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7th (5/17-5/21)

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    Announcements STAAR testing is complete! Spartan families, please begin returning all borrowed materials to the Western Hills campus. Art Camp is June 21 st -25 th --sign up here !   Every little bit helps. If you have not given this school year, we would like you to consider  giving now . As little as $5.00 a month could help us reach our  campus-wide giving goal ...the more families that participate, the more our campus gets to celebrate with games and prizes!     What's Happening Next Week? History:  Scholars will be studying the Black Plague and the Hundred Years War. Grammar/Writing:  Scholars will work on their creative writing short story assignment and will begin chapter 4 of grammar covering verbal participles. Mathematics:  Scholars will be taking their Final Math Test of the year next week on Wednesday. Questions will be from all lessons covered this year. On Monday and Tuesday, we will review chapters on Personal Finance and Commissions a
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7th (4/19-4/23)

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  Announcements   There is no school this Friday, 4/23 5 th -7 th House Competition Food Drive ends May 7th STAAR Reading Exam for 7th BM & DL is 5/11 STAAR Math Exam for 7th BM & DL is 5/11   Every little bit helps. If you have not given this school year, we would like you to consider  giving now . As little as $5.00 a month could help us reach our  campus-wide giving goal ...the more families that participate, the more our campus gets to celebrate with games and prizes!     What's Happening Next Week?   History:  We will be studying the Great Schism and the Investiture controversy in the Medieval Church. Literature/Composition:   There will be practice STAAR tests during Lit/Comp on Tuesday and Wednesday. We will also continue to read and discuss  The Pearl. Grammar/Writing:  We will continue Week 23 in Writing where scholars will work on recreating another author’s intent using an outline. In Grammar, we will start Ch. 3:
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7th (4/12-4/16)

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  Announcements   There is no school Friday, 4/23 The deadline to order yearbooks is this Friday, April 16, 2021.  Click here  to order using the code 58014F STAAR Reading Exam for 7th BM & DL is 5/11 STAAR Math Exam for 7th BM & DL is 5/11   Every little bit helps. If you have not given this school year, we would like you to consider  giving now . As little as $5.00 a month could help us reach our  campus-wide giving goal ...the more families that participate, the more our campus gets to celebrate with games and prizes!     What's Happening Next Week?   History:  We will continue our study of the Medieval feudal system, looking at the role of knights and Monks in medieval society.  Literature/Composition:   Scholars will read/discuss chapters 3 & 4 of The Pearl.   Grammar/Writing:  Scholars will review how to make outlines and summaries of different types of writing. We will have a Grammar quiz over Ch. 2 on Thursday.
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7th (4/1-4/9)

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  Announcements   There is no school this Friday, 4/2 There IS school on Monday, 4/5  Friday, 4/9, is a full-length school day STAAR Writing Exam for 7th BM & DL is 4/6 Every little bit helps. If you have not given this school year, we would like you to consider  giving now , Don’t let this school year end without investing in your child's educatio n.  As little as $5.00 a month could help us reach our  campus-wide giving goal ...the more families that participate, the more our campus gets to celebrate! Incentives grow as we reach our goal: crazy hair day, a pizza party, and even a petting zoo!     What's Happening Next Week?   History:     Literature/Compositio n:   Scholars will read and discuss the first two chapters of John Steinbeck's  The Pearl  together in class.   Grammar/Writing:     Mathematics:  S cholars will be reviewing past lessons in DO NOWs as they continue learning about different cases in probability. They will learn to find odds in favor and odds aga
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7th (03/8-03/19)

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Announcements   Spring Break, Mar. 8-12 th Re-enrollment starts March 1 st and ends April 1st Field Day, Mar. 29th-April 1st (See Field Day Email) Did you know some people oppose charter schools? Show our political representatives that we charter parents stand for school choice and quality education by  signing TPCSA’s online petition  here . Stand strong for charters schools, and SHARE, SHARE, SHARE this petition with friends, family, and neighbors. Our scholars’ future depends upon it!     What's Happening Next Week?   History: We will review for a Unit Test on Byzantium, Islam, and Charlemagne.   Literature/Composition: Scholars will finish  Julius   Caesar  by William Shakespeare and discuss the end of the play.   Grammar/Writing: Scholars will work on STAAR Reading Practice Questions and then read and analyze Shakespeare’s Sonnet 18 .   Mathematics: Scholars will learn to calculate volumes of solids such as prisms, cylinders, and pyramids. They will also learn t
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7th (03/1-03/5)

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  Announcements   Staff PD, No School Mar. 5th Spring Break, Mar. 8-12 th Re-enrollment starts March 1 st and ends April 1st Field Day, Mar. 29th-April 1st (See Field Day Email)   Did you know some people oppose charter schools? Show our political representatives that we charter parents stand for school choice and quality education by  signing TPCSA’s online petition  here . Stand strong for charters schools, and SHARE, SHARE, SHARE this petition with friends, family, and neighbors. Our scholars’ future depends upon it!     What's Happening This Week?   History: Scholars will be studying Charlemagne and the Carolingian Empire.   Literature/Composition: Scholars will work on a composition of analysis, started last week, on the poem "The Highwayman" by Alfred Noyes.    Grammar/Writing: Scholars will learn to about adverbial noun clauses in Grammar. In Writing, they will write a bibliography on Alfred Noyes.     Mathematics: We'll be starting the new unit
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7th (02/8-02/12)

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  Announcements   February 12th we will celebrate the virtue of friendship through Great Hearts Day! Students are welcome to bring in tokens of friendship to share with one another. Please no store-bought cards referencing Valentine’s Day or pop culture. Treats are optional but must be store-bought and individually wrapped.     What's Happening This Week?   History: Scholars will read about the life of Emperor Justinian, as well as study the rise and spread of Islam.    Literature/Composition: Scholars will read Act 1 scene 3 through Act 2 scene 4 of  Julius Caesar .   Grammar: Scholars will learn to about relative adjectival clauses. This will be the last chapter in workbook level 3a.   Mathematics: Scholars will start the unit on coordinate plane next week. We will start with a review on foundational concepts such as coordinates, axes and ordered pairs. Scholars will then take a short quiz on Wednesday (B&M) and Thursday (DL). Later in the week, they will graph linear equatio
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