Classroom+News

What’s up in English? By:Kevin English class is running smoothly thanks to Mr. Brubaker. There are two important things that are happening. We just took a short vocabulary test by spelling out a word, writing a sentence, writing the meaning, and writing down synonyms or antonyms. We are currently assigned a project involving writing a book report on a biography that we checked out earlier. But, due to mentoring trips, English class will be delayed for two days. Hope everyone can get a good test score!
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“Crazy Science” The best place for SCIENCE!!! By: Henry This is where you will learn about 7 grade science! As we said before, Global Warming and melting ice caps is affecting the world and soon the world will flood! And we will live on water! The new project “City on the sea” is a project between a few other 7 grade classes. This project is going to be made out of cardboard paper, plastic cup, toilet paper rolls etc… (No wonder my kid keeps stealing toilet paper!) After that we will design it and turn it into a model.

How to make a good and organized assignment By: SeongJae 7-1 is still working on Unitary Method, which is the almost same thing as algebra, but you are using blocks instead of ‘x’ in algebra. Also Mr.Tebo showed a good example of ‘Math Homework #2’ and arranged the way you make organized explanations for your Unitary Method problems. We had a time to assess other people’s work depend on their explanation, neatness, and correct answer. Mr.Tebo gave more points on explanation than neatness and answer, so clear explanation is strongly recommended than neat work and correct answers because though you got the problem incorrect, you still can find mistakes from your explanation and correct them.

Break a Leg! By: Brad Sports season one has finally come. The 7th grade boys and girls had their first soccer games last Tuesday, in which both teams came up just short, both losing three to one. On a lighter note, the middle school tennis team had their first tournament on Saturday, September 9, in which the ISB Dragons did very well. Smithy has come! Friday the 15th of September is the auditions for groups 7, 8, and 9. Good luck to all of those auditioning! The middle school band this year feels like a winner. They will be playing some awesome songs such as “//Mission// //Impossible”//. As you can see, there is more to school this year than just work!

__Social Studies__ By Haewon This week, in Social Studies, we did more map work. We did some map quizzes to review and practice latitude and longitude which we had learned last week. For example, we had to find one line of longitude or latitude and trace it onto other maps or write which countries that line goes through. We also learned elevations and landforms with word descriptions. The followings is what we will study next week: -Historical maps -Learning about the past -How we study history -Primary sources/Secondary sources -A Historian’s job

Bonjour, 你好 ,Hello By Min Jeong Last week in N1 for Chinese, we learned a text called ‘聪明的甘罗’, and played games such as ‘Catch the Fly’ and ‘Around the World’ to make us feel more comfortable with the words. In French, some students are currently learning vocabulary on computers (such as mouse, keyboard, and file). They’re also doing a project on their families, like introducing yourself. Even though we only have 45minutes of language each day, students are all trying their best because this will help us in the future and our careers.

Guess who! By: Ciera You can’t guess who is who this Halloween because every one is hidden by masks, makeup, and hoods. That’s right the kids in Costume Design are all ready starting to make their costume. We had tailors come in and figure out how to put them together. There are Elves, Zombies, and more. Some are scary, some are cute, some are funky, and some are new. You might want to get started to ketch up with the kid’s costumes from. Costume Design. I can’t guess who!

Internet, blogs, octopi By Elise This week Mr. Cormack, our technology teacher, has been helping us put together our ‘webs’ using a program called Inspiration. Our webs are about our concerns, goals, and other things this year. This week we have also looked at a few fake websites, and eventually, we will be learning how to determine if a website is fake or real. Next class, we will be looking at most of the sources that are available to our school.