Pictures, Pictures, Pictures

Fall Leaf Piles (watercolors w/ crayon or colored pencil):

Stacking Day:

 

Mr. Marolf's Hair Cut:

 

Student Council Thanksgiving Drive Delivery Day

St. Louis Seminary:

 

 Christmas wreath making after a field trip to Lindenwood University to see "A Charismas Carol"

The Bree & Jacob News

I'm a little late on this post, sorry!

Hope everyone had a blessed Thanksgiving

Religion: We reviewed the last few lessons and created our own quizzes

Math: ™: We learned about how many gallons it takes to fill up a bathtub and how much water weighs

Math AL: Learned about using decimals in equations

Science: We took a test on worms, sponges, and cnidarians

World History: We created timelines about Muhammad and our own lives

English: We learned about direct and indirect objects

Literature: We took a test this week and started learning about drama’s

Spanish: We learned about me gusta and took a test quiz on Thursday.

New New’s:

We had a sub on Friday, he was Nick Wad’s Grandpa!

We had the Thanksgiving Food Drive and Wednesday.

We had a turkey drawing contest between Kent and Hannah ...Kent won!

We get next week off due to Thanksgiving!!!

We had an assembly on Thursday and Mr. M got his hair chopped off!

We were part of a world stacking day on Thursday

The A1 boys have a tournament this weekend

We learned how to speak in Braeden’s “Arkansassy” accent. Example: Ya darn squirrel!!! Another example: Ya’ll better keep ‘dem grades up! Or: Ya darn tootin!

And we learned that we all love each other!

That's all for now.....Peace Out!

_Bree_and_Jacob_

Discovering More About Islam

Today we will be gathering all the questions and discussion topics students have about the religion Islam.  We learned about the creator of Islam, Muhammad, last chapter.  This next chapter will lead us to understand more about Muslim's core beliefs and practices.

You can follow our discussion on our "Wallwisher" page:

Wallwisher -- Questions about Islam

Election Week

NEW: The school received new Macbook Airs!

NEW: We got a new Science book!

We had no school on Tuesday for Election day

We had a Veterans Day remembrance service on Friday led by Mrs. Murray

The 19th through 23rd we will be off for Thanksgiving break.

Science - This week in science we had a test on our plant section. 

We transferred our books to an animal book.

History - This week in World History we are learning about Muhammad (the creator of the Islam religion) We will be working on a timeline project next week

Math - Both classes took test today! fun!

Spanish - learning about "may gusta" (I like...)

Joke 1: What did the father ghost say to the little ghost? Don’t spook until you’re spooken to.
by Steven

Joke 2: What do you call a vampire  mixed with a snowman? Frostbite.

by Jacob

Oct.29-Nov.2

7th Grade Blog

By Steven “Slice” and Mackenzie “Mack”

Science: dissected a flower
Religion: talked about the first, second, and three Commandments
World History: took a map test over the Arabian Peninsula and started talking about the religion Islam
Literature: we made children’s pictures books based on the story “Rikki-Tikki-Tavi”
Math: learning about dividing fractions
English: learning about the progressive forms
Memory this week was Numbers 6:24-26 and Matthew 15:8
Art: drawing a realistic leaf pile and painting with watercolors                                                                                              
Jokes of the  week:

• What did the mama buffalo say to the baby buffalo when he went to college?
• Bison
• What did Pink Panther say when he stepped on an ant?
• “Dead ant - dead ant - dead ant - dead ant - dead ant - dead ant!”

Another wonderful week in 7th Grade!  I hope everyone had a safe and fun celebration of Reformation & Halloween.  I'm a little late posting last weeks blog, so I'm going to add some information for this week too.

• Friday night was a successful Jr. High Fall Dance hosted by Student Council -- great "glowing" decorations, snacks, music, and dancing!  I hope to see everyone again at the Spring Dance.
• In the patriotic spirit the Jr. High students partook in the "Zion 2012 Mock Election" today.  We shall see if they match the 2012 National Election outcomes tomorrow.  Are you practicing your right to vote?
• Wednesday the 7th I hope to see all the mom's in the church basement from 7am-8am at "Muffin's for Mom's"
• Friday we will be setting aside time to celebrate/honor Veteran's Day with a special 5th-8th grade service.  Please join us if you are able and would like to celebrate with us.  8:15am in the church sanctuary

Blessings and Warmth as the weather changes!

10/21 - 10/26

In the week of 10/21/12-10/26/12 we have been working on many subjects.  In Art class we received a blank, ceramic pumpkin to paint however we would like!  In World History class we have been studying the Arabian Peninsula, its environment, and the adaptations Arabs would make to live there.  In Literature class we read the story “Rikki-Tikki-Tavi” and watched the cartoon.  It was GREAT!

TRUNK-OR-TREAT was Friday!! In this event kids dress up in halloween costumes and run around from car to car trunk-or-treating!!!

ATTENTION JUNIOR HIGH!!!!!! The junior high dance is on November 2nd. The theme is GLOW!!! We require one chaperone from each class. If you are interested you can contact Mrs. Cluck!  It costs $6.00 to attend.  Students should come to the gym at 7:00 p.m. and parents should arrive to pick up at 9:30 p.m. Student Council members stay till 10:00 p.m. for clean up.

SPELLING BEE:The spelling bee representatives (Steven, Scott, and alternate Nick C.) of Zion’s 7th grade are going to be going to the Zion Lutheran high school at about the same time that the Junior High dance starts. The spelling bee kids can arrive at the dance after the spelling bee and do not have to pay!

Fun Activities!!!:

• This week was red ribbon week and we got to have fun dress days --- we are drug free!!
• We painted and glossed pumpkins
• Arabian Peninsula Timed Challenge...do you know all the countries in the Arabian Peninsula?

This weeks blog post was brought to you by Jared & Mackenzie

 6R wins 1st place in the Red Ribbon Week 5th-8th door decorating contest!

1B wins 1st place in the K-4 door decorating contest!

7C's Decorated Door -- Very creative!

 Here are some of Zion's other great door designs.

Our finished pumpkin patch (ceramic pumpkins painted with acrylics)

"Tie up drugs Tuesday"

Quarter 2 V.I.Dates

Important Dates:
October 22-26: Red Ribbon Week
October 26: Trunk-or-Treat
October 31: Harvest Parties
November 2: Jr. High Dance hosted by Student Council
November 6: Election Day No School
November 7: Mom’s don’t forget to stop by for a muffin in the morning! (Church Basement)
November 14: Help our seminarians, bring food offering for the Thanksgiving Food Drive
November 16:  Spirit Day
November 19-23: Thanksgiving Break
November 27: 7th Grade Field Trip to Lindenwood University “A Christmas Carol”  
This play will also become a part of our Literature class during our Drama Unit
December 14: Quarter 2 AR POINTS DUE
December 21: Spirit Day -- End of 2nd Quarter -- Early Dismissal (noon)
December 21-January 2: Christmas Break

What's New in 7th Grade?

 Isn't it fun to come to school and find that you match your teacher! :)

 Practicing shading & value in Art

 Painting ceramic pumpkins with acrylic paint - enjoying the beautiful fall season!

 Wild Animal Symmetry with charcoal & lead drawing pencils

Demonstrating value & texture by using shading techniques