North Parkway 7th Grade Newsletter - Weeks of April 6th to April 10th, 2020 and April 13th to 17th

The North Parkway 7th Grade Newsletter provides updates on assignments for various subjects like English Language Arts and Math. Students without online access can pick up hard copies of assignments and follow instructions provided for accessing materials. Contact information for teachers along with additional resources and links are included for students' convenience.

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1. North Parkway 7thGrade Newsletter Weeks of April 6th April 10th, 2020 and April 13th-17th We miss all of our students and hope that everyone is doing well and is staying home, safe, and sanitary. Below you will find links to materials for each 7thgrade subject area. If you do not have online access or use of a computer; please refer to the North Parkway Middle School Website or the North Parkway Middle School Facebook page for updates to when you can come by and pick up hard copies of assignments. https://www.jmcss.org/Domain/22 We look forward to seeing and hearing from you all soon! Please reach out to us if you have any questions or concerns. All 7thGrade Teachers email address are attached on their subject s portion of this Newsletter. Teachers office hours for contact are Monday-Friday from 12pm 2pm.

2. ELA Standard(s): 7.RI.KID.1 / 7.RI.KID.2 / 7.RI.KID.3 / 7.RI.CS.4 Topic(s): Determining the meaning of words and phrases as they are used in a text, including connotative and figurative meanings / Summarizing texts / Analyzing how story elements interact / Citing specific textual evidence / Determining the theme and central idea of a text Instructions: Please follow these directions to access your assignment. For assistance please contact your teacher: their contact info are below. Your login information will be your student email and the password that was provided by your homeroom teacher. 1. Go to www.clever.com/in/jmcss or use the quick link at the very bottom of www.jmcss.org that says "Clever" (under the "Students" heading). 2. Click on Clever and Login with "Active Directory" ENTER EMAIL-- Firstname.Lastname@students.jmcss.org (ex. (Kya.Newsom@students.jmcss.org). Make sure the "S" is at the end of STUDENTS in the email. Then ENTER PASSWORD-- with first initial, last initial, and Student ID ex.(Kn1234567) 3. Once logged in to Clever, click the iReady ICON , View and Complete Lesson(s) ****For students who don't have a device that is compatible with the online iReady platform, they can access the take-home iReady packets through a link provided on our website https://www.curriculumassociates.com/supporting-students-away-from-school, or they can pick up a printed packet during the designated dates and times (Wednesday, 9:00-11:00). Please reach out to your Homeroom teachers to let them know if you will be needing a printed packet so that we can make the correct number of copies. Link(s): https://www.curriculumassociates.com/supporting-students-away-from-school www.clever.com/in/jmcss www.jmcss.org Teacher Contact Info: If you have any questions, comments, or concerns, please feel free to email your ELA teacher: Mrs. Nichols-jlnichols@jmcss.org, or Mrs. Penn- jhpenn@jmcss.org. M.s Woods- rcwoods@jmcss.org Math Standard: N.S. 1, 2, 3 Topic: Students will be able to apply and extend previous understandings of the four operations (addition, subtraction, multiplication, division) to rational numbers, and solve real world problems with fractions and rational numbers. Instructions: Please follow these directions to access your assignment. For assistance please contact your teacher: their contact info are below. 1. Go to https://www.jmcss.org/ and go to student section at the bottom of the page 2. Click on Clever and Login with "Active Directory" ENTER EMAIL-- Firstname.Lastname@students.jmcss.org (ex. (Kya.Newsom@students.jmcss.org)) Make sure the "S" is at the end of STUDENTS in the email. ENTER PASSWORD-- with first initial, last initial, and Student ID ex.(Kn1234567) 3. Once logged in to Clever, click the iReady ICON , View and Complete Lesson(s) Mr. Pickens Class additional instructions: Students who have Mr. Pickens can seek additional resources in his class page. Enter code: 99MAMMF5 to join Khan Academy. There is a link below to join his class at www.khanacademy.org. Also, a link to CNN10 is available as well on Mr. Pickens Clever site at http://www.clever.com/in/jmcss . Links: All math Classess: http://www.clever.com/in/jmcss, and https://www.jmcss.org/ Mr. Pickens s class: https://www.khanacademy.org/join Teacher Contact Info: If you have any questions, comments, or concerns, please feel free to contact your Math teacher: Mr. Pickens- jrpickens@jmcss.org and 731.217.9669, Mrs. Sanders- rasanders@jmcss.org and 731.618.2814, and Mrs. Adkins- keadkins@jmcss.org. and 731.549.7633

3. Science Standards: 7.LS1.3, Evaluate evidence that cells have structural similarities and differences across kingdoms. 7.LS1.4, Diagram the hierarchical organization of multicellular organisms from cells to organism. Objective: Students will cite evidence in an argument in order to distinguish between the kingdoms highlighting that patterns can be found among organisms within a kingdom. Students will develop a model in order to diagram the hierarchical organization of multicellular organisms highlighting how the components of an organism work as a system. Instructions: Student may access assignments for mastery of our standards by clicking on the following links for the weeks of April 6th and April 13th. Students can also access their assignment using their student email by going to the Jackson Madison County Schools Home Page. https://www.jmcss.org/. Scroll to the bottom of the page. Under student click on office 365. Use your first name. your last name @studentsjmcss.org Example; John.Doe@studentsjmcss.org Contact your homeroom teacher for password. Links: Week of April 6th: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1DC7SjT16bJuJQ2Ehh6vutebMSWuP1_YQAr8oN4JpGEo/edit Week of April 13th: https://docs.google.com/document/d/10-CMCiItrGbel_rTdNbqpN8fT_jzicgHGO5TuV5fNsg/edit Additional resources: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ruBAHiij4EA&feature=youtu.be https://docs.google.com/document/d/1WBNve9-SxZg15PVKX39YIJ4J6z5y2uPvpkPZX_OrFUA/edit Teacher Contact Info: If you have any questions or would like to contact our 7th grade Science teachers, please feel free to reach out to Mrs. Bizzell by email at smbizzell@jmcss.org or to Mrs. Smith at dssmith@jmcss.org . Social Studies Standard: 7.54-7.55 Topic: Indigenous Civilizations of the Americas: 400 1500s CE ( North America Native Americans) Instructions: Click on the links below and read the text first. You are more than welcome to highlight the text while reading. Make sure once you finish reading each text that you respond to the text-based questions for each text. If students would like to type their responses, they can do that as well. Google Classroom: If your children have a google account, would like to create a google account, or they can use a guardian s google account (just make sure your student puts their name on the assignments); They can participate in our google classroom for 7th Grade Social Studies, and complete assignments on there as well. They can go to the website or download the app. The Google Classroom Website is https://classroom.google.com/ and the code to join our class is r5iw4mx We will also post videos related to the materials and extra activities on our Google Classroom. Links: Week of April 6th: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1PYx6UZXsZfk4agovMJAbtsxV1KH8mw4x/view?usp=drivesdk Week of April 13th: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1IIbdR-t87tyq43xyh0rPgwUHQ0UT0scy/view?usp=sharing https://drive.google.com/file/d/1SwA-UDu9dApD27dpj5tQ9jSNHDe0X405/view?usp=sharing Teacher Contact Info: If you have any questions, concerns, or would like more assignments please feel free to reach out to Mr. Evans by email at knevans@jmcss.org or to Mr. Wilson at nkwilson@jmcss.org .

4. ACTIVITIES Coach Turner s 7th and 8th Grade Health Courses Standard: 7.PW.4 Synthesize lifelong nutrition and health-related fitness to enhance quality of life Instructions: Hello!! I hope that all is well. Below are the links to the course descriptions and objectives to the lessons. To gain access to the course students must click https://clever.com/, select login with active directory, and enter their username and password. If the student doesn t know their username and password, they can contact me or their homeroom teacher. Common Lit Are you a meat-eater, vegan, or something in between? In this text, Janet Raloff discusses a study about how your diet can affect the Earth s climate. As you read, take notes on the effects that the production of certain foods has on the environment. *******click download to gain access to the questions after clicking the link Links: https://clever.com/ http://everfik12hc.wpengine.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/HM-MS_Standards-Alignment-2.pdf http://everfik12hc.wpengine.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/HM-MS_Course-Outline.pdf https://www.commonlit.org/en/texts/your-food-choices-affect-earth-s-climate Parent Guide: https://www.commonlit.org/en/texts/your-food-choices-affect-earth-s-climate/parent-guide Mrs. Broomfield s and Mrs. Hawes STEM class S.T.E.M. Teacher Contact Info: Office hours are Monday-Friday from 12 p.m.-2 p.m. Email: pmbroomfield@jmcss.org and mehawes@jmcss.org Google voice # (731) 300-1567 ZOOM ID: 7070488728 INSTRUCTIONS: Click on the Google Classroom link below to access further instructions, classroom activities, and additional resources for STEM class. Once you click the link you will need to go to join a class and use the code at the bottom of the page to access your STEM class. ASSIGNMENTS and LINKS: Google classroom link: https://classroom.google.com/u/0/h Google classroom code: bvq7qgm