newsletter 11.2.12

7/30/2019 Newsletter 11.2.12

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South Canton Scholars Charter Academy 

Superb 7th Grade Sharks

Weekly Newsletter for October 29 th - November 2 nd  

 November 

Field Trip/Spirit Day- Nov. 2nd 

Parent/Teacher/Student Conferences- 

November 14th and 15th 

½ Day of School- Friday Nov. 16th 

No School- November 21st 

-25th

Report cards- Friday Nov. 30th 

Our second annual mixer will be held on

December 14 from 5:00-7:00pm. If you areinterested in chaperoning or planning this

mixer please contact Ms. Textor. Mrs. Morgan

will be our head/go to mixer parent this

year. Planning will begin soon so pleaselet us know ASAP  

November Conferences 

Fall conferences will take place on the

evenings of November 14th and 15th. Each

family will be given a 10 minute time slot  to discuss NWEA scores, goals, classroom

academies, and behavior in class. Signupsare in the office.

November: Gratitude 

This month we are focusing on Gratitude for

this month’s moral focus. We have talked to

the students about things that they are gratefulfor and how to appreciate what we have in our

lives, not to take items or people for granite.

Students are making a gratitude jar over the

course of the month to list things they

appreciate in life and are happy for.

This past week students have continued

working on their narrative fictional writing

piece. The classes have been vigorously

working on their first rough draft. Once

drafts are complete students will be

conferencing with the teacher to determinewhat changes need to be made to create a

successful paper. Students may be at 

different stages until the final copy is turned

in.

In book clubs, students read chapter one

and two in ‘The Hunger Games’. While

reading students were taking notes on key

plots, characters and settings of the story.

Groups also answered questions about each

chapter and looked up their Hunger Gamesvocabulary words to determine which

definition was used in the book specifically.

The classes shared their “Utopian World”

towards the end of the week. Next week 

students will be quizzed on the first twochapters and continue reading with

chapters three and four.

I Can… 

  Read 7th grade text fluently with

correct dialogue and intonation.

  Generate the first rough draft to my

narrative fiction story.

  Create my own Utopian society and

relate it to Suzanne Collins within ‘The

Hunger Games’. 

  Comprise a story and incorporate

vocabulary words that I have used

over the course of the school year thus

Science/Social Studies wit

Ms. Walkuski

Science: This week in science, students had a quiz on

second law of thermodynamics and heat transfer. Next w

we will begin studying the periodic table and the

arrangement of the elements.

I can… 

  I can illustrate the flow of heat 

  Relate heat to kinetic energy

  Explain convection/conduction/radiation

  Contrast Kelvin, Celsius, and Fahrenheit.

Social Studies: This week in social studies students

took a test on Ancient Africa. The test included their

government, culture and religion. Next week we will begi

new unit and travel into Egypt.

I can… 

  I can analyze factors and people causing the ris

African Civilizations.

Moral Focus Wisdom Respect   Gratitude 

Self-Control  PerseveranceCourage Encouragement  

Compassion  Integrity 

Math with Mr. Vantiem

This past week we have been working on

least common Equivalent fractions and

decimals and comparing integers in course

2 of Holt mathematics. We just had our unit 

2 test and are getting ready to move into

unit 3 where we will be applying rational

numbers. In course 3 we have been

focusing exponents and properties of 

exponents, we will have a small quiz on this

Thursday. In both math classes we are

working on solving more word problems.

Coming Soon. . .

Mixer Time!!!

Students that are planning on attending the mixer can be

turning in their money next week. Cost is $5.00 ahead time. This includes entrance, one slice of pizza and a po

Should you pay the day of cost will be $7.00. We encour

students to pay as soon as they can so that we have a

continuing list of those attending. There will be anopportunity for students to be a “guest DJ” and informat

will come out soon for your students! Get excited!!!

Change in Middle School Conferences!

Due to your students seeing different teachers for all sub

areas this year you have the opportunity to choose wha

teacher you would like to see. It does NOT have to be yochild’s homeroom teacher. However, you may only si

up with one teacher you cannot make three different

conferences because that would take away from others

Please remember that conferences are only 10 minuto accommodate the teachers seeing more than thehomeroom class. You can sign up for these at the offic

Conference sheets are coming home with your studetoday. Please make sure that you return them as soon a

possible so that we can prepare for your conference. Thayou.