7th (02/1- 02/5)

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Announcements
 
Quarter 3 is in full swing! 7th-grade STAAR practice exams begin February 3rd and end on February 5th (8:00-10:00 AM). Our new AT, Mr. Kitchens, is now hosting Grammar and Writing Zooms M-TR at 11:00 AM for DL students (attendance required).
 
 
What's Happening This Week?
 
History: This week in history we will study The Early Christian Church, Emperor Justinian, and the Byzantine Empire. Scholars will also be creating maps that illustrate the Barbarian invasions of the Roman Empire.
 
Literature: We will be reading Act 1, Scenes 1 and 2 from Julius Caesar. Students will be assigned characters to read for in every act and then discuss how Shakespeare uses the characters to set up the plot of the story.
 
Grammar: This week students will learn about relative adjectival clauses. This will be the last chapter in workbook level 3a.
 
Mathematics: We will be working with problems involving interest. Scholars will calculate simple and compound interest using the Interest Formula. Also, they will learn to convert a percentage formula into proportion and solve those proportions using cross multiplication. Brick and Mortar scholars will take the Math Unit Test on Tuesday."
 
Science: This week scholars will continue to learn about Phylum Arthropoda. Scholars will learn how and why spiders spin webs, and we will start the insect unit.
 
Have a restful weekend!
 
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