The Influence of TV
Using their learning about the many kinds of poems and figurative language, seventh and eighth graders drafted their own, original ten poems. After editing and revising, students produced their final poems, along with illustrations or photos, in Nationwide’s Student Treasures program kit. Within a few weeks, students excitedly received their individual, hardbound, laminated book of poems.
Additionally, each seventh grade student wrote a persuasive essay about the influence of television: positive or negative. Students read four or more research articles before forming their final opinion and drafting the essay. Students really enjoyed expressing their thoughts and attempting to refute the arguments of their peers in class discussion.
Mrs. Foster
Student Treasures
Using their learning about the many kinds of poems and figurative language, seventh and eighth graders drafted their own, original ten poems. After editing and revising, students produced their final poems, along with illustrations or photos, in Nationwide’s Student Treasures program kit. Within a few weeks, students excitedly received their individual, hardbound, laminated book of poems.
Mrs. Foster
Essays
Students continued their growth in essay-writing as they wrote five-paragraph, persuasive essays about the controversial issue of school uniform effectiveness. Students enjoyed the opportunity to express their opinions; however, they were required to back them up with research. Sixth graders also created a published version of their 1st semester autobiographical stories using the kits provided by Nationwide Learning. Students re-wrote or typed their stories and added illustrations. The final product was a hardbound, laminated book. Students did a wonderful job!
Mrs. Foster
Communities of America
This lesson started us taking about diversity in our community. How we all come from different family cultures. These talks lead into immigration. Our ancestors all traveled to this country form somewhere else. In our reading we are taking about the Statue of Liberty and how it came to be in our New York harbor.
Mrs. Guzzardo
The 329 Friend
We are multiplying with 2 digit number s, continuing in word and story problems, and now subtraction 3 digit numbers. Our class math story is The 329 Friend. We had so much fun with story. It’s about Emery the raccoon. He invites 329 friends to his house and must make a lunch for them. He must count out 329 napkins and plates and forks and so on. its great fun.
Mrs. Guzzardo
God Is Faithful
God continues to show Daniel His faithfulness. We see some Godly character traits in Daniel that Christ has. God gave Daniel wisdom to interpret dreams for the king. He served under the leadership of three kings so far and they each said God was mighty and powerful. At the end of their lives they served the one and only living God.
Mrs. Guzzardo
Brain Pop
How to explore absorption. How does this work? We talked about the clouds, rain fall, mountains, and all sorts of things. Brain Pop was a big part of what we did in class. For the first time we were shown how to use a microscope. It was great fun! We also had fun working with a partner.
Mrs. Guzzardo
Word Problems
Story Problems – this will take us far as we will cover Math and Vocabulary. Word problems come in steps and each step must be done and worked out before we can move on to the next step. We are finding out that Reading is a big part of Math as well.
Mrs. Guzzardo
Joseph and Daniel
We just began the Beattitudes found in Matthew chapter 5:3. The whole class will learn about this passage. We are also reading through the book of Daniel. We are going to compare the lives of Joseph and Daniel and how God brought them through every trial in their lives. Each time, we will see that God will bring them trough.
Mrs. Guzzardo
Maps
We are learning about How to read a Map. We have learned the importance of looking up the terms on the map. In our room we have 2 brightly colored maps. We use them to help identify the states and landforms. We also use our globe as it is very helpful.
Mrs. Guzzardo