Middle School Minute

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Mz. Estelle

Honors English: We begin our year with a project: Storytelling with Puppets. We will be reading traditional stories told with puppetry and writing our own stories. Stay tuned for further information.

Ms. Stricklin

Our upcoming lessons are focused on Sandra Cisneros' short story "Eleven." This unit will engage students in various activities that combine analysis, discussion, and writing, all centered around a fun birthday theme.

Overview:

Day 1: Students will journal their thoughts on how birthdays are celebrated in their families and what they enjoy most about their own birthdays. We will also work on a Vocabulary Graphic Organizer.
Days 2-4: Students will read and annotate the story "Eleven," followed by a Characterization Cake Activity and a Scavenger Hunt.
Days 5-7: We will have a Hot Potato Discussion and a Literary Shuffle to further explore the text.
Days 8-9: Students will plan and write a Response to Literature essay, using an Evidence Tracker and Essay Graphic Organizer to help structure their writing.

Ms. Hunter

Welcome back! Students received classroom expectations contracts that need to be signed by a guardian and brought back. They will need to bring their journals- composition notebook or section of larger notebook- every day for class work. Looking forward to a great year!

Thank you,

Windham Hunter

Ms. Fletcher

Students will read 2-3 short stories, use graphic organizers to take notes on the stories, respond to comprehension questions pertaining to the stories, and analyze the characters.

Mr. Moore

Our students will be learning Ratios and Ratio language. Assignments will begin this week as a class grade. All work should be done in class and expected to be completed by the next day.

Ms. Whitney

Dear Families,

As we wrap up our first full week of the school year, I want to thank you for your continued support and encouragement as students settle into their routines. This week, we are diving into Module 1 for both 7th Grade Integrated Math and 7th Accelerated Math.

🔵 Canvas Navigation Practice Continues
We are continuing to practice how to effectively navigate the new Canvas interface. Students are getting more confident accessing modules, submitting assignments, and using built-in tools. Please ask them to show you how they use Canvas to track their work—it’s a great conversation starter!

📘 What We're Learning:

7th Grade Integrated Math:

Topic: Introduction to Geometry: Lines and Polygons

We are focusing on identifying, classifying, and drawing geometric figures and understanding their properties.

7th Grade Accelerated Math:

Topic: Geometry: Transformations

Students are exploring translations, rotations, reflections, and dilations on the coordinate plane, which will build a strong foundation for high school geometry.

📖 Curriculum Resources

7th Grade Integrated Math Textbook: Alabama Reveal Math Course 2

7th Accelerated Math Textbook: Grade 7 Accelerated Math, McGraw Hill

Please reference Module 1 in your child's textbook to preview upcoming concepts.

🏡 Parent Engagement

Question of the Week (Real-Life Math Chat):
“Can you show me how you would rotate or reflect something on a grid using just paper and a pencil?”
Try sketching a simple shape like a triangle and let your student explain how to transform it—this reinforces understanding of geometry and spatial reasoning!

If you have any questions or would like to set up a time to discuss your child's progress, please don’t hesitate to reach out.

Warmly,
Ms. Whitney
7th Grade Math & 7th Accelerated Math Instructor

Ms. Cuff

Greetings students and AAA family,

Welcome back to a fabulous 2025-2026 school year! Next week in math, we will begin using the math program ALEX and completing the initial knowledge check. We will also work on refreshing previously learned skills with integers, fractions, order of operations etc...We will continue practicing and focusing on the AAA way, classroom expectations, HCS guidelines etc...along with learning about all of the math programs that will be used in and outside the classroom. Have an amazing week. :-)

Mz. Estelle

Science: We begin our year and continue for the next 12 weeks with studying Weather and Climate. In collaboration with UAH, later in the 9 weeks we’ll get to launch a weather/high altitude balloon! Please stay tuned.

Mrs. Thrasher

Welcome back!

Safety Contracts were handed out for A day on Wednesday August 6th and are due Thursday August 14th.

Safety Contracts were handed out for B day on Thursday August 7th and are due Friday August 15th.

Students will not be able to participate in hands-on activities/labs until I get a signed copy from parents/guardians and students.

We have also started building our Interactive Notebooks (INB), students are to bring them to science class everyday.

I am excited for a fun year in science!

Mrs. Thrasher

Ms. Plummer

Next week we will begin studying the scientific method and be introduced to the engineering design process. Please make sure that your child has their science notebook, writing utensils, and computers available for each class. On Monday and Tuesday, all 8th grade science classes will be taking their lab safety test before beginning lab inquiries in the next few weeks.

Mrs. Hester

Map Test over the 50 states and 7 Continents: Monday, August 18 (A Day) and Tuesday, August 19 (B Day)

Study at Sheppardsoftware.com:

50 States by Region

Continents

Mrs. Maynard

Updates coming soon . . .

Mr. Hughes

World History will study the earliest humans and their societies, along with the evolution of farming. Activities will center on hunting & gathering. We will also focus on some key vocabulary terms and learn the date codes of "BCE" (Before Common Era) and "CE" (Common Era).

🤡 Clowns - Ms. Stricklin 🤡

Welcome to the 25-26 school year! I am so excited to get started this year. I have a few reminders for you.

Please remember to sign up for Remind if you haven't already. The code was sent home with your student last week and is on the back of the parent meeting flyer.

The mandatory parent meeting is next week on August 16. Attendance is crucial; you must attend or send someone in your place, as students are not required to attend. We have many important topics to cover before we can get started, and missing this meeting may leave you feeling lost.

Costume design class for the students will begin the week of August 18. This is a two week process; you will receive more information at the meeting and in the next newsletter.

Thank you for your support, and I look forward to a fantastic year ahead!

🤩 Stars - Ms. Stricklin 🤩

Welcome Stars families to the 25-26 school year! The kids are excited and ready to start working on their Christmas show.

Please remember to attend the mandatory parent meeting on August 18, at 6:15 pm in the auditorium. Stars is much simpler than Clowns, so your meeting will be relatively short. We encourage you to make arrangements to attend or send someone in your place. While students are welcome, their attendance is not required.

At the meeting, you can complete the paperwork and pay the $20 costume rental fee. If you choose to write a check, please make it payable to AAA with "Stars Rental" in the memo line. Cash and online payments through MySchoolFees are also accepted. If you pay online, kindly email me the receipt so I can credit your Star for their payment.

Thank you for your support, and I look forward to seeing you soon!

✍🏻 Creative Writing - Mrs. Hester ✍🏻

Updates coming soon. . .

🎭 Theatre - Mr. Feemster 🎭

Auditions for Wonka are coming up NEXT WEEK! Please read all info and check us out online at WhyAAA.org/Ms-Theatre

💃Dance - Ms. Fuqua 💃

Updates coming soon . . .

🎻Strings - Mrs. Peck🎻

Our Orchestras are growing, which is an absolute joy. Here are the names and links to copy in your search bars, for acquiring/providing a quality stringed instrument for your AAA String Orchestra student member. DOING THIS, sets the platform of support and success. Our community music stores are SUPER SERVICE CENTERS with great payment plans and rental/rent to own programs. Thank you so much for helping AAA family of instrumentalists develop as best as possible. Each shop listed is trusted and comes through for all Huntsvillians and beyond.

The Fret Shop

https://www.thefretshop.com/

Huntsville Violins

https://www.fivestars.com/business/AL/Huntsville/Arts-Entertainment/Huntsville-Violins/7d43ff622e3446f09cd9c77a892cf527/

Huntsville Strings Shop

https://huntsvillestrings.com/

Millennium Music (the paper copy sent home shows address and phone

Rentfromhome.com, is a company that Mr. T (Thomas) provides at Millennium Music. Their address and phone is on the paper notice sent home with students

We will be setting up a parent meeting after students are fully into their schedules, have their laptops, instruments, experience for this month.

Stay well and blessed until our next update.

Sincere Regards-Mary Peck

🎤 Choir - Mr. Snodgrass 🎤

Updates coming soon . . .

🎨Art - Mrs. Jackson 🎨

We had a fantastic first week in the middle school art room! Students explored the space and began drawing while incorporating various elements of art. One of the highlights was playing "Masterpiece Remix," where students used a specific element to recreate famous paintings. In our media arts classes, we started discussing the important differences between copyright and inspiration. It was a wonderful week filled with creativity and learning!

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