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KENNEDY ROAD MIDDLE SCHOOL
d S e t te r s
Tren
ade News
Seventh Gr
Volume 1, Issue 1
December 2010
Important Dates
What’
s going on in Math?
For the remainder of the year the a review for the upcoming cumula- bered problems with your child and
7th grade math focus will be variable tive final exam on December check the answers in the solutions
and algebraic expressions, translat- 15. Please review the odd num- section in the back of the
ing words into math, simplifying al- book. Word problems are essential
gebraic expressions using proper- in mathematics, and problem solv-
ties, equations and their solutions, ing skills are reviewed on an ongo-
addition and subtraction equations, ing basis in the math classroom. A
multiplication and division equa- great review is choosing one word
tions, integers, absolute value of problem for you and your child to
real numbers and solving problems solve and discuss. See if you solve
using rational numbers. These con- it the same way your child does!!
cepts relate back to the following
Georgia Performance Stan-
dards: M7A1 a, b, c, d, M7N1 a, b,
c, d and M7P5. Most of these con-
cepts are a review of lessons taught
earlier in the semester and serve as
W h at ’
s g o i n g o n i n L a n g u ag e A rt s / L i t e r ac y ?
Language Arts/Literacy is an ex- and reading comprehension. As acy students need to continue
tremely busy subject area for always, all Language Arts / Liter- their reading logs. The goal for
teachers. In Mrs. Cochran’ s class, the end of the semester is 1200
they are focusing on persuasive pages.
writing, while in Mrs. Kellogg’ s
class they are creating books, as
well as preparing for presenta-
tions on their Show and Tell Ex-
pository works. In Mr.
Chauncey’ s Read 180 class, they
just started a new workshop and
are working on reading fluency
W h at ’
s going on in science?
In Life Science this week, we are Students will be working on a
beginning a new chapter on cell cell reproduction project, which
reproduction. Students will be should demonstrate or model
learning the different phases/ the stages/phases of mitosis.
stages cells go through in order
for the cells to divide and repro-
duce (mitosis and meiosis).