7th Grade Updates - 10/18/26
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 working on solving contextual problems with 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 parallel or perpendicular to a given line through a given point.
Science -We continue to talk cells structure and function we begin working on a analogy project
SSGS -Students will complete a collaborative poster assignment focused on the key figures of Big Business in the Gilded Age.
Band 7 -Students are working on their winter concert music. Please continue to allow your wonderful musicians to practice their instruments at home.
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 -This week students will be working on the Superintendent Holiday card competetion
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 -Sharing About Ourselves in Spanish.Students will learn how to present basic information about themselves in Spanish. They will practice sharing their names, ages, where they are from, and personal interests while building confidence in their speaking skills.
Spanish for Fluent Speakers -Students will be working during the next 2 weeks on the book they checkout from the library. The reading of the book and being able to rephrase certain passages will be part of their summative assessment, the last one for this quarter.
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 -We are now learning about and writing Quatrains as well as presenting them to the class. We are also finishing our book, "Peak" and preparing to write a book review.
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 -We will focus who we are and explore how it is natural for individuals to change over time. Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday of this week will bring us together for PRI.
Sterling Middle School
201 West Holly Ave
Sterling, VA 20164
571-434-4520
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