Welcome, seventh grade families, to week four of our optional learning opportunities.  As a reminder, these are a non-graded set of resources for your family to use during our extended closure.  Resources will be updated each week. If you have difficulty accessing the resources please call 360-279-5040 or email us at

Mindful Writing Monday

Go Outside!  Once you are outside, focus on one object(tree, flower, bug, rock, leaf), then start a fantasy story with that object as the main character.

Terrific Reading Tuesday

Read a chapter from a book of your choosing; write a paragraph describing five personal connections you have to the story.

World News Wednesday

Watch 15 minutes of news or read a news article from a web site of your choosing; write 5 facts from the news story.  In complete sentences, write a paragraph (5-8 sentences) stating your opinion about the news story.

Thoughtful Reading Thursday

Read a chapter from a book of your choosing.  Write a diary entry from the main character.

Fun Exploring Friday

Go to the National Geographic Kids - Countries and read about Nepal.  (Or use the article included in the packet of learning materials.)

Write 5 new things you learned from the reading. https://kids.nationalgeographic.com/explore/countries/nepal/

Using information from the article, write a paragraph about what you would like or not like about living in Nepal.

Additional Resources

Option 1

Complete days 11-15 on Scholastic Learn at Home 

username: Learning20 | password: Clifford

Option 2

Virtually visit the Sno-Isle Library

Big Ideas Textbook

Monday & Tuesday

Section 4.1 Solving Equations Using Addition or Subtraction

Section 4.2 Solving Equations Using Multiplication or Division

Section 4.3 Solving Two-Step Equations

Wednesday

Section 4.4 Writing and Graphing Inequalities

Section 4.5 Solving Inequalities Using Addition or Subtractions

Section 4.6 Solving Inequalities Using Multiplication or Division

Section 4.7 Solving Two-Step Inequalities

Friday

7th Grade Big Ideas Puzzles

Online Access

Monday

Two-step equation intro All 4 videos

              Worksheet; Two-step equations page 1 only

Tuesday

Two-step equation word problems Super Yoga (both), Garden

              Worksheet; Two-step equation word problems

Wednesday

Two-step inequalities All 3 videos

Worksheet; Two-step inequalities page 1 only

Thursday

Scholastic Math; Read the linked article on the K-Pop Wave on Korean pop culture, then click on Using Measures of Center link to watch a video related to the article and answer the questions on the skill sheet related to mean, median, and mode.

Friday

Advanced Coding Be sure to watch the videos prior to attempting to code.              

Monday through Friday -- Computer Work

Check your teacher’s google classroom page

Online access can be found on Google Classroom

Class code: gmqlodh

Monday

Student Journal; 4.4 Practice: Page 114-115, #1-6

Tuesday

Student Journal; 4.3 Practice: Page 109-110, #1-15 odd

Wednesday

Student Journal; 4.2 Practice: Page 104-105, #1-19 odd

Thursday

Student Journal; 4.1 Practice: Page 99-100, #1-25 odd

Friday

Student Journal; 3.4 Practice; Page 77-78, #1-8; and Student Journal; 3.5 Page 83, #1-9

Estimated Daily Time:  15-30 minutes

Option 1

Family conversation prompts

With internet access, go to your Science teacher’s Google Classroom and look for the CK-12 assignments under the topic, Science Engagement March-April 2020: Types of Marine Organisms; Marine Food Chains; Ocean Ecosystems.

If you do not have internet access, read the article in the packet of handouts (available at lunch pick-up sites) and answer the questions.

Please check your Social Studies Google Classroom for more activities!  Ms. Grotzke, Mr. Jenkins, and Mr. Lucero will be adding activities each week, so go check it out!  The Class Code is qjhaqf6.

Here is a lesson on the Middle Ages.

Estimated Daily Time:  15-30 minutes

Option 1

code.org/ - Students have accounts in Clever

Option 2

Google Applied Digital Skills

Students in Family & Consumer Science should join Mrs. Thompson’s Google Classroom. The code is dxeq66t

This week I want to revisit clothing and color schemes!  Take the challenge to dress each day this week with a different color scheme.

Monday Monochromatic Day

Monochromatic means wearing the same color head to toe! Try to create a look to wear today at home.

Tuesday Complementary Colors

Wear colors together that are opposite of each other on the color wheel.

Wednesday Analogous Colors

Wear colors next to each other on the color wheel.

Thursday Accented Neutral

Take a neutral color like black, white or even denim and add an accent color!  Bam, you have an accented neutral color scheme!

Friday Accessorize

Add one accessory to jazz up your outfit today!  Try a hat, earrings, necklace…

Estimated Daily Time:  15-30 minutes

Monday

Pick 5 different muscles to stretch.  Hold each stretch for 20 seconds.

Tuesday

Play with a friend.

Wednesday

Do as many curl-ups as you can.

Thursday

March Madness: take 60 imaginary jump shots.

Friday

Say your math facts while doing reverse lunges.

Other Resources

Monday

Create a silhouette of something that describes a place where you would like to be right now. A silhouette is the outer line drawing of an object, and the inner portion is colored in black. I drew a palm tree, because I would like to be on the beach in Hawaii right now! 

Tuesday

Practice applying value, or shading, using the side of your pencil point and adjusting pressure to achieve light or dark shading inside a simple shape, like a rectangle or a square. 

Wednesday

Draw a new silhouette, only this time, instead of coloring the inside area black, vary pressure with the side of your pencil point and shade the inside of your silhouette with varying tone, from light to dark to light again.

Thursday

Using the side of your pencil point, while looking at a tree, capture the likeness of the tree using only value in place of lines.

Friday

Today is an open-choice drawing. Challenge yourself to try something difficult. Write about your discovery.

Band

Practice your instrument 30 minutes each day -- keep your chops in shape!

Choir

Look for an email from Mrs. McLean for activities to keep your voice and ear in tune!

Drama

Try this Drama Activity and have fun with puppets.