7th Grade Updates - 10/11/26
English 7 -Students are reading their book club books during class and preparing for book talks. They are also working on finishing their packets to prepare to create an infographic on Canva or Google Slides about the relationship between humans and nature. The packet has them finding credible sources, creating a thesis statement, finding quotes, and creating proper MLA citations.
Math 7 -Students will be reviewing and taking the assessment on Powers of ten, comparing and ordering numbers in Scientific Notation and Rational numbers
Pre - Algebra -Students will learn about angles vocabulary (vertical, complementary, supplementary) and review problems that include calculations of tax, tip and discount.
Algebra 1 -Students will continue working on Linear functions by writing equations of line pararallel or perpendicular to a given line through a given point.
Science -We will begin discussing cell structure and function.
SSGS -Students will continue with the Gilded Age and shift their focus to Big Business.
Band 7 -Students have been reviewing music concepts from last year. They will soon get music for their winter concert in December. Please continue to allow our musicians to practice at home about 3 days a week.
Chorus 7 -District chorus audition preparation. Sight singing step 3. Concert repertoire "Thought of home".
Strings 7 -Students are continuing to improve music literacy. Practice note names in Schoology and bring your instrument home to practice!
Guitar 7 -Instrument Rental Agreements and $50 rental fees are due ASAP. Please bring cash or check (made out to Sterling Middle School) to your music teacher.
Art 7 -Refinement se-Students are putting final touches on their 3D Bedroom
Tech Ed -This week in Tech Ed 7: we will be building a bird house in 3D modeling and designing a puzzle in virtually and with real world tools.
Intro to Computer Science -This week in Comp Sci: Students will be designing their own dream computer and beginning the next unit which will see them learning about how the internet physically works.
FACS 7 -We will continue our Nutrition Unit. Students will learn about the USDA MyPlate and the five food groups. Students will practice creating their own balanced plate by choosing foods that provide protein, carbohydrates, healthy fats, vitamins, and minerals in the right amounts. They will learn how to make healthy and balanced food choices.
PE 7 -This week we head to the Health classrooms. Mr. Williams's class will learn about the components of Physical Health, the FITT principle of fitness training and begin setting SMART fitness goals. Mrs. Erspamer's class will begin the Family Life (FLE) unit.
French 1 -SWBAT: Ask how someone is, say how I am doing and say goodbye in many ways. Students will create presentation in their groups of their cultural figure of choice from warmups.
Spanish 1 -Exploring Identity Through Spanish Students will interpret images, videos, and audio recordings and respond in Spanish to gain a deeper understanding of identity. Through these engaging activities, they will develop their listening, viewing, and writing skills while making meaningful personal and cultural connections.
Spanish for Fluent Speakers -We are starting a new unit on Science and Technology, discoveries.
Level up -Students will continue build and code VEX robots to complete multiple challenges.
Spectrum -Students will use their critical thinking skills to solve problems collaboratively and independently.
Communication Studies -Students have completed and presented their Haiku poems and are now learning about and writing limericks. They will present them this week as well. They are really creative with their poetry and have become more comfortable with presenting to the class.
Exploratory Dramatics -Students are learning about making sound effects. Students will add sound to a video track to change the mood or emotion of an original scene.
Advisory -Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday of this week will bring us together for PRI. On Friday, we will work to create posters for our Battle of Route 7.
Sterling Middle School
201 West Holly Ave
Sterling, VA 20164
571-434-4520
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