You're Not Santa, You smell like Beef and Cheese!" my favorite......

GEEN BENCHMARK

 Green Benchmark is Here!

Next Wednesday December 14th is the Green Benchmark in Mathmatics. Students will review Monday and Tuesday for the test, help them so that they can ROCK THE TEST and meet their      academis goals!

More to come! 

DNA SUCCESS!

Look at the Fun Pics to see Projects from Room R-12! 
                                 Here is a sneak peek!


DNA Projects were due, and the kids in Room R-12 did a great job! I LOVE the creativity that was shown, effort was much appreciated for sure! We had Large projects down to tiny.... all meeting the criteria for the project perfectly!


Large and well made!

Medium Size with Sparkles

Small and SUPER CREATIVE!

Did you read the Twilight Saga?

DISH! Tell me what you think, can they make a movie that all readers can watch? Which book was your favorite? What team are you on? Or..... not interested?

DNA Project

                                       DOUBLE HELIX
                                                           Due Wednesday Nov. 16th

Here are some project ideas...

Way to recycle those unwanted cans!


Be creative, big or small.....

You can DO IT!! Any questions? ASK please! The project is due November 16th, which is a Wednesday. The students have the assignment, I'll post a copy of the rubric soon!

Author Event and Signing!

Mrs Kelly and I were THERE! We met Cinda Chima and Garth Nix BOTH! We also had the extra opportunity to meet Sean Williams who co-authored Garth Nixs new book!

  


Mrs. Kelly Loved  meeting  
                Cinda!

Garth Nix and Sean Williams
      were really nice too!

                              CAN'T WAIT TO READ ALL OF THE BOOKS WE GOT!!

Elements of Art PTB

 Here is a sample of our first PTB Project in 
            Drawing and Illustrating!




Line
Shape
Color
Dimension
Movement
Space
Texture

Red Ribbon Week at DABMS

                  Panther Pride sports RED!

From head to toe, even      our Toms show    support! 

         Check out some of the staff....Oh Yea,
                                   RED!


Watch for more Red Ribbon activities all week! Thank you PTA and DABMS students! YOU ROCK!

READ past your Betime!! Come On!!

Tempest Rising         
         by Tracy Deebs

This is an awesome book filled with adventure, mystery and excitement! As you can see, it deals with mermaids, but unlike you have ever imagined before.

Take the time to check out this great book, it's worth 14 AR points (Go College Bowl!) AND its fun to read!

Mrs. Pitotti read it, and LOVED it! Check it out, literally!

The Host
       by Stephenie Meyer

Did you enjoy the Twilight Series by Stephenie Meyer? One of the things she is known for is her amazing ability to capture your interest and imagination as a writer. In this book, The Host, she does just that!

Imagine yourself in a situation you can't change, and you could be the main character of this Sci Fi thriller! The storyline is so unexpected, you just can't put it down once you get started!

    So Get Started!

The Host is worth 29 AR points, and so worth reading!

Rock the Test! October 18th- Orange

Monday October 17th Extra Assignment!

• Go over Orange Study Cards with someone older than you
• Review concepts and examples
• Have the person you shared with sign a paper saying you reviewed all skills with them
• BRING CARD AND NOTE to class on Tuesday and......

Earn a Homework Pass!

 

         Study Notecard for the Orange Benchmark- COMPLETE!


Kids in Mrs. Pitotti's Room completed Study Notecards for the Orange Benchmark last Friday. A last chance study session will take place Monday at school, but ALL students should review and study thier cards! They can be SO confident if they try!!! Let's do this!

The World of Orange- Benchmark Mastery

Tuesday October 18th- Rock The Test!

The Orange Benchmark for Math is coming up Oct. 18th, so I thought I'd give you a few tips to Master your Math!

Do you ever feel like you can't rock the orange the way you'd like?
Have you had feelings that Math just isn't "a-peeling" to you?
Well, here are some exercises to prepare you for next weeks Orange Benchmark review.







Our class is linked to the Math Study Skills Site

   ixl. To log on, go to

www.ixl.com/signin/dbms   and use
the log-in information I gave you in class. Don't forget to bookmark the ixl sign in page, it's the one we have just for David A. Brown students!
(juicy huh? Thank the AWESOME Mrs. Gaither for that!)

       Topics to CRUSH the Orange Benchmark!

INTEGERS:
D.1   D.2   D.3   D.4   D.5

OPERATIONS WITH INTEGERS:
E.1    E.3   E.7

OPERATIONS WITH FRACTIONS:
Fractions and Mixed Numbers
F.4    F.7    G.1   G.3

                                                  EXPONENTS AND SQUARE ROOTS:
                                                  I.1    I.2

PrActIce   mAkeS  PREPARED!
Take the time to get your Smart Score of 100 in each of these areas, and you will feel comfortable and prepared for the Orange Benchmark! 


We will also prepare Study Cards in class on Friday with the concepts you need to know, but it takes your effort too! I'll know you're practicing.... =0)

                                  ROCK IT

Are you reading past your bedtime?

What are you reading?
Do you love reading so much that you read past your bedtime? I do, and I want to know what you're reading, then Blog all about the book! 
(don't be a book spoiler though!) Do you recommend it to other teens? Come on, dish!

I started the new Rick Riordan book that came out today. I love the Percy Jackson series, it's full of action, adventure and even a bit of romance!


Rick Riordan rocks writing books! He uses amazing imagery, and writes so descriptively that I can't help but read WAY past my bedtime! I think all of you should read his novels, you won't regret it!

The Art of Study Notecards

There is an art to creating a Science Study Notecard in Mrs.Pitotti's Life Science Class. The challenge is to take a great amount of information and organize it onto a small 3x5 card for use on a test. The students in Room R12 are getinning pretty good at it, here are some awesome examples of functional study cards with an artistic flare.

Along with definitions, you can choose to re-create diagrams on the back side of your card to help with labeling. Some students create their own diagrams while others copy and shrink the actual diagrams in the text. Either way, having clearly labeled examples of the diagrams needed are a huge help during exam time!

Vocabulary Words and key concepts make up the other side of the notecard. To be complete, you should try to fit all of the chapter vocabulary terms and definitions on the card. If you have to write small, feel free to bring a magnifying glass to help you read what you've written! (Many students do, and have great success!) Using the last of your space to include key terms and concepts will ensure that you have done all you can to give your best on a Science Exam.

Amazing Notecards are Up To You!

Next time we have a Chapter Test in Science, take the challenge to create the most amazing Study card you can! Remember, you will always get an outline of all the concepts covered, but the actual making of the card is up to you!

 YOUR SCORE WILL IMPROVE

WITH THE EFFORT YOU PUT FORTH

Take the time to create your Study card for the next exam, and remember if you give 100% of your best the first time, without complaint, YOU WILL ALWAYS IMPROVE! 

(and Mrs. Pitotti will be MORE than THRILLED!)

California Life Science is ONLINE!

7th Grade Science Text
Click on above 7th Grade Science Text, it's a LINK to your text!


Existing users:
To enroll in this class:

1. Go to www.pearsonsuccessnet.com.
2. Log in by typing your existing user name and password.
3. From your Home Page, click My Account.
4. Click Add Class/Group

Follow the instructions, and use the class access code above to enroll in this class or group.
ACCESS CODE- Copy and paste  52FC4012637CCD15A021

You use the same user id and password as our Math Text, follow the instructions, and ENJOY! I already did KrisDynne to make sure it worked, let me know how you like it!