Welcome to my blog.\u00a0 Already it’s been more than 2 weeks and by now I expect students to arrive in class on time and prepared with all their supplies necessary for the class. They should be using a folder with pockets for math and science where they are to keep their homework, tests and any other worksheets we’ve been working on.\u00a0 I have extra folders if they ask.\u00a0 They should also have an interactive notebook, a pencil case or box with pencils, glue, markers or colored pencils, and a sharpener.\u00a0 Students will not be allowed to go to their lockers to retrieve items.<\/p>\n
Field trip information<\/strong>.\u00a0\u00a0 We will be going to Greenfield Village on November 28th with the whole 7th grade.\u00a0 We are hoping to get a number of parents to help chaperone. (Chaperones are free)\u00a0 greenfield-village-permission-slip-1<\/a> greenfield-village-permission-slip-2<\/a>\u00a0\u00a0 Money and slips are due Oct 7th.\u00a0 If you plan to chaperone, please go to the office at Woodworth to fill out the proper papers. It takes about 7-10 for the approval to go through, so please don’t wait too long.\u00a0 Then you’re good for the whole year!!!<\/p>\n <\/p>\n SCIENCE<\/strong>: \u00a0 Students received their Matter Science Books.\u00a0 We begin the year with learning about the scientific method and how to set up an experiment.\u00a0 In class we will do some activities that will have students making qualitative and quantitative observations and we’ll read about experiments and how to set them use using control factors and variables.<\/p>\n The ISN should have:<\/p>\n Title page with your name, Ms. Dowgiallo’s name, rom 224, 7th grade and your number.<\/p>\n Table of Contents pages numbered to 100<\/p>\n Book is number 1A, 1B,\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 2A, 2B …… to the end of the book.<\/p>\n Pg 1A\/1B are vocabulary words on foldables.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Scientific method, experiment, variable, analyze, data, theory, hypothesis, qualitative, quantitative, results, observation, inference<\/p>\n pg 2A is the “Boy in the Water” worksheet and your justifications are on pg 2B<\/p>\n Pg 3A is your WS of observations and you wrote down a logical inference.<\/p>\n In the back of the ISN, students wrote down the expectations about the biweekly science articles where they answer questions and complete a 3,2,1.\u00a0 When the assignment is given out, the due date is announce then, which I will give students 2 weeks to complete. These are interesting articles about science topics to help students gain some background knowledge about our world around us.\u00a0 It will help improve their reading and writing skills along with learning new vocabulary words.\u00a0 Maybe they’ll learn about a scientist or area of science that they didn’t know existed and they’ll want to research and find out more.\u00a0 Maybe someone in my class will be the next famous NASA scientist, archeologist, microbiologist\u00a0 or paleontologist.\u00a0 The sky is the limit!<\/p>\n Students also do a daily bellwork which I collect every week.\u00a0 They copy the question from the board and answer the question using 3-5 complete sentences.\u00a0 Then we discuss it.\u00a0 They are allowed, and encouraged, to add to their answer so that it is complete and correct before I collect it on Friday.<\/p>\n MATH<\/strong>:<\/p>\n We are working on 2 concepts.\u00a0 The first is in our Numeracy Unit and the other Equations.\u00a0\u00a0 Besides the initial preparedness of our ISNs, like table of contents, title page, numbering pages, we’ve also begun filling out ISN.\u00a0 Page 1A and 1B is the Common Core Standards.\u00a0 2A and 2B is our number line with notes about absolute value.\u00a0 (QUIZ for this will be on Monday Oct 3rd).\u00a0 On 3A and B we started discovering integer patterns using double colored chips.\u00a0 This week coming up we will be learning the rules for add and subtracting intergers using chips and numberline.<\/p>\n Besides working with integers, we have begun our unit on Pre-algebra starting with translating words into algebraic expressions and equations.\u00a0 This is the homework sheet that is due on Oct 3\u00a0 oct-3-translating-expressions\u00a0 <\/a><\/p>\n Bellwork is done on a daily basis and there will be a weekly quiz on the concepts learned.\u00a0 They have already taken 2 quizzes (check parent\/student connect) and they will have another on on Monday Oct 3 about rounding decimals.<\/p>\n STUDENTS KNOW HOW TO REDO A TEST.\u00a0<\/strong> The procedure I use is in the last page of their ISN.\u00a0 Ask them about their quizzes and what they plan to do to retake it.\u00a0\u00a0 I want everyone to do well in math class. I encourage them to come in for help any morning.\u00a0 I am usually here before 7:00.\u00a0 I also stay afterschool, but when November rolls around, after school will not be an option because Academic Games begins and I am the coach for Woodworth.<\/p>\n Students and Parents, feel free to contact me anytime..I plan to have a GREAT year!!!<\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Welcome to my blog.\u00a0 Already it’s been more than 2 weeks and by now I expect students to arrive in class on time and prepared with all their supplies necessary for the class. They should be using a folder with … Continue reading