7th+&+8th+Grades



**Weeks 26-28**

1. MLA review assignment

**Weeks 22-25**

1. Lenten Activity about RESPECT

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1. Keyboarding - practice (You need to have completed lessons 1-10 at 30 wpm by the end of the 2nd trimester to be eligible for a "3" for your overall computer grade) 2. Power Point - 7 week research project
 * Weeks 17-23 **

**Weeks 14-16**

1. Tables in Word (standards 1.3.2, 1.3.4, and 2.3.1)


 * Weeks 11-13 **

Keyboarding - practice 1. Cite all sources properly (standard 2.1.2) 2. Citation machines


 * EasyBib.com
 * ====MLA citations #1====
 * MLA citations #2
 * Son of Citation


 * Weeks 8-10 **

1. Copyright, plagiarism and summarizing (Standards 1.3.3, 2.1.2, 2.3.2)
 * Copyright Kids - What is Copyright?
 * KidsHealth - What is Plagiarism? Read the article and then go into Kidspiration and create a web diagram about plagiarism and print it. This assignment is due by Friday at noon.
 * [[file:jane schaffer paragraph writing - three pigs.pdf]] Write a paragraph, using this method, about a Catholic Saint. Your paragraph should be color-coded as was shown in the instructional example. Have 2 people proof read your paragraph before printing in color. Due by Friday at 2:30pm.

2. Keyboarding - practice

Language Arts

 * Unit 1: The Sentence
 * Unit 2: Nouns
 * Units 1–2: Cumulative Review
 * Unit 3: Verbs
 * Unit 4: Modifiers
 * Units 1–4: Cumulative Review
 * Unit 5: Capitalization and Punctuation
 * Unit 6: Pronouns
 * Unit 7: Prepositional Phrases
 * Super Challenge Quiz on All Units

Math

 * **Math Teaching Videos - Word Problems**  The following math problems come from Math Teaching Videos, a project whose goal is to help middle school students learn how to solve challenging word problems. Each math problems comes with step by step video solution, follow up problems, an online calculator, and sketch pad. Includes fraction, percents, ratios, probability, geometry, averages and algebra.
 * Middle School Math Games - there are about 8 different games located here.
 * AAAmath.com
 * IXL.com - once you've been given your username and password from Mrs. Meuret or Mrs. Ferrians.

**Timeline of Early Transportation Systems in Washington** - []
 * At least 5 events on your timeline
 * You may work with 1 other person
 * Research, make and print out your timeline before class is over
 * Pro's and Con's of this web 2.0 tool?

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Week 5
1.Work on a research project about Washington's Native American Tribes and Treaties for Mrs. Stanton. It is due on Friday. (Standards 2.3.1, 2.3.2, 1.3.2)

1. This week we'll be taking the SRI (Scholastic Reading Inventory) test for Mrs. Stanton. (Standard 2.3.1)

2. We'll also continue working on our 2 paragraph blog essay on Letting Your Light Shine in school and out, and then post them to the appropriate blog. (Standards 2.3.1, 2.3.2, 2.1.2, 2.1.1, 1.2.1)

Weeks 1-2
1. Computer Lab Procedures & Fire Drill

2. Internet Safety

Protect Your Personal Information (2 min 33 sec) Personal information identifies who we are, where we live, and how family, friends and others can find us. Sometimes people can use our personal information to trick us so we need to be careful who will give this personal information to.

Stick With Your Real Friends! (2 min 18 sec) You know your friends in your neighborhood or at school. On the Internet there are places where you sometimes meet people you don’t know. What’s the difference between these persons you have only met online and those you know at school?

Cyber-Bullying (2 min 32 sec) Cyber-Bullying is where one or more child targets another through technology such as the Internet, cell phones, or other devices to threaten, harass, or embarrass another child. Cyber-bullying goes beyond just bullying because it can follow you home.