TBMS Weekly Newsletter - Issue 25-26.09

SEVENTH GRADE

Seventh-grade math students have been exploring percents and how to solve them using both proportions and equations. This week, our focus shifts to Percent Change, Percent Error, and Percent Markups and Markdowns—including tax, tip, and discounts. Next week, we'll dive into Simple Interest and then apply all our percent skills in a fun, hands-on Percent Food Truck project, where students will take and calculate orders from their classmates.

During Flex this week, students completed their second rotation of Math Plus. They continued to strengthen and deepen their understanding of the unit standards. As part of this work, they were given the opportunity to improve their original quiz grades by demonstrating their increased mastery of the material. In addition to the Math Plus lessons, students had two academic support days to prepare for upcoming assessments, retake quizzes, and meet with teachers to discuss assignments.

As the weather gets cooler please remind your student to bring appropriate layers to school for going outside. The students have the opportunity to go outside during lunch and also during our common time.

EIGHTH GRADE

Students just finished their first unit of the school year in math and have moved on to unit 2 where we will greatly focus on rates of change, linear equations and linear functions. Students will begin by analyzing graphs and finding intercepts using the equation of a line as well as a graph. In flex, students continued to work on reading and math while also having an academic day and executive functioning day to help students get organized.

UNIFIED ARTS

In health class, sixth graders are in the middle of their Social-Emotional Health unit, where we’re learning all about emotions and how to understand and manage them in healthy ways. We’re watching Inside Out 2 and completing creative projects and activities that connect to the movie’s themes of growing up and navigating new feelings.

Seventh graders have jumped into their Nutrition unit with lots of energy! We’ll be learning about the nutrients in our food with an exploratory food scavenger hunt. We’ll also have thoughtful discussions about what influences the foods we choose. Soon, we will be sharing foods and traditions from different cultures through a fun and interactive research project.

Eighth graders are also focusing on Nutrition, diving deeper into the benefits and functions of each macronutrient, prioritizing balanced eating, and learning about the effects of caffeinated drinks. We’ll also be talking about harmful diet trends to help students think critically about the messages they see in today’s culture.