sky and the things around us and we made a summary of the things we heard,saw,and felt. In math, we are learning how to add/subtract and multiply/divide decimals. In gym, we have been doing games that help us learn how to be responsible, respectful, and take pride. In social studies, we have done a scavenger hunt.
I am not planning to sign up for any activities until basketball.
-Kenneth
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My first week of seventh grade has been pretty new to me, seventh grade is pretty different from sixth grade and all the grades before. Although, all of my teachers have really helped me get into the swing of things. Now, we have lockers to put all of our books and supplies into unlike sixth grade. I had to get used to opening my lock all the time because we go to our lockers pretty often. When we come in, in the morning we have to go straight to our locker and put our backpacks into them. Then, we take out our necessary things for class. At first it was hard to fit everything in but after I organized my locker I can grab and go easily. Also, in Seventh grade you change classes more often. Instead of having your L.A. teacher as your advisory teacher you have different teachers for almost everything.
In L.A. we...
We did many things in L.A. this week. First we made a project about the things we did in summer. I made two. One was like a journal entry and the other just had a picture that said summer. Also, I made the fount represent that thing I did in summer. Cool, right? Then we signed into Edmodo (a website to remind us about homework and to put online tests/documents on). We also learned about our reading logs. We have to read 15 pages on weekdays and 15 pages Friday through Saturday. Finally, we learned about our Google drive where we write our warm-ups, free write stories, reading responses, and of course our blogs!
In other classes we…
In science we took a beautiful nature filled walk outside the school to observe the little things outside that actually make a big difference. We also used our five senses to see, hear, smell, taste, and touch what is outside and what we have probably been missing. Then, we learned about how we are going to make solar collectors. We are going to build them, and then test them and draw conclusions.
In Spanish, we learned our vowel sounds. A makes an “ah” sound. E makes an “eh” sound. I makes an “ee” sound. O makes an “oh” sound. U makes an “oo” sound. We met the vowel people like, Anna she says (“ah”) and Olga she says (“oh”). We also learned how to count from zero to ten in Spanish. We learned a catchy song to remember our numbers.
In math, we reviewed how to convert decimals, percents, and fractions. We also reviewed how to multiply, subtract, and add decimals. We touched on the subject coordinate grids and how to plot points. Finally, we reviewed how to identify the independent and dependent variables in a math sentence.
In social studies, we did an activity on getting to know each other better by finding a different person for each box. The boxes have different things that a person would have or obtain. We also did a textbook scavenger hunt to get to know our textbooks. Finally we worked on an activity to better understand our standards in each lesson in Social Studies. Some examples are, Historical analysis, economy, and government and politics.
In conclusion, this is how Seventh grade in the first weeks of school has been. With many different classes/teachers and different people to meet Seventh grade has been pretty different. -Jamie
We are learning many other fun things this year in other classes too. In science we will start working on our solar catchers and in math we are working with decimals. This week, runners started cross country and and the girls had a volleyball informational meeting, tryouts will be next week. I can tell this will be a great year for the 7th grade.
-Ashley
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So far in this first week of school it has been really fun. 7th grade is full of fun classes that involve a lot of activities. The first week was full of learning about cool tools, or how to live the Jayhawk Way at school. 7th grade I feel like is the same thing as 6th grade, but we get lockers and we have more teachers.
In Language Arts, we have been doing activities that would introduce the class, individually. For example, we did autobiography poems. We also did a what-did-you-do-over-the-summer poster. We did Compass Learning too. I’m excited to read and find more interesting books that I enjoy. I especially want to find more books with action and a lot of suspense.
In science, we observed the sky and the things around us and we made a summary of the things we heard,saw,and felt. In math, we are learning how to add/subtract and multiply/divide decimals. In gym, we have been doing games that help us learn how to be responsible, respectful, and take pride. In social studies, we have done a scavenger hunt.
I am not planning to sign up for any activities until basketball.
-Kenneth
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My first week of seventh grade has been pretty new to me, seventh grade is pretty different from sixth grade and all the grades before. Although, all of my teachers have really helped me get into the swing of things. Now, we have lockers to put all of our books and supplies into unlike sixth grade. I had to get used to opening my lock all the time because we go to our lockers pretty often. When we come in, in the morning we have to go straight to our locker and put our backpacks into them. Then, we take out our necessary things for class. At first it was hard to fit everything in but after I organized my locker I can grab and go easily. Also, in Seventh grade you change classes more often. Instead of having your L.A. teacher as your advisory teacher you have different teachers for almost everything.
In L.A. we...
We did many things in L.A. this week. First we made a project about the things we did in summer. I made two. One was like a journal entry and the other just had a picture that said summer. Also, I made the fount represent that thing I did in summer. Cool, right? Then we signed into Edmodo (a website to remind us about homework and to put online tests/documents on). We also learned about our reading logs. We have to read 15 pages on weekdays and 15 pages Friday through Saturday. Finally, we learned about our Google drive where we write our warm-ups, free write stories, reading responses, and of course our blogs!
In other classes we…
In science we took a beautiful nature filled walk outside the school to observe the little things outside that actually make a big difference. We also used our five senses to see, hear, smell, taste, and touch what is outside and what we have probably been missing. Then, we learned about how we are going to make solar collectors. We are going to build them, and then test them and draw conclusions.
In Spanish, we learned our vowel sounds. A makes an “ah” sound. E makes an “eh” sound. I makes an “ee” sound. O makes an “oh” sound. U makes an “oo” sound. We met the vowel people like, Anna she says (“ah”) and Olga she says (“oh”). We also learned how to count from zero to ten in Spanish. We learned a catchy song to remember our numbers.
In math, we reviewed how to convert decimals, percents, and fractions. We also reviewed how to multiply, subtract, and add decimals. We touched on the subject coordinate grids and how to plot points. Finally, we reviewed how to identify the independent and dependent variables in a math sentence.
In social studies, we did an activity on getting to know each other better by finding a different person for each box. The boxes have different things that a person would have or obtain. We also did a textbook scavenger hunt to get to know our textbooks. Finally we worked on an activity to better understand our standards in each lesson in Social Studies. Some examples are, Historical analysis, economy, and government and politics.
In conclusion, this is how Seventh grade in the first weeks of school has been. With many different classes/teachers and different people to meet Seventh grade has been pretty different. -Jamie