7th Grade Science

         

                                                 

Our students have taken on the role of hungry birds with different beaks and adapted in different ways to be able to eat. Each student was given a tool to represent their beak (tweezers, chop sticks, binder clip, or a spoon) and they had to find a way to place the given food items (macaroni, rubber bands, paper clips, or corn) into their cup (which represented their stomachs).  

                                                   

Rodeo Art

Congratulations to all of our Jaguar Artists.  Here are just a few of our rodeo art pieces.  Job well done!

7th Grade ELA

Who says students always have to use textbooks to learn about or identify a new skill? During Reader’s Workshop, students learned how to identify theme using Pixar animated short films and submitted their responses using a Google Form.

               

As soon as students got to work, the classroom began buzzing with student engagement and accountable talk. While working with his partner, one students said, “This is the best assignment ever!” Students were required to support their answers with evidence from the films.

                       

Giving students hands on opportunities allows them to take ownership of their learning. 

Book Speed Dating

After “Book Speed Dating” with 6^th and 7^th grade for a week, the "hold" shelf was bursting at the seams with all the great books waiting for students to come and pick up.  Book Speed Dating is an activity where students have an opportunity to spend 3 minutes with a book  - looking at the cover, reading the blurb, and starting to read – before rating the book and moving on to the next book.  Our Jaguars had a great time and found some great new books to love!

8th Grade Science

Our students are modeling the seasons by taking temperature readings on the vernier probe.  By using the globe and a lamp, they are able to mimic the Earth's tilt during summer and winter.  Then they use their data to calculate the differences in degrees Celsius between the two seasons.