Grade 7 News
English Language Arts
Students use the laptops to research topics related to Treasure Island
by Robert Louis Stevenson. They explore links to learn about piracy,
expand their vocabulary, and investigate themes of greed, good vs.
evil, and the pirates' code of honor. The online research provides
daily opportunities for students to use their word processing skills to
record information and respond to daily writing prompts.
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English Language Arts
Forty-five
and focus...Students listen intently with laptop lids partially closed
to writing prompt instructions following a field trip to the Norman
Rockwell Museum. With a copy of Rockwell's Before the Shot
projected on the screen, the students brainstorm setting, characters,
and plot before using their laptops to word process a story to
accompany the image.
Reading/ELA
A classroom blog page provides a place for students to share their
ideas and opinions as their teachers post thought-provoking questions.
Math
Social Studies
No need for paper and pencils for this test...Students use their text books, iBooks, and online resources to complete this social studies test. After recording answers in Microsoft Word, they save their tests to the teacher's flash drive. The teacher corrects and grades the tests and the following day the students download their graded tests onto their hard drives.
