Nieman - Week of 23 Mar

MS Bible / Christian Edu

6th - We'll finish Acts this week. Open Bible QUIZ on Acts on Wed 25 Mar.

7th - Finishing 2 Peter and beginning Hebrews

8th - Wrapping up Route 66 work. Expect a unit test next week.



7th Life Science

We've just begun our Food Lab Unit. This is a fun - and based on last year's reaction - a popular look at the food we eat. We'll try our best to answer the question: Are we what we eat?

Thanks to those who brought $3; sorry we didn't quite start as soon as I hoped. If you're son or daughter has not brought $3, please have them do so this week. We'll go shopping with the money and then analyze the contents of kids' favorite foods.

A significant packet was given on Thurs 19 Mar. It has all the details of the assignments and the due dates - they are as follows - the class together decided these dates:

Assignment # Due Date Brief Description

1 Fr1 27 Mar 3-day Food Journal
2 Thurs 26 Mar Watch Super Size Me
3 Tues 24 Mar Eat out with your parents
4 Fri 27 Mar Website Review

Please support this lesson for the next week at home! The kids will get so much more out of it if YOU are involved and interested in the subject. Here's some ideas:

• Take your kids shopping
• Do the food journal with them
• Suggest alternate meals and restaurants
• Watch Super Size Me (rated PG) with your kids - host a movie night with other 7th graders.

Lastly, I am totally open to your thoughts, criticism and ideas about this assignment. My goal is not to indoctrinate my students, but to have they weigh what it is they are eating and think about nutrition, food, and exercise. Let me know what you think!

8th USH

We've just started CH 8 and the class is broken into 5 groups - each group (of 2 or 3 students) will give a 40 min presentation to the class on the section they chose.

Teaching dates are as follows:

Section / Group # Date to Teach

1 Mon 23 Mar
2 Tues 24 Mar
3 Wed 25 Mar
- No class - Symphony
4 Fri 27 Mar
5 Mon 30 Mar

Assignment details and expectations, along with a grading rubric, have been given. There are 160 points possible. Encourage your son or daughter to work collaboratively with others in therir group.