Food Drive:
Student council will be running a food drive to support the Pennichuck Food Pantry. Seventh grade has been tasked to bring in lunch items. In demand items are listed below. Please bring donations to your advisor, the winning grade will win a prize!
In demand items: canned chicken, ravioli, canned soup, jelly, and peanut butter
In demand items: canned chicken, ravioli, canned soup, jelly, and peanut butter
Other items: ramen noodles, cans of tuna, mayonnaise, mustard, mac and cheese, crackers, pretzels, mixed nuts, spaghetti o’s, and powdered drink mix like crystal light
Toiletries: tissues, toothpaste, feminine products, laundry soap, dish soap, toothbrushes, hand towels, and dish towels
Toiletries: tissues, toothpaste, feminine products, laundry soap, dish soap, toothbrushes, hand towels, and dish towels
Parent/Teacher Conferences: Badger teachers will be holding parent/teacher conferences again on Thursday, November 7th. If you haven't signed up, we still have space available. Please use the following link to sign up: Thursday, November 7th.
Field Trip Information: Thank you to everyone who has submitted their field trip forms and payment so far! Forms and payment are due by November 15th! Please email Mrs. McGuire if you have any questions or concerns. We're looking forward to our upcoming trip on December 6th!
Class Updates:
Social Studies: Students researched about the Persian Empire this past week and ultimately collected information to set up our mini-unit on the Greco-Persian Wars. Starting Monday, we will take a break with Persia and students will begin to write their own Greek myth.
Science: Students will continue their inquiry into why Elisa is tired all the time. We will read about four different disorders and figure out how they affect our metabolism. Then students will use the Amplify simulation and modeling tool to track the various molecules in our body systems and model their ideas of where they go. Students can go onto the Amplify website at home using their google account at learning.amplify.com We are in the metabolism unit on chapter 2.
Literacy: In addition to beginning Latin root unit 4, we are taking a serious look at all the structural elements in Informational Text that help us to understand the articles or chapters we read. We're examining subtitles, section headings, graphics such as photographs and their captions, maps and graphs. Each one of these text elements plays a role in helping to convey and deepen the meaning of the text we read. The Unit 4 mastery test is scheduled for Friday, November 8th.
English: Students chose their November independent reading books and should be reading 30 minutes nightly. Their chosen book will be used in conjunction with the November reading projects which were sent home this week on bright yellow paper. Next week students will be writing narratives on the Chrome Books, describing a time where they were in pursuit of a goal. This assignment correlates to the first unit in Study Sync, where all main characters had to work to achieve something difficult.
Math: Students will continue to learn about subtracting integers then move on to adding and subtracting positive and negative fractions and decimals (rational numbers). We will have a test on Friday, November 8th. The study guide will go home on Wednesday.
