BCMA 7th Grade WEEKLY INSTRUCTIONAL AGENDA
8/31/2015 – 9/04/2015
YOU ARE CORDIALLY INVITED
7TH GRADE OPEN HOUSE
September 16, 2015
DRESS CODE POLICY
Navy Blue polo shirt with the BCMA logo, tucked – in
Khaki pants or knee-length khaki skirt, with belt (cargo pants or cargo shorts are not allowed)
Navy Blue BCMA sweater or Solid Navy Blue sweater
BCMA I.D. worn around the neck at all times
Only on Fridays: Students are allowed to wear solid blue jeans (no cuts, holes or tears) with
their BCMA spirit shirt or college shirt.
This week in…
TEXAS HISTORY with Mr. Ball and Mr. Conrad
Monday (Burgundy “B” Day)
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Continuing primary sources
Tuesday (Blue “A” Day) and Wednesday (Burgundy “B” Day)
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Pre-Assessment of Texas History finding primary sources using databases (bring a smart
device)
Thursday (Blue “A” Day) and Friday (“Burgundy “B” Day)
 Determining bias and point of view
 HOMEWORK: Create a cartoon that depicts bias.
ENGLISH LANGUAGE ARTS with Ms. Davis and Ms. Yap
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Begin the non-fiction unit with a close reading of a speech (examining tone and effective
delivery as well as intended purpose and developing vocabulary)
Determine the most significant events in the summer reading text(s) and create life-size
timelines; make connections between timeline events and summarizing
Determine a thematic connection between both texts and use this as a basis for analysis.
Analyze narrative poem and discuss its place within non-fiction
MATHEMATICS with Mr. Luna, Ms. Baruch and Ms. Reyes
Monday (Burgundy “B” Day) and Tuesday (Blue “A” Day)
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Finish integer addition & subtraction notes
Go over most missed on Friday’s quiz
Multiplication & Division by powers of 10
Laws of exponents
Wednesday (Burgundy “B” Day) and Thursday (Blue “A” Day)
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Scientific & Standard Notation
Unit rates, rate of change, constant of proportionality
Friday (Burgundy “B” Day)
 Multiple representations of a proportional relationship
 Quiz on: Unit rates, rate of change, constant of proportionality
ALGEBRA 1
Monday
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Go over most missed on Friday’s Quiz
Finish Distributive Property & absolute value equations note
Solving Inequalities & graphing their solutions including those requiring distributive
property and absolute value
Wednesday
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Mathematical, Scientific and other Literal Equations & Intro to Functions
Friday
 Identifying functions in multiple representations
 Quiz on Equations and Inequalities
SCIENCE with Ms. Akhtar and Ms. Tipple
Monday (Burgundy “B” Day)
 Diagnostic Test and data tracker (will be counted as a participation grade, not test grade)
 HOMEWORK: Vocabulary definitions
Tuesday (Blue “A” Day) and Wednesday (Burgundy “B” Day)
 Introduction to Organic Compounds.
 Students will create 3D representations of glucose molecules
 HOMEWORK: Bring a food label to next class
Thursday (Blue “A” Day) and Friday (Burgundy “B” Day)
 Organic molecules in nutrition and Introduction to the Cell Theory
 HOMEWORK: Levels of Organization card sort
SCIENTIFIC DECISION-MAKING with Mr. Wertz and Ms. Miller
Monday (Burgundy “B” Day)
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Students will review the BrainPop video "Scientific Method" movie content, review quiz,
and "FYI" vocabulary in preparation for the Scientific Method Quiz.
Tuesday (Blue “A” Day) and Wednesday (Burgundy “B” Day)
 Scientific Method quiz (quiz #1 of the First Six Weeks.)
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Students will study the circulatory system in detail for the remainder of the week taking
notes on key structures and their functions.
Students will evaluate prior knowledge covering Health Science via the Baylor College
of Medicine Pre-Assessment, a formative assessment designed to help students and
teachers efficiently move through module 1 covering the cardiovascular system.
Students will examine the fundamental architecture of the human circulatory system
preparing them for inquiry into the system’s physiology.
LATIN with Mr. Alterman and Mr. Comer
Latin 1/2
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Students will work on reviewing sentences and start our work in Greco-Roman
mythology.
Latin 1
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Students will review sentences and begin our work in Greco-Roman mythology.
Introduction to Latin
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Students will start on Chapter 1 and work on Greco-Roman mythology.
JCL
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Students will read about the founding of the Roman Republic and compare the Roman
and US Governments.
PRINCIPLES OF INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY with Mr. Paneitz
 Students will be focusing on the fundamental building blocks of computer science
including the following:
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Download of Globaloria software
Basic graphical user interface
Login procedures
Acceptable Use Policy
Software orientation
Engineering Design Process (as it relates to comp science) for problem solving skills