7th Grade Independent Study AssignmentsDue Oct. 21Trimester 1 Week 8Instructor: Mrs. Darci Syfert-Busk

Schedule• 8:15-8:30-Prepare packets/Obtain materials• 8:30-9-Feedback and Review Planning• 9-10-Math• 10-Restroom/Health Break• 10:10-10:45-Social Studies /Science• 10:45-11:15-Language Arts• 11:15-11:30-Computer Lab• 11:30-12:00-Testing/Teacher Conferencing• 12-12:30-Parent Meetings• 12:30-1-PE• 1-Lunch• 12-2- Probation Study Hall

Spelling• Rules When ending a “Y”

and adding a Suffix:

• 1. When there is a consonant + a y=drop the Y chang to I

▫ Soggy + er=soggier

• 2. When there is a vowel + a y=stay the same

▫ -employ + ing=employing

Grammar-More Nouns Pg. 12Common Noun Proper Nouns

• Dog• Teacher• Student• school

• Cody• Mrs. Syfert• Omar• Ramon Academy

Math Objectives

•Be able to add and subtract fractions•Be able to multiply fractions•Be able to divide fractions•Be able to add and subtract decimals•Be able to multiply decimals•Be able to divide decimals

7th Grade Independent StudyT1 Week 8 Due: October 21Total Work Completed=_______%

P.E. Math

____Benchmark letter signed by parent

____Conference Sign-Up

• Grade______• TW________

• ____Ch. 2 Lesson 5 (Decimal Problems)

• ____Ch. 2 Lesson 6• ____Quiz Pg. 92• ____Fraction Packet • ____Workbook 2.5/2.6• ____Do www.go.hrw.com lessons (3)• Parent Signature_______• Benchmark Oct. 30 @ 1:00

• Grade__________• TW____________

Housekeeping!• PE Article• Progress Reports next

week• Tutoring Monday!• Grade/Packet

• History• Language Arts• Science• Math• PE• Assignment Sheet

Living Things…Ch. 2 Lesson 1• Pg. 28

• 5 Characteristics of Living Things

• 1. Respond to Surroundings

• 2. Grow and Develop• 3. Can reproduce• 4. Use Energy• 5. Are made of “cells”

Is it alive?Stimulus Response

• Causes a response

• A baby eats healthy food.

• How an organism reacts to a stimulus

• The baby grows big and strong.

Lab Reports…the Palm Springs way!Steps to the process Outline

• I. Title• II. Purpose or Hypothesis• III. Materials (List)• IV. Procedure….Just what

you did• V. Data/Observations

▫ Tables/Graphs/Calculations

• VI. Analysis and Conclusion▫ Did it support

hypothesis▫ Quality of Data?▫ How to improve

•

Science experimentHow light effects plants

• Graph Results on Graph Paper

•

Science

•Main Objectives This Week:•Understand what cells are•Know how cells were

discovered/researched•Know different types of cells•Understand “Cell Theory”

Science

Assignments:

Benchmark Oct. 28th_____Read Ch. 5 Lesson- 1. Take

Cornell Notes._____Do Questions Pg. 97_____Get a styrofoam ball (any

size)_____Worksheet (Leeuwenhoek-

5.1)_____Plant Experiment due

Graphs (4)Lab Report Investigation Manual

Grade_______TW_________

Story…”The Cat Who Thought She Was a Dog and the Dog Who Thought He Was a Cat”“Two Kinds Vocabulary

• Moral

• Conflict Between characters

Pg. 6

Vocabulary Matrix

Authors Purpose

Point of View

New Spelling• Pg. 12

• Gu=“gw”

• Anguish• languish

Grammar-More Nouns Pg. 12Common Noun Proper Nouns

• Dog• Teacher• Student• school

• Cody• Mrs. Syfert• Omar• Ramon Academy

Take Home Test Retake

•Take Home Tests ARE TESTS!•Use the chance to get an A!

•Redo Haley Test bring by Monday

Extra Worksheets

•Read•Keep for next week

Language Arts

•Objectives This Week:•-Understand what the purpose of a

writing is• -Understand what “Point of View” is• -Memorize the Vocabulary from “The

Cat…”•-Know what a noun is• -Know how to use the spelling “gu” in

words

Language Arts-T1 Week 8ASSIGNMENTS:

______Read “Golden Girls” Pg. 91. Do Questions Pg. 93.

______Purpose Compare/Contrast______Review and Assess Q’s Pg. 11______Selection Support Pgs. 1,2,5______Point of View Wksht. Packet______Daily Language Practice Week 2Study for “Cat Who…” TestBenchmark Oct. 28

Grade_______TW_________

Islam• Video

World HistoryMain Objectives This Week:

• Understand the expansion of the Umayyad Empire

• Know what a “bureacracy” is• Understand what ended the Umayyad rule

History-T1W8Assignments:

_____Read Ch. 4 Lesson 1. Take Notes.

_____Review Questions Pg.116

_____Questions Pg. 111 _____Workbook 4.1_____Muhammad PowerpointBenchmark Oct. 30

Grade_____TW______

Testing Conferencing• 1. Math Ch. 1 Test• 2. Science Benchmark

• Conferencing

▫ 1. Packet▫ 2. Summary Paragraph

Computer Lab

•1. www.smartdraw.com• 2. www.stickyball.net

Math Test Ch. 1

•Good job Omar and Mykael!