1. 7 th Grade Parkrose Middle School

2. Everyday seventh grade students see their homework posted as they walk out the door. 7 th Grade Homework Bulletin Board Listed each week in the 100 Wing

3. After School Help Days  Neighborhood “A”  Monday Mullings/Math Church/Science  Tuesday Queen/LA Loesel/Tech  Thursday Hobbs/SS  Neighborhood “B”  Monday Anderson/LA Pratt/Art  Tuesday Caudle/Science Pitts/Math Newman/SS An academic bus runs on all of these days at 4:00.

4. 7 th Grade Testing Schedule  State Writing Test-February 4-28  TESA Math Testing March 10-21 (Round 2)  TESA Reading March 4-8 (Round 2) Writing “4’s” all areas Reading 227 Meets Math 226 Meets Reading and Math Scores available at completion of test. TESA=Technology Enhanced Student Assessment

5. 7 th Grade Social Studies Geographical Terms Students demonstrate general understanding of informational text by finding definitions within the context. Colored examples of each term help reinforce the meaning. Geographical definitions are used throughout the school year to gain greater understanding of the places studied

6. Social Studies Shields Making connections with the Ancient Greeks and reflecting on things that are important to you.

7. Social Studies Political & Physical Features Mapping 2007-2008 Mapping Criteria Accurately Labeled Proper Conventions Key/Legend Box Out Coloring Use of a Ruler

8. 7 th Grade Language Arts Instruction in Oregon’s 6 Reading Reporting Categories Demonstrate General Understanding in informational and literary text Examine Content and Structure in informational and literary text Develop an Interpretation in informational and literary text Read to Perform a Task Vocabulary

9. Language Arts Writing Instruction  *Proper Conventions are expected in ALL written work  Writing Samples Narrative-January Expository-December Expository Research-April Imaginative-May

10. Reasons People Do Community Service… Quotes from 7 th Graders Four Paragraph Expository Essays… Krystin …“It’s important to show other people you care and help make the world a better place.” Orlando …“It is always the best give to give somebody by being kind.” Orlando Destinee …“Community service makes you a better person by helping others and taking the time to do it.”

11. Reading Logs All 7 th graders are required to read 200 minutes each week and log them on their “Reading Log”. The goal is to keep kids reading! Mrs. Queen’s students have read 229,761 minutes as of January 25, 2008!

12. Science Classes Offer Project Options A timeline was only option within the chemistry project. For this product, the student researched the discovery dates of twenty different elements. Then they created a timeline using their data. Illustrations were added to make the timeline colorful and creative.

13. Science Elements Projects In physical science some students created collages of pictures. The collage represents the presence of elements in the world around us. This product was one choice for a culminating project that offered a variety of activities based on different styles of learning.

14. More Elements Projects This poster shows where various elements are found in nature. This student chose to draw the examples rather than cut them from an existing source.

15. More Science To demonstrate their understanding of the periodic table of elements, students created element posters. Students were asked to create a poster for an element of their choice and include various information such as, element name and symbol, a drawing of the atom, the number of protons, neutron, and electrons, and the location of that element on the table. One student created their poster as an advertisement to sell that element.

16. Technology Skills Microsoft Excel spreadsheets Graphing tables and charts Timed keyboarding practice Microsoft Word formatting

17. 18 Weeks of Technology  Using technology to enhance all written work  Reinforcing proper conventions (spelling, punctuation, grammar and capitals)  Practicing accuracy and speed in typing  Formatting, letters, envelopes, graphs, charts, diagrams Johnny Depp Spanky Taylor 3727 W. Magnolia Suite 300 Burbank, CA 91505 Dear Mr. Depp: I am a student at Parkrose Middle School and in 7th grade. We have been given an assignment in our technology class to write to our favorite celebrities. Ever since my mom told me I should see “Edward Scissor Hands”, I thought you were the best actor. I like how you can look serious when you say something funny. I haven’t seen all of your movies, but I’ve seen a lot, and I plan on seeing the rest. I can’t think of my favorite. I like all of them. “The Secret Window” is a good one, and don’t get me started on “Pirates of the Caribbean”. I think you’re the coolest actor and probably will for a long time. I hope that you will have time to send me an autographed picture. I would love one of you as Ichabod Crane in “Sleepy Hollow” (which is another of my favorites) or “Edward Scissor Hands”. Sincerely, Madeline M. Mitchell