Grades 7-8: Week of 1/8/24

In Social Studies, students continued their study of World War I, including changes in warfare, reasons for the conflict, larger moral issues involved, and eventually, the American entry in 1917. We begin our discussion of the Versailles Treaty and after-effects of the war.

Muscles are the …

Grades 7-8: Week of 12/18/23

In Social Studies, we went through the importance of the industrial revolution of the late 19th century and early 20th century in America, along with immigration from the same time period. Students examined why modernity requires change and progress, which benefits a culture and society.

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Grades 7-8: Week of 12/11/23

In Social Studies, after some time off to prepare for the show, students returned to finalize their Civil War analysis essays. We also began our final unit before break, on industry and immigration in the late 19th Century.

In Language Arts, we picked up Nothing But the Truth again and are …

Grades 7-8: Week of 12/4/23

In Math, 7th graders started to work on solving two-step equations. In Algebra 1, 8th graders solved system of equations by graphing, substitution and elimination.

This week in Art, we discussed the difference between shapes (2D) and forms (3D) and then drew the forms from actual objects.

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Grades 7-8: Week of 11/27/23

In Language Arts, we began a conversation about perspective. We watched a video of the wolf’s perspective of the Three Little Pigs! Fascinating discussion. What was “true?” We began reading a documentary novel called Nothing but the Truth. Please ask your student to tell you who the tw…