Accelerated Learning Students can read 250 pages and complete 5 of the following activities

or complete 9 of the following activities. Make sure you have a pocket

folder to keep up with all of your completed assignments and reading log(s). CGS 7th Grade Summer Activities-JULY

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Math - Complete activities on the ixl.com website using the attached directions and graph

**See attachment** Place your work in your folder.

ELA - July 9, 2015 is national sugar cookie day. Research and find your favorite sugar cookie recipe. With help from your

parents, prepare and cook the recipe. Using a blindfold, interview family members eating the cookie. Create a chart and write

down their descriptions. Who had the most detail and was closest to the actual taste of the cookie? Put all information in your

folder. Take a picture and print out a copy of your recipe. Have fun decorating!

SS - Conduct an interview of a family member from a different generation. Come up with and

ask them a series of 10-12 questions about how society has changed throughout the last few

decades. Place all work in your pocket folder.

ELA – July 26th is National Parent’s Day! Plan a surprise, cook a meal, perform a play, write them a poem, clean the house,

do some yard work, or creatively come up with a plan to celebrate your parents. Attach a copy of your plan; include any

pictures that you take to help celebrate. Place all work in your pocket folder.

Science - All living things are made up of cells. There are two types of cells we will focus on in 7th grade: plant and animal. Draw both types of cells and include the following organelles (parts of the cell) in each: cell membrane, nucleus, mitochondria, and vacuole(s). You will also need to include the cell wall and chloroplasts in the plant cell. The shapes and sizes of the organelles in these two types of cells should look very different. Place your neat and colorful plant and animal cells in your folder.

Accelerated Learning Students can read 250 pages and complete 5 of the following activities or complete 9 of the following activities. Make sure you have a pocket

folder to keep up with all of your completed assignments and reading log(s).

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For each day, log your total pages for that day on the provided reading log. Extra copies of

reading logs and other pages will be available in the library.

Social Studies– Research 2 countries around the world in the CIA

World Factbook at https://cia.gov/kids-page, and create a colorful

graphic organizer comparing and contrasting the 2 countries.

ELA - Read a recipe in a cookbook. With your parent’s permission, try the recipe. In complete

sentences, answer the following questions. What did you cook? How was it? Would you recommend the

recipe to a friend? Why or Why not? Print a copy of the recipe and take a picture to place in your

folder.

Math - Login to Study Island and go to 7th Grade Math Common Core. Choose one of the following topics and click on and read the

lesson. Click on the lesson and complete at least 10 questions. Try to earn a Blue Ribbon! Topics: Properties of Addition and Subtraction,

Properties of Multiplication and Division, Single-Step Real World Problems

Science - Chemistry: Element Baby Book

In this activity you will adopt an element from the Periodic Table of Elements. As a proud parent of your element you will create a baby book to remember important stages of your element’s life. *See attachment**

Study Island Activity Login to Study Island and go to 7th Grade Math Common Core. Choose one of the following topics and click on and read the lesson. Click on the lesson and complete at least 10 questions. Try to earn a Blue Ribbon! Topics: Properties of Addition and Subtraction Properties of Multiplication and Division Single-Step Real World Problems

IXL Activity Go to www.ixl.com (This website will allow you to do 20 problems per day.) Choose 7th Grade Pick one of these areas: B, C, F, or G. Complete 20 problems in any of the areas and record the area you worked in and your results on the IXL Chart. You must do 3 different areas to count as one assignment.

IXL Summer Practice

Topic and Skill Ex. B.1 Decimal Numbers Review

Time Elapsed (ex. 5 min. 34 sec.)

SmartScore (ex. number out of 100)

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Reading Log Campobello-Gramling 7th Grade

Reading Rewards! CGS will provide ALL Star Readers with a party every 9 weeks! Nightly, record the following information about your reading. For Summer Reading, 7th Grade should read at least 250 pages and complete 5 activities on the June/July calendars.

Use your own paper for additional reading log entries

Date

Pages

read

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Title: Summary/reflection of your reading: Talk about characters, the problem, interesting events, setting, predictions,

questions you have, connections to your life, etc.

8/7/13

Pgs. 1-25

A Walk In The Clouds: The story started out with a description of the main

character Chloe. It was interesting to see how they made her seem so real. She

reminds me of my friend Claire. They also talked about a boy in her class. Will

she like him by the end of the book?

Name ______________________________________________

Parent Signature _________________________________

Date Submitted for Grade:_______________________

Genre______________________________________________

Chemistry: Element Baby Book

In this activity you will adopt an element from the Periodic Table of Elements.

As a proud parent of your element you will create a baby book to remember important stages of your element’s life.

Choose one of the following elements to research and adopt for your baby book:

Oxygen

Hydrogen

Nitrogen

Carbon

Research:

1. Name of element:_______________________________________________________________________________________________________

2. Element symbol:________________________________________________________________________________________________________

3. Atomic number:_________________________________________________________________________________________________________

4. Atomic mass:____________________________________________________________________________________________________________

5. # of protons:_____________________________________________________________________________________________________________

6. # of electrons:____________________________________________________________________________________________________________

7. # of neutrons:____________________________________________________________________________________________________________

8. Date of discovery:________________________________________________________________________________________________________

9. Discoverer:_______________________________________________________________________________________________________________

10. Country of Discovery:__________________________________________________________________________________________________

11. Boiling Point:____________________________________________________________________________________________________________

12. Melting Point:___________________________________________________________________________________________________________

13. State of matter at room temperature: solid, liquid, or gas?

14. Family name:____________________________________________________________________________________________________________

15. Names of family members (list of the other elements that share the same family name as your element):

_______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

16. Period name:____________________________________________________________________________________________________________

17. Uses for element:_______________________________________________________________________________________________________

18. Type of element: metal or nonmetal?

Baby Book Requirements: (Check each one as you complete it.)

Hint: Folding 4 pieces of 8 ½ X 11 copy paper in half will create the perfect sized baby book.

_____Cover page: Name of element and your name

_____Page 1: Nickname of element (Element Symbol) AND birth date (date element was discovered)

_____Page 2: Birth weight (atomic mass) AND birth height (atomic number)

_____Page 3: Attending physician-doctor (discoverer) AND place of birth (country of discovery)

_____Page 4: Gender (state of matter at room temperature)

_____Page 5: Brothers and sister (Names of family members)

_____Page 6: Personality (emotions: boiling point and melting point) AND first word (type of element: metal or nonmetal)

_____Back cover: Career Goals (Something your element is used for)

Place your baby book and this sheet, which contains your research, in your folder. Complete ALL requirements. Be creative, neat, and colorful. Draw or use pictures.

Use correct punctuation, capitalization, spelling, and grammar.