1. 7 Purple Open House 2011

2. Team Members  Mrs. Drace: Math  Mrs. Henderson: World History  Mrs. Rettenmaier: Science  Mrs. Billingsley: Comm. Arts  Mrs. Dicker : Comm. Arts  Mrs. Dalton: Special Education Educator

3. Team Expectations Students are expected to show integrity while demonstrating the Viking Values throughout the day. Honesty Be truthful & admit when you are wrong. Respect Take care of self, others, environment. Respon sibility Be an active learner, bring your required supplies to class, complete and turn in work Caring Include & help others, use kind words, accept others’ differences, encourage others

4. Online Resources o Homework: o www.pkwy.k12.mo.us/northeast www.pkwy.k12.mo.us/northeast o Click on Teacher Webpages o Click on 7 th grade o Click on Team 7 Purple o Textbooks Available Online : o Math o Science o History

5. Field Trips Where & When are we going?  Katy Trail: Fall 2012  World Religions (2 day trip) : Spring 2013  Chicago: Spring 2013 Call out for Chaperones: Please fill out form on table

6. Communication Arts:  Units: Reader’s Workshop  Reading to Understand My Community  Reading Fiction  Nonfiction Reading  Independent Reading Writer’s Workshop  Writing to Influence My Community  Writing Nonfiction  Responding to Literature

7. History:  Units: Ancient China Greece Rome Africa and Islam Middle Ages Introduction to History Mesopotamia Egypt Hebrews Ancient India

8. Science:  Units: Electricity and Magnetism Waves, Sound and Light Astronomy Cells, Heredity and Reproduction  Challenge students will complete one long-term project per trimester

9. Math 7  Units: Number Sense Ratios and proportions Expressions and Equations Geometry Data and probability

10. Math Modeling  Units: Number Sense Functions Expressions and Equations Geometry Data and probability

11. Reminders: o Students ’ electronic devices: o iPods — o not allowed during school hours o Cell phones — o should be turned off (not on vibrate) o no texting allowed! o Contact Information: Grab a fridge card

12. Reminders, cont. o Infinite Campus: o Parents and Students make sure you know how to access your grades online!