7th Grade Glimpse for the week of September 8, 2008
You may check your child’s grades on the C-1 website: huskers.k12.mo.us. You may call the MS Office, 584-7161 if you need the User ID and Password (you will use the same one from year to year).
Counseling Department Reminders:
If you are interested in being a Peer Helper or a member of Boys Group or Girls Group, please get a permission slip from the Student Services Center and return it to Mrs. Ruth by Monday, Sept. 8th.
Stanford Testing begins Monday, Sept. 8th and is administered through Thursday, Sept. 11th. Please make sure to get plenty of rest and eat a healthy breakfast each day.
Calculators will be needed Tuesday for the Mathematics section. If you do not own a calculator, please see Mrs. Ruth before testing on Tuesday to check one out for the day.
The reward picnic is scheduled for Friday, Sept. 12th, so remember to bring lunch from home, if you signed up to do so. If you have changed your mind and wish to purchase lunch, please notify your seminar teacher.
Mrs. Ruth, E-mail:
7th Grade Communication Arts
We are currently working in chapter 8 to improve sentence writing. We will test over this chapter next week and also begin our first essay. I will be offering tutoring time after school On Mondays and Tuesdays from 3:00 to 4:00. A student may attend tutoring anytime it is available. Please make sure a ride is there to pick the student up on time. This is a great opportunity to get a jump on things.
Mrs. Snapp, E-mail:
Middle School phone: 584-7161, Conference times: Gold 3 and Blue 4
7th Grade Reading
Due to Stanford testing this week, classes may be at different points in the curriculum. This week continues our unit over “Three Skeleton Key”, an eerie story full of suspense. Upon conclusion of this story, we will begin preparations for our first class novel, The Witch of Blackbird Pond by Elizabeth George Speare.
Ms. Sutherland, E-mail:
Mrs. Beale’s 7th Grade Math Course (3)
- Monday – 10:15 (students have been testing) addition and subtraction of integers practice
- Tuesday – Practice adding and subtracting combined, checkpoint quiz from the book for homework
- Wednesday – Checkpoint Quiz 9:20 – 10:00 then Stanford Testing
- Thursday – Lesson 1-5 Multiplying and dividing integers assignment from the book.
Mrs. Beale’s 7th Grade Prealgebra
- Monday – Lesson 1-7 assignment from the book
- Tuesday – Lesson 1-8 assignment from the book
- Wednesday – Stanford Testing
- Thursday – review of lessons 1-7/1-8 depending on when Testing is completed.
Mrs. Beale, E-mail:
7th Grade RISE
- We will continue to develop vocabulary and listening skills while learning about medieval lifestyle by reading “Redwall” aloud.
- We will continue to read and summarize factual information about the Middle Ages, as well as watch movie clips to give visual information.
Marybeth Fuller, Gifted Education, Lafayette Co-C1 Schools
School: 660-584-7127, E-mail:
7th Grade FACS
We have started on our Clothing and Textiles Unit. We will be doing several projects that relate to Clothing and Textiles during the next few weeks. This week we are looking at fibers, fabrics and fabric design.
Mrs. Goodman, E-mail:
Tutoring AvailableI will be available to help students with assignments on Mondays after school until 4:00. Tutoring will be offered in the Focus Room in September on the 15th and 22nd. Mrs. Rasa, E-mail:
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** Return signed slips to Mrs. Rasa by 3:00 on Tuesday, September 9th**
Student Name: ______
Parent Signature: ______Date: ______
Mrs. Cope’s 7th Grade Science
Current event articles have been turned in. Students need to be reviewing the metric prefixes (p195) and know the freezing and boiling temperatures of water (p196). We are going over the needs for life. They just had questions on page 8 to complete. Next week we will have two worksheets and hope to have a test by next Friday. Next week is Stanford testing so we will see.
Students need to come to morning study assistance to have homework checked. Hopefully you are checking grades on our STI grade system.
Mrs. Copenhaver
Mrs. Rhoad’s 7th Grade Science
We are continuing to look at the water cycle in terms of water availability and effects of human activity on the quality of water. This week we will be doing an activity, “Who dirtied the water?” Additionally, the Carbon Cycle will be examined. Students will also have their rough drafts of their, “Adventure of a Water Molecule” story due on Tue (G1) or Thur. (G5). Students will peer-edit and the final draft will be due on Wednesday, 9-17. Students will most likely be ready for a test on Monday, September 15.
Mrs. Rhoad Plan: Gold/Blue: 11:30-1:15 PLC (Wed): 10:45-12:00
Mrs. Thieman’s 7th Grade Social Studies
Please contact me via if you have any questions or problems. My conference time is G-5 and B-5 – from 1:26 till 3:00 each day.
Mrs. Thieman
Mr. Moore’s 7th Grade Social Studies
Students will explore the forces that help shape the earth both inside and out.
**Starting September 2nd I will be available for tutoring before and after school.**
Mr. Moore, E-mail:
7th Grade Band
All students should be bringing home practice cards! The second practice card is due on September 10. They will be getting practice cards every week and are expected to practice 100 minutes each week for a grade of 100 points. These cards MUST be signed by parents. Students also receive daily participation points. Sometimes I will do “exit slips”, which you might see on the online grade book. An “exit slip” is a slip that the students fill out on how many participation points they think they earned that day and why. I take the exact grade the student gives me on that day. One last thing, if your child needs supplies such as reeds, books, or valve oil, I can get those items for them through Meyer Music.
My plan is 11:32 to 1:26 everyday and you can reach me by email: or phone, 660-584-6099 Amy Wardell
7th Grade Art
This class is working on their geometric still life illustration. Their layouts are complete and they will be rendering values in the objects, their cast shadows, and the backgrounds to appear life like and give a 3-D illusion to their compositions. They will be using their 6B drawing pencils, magic rub erasers, and kneadable erasers for this project.
7th Grade Computer Literacy
The class is making progress on their keyboarding skills. All of the students are making and documenting their keyboarding improvements. They have been using Microsoft Word to create documents, Excel to record their keyboarding improvements, and Mavis Beacon Teaches Typing to improve keyboarding. They will begin a new unit with research on the internet gathering information that will be used in a Power Point Presentation.
7th Grade Graphics
This class will continue to improve their keyboarding skills by creating new documents and speed tests in MS Word documents. Their subject matter for the month is on RESPECT. These students will also be creating signs for teacher’s classrooms which will include importing photographs.
Rhonda Boedeker E-mail:
Art, Graphics I & II, 7th Grade Computer Lit.
7th Grade Physical Education
Students will be getting ready for their first unit test over soccer or football. We will be reviewing in class and taking notes to study.
After we get our unit out of the way we will be looking to at least start our physical fitness testing while we still have good weather. Classes will be running the mile and gradually working to get the rest of it in. We will also be starting skill building in our second unit. Coach Forsee’s classes will start soccer while Coach Rogers’ and Coach Sears’ classes will begin football.
Have a good weekend!
Coach Forsee E-mail:
Coach Rogers E-mail:
Coach Sears E-mail: