How Fast Can You Type
We have been at our spring Mavis Beacon typing practice unit for a few weeks now. Many of the students have improved their typing speed by 5-10 words per minute! Congrats to Lucas Gomes, the fastest typist in 7th grade. He types 49 words per minute!
Mr. Boyd
Mavis Beacon
We have begun our spring Mavis Beacon typing practice unit, and are getting baseline measurements of typing ability before starting to do daily lessons and speed tests.
Mr. Boyd
Analogies
Our Valentines analogies were both fun and great practice for critical thinking skills. For example, butterfly: wings as flower: petal or romance is to love as camaraderie is to friendship. Now it’s your turn. You decide which of the four (4) choices fits best. bracelet: jeweler as bouquet: (a) florist (b) arborist (c) flowers (d) herbalist. We also had a bulletin board display for Black History Month.
Ms. Hampton
Bulletin Boards
Students in the Resource Room have been asked to consider varied topics that relate to both their academic and spiritual growth. The Weekly Food for Thought Quotations and Daily Scripture are designed to strengthen students spiritually. Some quotes: It is better to be prepared when an opportunity presents itself than to have an opportunity and not be prepared. or When you feel least secure, God can be your Rock or Fortress.
For a special bulletin board project, the students were asked to consider gifts that God had given them and how they would use those gifts to bless someone else. They wrote their responses on colorful three dimensional Stars which were displayed on the bulletin board. We continue our positive word alliterations using the days of the week and the students have been very creative – Let’s make this a Magnificent, Marvelous, Magical Monday or Let’s make this a Terrific, Thankful, Thoughtful Tuesday, or Let’s make this a Fantastic, Fun, Fabulous, Five Star Friday!
Ms. Hampton
More Vocabulary
We started the new year sharing our new year’s resolutions in the classroom. Many students shared that they wanted to improve their English and learn more vocabulary. So we started a vocabulary log and made a list of different topics students wanted to talk/read about throughout the semester. This month, our topic was the difference in education between Asia and America. The students had a heated discussion as they have experienced both school systems and came to the conclusion that a balance of discipline and freedom was both important for successful learning.
Sara Park
Helping those in need…
We are always looking for opportunities to instill in our the importance of ministering to those in need. An opportunilty arose through the contact of a parent who led us to “Project Angel Hugs.” Project Angel Hugs is a Christ-centered organization ministering to the emotional eeds of children with cancer and their families. To youth touched by cancer and their families, they offer encouragement through prayer, words, gifts, and festivities; harnessing the adundant energy from healthy youth to accomplish work generated by this project while instilling in them a pssion for volunteering.
Evangel students were able to touch a child with cancer by making home-made Valentine’s Cards that will be distributed o Valentine’s Day. We collected 170 Valentine’s cards from our students to send to Project Angel Hugs. The students really enjoyed being able to “reach out and touch someone” in need with card.
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Suspenseful Reading
During the reading of Scott O’Dell’s Thunder Rolling in the Mountains, seventh graders wonder, Will the Nez Perce tribe ever reach safety? We have been “on the edge of our seats!” Will they have a land of their own again? Will they live in peace with others? Will the fighting and death end? We have had a great time reading this book together and writing some awesome essays. We can’t wait to see how it ends!!!!
Adjectives
How do we describe a beautiful landscape or an exciting game or a fun trip? How do we express the way we’re feeling? With adjectives! This month, seventh graders have been exploring the purposes and uses of this crucial part of speech, the one that makes everything come to life!
Mrs. Foster
D. L. Moody
D. L. Moody: an inspiration to us all. Students read a piece about his early life when he was running away from the Word of God. Don’t we all sometimes? But what an encouragement, to see God chase this boy and how He chases us because of His great love! Praise Him!
Mrs. Foster
Word Pictures
How do you make something come alive? How do you create a picture in someone’s mind? Use imagery and figurative language! This month, seventh graders designed their own product and magazine advertisement using as many methods as they could to capture their audience.
Mrs. Foster