Seventh Grade 2017 – 2018 Blog

Math It was lovely seeing you at the conferences last week! 7X this week finished and reviewed Unit 11: Inequalities. The unit test is scheduled for Monday, March 26th. 7Y this week finished and reviewed Unit 12: Perimeters and Areas of Plane Figures. The unit test is scheduled for Monday, March 26th. Judaic Studies Students invented incredible clocks to keep track of the different types of time mentioned in the first mishna: Mishna Berachot, Chapter 1, Mishna 1. As growing leaders of the school, 7th graders will be planning and running Passover seders for the entire middle school. Working in... Read More

Math 7X this week solved simple linear inequalities, such as ax + b > c, compared the solutions of inequalities with different inequality signs such as x > 3 and x ≥ 3, and represented the solution of a linear inequality on a number line. The unit test is currently scheduled for Thursday, March 22nd. 7Y this week found the area of a parallelogram and trapezoid, and solved problems involving perimeters and areas of composite plane figures. The unit test is currently scheduled for Thursday, March 22nd. Judaic Studies Students are working on their project for our Mishna Brachot unit: finding interesting... Read More

Advisory Wednesday’s advisory was amazing! To mourn/celebrate our lack of a snow day, students read and wrote poems about snow in humanities class with Allison. We then had a Snowetry Slam! Students bravely shared their poems and applauded each other’s efforts. We finished with a special trip to Dunkin Donuts for hot cocoa for everyone. It was a really warm and supportive morning for the 7th grade community. Judaic Studies This week students identified structural elements and used mishna tips they have learned to translate and discuss Mishna Aleph, Perek Aleph of Masechet Brachot. I know that sounds dry —... Read More

Hebrew This week students summarized our unit about smartphones and technology by coming up with ideas for creating an app that would help society or the environment. We also started out new unit “Only in Israel”, we spoke about some Israeli inventions as well as behavior and manners you would only see in Israel. Shabbat shalom, Yehuda Judaic Studies This week we looked at mishnayot about one of the mitzvot of Purim — hearing the megillah. What is the essence of this mitzvah? What matters more, understanding the story or hearing it in Hebrew? Would it be better for Hannah... Read More

Judaic Studies Students completed amazing and creative projects to synthesize our learning from Chapter 11 of Bmidbar/Numbers. Students were asked to choose a project, and then to create their own rubric for how it should be evaluated. The class produced incredibly accomplished work – take a look!   Math 7X finished a challenging unit, “Number Patterns,” this week and will be bringing home their unit test. I am happy to announce that everyone did really well! It should be signed and returned by Tuesday, February 27th, the latest. 7Y started a new unit this week, “Inequalities,” and have been learning to understand... Read More

Math 7X have been working on a challenging unit this week, “Number Patterns.” They will be taking their unit test on Tuesday, February 13th, and will begin a new unit starting next week, “Coordinates and Linear Graphs.” In this unit they will learn to construct the Cartesian coordinate system and state the coordinates of points on it, plot a graph of a set of ordered pairs, draw the graph of a linear relationship, define linear relationships between two variables, and find the slopes of linear graphs. 7Y have been working on a new unit, “Coordinates and Linear Graphs.” Apart from... Read More

Judaic Studies There were so many deep and insightful conversations in our JS classroom this week. I am in awe! Students translated the next 6 verses in Chapter 11 of Bmidbar/Numbers. They developed powerful questions about these verses, and shared interpretations with each other. The room was full of lively conversations about text!!! Here are some of the highlights: **The Torah says that Bnai Yisrael “cried to their families, each man in the door of his tent.” We looked at Rashi and Ibn Ezra’s ideas about why they cried to their families. As a class, we talked about the strangeness... Read More

Math This week, 7X started Unit 7 (percentage) and will be taking the unit test on January 24th. All Unit 6 HW corrections are due January 25th. 7Y will be bringing home their unit 7 test home today and I am happy to say that everyone did really well! It should be signed and returned by Tuesday (23rd) the latest. All Unit 7 HW corrections are due January 26th. Hebrew This week, both groups read short texts about the Kinneret and the Dead Sea. Students learned about the current water situation in Israel and about the Dead Sea “dying” out... Read More

Science  Students this week started their unit about the properties of water. This week’s laboratory was hands on activities to discovery the concept of surface tension and cohesion. Students used pennies to see how many water drops can stay on top of the penny. Next they placed the penny in a soapy solution in order to discovery if this affects water surface tension. Then students conducted an experiment in order to discover the interaction of water with different liquids. We all had a great time learning these concept through hands on experimentation. Next week we will continue discovering properties of... Read More