A STEM Designated School
A STEM Designated School
One of the ways 7th grade has explored China has been by creating their own Great Walls of China! They used their creative and stemmy brains to collaborate with fellow classmates on this project.
7th Grade has begun to design their own "Great Walls of China" after exploring our topic in social studies.
We are now halfway through the school year. 7th Grade is finishing up a Space Exploration unit in ELA and working on writing arguments relating to the topic. We are also finishing up a unit about the achievements of Islam and will be moving into China, focussing on the conquering of Asia in general.
On our Christmas Pajama Fun Day, Mrs. Gede challenged 7th graders to design a sleigh using 2 candy canes and a limited number of items. We then had a "tournament" where the teams raced sleighs down a ramp.
7th Grade has finished reading The Giver and watched the movie about the same story. As a final activity, the students were challenged to design their own utopia or "perfect world," considering such things like government, rules, technology, etc. These were some of the final creations.
7th graders were recently invited with 5th and 6th graders to see Elyria Catholic's drama department perform their version of "Peter Pan."
By reading and comparing the story "A Simple Act" to the excerpt from An Invisible Thread, following the unlikely friendship between Laura Schroff and Maurice Maczyck, we are learning the true meaning of friendship. We created something that represents the "invisible thread," that is something that pulls someone to do something. This are some of the seventh graders creations:
Seventh grade is exploring how different generations learn from each other through nonfiction narratives. We will be writing our own nonfiction narratives very soon! We are also exploring how Rome's development influenced Christianity.
scope.scholastic.com (Online Scope magazine)
ELA Online Textbook and Social Studies Online Textbook Savvasrealize.com.
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