Mrs. Anderson- 6 th Grade Language Arts
Mrs. Collins- 7 th Grade Language Arts
Ms. Schultz- 8 th Grade Language Arts
Mrs. Rompala - Social Studies
Mrs. Ditzler- Mathematics
Mrs. Rea – Science
Mrs. Dooley – RtI Teacher
Mr. Krop - Physical Education
Miss Wilkins - Physical Education
Mrs. Smith – Resource Teacher
Ms. Frey - Resource Paraprofessional
Miss Thornburg – Resource Student Teacher

P = Positive Attitude
R = Respect
I = Improvement
D = Determination
E = Empathy

• Chess Club
• Recycling Club
• Entrepreneur Club
• Scholastic Bowl
• Science Fair (7 th and 8 th Grades)
• Socrates Tutoring
• Student Council

Athletics
• Boys Baseball
• Boys and Girls Basketball
• Boys and Girls Volleyball
• Cheerleading
• Boys and Girls Track & Field

• 6 th grade – Outdoor Ed. – end of May
• 7 th grade – Springfield - Friday, April 10, 2015
• 8 th grade – Class Trip – end of May
• Junior High – Great America
• To raise funds for all trips, students will be participating in the monthly
SCRIP gift card program and Market Day Food Programs. This will be the only way students will be able to buy down the cost of the trips.
Please make sure your student signs up for times to volunteer.
• www.shopwithscrip.com
• www.marketday.com

6 th grade www.jat.glencoe.com
(supplemental activities not the textbook)
Textbook on CD – Sign out forms will be sent home by Friday
Ancient World
Mesopotamia
Egypt
Greece
Rome
India
China

7 th and 8 th grade www.taj.glencoe.com
(supplemental activities not the textbook)
Textbook on CD – Sign out forms will be sent home by Friday
7 th Grade
American Revolution
Growth and Expansion
Manifest Destiny
North vs. South
Civil War
Reconstruction
Industrialization
8 th Grade
Progressive Reforms
Spanish-American War
World War I
World War II
The Great Depression
Federal Constitution – Both 7 th and 8 th grade students will be completing the Federal Constitution test this year.

Online textbooks
• www.pearsonsuccessnet.com
• Flashcards, textbook, and visual labs
• Practice quizzes and tests
• Mrs. Rea will hand out passwords
Next Generation Science Standards
• www.nextgenscience.org
Interactive Notebooks

6 th Grade Units
• Astronomy & Space
• Sound & Light
• Ecology & the
Environment
7 th Grade Units
• Forces & Motion
• Diversity of Life
• Earth’s Structure
• Earth’s Surface
8 th Grade Units
• Water & the Atmosphere
• Intro to Chemistry
• Cells & Heredity

Math
• Glencoe/Mc Graw Hill
• 6 th Grade -- Course 1
• 7 th Grade – Course 2 or Accelerated
• 8 th Grade – Course 3 or Algebra 1
• http://www.connected.mcgraw-hill.com
• ALEKS online tutor/support/enrichment
• On September 3 rd we will be hosting an informational Math night to introduce our new math series and all of its online components.

• Aligned with the Common Core Standards
• Differentiation Opportunities to Meet the Needs of all of our Learners
• Technology, Technology, Technology!
• Online Text, E-book, and Online Audio Edition .
• Login information will be given to students in their
Language Arts classes
• Additional Materials
• Homework activities / fillable PDFs along with supplemental
• Supplemental resources including SAT Writing component program
ENGAGING TO STUDENTS! HELPFUL TO PARENTS!

• Quarterly Independent Book Projects
• 100 pages – 6th grade`
• 150 Pages – 7th grade
• 200 pages – 8th grade
• Book can not be a movie and class time will not be given for completion of the project (more information to come)
• Several Novel Studies Throughout the Year
• One novel that students a will be required to purchase in order to annotate within the text.
• Fundamentals of Narrative, Argumentative, and Informational
Writing
• Word Deconstruction through roots / multisyllabic instruction

• www.elwoodschool.com
– Each teacher has designed a website to benefit the students and parents at home.
• Elwood School Facebook page
• Mrs. Rompala’s Facebook page
• Elwood School Library – https://elwoodschool.follettdestiny.com