BCMA Instructional Agenda Important Dates, Notices, Reminders & Information

Important Dates in January / February SnapShot #4 Window January 18, 2016: SharePoint January 26, 2016 through February 2, 2016 SnapShot #5 Window February 22, 2016: SharePoint March 2, 2016 through March 9, 2016

SnapShot #4 & #5 are optional, due to amount of testing, students may take in class within window.

Important Notices, Reminders & Information

Gifted & Talented Application Process Update

Application Deadline: October 31, 2016

All GT Testing for Window #1 has been completed, results will be shared individually once results

have been returned.

Tutorials Began Monday, September 26, 2016

Mondays: English Language Arts (R&W)

Tuesdays: Science

Wednesdays: Social Studies

Thursdays: Mathematics

Progress Report & Report Card Dates Please note the following dates that your child will be

issued Progress Reports and Report Cards for the remainder of the 2016-2017 Academic Year:

*PR = Progress Report / RC = Report Card*

Type of Report Final Date for Grades Entered

Date Report Sent to Parents

PR 4 January 25th January 27th

Cycle 4 RC February 15th February 17th

PR 5 March 8th March 10th

Cycle 5 RC April 5th April 7th

PR 6 April 26th April 28th

Cycle 6 RC TBD Last Day of School

Saturday Tutorials

Look for the Schedule of Saturday Tutorials, which will

be sent home with BCMA students. Saturday Tutorials

will begin:

Saturday from 9:00AM – 12:30PM

Saturday Detentions

Held on the same dates as Saturday Tutorials:

Saturday from 9:00AM – 12:00PM

BCMA National Junior Honor Society

BCMA’s National Junior Honor Society is currently reviewing semester averages and preparing to send

out notifications to prospective members. Eligible

students will be notified on Friday, January 27th.

If your student has at least a 3.7 GPA, he/she is

eligible. Please check in with your student on the 27th

to make sure that he/she receives the invitation. If

you have any questions, contact Ms. Davis via email

at cdavis39@houstonisd.org.

PTO Calendar of Events FEBRUARY 2017

9 Coffee with the Principal #2 8:45AM – 9:30AM PTO to Provide Refreshments 22 EARLY DISMISSAL (Parent Involvement Day)

Science Fair Update

Congratulations again to all our students for their hard work on their independent investigations and BCMAR

Science Fair participation. Houston ISD will not be holding a District Science Fair this year. Seventh and eighth

grade students have the opportunity to participate in the city Science and Engineering Fair of Houston

(https://sefhouston.org/fair-announcement). SEFH occurs at the University of Houston on February 24th (set up

posters), 25th (competition), and 26th Sunday (awards).

First – Third place individual winners and First – Second place team winners are automatically accepted provided all

registration requirements are met through Scienteer. Additional individuals and teams who placed honorable

mention – 4th place will be invited through teacher nominations. Parents and students will be notified of those

nominations on January 13th. The opportunity for parents to nominate their child will open up on Tuesday, January

17th if space is available.

A science fair meeting to prepare your student for participation will be held Tuesday January 17th at 4:15 pm in the

STEM Station at BCMA at Ryan.

After school tutorials/coaching/mentoring will be offered on Mondays, in the STEM Station for students (parents are

welcome) from 4:15 – 5:15 beginning January 30th.

Please contact Dr. Sweeney with any questions: perezswe@bcm.edu.

NJHS Update

Students who are eligible to apply for the National Junior Honor Society were notified on January 30th

(unless they were absent). They attended an informational meeting and picked up applications on January 31st.

The applications are due to me by Monday, February 13th –no exceptions. Please check in with your student to

ensure that he/she is completing the application along with the teacher evaluation forms. If you have any

questions, feel free to contact me, Ms. Davis, via email at cdavis39@houstonisd.org.

BCMA 2016-2017 Mock STAAR Assessment Dates

Subject Area Mock STAAR Test Date STAAR Test Date STAAR Test Re-Take

8th Grade Mathematics Tuesday, February 07, 2017 Tuesday, March 28, 2017 Monday, May 08, 2017

8th Grade ELA-R Wednesday, February 08, 2017 Wednesday, March 29, 2017 Tuesday, May 09, 2017

6th Grade ELA-R Tuesday, February 28, 2017 Tuesday, May 09, 2017

7th Grade ELA-R Tuesday, February 28, 2017 Tuesday, May 09, 2017

6th Grade Mathematics Wednesday, March 01, 2017 Monday, May 08, 2017

7th Grade Mathematics Wednesday, March 01, 2017 Monday, May 08, 2017

8th Grade Science Tuesday, April 04, 2017 Wednesday, May 10, 2017

8th Grade Social Studies Wednesday, April 05, 2017 Thursday, May 11, 2017

7th Grade ELA-W SnapShot #4: Complete Tuesday, March 28, 2017

Algebra I TBD: Alg I Teachers Decide Test Window: May 1st - 5th

Completed Mock STAAR Assessments: 8th Grade Mathematics & 8th Grade ELA-R

Inquire with Student & Teacher for Results

BCMA Instructional Agenda Week of February 13, 2017 through February 17, 2017

Dress Code Monday - Thursday

Gray Polo Shirt w/BCMA Logo (Tucked Into) Khaki Pants or Knee Length Skirt w/Belt

Gray BCMA Sweater or Solid Gray Sweater

BCMA I.D. Badge worn on Neck (All Times) Friday

Solid Blue Jeans (No Cuts, Holes or Tears) with BCMA Spirit Shirt or College Shirt

Students who daily abuse Dress Code will have items (Jackets, Sweaters & Hats Confiscated by Dean)

Parent / Teacher Communication

Communication between Parents and Teachers is highly

encouraged at BCMA. To facilitate this process, I am

providing the e-mail address of the faculty who work with

the 7th Graders here at BCMA:

ELA-R / ELA-W Department 1. Ms. Davis cdavis39@houstonisd.org 2. Ms. Yap myap@houstonisd.org

Math (Alg. I) Department 1. Mr. Wanjala bwanjala@houstonisd.org 2. Ms. Morgan

samantha.morgan@houstonisd.org Science Department

1. Ms. Tyson Kaaren.tysondupigny@houstonisd.org

2. Ms. Holley linda.holley@houstonisd.org Social Studies Department

1. Mr. Conrad fconradj@houstonisd.org 2. Ms. Stewart lstewar5@houstonisd.org

SDM Department

1. Mr. Wertz mwertz@houstonisd.org

2. Mr. Rasti

jonathan.rasti@houstonisd.org

Latin Department

1. Ms. Kirk mkirk2@houstonisd.org

2. Mr. Berry

james.berryIV@houstonisd.org

Tech Applications / Principles of Technology

1. Ms. Chao Greysi.Chao@houstonisd.org

Gym / Physical Education

1. Coach Strong kstrong@houstonisd.org

Parent / Teacher Communication Math Lab

1. Ms. Kerawala skerawal@houstonisd.org

Progress Report & Report Card Dates

Please note the following dates that your child will be issued Progress Reports and Report Cards for the

remainder of the 2016-2017 Academic Year:

*PR = Progress Report / RC = Report Card*

Type of Report Final Date for Grades Entered

Date Report Sent to Parents

PR 4 January 25th January 27th

Cycle 4 RC February 15th February 17th

PR 5 March 8th March 10th

Cycle 5 RC April 5th April 7th

PR 6 April 26th April 28th

Cycle 6 RC TBD Last Day of School

This Week in Science w/ Ms. Holley

2)s

This Week in ELA-R with Ms. Davis & Ms. Yap

Week of February 13th through February 17th Review elements of expository essays Rewrite The Outsiders essays Review DLA Writing Scores

Students must complete their assigned readings at home. Discussions and activities that take place during

class will be related to the previous night’s readings. We will not be reading the book in class, as it is expected that students will do that at home. Homework: Daily Readings (in reading calendar) Daily Dialectical Journal & Study Guide

Questions Study for Daily Reading Quiz

This Week in ELA-R with Ms. Davis & Ms. Yap

Note to Students & Parent Guardians All students will be given a copy of The

Outsiders to borrow. Students are expected to return the novel back to their teacher at the end of the unit. Failure to return book will result in a $20.00 fine. If a student loses his/her book, he/she may also replace that copy and forgo the $20.00 fine. Each student has been given a reading calendar. Students are expected to keep up with their readings, in addition to completing their daily homework (dialectical journals and study guide questions). Students will also be given a daily reading quiz over the previous night’s readings.

the previous night’s readings.

This week in Art with Ms. Price in Art Elective

Theme of the Week: Balance

Monday, February 13 – Friday, February 17, 2017 o A Days: Project #7: Paper Mosaics

o B Days: Project #6: Drawing the Human Face

DAYS 1 & 2: Drawing the Face of a Famous Person

Day 3: CAC Activity – Collage In the Style of Romare Bearden

o Please Note: The volunteer art educators with Community Artists’ Collective visit with BCMA weekly and work with our rotating A/B day schedule, so Friday activities will vary for Elective Art students depending upon the week.

This Week in Algebra I w/Mr. Wanjala & Mr. Turloski

February 13th/14th

Concepts: Activity on Polynomials using stations.

Homework: Worksheet on Factoring Polynomials

February 15th / 16th

Concepts: Reviewing the DLA’s. Homework:

Introduction to graphing of quadratic

functions February 17th

Concepts: Graphing Quadratic Functions.

Homework: Worksheet on graphing quadratic

functions

BCMA Instructional Agenda

This Week in the Math Lab w/Ms. Kerawala Classwork this Week: TSW complete individualized topics, assignments, earn their piece of the pie, and take quizzes in www.Aleks.com program. Students have approximately an hour in class daily to work on weekly topic and time assignments. Anything not completed in class will be expected to be completed at home.

ALEKS Assignments Posted: Cycle 5 Week 1 (www.ALEKS.com)

Topic of the Week: Due to the nature of the program and built in extended deadline with multiple attempts, the program will not allow extension for assignments past the due dates. These assignments must be done in a timely manner. Student are expected to 1) work at least two hours and 2) complete at least 8 topics for this week.

Due Date for Topic 5.1 and Time 5.1 is Sunday, midnight 2/19/17

Upcoming Topic: The program is self-pacing, and therefore some students may need to work over two hours to master 8 topics. The assignments are as follows:

Topic: 5.1—8 Topics Time: 5.1 –2 Hour

All quiz and tests are done on the ALEKS program in class. Every student is given the opportunity to look at worked examples during a quiz/test and a chance to make corrections at least once on ALL quizzes and tests during the allotted class time. Weekly Focus: On a daily basis, students will continue to review skills needed for success in 7th grade math. We will continue to work on STAAR math Test.

Weekly Focus: STAAR TEST Project Due:

Pie piece: 75% of PIE 662 topics for Pre-AP, 388 for Algebra Completed, Due February 19, 2017

Work must be shown clearly to receive credit on homework and classwork. Students must use composition book to show their work they do on Aleks. Student must show work on at least 20 problems for each class period.

No Work = No Credit

This Week in 7th Grade Math w/Ms. Morgan & Mr. Wanjala

February 13th Focus: Chapter 9 Review Homework: Texas Go Math Grade 7; STAAR Ready

Review Packet February 14th & February 15th Focus: Ch. 9 Test, Pyramid and Prism Vocabulary Homework: Texas Go Math Grade 7

Lesson 10.1 Vocabulary Activity Sheets February 16th & February 17th Focus: Volume of Rectangular Pyramid and Prisms Homework: Texas Go Math Grade 7; STAAR Ready

Lesson 10.1 p. 321, A/B Activity Sheets

MANY STUDENTS ARE COMING TO CLASS WITHOUT SUPPLIES

PLEASE BRING THE REQUIRED SUPPLIES EVERY DAY Pencil with eraser & Math Notebook or a tabbed 3-ring binder with loose leaf paper

Please Note:

Instructional agendas are subject to change due to unforeseen schedule conflicts

Chapter 9 TEST:

February 14th & February 15th

Supplies Needed Daily: Composition Book (Notebook), 1 Pocket Folder w/Brackets, Paper and Glue Stick.

Math Lab Tutorial Hours

Computers and tutoring will be available on

Tuesdays / Thursdays from 7:30-8:00 A.M. in

Room 129.

No Late Arrivals Permitted Students will be picked up from front door at

7:30 and escorted to lab. Two other labs available

Thursday after school from 4:15-5:15.

This week in Magister Berry’s 7th Grade Latin

Week of February 13 - 17

Grades & Assignments

Begin translation for Stage 9 (Participation) o Tuesday, February 14 for A Day o Wednesday, February 15 for B Day

Lupercalia Guided Notes (Daily Grade) o Monday, February 13 for B Day o Tuesday, February 14 for A Day

Valentine’s Day Translation Activities (Daily Grade)

o Monday, February 13 for B Day o Tuesday, February 14 for A Day

Stage 9 Grammar Practice on Verbs and Dative case nouns (Homework)

o Thursday, February 15 for A Day o Friday, February 16 for B Day

Plickers National Latin Exam Game

NLE Warm-ups 6, 7, and 8

Divide and Conquer

This Week in Social Studies with Mrs. Stewart & Mr. Conrad

Monday

I Do: Reconstruction Amendments

We Do: Slave Biographies

You Do: Twitter, Instragram, My Space, and Facebook

Tuesday/Wednesday

You Do: Benchmark

Thursday/ Friday

We Do: Reconstruction Trivia

You Do: Free at Last Simulation

BCMA Instructional Agenda

This Week in Scientific Decision Making w/ Mr. Rasti & Mr. Wertz

February 13th – 17th, 2017

Monday, Feb. 13th Students will design a public service announcement on a rare, infectious, emerging or heritable disease and produce a 2nd draft in preparation for a full scale Public Service Announcement for display in the BCMA hallways, classrooms, display cases, and bulletin boards.

Conceive, and produce a public service announcement on a self-selected topic covered in the last six weeks; Students first draft will be to create a PSA on Malaria

o Homework: students will prepare for a quiz covering malaria and sickle cell based on materials from the short film from Howard Hughes Medical Institute Biointeractive The Making of the Fittest scheduled for Friday, Feb. 17th, 2017.

Tuesday, Feb. 14th & Wednesday, Feb. 15th Students will be required to read a Do Now introductory article on strep throat and the organism which causes it. Students will begin day 1 of the lab: Infectious disease occurrence and probability of getting a disease”

Students will define or review vocabulary for the lab; Teachers will demonstrate the fundamentals of probability for data collection and analysis and demonstrate

procedures for carrying out the lab; Students will review and summarize the clinical symptoms and patient impacts of an infection caused by the

strep variant which causes Necrotizing Fasciitis (Flesh-Eating Bacteria.) Students will distinguish between the two strep variants (non-flesh eating vs. Flesh-Eating) and consider the

characteristics of a rare disease quantitatively. o Homework: students will complete reading the introductory article on Streptococcus; o Students will prepare for a quiz covering the topic of malaria from source materials drawn from The

Making of the Fittest and the BrainPop module on Protozoa covering Malaria, and Amebic Dysentery.

Thursday, Feb. 16th & Friday, Feb. 17th Students will in small lab groups, carry out the procedures for the lab Infectious disease occurrence and probability of

getting a disease” collecting, and recording data. Students will compare data sets collected from the other small lab groups; Students will calculate the probabilities of encountering each strain of streptococcus; Students will analyze their probability results and make conclusions on the chances of encountering/exposure

to the Flesh-Eating strain of strep. Students will evaluate their knowledge and skills covering the protozoan disease: Malaria via the 1st Quiz of

the 5th Six Weeks. o Homework: students will start their research on other rare diseases they may select as future PSA

projects.

This week in Ms. Tyson’s 7th Grade PreAP Science Class we will…….

Monday-Tuesday, February 13-14, 2017 Topic: Using a Dichotomous Key

Define Dichotomous Key

Identify its origin and its connection to Taxonomy

Examine organisms characteristics and use the key for identification of animals and plants Activity #1: Taxonomy Foldable Activity Activity #2: Virtual Lab---How are Living Things Classified into Groups Homework: Dichotomous Key (Due Next Class)

Wednesday, February 15, 2017 Topic: What Is an Animal?

Explain how animal bodies are organized

Identify the four major functions of animals

Describe how animals are classified Activity #1: Bill Nye—Animal Adaptations

Activity #2: Characteristics of Life Foldable Homework: What is an Animal Guided Reading and Study (Due Next Class)

Thursday-Friday, February 16-17, 2017 Topic: Variations in Populations

Define variation

Discuss how variation in population is specifically suited for animal survival Activity #1: BrainPop Video-Hibernation

Activity #2: Variations in Beaks Activity #3: Bill Nye---Populations Activity # 4: Foldable Activity

Homework: Variations in Populations (Due Next Class)

BCMA Instructional Agenda

Instructional Agenda Feb.13-17, 2017

Mr. Eligio Math Lab (7th Grade)

Topics in Aleks Program: Area and perimeters of composite figures

Perimeter involving rectangles and circles

Area involving rectangles and circles

Area between two concentric circles

Minimum of 5 topics learned every class meeting in Aleks program

Quiz on Circumference and Area of a circle Homework:

Online homework in aleks program (Parents, I am letting you know that I assign homework regularly and they are due the following meeting. Please follow-up with your student. Thank you!)

NOTE:

You need to learned 5 topics mastered during this class period

Make-up work on Aleks will have a highest of 70% and should be done by Saturday at 6:00 pm

You need to show your work in your Composition Notebook to get a % on

Participation Grade Website: www.aleks.com

Instructional Agenda Monday, February 13th – Friday, February 17th

Computer Science 7th Grade Learning Objective:

Write functions with parameters to generalize a solution instead of duplicating code.

Identify appropriate situations for creating a function with parameters.

Use random numbers as inputs to function calls for the purpose of testing.

Add parameters to a function in an existing piece of code to generalize its behavior

Use a loop in a program to simplify the expression of repeated tasks.

Identify appropriate situations in a program for using a loop.

Use random values within a loop to repeat code that behaves differently each time it is executed.

Vocabulary:

Parameter: accepts a value to be passed to

a function, typically affecting the behavior

of that function.

For Loop: A particular kind of looping

construct provided in many languages.

Typically, a for loop defines a counting

variable that is checked and incremented

on each iteration in order to loop a specific

number of times.

Loop: The action of doing something over

and over again.

This Week in Latin I with Ms. Kirk

Cambridge website cambridgescp.com, currently free, open access to all 4th edition materials

grammar practice, vocabulary practice, translation aids Technology is a daily part of our class, please allow your students to bring their cell phones, tablets, laptops, and any internet-ready technological device with them on the day they have Latin. A day that says Kahoot! is definitely a cell phone or tablet day.

Ongoing Extra-Credit: Students who volunteer to turn packet activities into Kahoot! quizzes and storyboards will

receive a 100 for a project grade if done to satisfactory!