Moving Straight Ahead Test Results

Awesome, awesome, AWESOME job everyone. I am very pleased with how well you did with this unit (it's considered the hardest one in 7th grade). All I ask now is that you don't forget it all for next year! =) Congrats to everyone who received an 80% or higher on this test.

• Trenton (90%)


• NiJaia (82%)


• Christina (90%)


• Caron (87%)


• Richard (100%)


• Nate (87%)


• Trinity (95%)


• Jerkirean (95%)


• DaShawn (100%)


• William (97%)


• Khaila (100%)


• Deacon (100%)


• Chandler (87%)


• Marshell (93%)


• Quishon (103%)


• Laura (95%)


• Katie (82%)


• Jordan (90%)


• Nick (100%)


• Char (103%)


• Kavon (93%)


• Kyle (85%)


• Troy (98%)


• Patrice (103%)

Please, please, please keep up the great work while I'm gone! I will miss you all, but I will see you soon!

Investigation 4 Quiz Results...

Congrats to the following students that received an 80% or higher on the last quiz for "Moving Straight Ahead". Let's hope that everyone keeps up the great work for the test next week!

• Chandler (85%)
• Marshell (90%)
• Quishon (95%)
• Laura (95%)
• Katie (85%)
• Jordan (85%)
• Nick (95%)
• Char (95%)
• Kavon (95%)
• Kiera (80%)
• Kyle (85%)
• Angelique (90%)
• Patrice (90%)
• Tyree (85%)
• Trenton (95%)
• NiJaia (95%)
• Cameron (90%)
• Christina (95%)
• Richard (90%)
• Nate (95%)
• Trinity (95%)
• Jerkirean (100%)
• DaShawn (100%)
• William (90%)
• Khaila (95%)
• Deacon (95%)

Awesome work everyone! I look forward to you all doing this well (if not better) on the test next week!

Weekly News

This week in Math we will be finishing up the book "Moving Straight Ahead". Investigation 4 deals with understanding "slope" and using it along with "y-intercept" to be able to graph linear equations. Students should be able to identify slope and y-intercept using a graph, table, and equation.

In Science students will continue studying genetics but looking at the difference between asexual and sexual reproduction. Students will then look at the probability of inheriting various genes from their parents and further understand the difference between dominant and recessive genes.

FYI: Please remember that this will be my last full week at school before I leave on maternity leave. Because I won't be there, this blog will not be updated weekly with what we are doing in class or quiz/test results. Please contact Ms. Fisher if you have any questions regarding what you are doing on a weekly basis, or what type of progress you are making in math and science.

Investigation 3 Math Quiz

Congratulations to the following students for receiving an 80% or higher on their Investigation 3 Math Quiz today, based on solving two-step and multi-step equations:

• NiJaia (85%)
• Cameron (85%)
• Christina (100%)
• Caron (85%)
• Ananda (92%)
• Nate (85%)
• Trinity (100%)
• DaShawn (100%)
• William (92%)
• Khaila (100%)
• Deacon (85%)
• Chandler (92%)
• Quishon (92%)
• Laura (92%)
• Katie (85%)
• Nick (92%)
• Char (100%)
• Kavon (85%)
• Troy (100%)
• Angelique (92%)
• Patrice (92%)

What a great job everyone! Keep it up for Investigation 4 next week and the test the following week!

Weekly News

This week in Math we will continue our use of pouches and coins to understand the idea of solving equations. We will move from the visual idea of how to do it, to the more symbolic way of doing it with numbers and variables. By the end of the week, students should have a very good idea of how to solve different types of equations, using the same process we used with the pouches and coins.

In Science we will be starting a new unit on "Genetics". Since our last unit on "Cells" was very short and this unit ties into it quite well, we will not be testing the "Cells" unit separately, but will have one big test at the end of the "Genetics" unit. We will start the unit by looking at traits for 6 human characteristics. We will then look at the purpose of genetic testing and different types of reproduction that could cause a trait to be carried down to offspring.

Any questions? Feel free to email me or leave a comment!

Science Notebook Quiz scores

I'm happy that a majority of you are keeping good notebooks with correct answers, good vocabulary books and, keeping up with worksheets from readings and experiments. Congratulations to the students with an 80% or higher on this quiz:

• NiJaia (100%)
• DaShawn (92%)
• Christina (100%)
• Richard (100%)
• Jerkirean (85%)
• Trinity (100%)
• Nate (96%)
• Cameron (85%)
• Caron (92%)
• Ananda (92%)
• Khaila (100%)
• Jordan (100%)
• Patrice (85%)
• Quishon (92%)
• Troy (92%)
• Nick (85%)
• Char (100%)
• Kavon (100%)
• Laura (100%)
• Katie (100%)
• Angelique (92%)

Congratulations again everyone! Have a good 3-day weekend!

Math Rockstars, yet again! =)

I am so pleased with the level of understanding that the students are showing with our most difficult unit so far this year. Congratulations to the following students for receiving an 80% or higher on their Investigation 2 Quiz:

• Trinity (87%)
• Richard (80%)
• William (100%)
• Cameron (87%)
• DaShawn (93%)
• Nate (90%)
• Caron (93%)
• Ananda (100%)
• Christina (93%)
• Khaila (80%)
• Trenton (87%)
• Deacon (80%)
• Jerkirean (87%)
• Marshell (100%)
• Laura (87%)
• Katie (97%)
• Jordan (93%)
• Nick (100%)
• Char (100%)
• Kavon (93%)
• Kyle (87%)
• Troy (87%)
• Angelique (87%)
• Patrice (93%)
• Tyree (80%)
• Quishon (100%)

Awesome job everyone! Keep it up!

Weekly News

This week in Math we will be continuing our study of equations. On Monday, we will review topics from Investigation 2 and have our quiz on Tuesday. On Wednesday, we will be starting Investigation 3, which deals with solving equations. Although we have dealt only with equations on a few situations, students will be able to practice 2-step equations and multi-step equations in order to solve problems instead of always relying on a table or graph.

In Science we will continue our study of cells. We will address the concepts of cell respiration, functions of the cell membrane, and the general structure of all cells. We will also talk about the relative size of cells and determine how they can function so well when they are so small.

In Advisory we will use our time to have class meetings and address concerns that students have.

Please remember that there is no school for students on Friday due to Teacher Professional Development.

Any questions? Let me know!

Science questions..

In science today, a lot of questions arose that I didn't have answers for. Feel free to do some research to answer any of the following questions and post them as a comment. Extra credit goes to the students that have the correct answers!

• Explain, in detail, the pasteurization process.
• When was soap made/created/used?
• When were outhouses used?
• When did people start to have plumbing in their house to allow for running water and toilets to be used?
• Any other questions that you had? Just comment and tell me the question you had and what the answer is!