TEAM 7

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Mrs. Boeschel, Mrs. Gray, Mrs. Novak, Mr. Sparks 

Language Arts

   All Team 7 students should practice the following skills:

• Reading:  Read at least 30 minutes per day.
• Writing:  Write a letter, journal or some type of response. 
• Write letters to friends, teachers, or your principal. 
• Keep a journal.  Write to express your feelings or opinions.  Write about the things you do during the summer. 
• Write about something you saw on TV or in the news. 
• It should be at least a paragraph long.  Practice using spell check and grammar check.
• Practice outlining a chapter or a paper. 

 

Helpful Websites:

Word Puzzles 

Reading Comprehension 1 

Reading Comprehension 2

Reading Comprehension 3 

Practice Writing Quotations 

Writing Ideas and Support 

Writing Help

Checklist for Reviewing Your Writing

Explanation of the 6 Traits of Writing

Support for Writing an Outline 

Example of an Outline 

Outlining a Book 

 

Recommended books:

Tangerine  Bloor, Edward

The Skin  Lake, Sharon G.

Loser  Spinelli, Jerry

Petey  Mikaelsen, Ben

No More Dead Dogs  Korman, Gordon

The Acorn People  Jones, Ron

 

Recommended authors:

Janet S. Anderson 

Cornelia Funke

Carolyn Keene (Nancy Drew)

Ben Mikaelsen

Gary Paulsen

Rodman Philbrick

Ann Rinaldi

More recommendations for summer reading:

 

Beyond the Burning Time....................... Kathryn Lasky

Homecoming............................................ Cynthia Voigt

The Maze................................................. Will Hobbs

Out of the Dust........................................ Karen Hesse

River Thunder.......................................... Will Hobbs

Treasure Island......................................... Robert Louis Stevenson

Absolutely Normal Chaos........................ Sharon Creech

Chasing Redbird...................................... Sharon Creech

The Watson’s Go To Birmingham........... Christopher Paul Curtis

A View from Saturday............................ E.C. Konigsburg

Where the Lilies Bloom........................... Vera Cleaver

Wanderer................................................. Sharon Creech

Holes........................................................ Louis Sachar

20,000 Leagues Under the Sea................ Jules Verne

Dicey’s Song............................................ Cynthia Voight

Sadako and the Thousand

      Paper Cranes...................................... Eleanor Coerr

Jeremy Thatcher, Dragon Hatcher........... Bruce Coville

Julie of the Wolves.................................. Jean Craighead George

Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of Nimh........... Robert C. O’Brien

Hatchet (and others by Paulsen).............. Gary Paulsen

Summer Reading is Killing Me!.............. John Scieszka

Old Yeller................................................ Fred Gipson

Across Five Aprils................................... Irene Hunt

Fudge-A-Mania....................................... Judy Blume

George’s Marvelous Medicine................. Roald Dahl

The Dragonling........................................ Jackie French Koller

Shiloh ...................................................... Phyllis Reynolds Naylor

How To Eat Fried Worms....................... Thomas Rockwell

Matilda..................................................... Roald Dahl

A Wrinkle in Time................................... Madeleine L’Engle

Where The Red Fern Grows.................... Wilson Rawls

Stargirl..................................................... Jerry Spinelli

Summerland............................................. Michael Chabon

Joey Pigza Series...................................... Jack Gantos

Houdini.................................................... Clinton Cox

The Birchbark House............................... Louise Erdrich

Pictures of Hollis Wood.......................... Patricia Reilly Giff

Babe & Me:  A Baseball Card ................ Dan Gutman

Adventure

Shoeless Shoe & Me................................ Dan Gutman

A Series of Unfortunate Events.............. Lemony Snicket

Dear America/My Name is ..................... various authors

    America/Royal Diaries

My Side of the Mountain........................ Jean Craighead George

The Cay.................................................... Theodore Taylor

On My Honor.......................................... Marion Dane Bauer

Missing May............................................ Cynthia Rylant

The Incredible Journey............................ Sheila Burnford

Sammy Keyes Mysteries.......................... Wendlin Van Draanen

Catharine, Called Birdy........................... Karen Cushman

Myst, The Book of Atrus......................... R. Miller, R. Miller, D. Wingrove

Redwall.................................................... Brian Jacques

River Thunder.......................................... Will Hobbs

Where the Lilies Bloom........................... Vera Cleaver, Bill Cleaver

Just Juice.................................................. Karen Hesse

Baby......................................................... Patricia MacLachlan

The Black Cauldron................................. Lloyd Alexander

Sing Down The Moon............................. Scott O’Dell

Echohawk................................................ Lynda Durant

The Good Fight:  How WWII

    Was Won............................................. Stephen E. Ambrose

Things Not Seen...................................... Andrew Clements

Granny Tortelli Makes Soup.................... Sharon Creech

The Thief Lord......................................... Cornelia Funke

 

 

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Mrs. Boeschel 

Math:   2^nd Period and 3^rd Period

   Students in Period 2 or 3 Math should practice the following skills:

·         Writing large numbers that someone says to you (such as 32,064,005)

·         Math facts (addition, subtraction, multiplication, division)

·         Solving large addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division problems.

·         Fractions

·         Time & Money

 

Helpful Websites:

            Create Your Own Math Worksheets!

7th Grade Math   

Time and Money 

Fractions 

Fraction Practice

More Fraction Practice 

7th Grade Math Skills 

Whole Numbers, Integers 

 

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Mrs. Boeschel 

Math:   6^th Period and 7^th Period

   Students in Period 6 or 7 Math should practice the following skills:

• Math Facts (addition, subtraction, multiplication, division)
• Long multiplication and division problems
• Fractions
• Decimals
• Percents
• Ratios & Proportions

 

Helpful Websites:

            Create Your Own Math Worksheets!

Fractions

Fractions Practice

More Fraction Practice 

Decimals 

Decimals Game 

Ratios 

Percent 

7th Grade Math Skills 

 

 

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