What's Up in English/Reading

In English and Reading, Incredibles students are continuing to learn the elements of fiction, and are practicing writing narrative and persuasive essays and dialogue. In addition, students are reading (or about to read) class novels as well as Accelerated Reader books. 

At the end of the first quarter, students will take a benchmark assessment. Results will be sent home with report cards.

What's Up in Math

We are off to a great start in Math!  We began the year by reviewing computation and then worked with exponents and using the correct order of operations to simplify expressions (Please Excuse My Dear Aunt Sally!).  Next, students will evaluate expressions that contain variables.  Properties of addition and multiplication such as the commutative, associative, distributive and identity properties will be introduced.  Students will also use scientific notation to express large and small numbers.

In our next unit, students will be learning about integers and how to add, subtract, multiply and divide them.

What's Up in English/Reading

As we start our new school year, students are diving into literary analysis, narrative writing, and review of many different aspects of the English language from affixes to periods. In addition, beginning-of-the-year evaluations will assist teachers in meeting their students' individual needs, and ongoing assignments will help to develop students' reading and writing skills.

What's Up in Civics

We have hit the ground running in civics.  This week we are getting to know each other, but we have already had two homework assignments.  This will NOT be the norm.  Homework will be given very sparingly.

Our first unit will cover SOL's CE 3 and CE 4.  These units cover what it means to be a citizen and what our duties, rights, and responsibilities are as a citizen.

We will be taking notes every time we meet and an open note quiz will follow during the next class meeting.  Our first test should be around Labor Day.

I'm looking forward to a success year for your students and a fun year of getting to know each other.

Summer 2010 Team Letter

Dear 2010-2011 Incredibles Team Parents and Students:

Welcome to the Incredibles Team! What a year we have planned for you. We been busy planning exciting lessons, games, and experiments for you, and we have arranged a terrific spring field trip.

In June 2011, the Incredibles team will be taking an all day field trip to Hershey Park in Hershey, PA. We will be learning math, science, English, and economics as we spend the day touring the park, experiencing the rides, taking the chocolate factory tour, and checking out their zoo.

This is an expensive trip. The estimated cost is approximately $64.00 per person (plus food). As a team we will have some fund raising activities, and a payment plan will be organized so that you can pay a little at a time throughout the school year.

Start saving your birthday money and any other money you acquire during the summer for helping with jobs around the house. This will be a day you will always remember from your middle school years!

Hershey Park…here we come!


Sincerely,

The Incredibles Team Teachers

2010-2011 Student Materials (grade 7)

J. Frank Hillyard Middle School

7^th Grade Materials List

2010-2011

General Student Supplies

Pencils/Pens

(*It's never a bad to keep some extras in your locker!)

Notebook paper

Glue Stick

Highlighters

Math

1” 3-ring binder

2 packs loose-leaf paper

English

2” 3-ring binder

1 set of at least 5 dividers

1 composition notebook

1 folder with pockets

Civics and Science

2” 3-ring binder

1 pack of thin dry-erase markers

Colored Pencils (to be kept at home)

Requested items to be turned in to Homeroom teachers

1 pack of computer paper

Pencils

Tissues

Dry-Erase markers

Highlighters

Glue Sticks

What's Up in English/Reading (final six weeks)

In English and Reading classes, students on the Incredibles team are reviewing for the SOL test. They are also continuing to read Accelerated Reader books, write essays, and expand their understanding of language and literature.