| 7th Grade Religion--Mrs. Timmins
The 7th grade students are working on a Sacrament book. They have completed the Baptism section and are currently working on Holy Eucharist. The Eucharist section is due on Monday.
We are still collecting items for the Adopt a family. If you are interested in donating anything for the family we will be accepting items until December 16. Please have your students bring the items into the classroom. We will be taking a day to wrap and make Christmas cards for the family. If you need a list of the items, please click here. If you have already donated THANK YOU! Please let me know if you have any questions or concerns. |
| Language Arts--Ms. Hilton
This week in language arts was full of jokes and laughs as we wrote mad libs and shared them with the class. We also reviewed some top grammar mistakes and wrote jokes with the tricky there, their, they're and its, its.
Reading- We have been reading Nothing but the Truth by AVI as a read-aloud, but we will pause this book to read an abridged version of A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens next week. We also have a quiz on Monday over plot structure. We have been studying plot diagrams and the parts of a plot using fairy tales as examples.
This is my last week as Ms. Hilton as I will be getting married next Saturday, December 17th! When I come back I will be Mrs. McFarland :) Mrs. Rupprecht will be in my place starting on Wednesday of next week and will be here all the way up to Christmas break. Wishing you all a merry Christmas and happy new year!
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| Social Studies--Mrs. Wallace The 7th graders are finishing up their study of Mexico City. The students have been working on a flipbook over Mexico City which is due on Monday, December 12th. They will have a vocabulary quiz on Tuesday, December 13th. After we have completed Chapter 9, we will be moving onto the study of the geography of Europe. Also, we will be participating in the Geography Bee the week before Christmas break as well. |
| Science--Mrs. Mistry The 7th graders recently completed their study of cells and heredity with their final unit which was Geologic Time. They learned about how plant and animal life forms have changed over the history of the earth, the eras of geologic time and conditions on the Earth during all of geologic time We created a room sized timeline of the Earth's history, with each student creating a life form to place on the timeline. The students also learned about how fossils can be studied to learn about the history of living things and how various types of fossils are created. They made their own cast and mold fossils, using plaster and rubber molds, which we then painted to look like real rocks. These should be coming home in the near future. Our next area of study will be a mini unit on weather and climate, which will take place during the time before Christmas break. The students will not be using Pearson Realize for this unit. They will be using a textbook and we will still be using Google classroom and other online resources. I have really enjoyed working with the 7th graders and wish you and your family a very blessed Christmas season! |
| Math--Ms. Cline We have moved from solving inequalities to working with ratios, proportions, and rates. 7B and 7C will take their second quiz of the chapter on Tuesday, December 13. We will finish up the chapter with a test and a scale drawing project, using our knowledge of proportions. I hope everyone has a wonderful Christmas break! |
8th Grade
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| Religion--Mrs. Timmins The 8th grade class has been studying the 4 Marks of the Church. We have learned about "One" and "Holy" and just started "Catholic." We will continue to learn about "Apostolic" and will take the test over the 4 Marks when we return from break. We are still collecting items for the Adopt a family. If you are interested in donating anything for the family we will be accepting items until December 16. Please have your students bring the items into the classroom. We will be taking a day to wrap and make Christmas cards for the family. If you need a list of the items, please click here. If you have already donated THANK YOU! If you have any questions or concerns, please let me know. |
| Language Arts--Mrs. Callaghan
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| Social Studies--Mrs. Wallace The 8th graders have finished Chapter 5 related to the events leading up to the American Revolution. We will now be studying the Declaration of Independence next week in addition to participating in the Geography Bee in class as well. The 8th graders will then start to write their "break-up" letters with Great Britain before Christmas Break. |
| Science--Mrs. Mistry The 8th Grade students are continuing their study of animals. Last week we completed worm, mussel and frog dissection labs. The students did a great job with these labs and learned a lot about the body systems of each animal. Today they are having a test on Chapter 5 "Getting Around" which compares muscle structure, skeletal and nervous systems of various animals. Since the students studied these systems in humans last year, it has been interesting for them to compare and contrast our body systems to those of animals. Next week we will be focusing on the circulatory and digestive systems of various animals, both vertebrates and invertebrates. the 8th graders are showing excellent leadership at SFA and we are proud of their hard work so far this year. Hope you and your families have a very blessed Christmas and a Happy New Year! |
| Math--Ms. Cline Sections 8B and 8C are finishing up their study of linear functions. We will spend the last full week of class before break reviewing the concepts we have learned so far this year to prepare for the midyear exam. Students will take this exam on Monday, December 19. Section 8A is now beginning to look at systems of equations. Our first approach to solving these is by graphing. Students are beginning to see that all the skills we have learned so far this year are building upon one another. After systems of equations, we plan to tackle exponents. Have a wonderful, relaxing Christmas break! |
