I have been teaching seventh grade since 1985, and love the variety and challenges this level offers. I have been at Lucille Umbarger since 1993. Technology is used as a tool, to keep students and teachers in touch with the latest information and research. Integrated skills projects incorporate all subject areas, and students use technology for research, analysis, and publishing their projects. Students in language arts created the teacher web pages found on the Lucille Umbarger web site.
All writing includes the six trait analysis for revising and editing published work.
Students will write daily in a journal, discuss in literature circles, and produce a variety of projects during the semester. Parent Information Students need the following supplies in order to be successful all year. Visitors are welcome to Students will normally attend two field trips during seventh grade. In December, we view The Nutcracker ballet in Anacortes, and in June we end the year with a final journey to Seattle or Whidbey Island. During the spring, all seventh grade students throughout the state take part in the Washington State Assessment of Student Learning .