7th Grade Parent Newsletter Principal's Message Construction season has started at East! We will have a few major renovation projects happening this summer. We will be remodeling the media center, adding a stage and presentation area in the gymnasium, adding a fitness center next to the gym, and making some upgrades to the pool area. In order for this to happen, we will begin the preparation work starting this week. We will be closing the media center at the end of this week, and we are already preparing the ground for the fitness center. We are looking forward to the improvements that should be ready to go on the first day of school. There will be limited access to the building over the summer. Please call the office at 763-745-6200 if you have any questions or plan on coming to the school. East 5K - May 31, 2019 Registration is now open for the East Middle School 5K Fun Run, which will be held on Friday, May 31 at East! This year's proceeds will benefit Midwest Animal Rescue and Services (MARS). MARS is committed to the awareness and support of homeless dogs and cats in our area. Through rescue, rehabilitation, foster care, training and adoption, all roads lead to home for special animals. This is a family event and open for all ability levels, but only registered participants will receive a race t-shirt and packet. Registration is available online through EPay or you can print out and complete the brochure and return to your student's advisor. Please register by May 20 to guarantee delivery of a race t-shirt on race day. Online registration closes on May 29. We will continue to accept registrations until the start of the race, but cannot guarantee a t-shirt. To volunteer, make a donation, or ask a question, please email Debbie Kimlinger or call her at 763-745-6231. Computer Programming Camp for Girls Attention parents of 6th and 7th grade girls! The girls only computing camp is back by popular demand! Wayzata High School will be offering this week-long girls only summer camp for current 6th and 7th graders (June 17-21, 8:30 a.m. - 12:30 p.m.). In this camp, the girls will learn programming concepts through Scratch software. They will have fun designing their own games and storyboards and will meet successful female role models in computing and technology who will discuss their stories and opportunities in this field. Sponsored by a grant from the National Center for Women and Information Technology, the entire week costs only $30! Sign up on EPay. Limited spots are available! First come first served. Contact wayzataggit@gmail.com if you have any questions. Yearbooks Yearbooks are on sale for $35.00 and available only at Jostens. No orders will be accepted after May 18. Please save a printed/electronic copy of your receipt in case questions arise. For more information, or if you are not sure you ordered one yet, please contact Terri Bostrom. What We've Been Working On - Students were studying percents by using scale factors and equations to solve percents problems.
Question(s) to Ask Your Student About What We've Learned - What is the sale price if a customer receives a 30% discount on a $45 sweatshirt?
What We're Working on Next - Students will be studying more difficult equation solving by using fraction busters and finishing our study of percents with percent increase and decrease.
Question(s) to Ask Your Student About Upcoming Material - What is the percent increase of a salary that went from $45,000 to $60,000?
Notes - Students should continue to keep East mode in mind when making behavior choices.
What We've Been Working On - For the past two weeks, we have covered inequalities.
Question(s) to Ask Your Student About What We've Learned - Ask your students how to solve an absolute value inequality.
What We're Working on Next - We will return to covering systems of equations. The students will be introduced to a could new methods such as the elimination method and substitution.
Question(s) to Ask Your Student About Upcoming Material - How do you solve a system of equations using the elimination method?
What We've Been Working On - We finished Unit 2 Informational Text with the standards of text structure, main idea, and words and phrases.
Question(s) to Ask Your Student About What We've Learned - What are the different ways authors can write and organize informational text?
- Where can you usually find the main idea in informational text?
- What is the difference between objective and subjective?
What We're Working on Next - The students have begun the informational writing unit. Students will either write about their interest in a future career or university or trade school they would like to attend. Students will be instructed on how to write each part of the paper.
Question(s) to Ask Your Student About Upcoming Material - What is the topic you chose to write about for your informational writing assignment?
- What did you learn about your topic? How will you organize your ideas and information?
What We've Been Working On - Students learned about photosynthesis, producers, decomposers, and consumers in their ecosystem for their research project.
Question(s) to Ask Your Student About What We've Learned - What is your ecosystem topic and what is the most interesting organism you have learned about?
What We're Working on Next - Students will learn about environmental issues, invasive species, and endangered species in their ecosystem.
Question(s) to Ask Your Student About Upcoming Material - What is your endangered species in your ecosystem?
What We've Been Working On - Over the past two weeks we have been discussing WWII. We have been outlining the causes and conduct of WWII as well as the United States involvement and how this effected our domestic affairs at home.
Question(s) to Ask Your Student About What We've Learned - Who are the Allied and Axis Powers? Who are the leaders of the countries involved?
- What were some of the factors that went into the decision to drop atomic bombs on Japan to end World War II?
What We're Working on Next - We will wrap up WWII and move on to the Cold War.
Question(s) to Ask Your Student About Upcoming Material - What were some of the differences between the United States and the Soviet Union that added to tensions between the two nations during the Cold War?
What We've Been Working On Question(s) to Ask Your Student About What We've Learned - Over the past two weeks, have you been able to improve any of your fitness tests from the fall scores?
What We're Working on Next - In the next two weeks, classes will finish up Spring fitness testing and then switch sports to either tennis or ultimate frisbee.
Question(s) to Ask Your Student About Upcoming Material - What do you know already know about tennis or ultimate frisbee before you begin playing that new sport?
What We've Been Working On Question(s) to Ask Your Student About What We've Learned What We're Working on Next - Preparing for the concert! Students will be practicing performance etiquette such as: posture, facial expression, vowels/consonants, and overall stage presence.
Question(s) to Ask Your Student About Upcoming Material What We've Been Working On - Dotted eighth note sixteenth note patterns
- 2 Octave chromatic
Question(s) to Ask Your Student About What We've Learned - How much of the chromatic scale do you know?
What We're Working on Next - 2 Octave Chromatic
- Concert Songs-Concert May 14
Question(s) to Ask Your Student About Upcoming Material - Which of the concert songs do you like?
What We've Been Working On - Concert Music Preparation
Question(s) to Ask Your Student About What We've Learned - What can you be doing at home to enhance how you are playing your music?
What We're Working on Next - Concert Music Preparation
Question(s) to Ask Your Student About Upcoming Material - What is your plan to continue improving on your concert music?
Notes - Orchestra concert is May 16 at 7 p.m. in the East Gymnasium.
What We've Been Working On - Intro to Inventor CAD program
- Start Model Dragster design
Question(s) to Ask Your Student About What We've Learned - Explain the process of drawing using the Inventor program.
What We're Working on Next - Complete Model Dragster Design
- General and Machine Safety
Question(s) to Ask Your Student About Upcoming Material - Did you design your Model Dragster for speed or not and why?
What We've Been Working On - We kicked off our Foods unit! We learned about proper hand-washing, kitchen safety, and kitchen math.
Question(s) to Ask Your Student About What We've Learned - What are 4 ways to stop the spread of pathogens or germs?
- CLEAN (wash hands, surfaces, tools)
- COOK foods to proper temperature
- SEPARATE (stop cross contamination by keeping meats and produce separate)
- CHILL (refrigerate foods that need to stay cold)
What We're Working on Next - We will be making microwave popcorn in a brown lunch bag, whole grain pancakes, and snickerdoodle cookies.
Question(s) to Ask Your Student About Upcoming Material - What makes a grain whole-grain? It contains the bran, endosperm and germ.
What We've Been Working On - -ER and -IR verbs
- Dinner foods
Question(s) to Ask Your Student About What We've Learned - What foods do you have the most challenging time remembering? What can you do to help yourself remember?
What We're Working on Next - We will be starting the food writing assessment.
Question(s) to Ask Your Student About Upcoming Material - What creations can you make with the food vocabulary?
What We've Been Working On - We had the counselor and school social worker come in to talk to us about mental illness and stressors we might be encountering at school.
Question(s) to Ask Your Student About What We've Learned - What did you learn from the presentation?
What We're Working on Next - We will continue with the Stock Market. Students will be learning about and applying the idea of diversification to their portfolios.
Question(s) to Ask Your Student About Upcoming Material - In what industries are you currently invested in?
Wayzata Education Fund's Thank a Teacher Program We have a lot of amazing teachers and staff here at Wayzata Public Schools. What better way to show them you appreciate them by giving back to our schools? From May 6 to June 3, any donation through Wayzata Education Fund's Thank A Teacher program will come with a certificate of appreciation to that teacher or staff member from the student named in the donation. As a bonus, any donation of $25 or more also comes with a bundlet from Nothing Bundt Cakes- Minnetonka, our generous partner in this program. Say thank you and support a good cause all in one! Wayzata Lake Effect Spring Splash Join us for fun activities for families and learn about upcoming youth summer programming in the area such as Lake Exploration STEM Summer camp, part of the Wayzata Lake Effect Project. Don't miss out on: - Interactive camp games led by the YMCA
- Hands on activities with Three Rivers, Science Museum, Wayzata Historical Society
- A reading/storytelling corner and art activities provided by Wayzata Public Schools
- Sailboat rides from the Wayzata Community Sailing Center
- Food and refreshments
When: Saturday, May 18, 10:00 a.m. – 1:00 p.m., rain or shine! Where: Plaza Parking Lot, Downtown Wayzata Spring Splash Flyer We've had so many great Ask Ali questions flooding our inbox over the past month. Thanks to all who have submitted! We want you to know Ali, along with her network of local experts, have been working hard to answer these questions. Responses are posted every Monday on her blog at partnersinpreventionmn.org/askali. Parents, you've got to check out the responses to these questions! There are some interesting ones that have been asked; chances are you might be wondering some of these things. Keep the questions coming! Monday, May 13, 2019 6:30 PM - 9:30 PM Tuesday, May 14, 2019 6:30 PM - 9:30 PM Thursday, May 16, 2019 7:00 PM - 9:30 PM Friday, May 31, 2019 4:30 PM - 6:30 PM Monday, May 13, 2019 7:00 PM - 8:30 PM Monday, May 6, 2019 4:00 PM - 5:00 PM Monday, May 13, 2019 7:00 PM - 9:00 PM 12000 Ridgemount Avenue, Plymouth, MN 55441 | 763-745-6200 |