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Tren
ade News
Seventh Gr
Volume 1, Issue 1
December 2010

Important Dates

12-02-10 Student of the Month

(10:00AM)

Are you a Trendset ter? 12-03-10 School Wide Writing

Trendsetters are students
that are team players, re-
spectful, follow the rules,
have no office referrals,
good attendance, and excel
in academics. The following
students have been re-
warded with being trendset-
ters. Will your name be the
next one added to the list?
Amber Piercy
Amber Goen
Zack Bakr
Lauren Hensley
Emily Hallmark
Alexis Mimbs
Chasen Villiers
Tevarus Harris
Dylon Rivers
Ashley Roberson
Ryan Smith
Rashad Evans
W h at ’
s Going on in Social Studies?
In Social Studies, students will
be learning how the Islamic
religion is important in today’ s
society. This is a continuation of
learning about modern day
Middle East, and it will culmi-
nate with a group presentation
on the Unit sections: Egypt To-
day, Israel Today, and Turkey
Today.
Prompt
Laura George
12-09-10 Band Concert / Parent
Mariah Moore
Workshop (10:00-
Taylor Stringer
Brekeshya Wilson
11:00AM)
12-10-10 Basketball vs. Rehoboth
Darneshia Chapman
Chardarius Fambro 12-14-10 Lunch with the Principal
Timothy Jordan 12-15-10 Basketball @ Upson
Christian Oxner 12-16-10 Chorus Concert / Parent
Sandra McDaniel Workshop (10:00-
Brittany Howell 11:00AM)
STAY UP TO DATE!!!
Alex Lopez 12-17-10 Last Day before Christmas
Kevin Mendez Seventh Grade Blogs
Break begins
Stephanie Pitts kmsbyrd.blogspot.com
Basketball vs. Manchester
Cesar Cambron kmscochran.blogspot.com 01-06-11 Students return to school
Brenda Davis kmswilder.blogspot.com
Linda Presley
kmsvining.blogspot.com
Adira Hamner
krmsbooker.blogspot.com
Megan Lord
Megan Fisher kmschauncey.blogspot.com
kmskellogg.blogspot.com
kmstraylor.blogspot.com Things You Need to
Know:
• Benchmark tests will be
administered in all content
areas the week of Dec. 6-10
• Final Exams in all subject
Three major homework assign- present. The third will be a map
areas will be administered
ments will be due during this identifying the countries of the
section. The first will be a poster Middle East and when they the week of Dec. 13-17
showing crude oil and products achieved independence. • The Can Food Drive ends
made from it. The products
on Dec. 13th. Bring in cans.
must be labeled as primary and
Congrats to Mrs. Byrd’ s
secondary products. The second
will be a timeline that charts the class who is leading the
5-6 Wars in Southwest Asia and way. Our school goal is
North Africa from 1948 to the 5,500.
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What’
s going on in Math?
For the remainder of the year the a review for the upcoming cumula- bered problems with your child and
7th grade math focus will be variable tive final exam on December check the answers in the solutions
and algebraic expressions, translat- 15. Please review the odd num- section in the back of the
ing words into math, simplifying al- book. Word problems are essential
gebraic expressions using proper- in mathematics, and problem solv-
ties, equations and their solutions, ing skills are reviewed on an ongo-
addition and subtraction equations, ing basis in the math classroom. A
multiplication and division equa- great review is choosing one word
tions, integers, absolute value of problem for you and your child to
real numbers and solving problems solve and discuss. See if you solve
using rational numbers. These con- it the same way your child does!!
cepts relate back to the following
Georgia Performance Stan-
dards: M7A1 a, b, c, d, M7N1 a, b,
c, d and M7P5. Most of these con-
cepts are a review of lessons taught
earlier in the semester and serve as

W h at ’
s g o i n g o n i n L a n g u ag e A rt s / L i t e r ac y ?
Language Arts/Literacy is an ex- and reading comprehension. As acy students need to continue
tremely busy subject area for always, all Language Arts / Liter- their reading logs. The goal for
teachers. In Mrs. Cochran’ s class, the end of the semester is 1200
they are focusing on persuasive pages.
writing, while in Mrs. Kellogg’ s
class they are creating books, as
well as preparing for presenta-
tions on their Show and Tell Ex-
pository works. In Mr.
Chauncey’ s Read 180 class, they
just started a new workshop and
are working on reading fluency

W h at ’
s going on in science?
In Life Science this week, we are Students will be working on a
beginning a new chapter on cell cell reproduction project, which
reproduction. Students will be should demonstrate or model
learning the different phases/ the stages/phases of mitosis.
stages cells go through in order
for the cells to divide and repro-
duce (mitosis and meiosis).