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Book clubs & algebra

4/30/2019

Agenda For Today:
1. Book Clubs Round 2
2. Word Work (Test Friday)
3. Story
4. Math- Algebra (Finish the work sheet write the algebraic expression to match each page of patterns draw at least one table to support how you came to the expression) (click here)
5. Science (Test Tomorrow)

1.) POST SOME DAILY GRATITUDE!

2)POST A RESPONSE:

PAR holiday so you can study for your Science test!

PRO-D DAY MONDAY (NO SCHOOL)

4/27/2019

Check out these linear patterns?

You have a busy week coming up. Manage your time wisely and read everything below carefully. We are in the home stretch now, so keep working hard! There is no school on Monday. The teachers will be learning new and exciting ways to teach you!

REMINDERS:
1.) Grade 7 Celebration form and $25. Please return ASAP.
2.) Grade 7 student must email 3 photos to Mrs. Lidhar karenlidhar@gmail.com Please be sure to include your NAME in the subject line.

1.) GRATITUDE JOURNAl:

Post some gratitude over the weekend!

2.) MATH:

Watch the videos posted below to help you understand how to find the pattern rule or expression for a linear pattern. We will be carrying on with linear patterns and algebra next week.

3.) SCIENCE:

Gr. 7 Finish up your Electricity/Magnetism journals. TEST ON WEDNESDAY.

4.) NOVEL APPROACH:

Continue working on your booklets and powerful response.
Final book club work session on Tuesday.
Powerful Responses will be due next Friday.

5.) POST A RESPONSE:

Today we spent a lot of time being active: Fitness Friday, Recess, Lunch, Tennis, and Free time outside with Ms. Samiei
How do you plan to stay active over this busy weekend?

PAR BONUS! Post an expression with a variable and constant for the first pattern in each video. (The black and white pattern and the red and blue one pattern)

VIDEO LINKS

Book Clubs and Boundless

4/25/2019

Today was a great day of learning...we started off back in our book clubs. The students had choice in what they were working on in their Novalas they get ready to write their powerful response for their next picture book. They have the opportunity here to be the directors of their own learning. We were outside for another Tennis lesson this morning. After recess we had some time for our read aloud "The Boundless", before getting into how patterns relate to algebraic expressions. This afternoon students had their last chance to make their motors spin before we finished with some French.
Do not forget your crazy hair tomorrow.....

1) GRATITUDE JOURNAL:

Daily post please! (We should be at 100 posts by tomorrow)

2) GRADE 7 CELEBRATION:

Please hand in your $25 contribution for the grade 7 celebration to Mr. Fisher or Ms. Chohan ASAP.
We are also requesting some photos for a fun grade 7 slide show. Please select the following:
Three pictures requested:
-toddler picture
-grade school picture (K-3)
-recent picture
Instructions on how the pictures will be collected will be given out soon

3) MATH:

Page 381/2 Questions 3-8 (click here)

4)SCIENCE:

Make sure your Science Journal is completed and all your learning is recorded.

5) LA-RAP:

Make sure you have finished your brainstorming of activities/experiences from your recent breaks, and what feelings you had. Think about some of the rhyming patterns you found in the example raps. Be ready to write if you have not started already.

6) FRENCH
french words

7) POST A RESPONSE:

Today we worked with our motors for the last time, Before we started Mr. Hong talked about why the solenoid coil spins. In a short paragraph explain how magnetisim and electricity combine to make the coil spin. (Hint push / pull). Give another student feedback on their paragraph.

Tennis and Rapping

4/24/2019

Today we started a Rap unit. Students were asked to come up with events from Spring Break or Easter Break, as they will need to find a way to wrap it out. It was out to the tennis courts for our first tennis lesson. Students were showing off their skills as they were challenged with different activities on the court. Back inside we started out our Algebra unit in Math by playing with patterns. The afternoon was full of Socials and French. The students are going to find a place in the school where they can lead a friend to get some feedback for the next French project. Where will your map take us?

1) GRATITUDE JOURNAL:

Daily Entry on the gratitude journal page

2) MATH

Finish p. 375 1-4 and be prepared to discuss your answers

3) POST A RESPONSE:

Give and example of one of the patterns you found in our calendar today in Math. And, explain why when you draw a box around 2 x 2 squares on the calendar and add on the diagonals the two sums are the same.
See example below:
Give another student feedback on their post

Motors, motors, motors!

4/23/2019

Today's Agenda:

Novel Approach Book Club #2
Word Work
Story: The Boundless
Math- Integers evaluation corrections
Science- Electricity & Magnetism Motor Challenge

*** Our next Math Unit: Algebra and Linear Equations Starts tomorrow***
***Learning intention will be given out soon***

1) GRATITUDE JOURNAL:

Daily Entry (see gratitude journal page above!)

2) GRADE 7 CELEBRATION:

Please hand in your $25 contribution for the grade 7 celebration to Mr. Fisher or Ms. Chohan ASAP.
We are also requesting some photos for a fun grade 7 slide show. Please select the following:

Three pictures requested:
-toddler picture
-grade school picture (K-3)
-recent picture

Instructions on how the pictures will be collected will be given out soon

3) SCIENCE:

Inquiry Journal entry for today

4) WORD WORK:

Word Work test Friday
Complete the word analysis (Due Thursday)

5) POST A RESPONSE:

Write an interesting paragraph/story using at least 8 of the word work words from this weeks unit
Give another student some feed back on their paragraph/story!
Edit/revise based on the feedback you receive

VIDEO LINK
Making an Electric Motor

Happy Easter Weekend!

4/22/2019

1)HOMEWORK:

Enjoy the long weekend!
Post some Easter Weekend Gratitude here on todays post!
Get a good sleep Monday night to be ready for school Tuesday!

See you tomorrow!

Badminton finale

4/17/2019

Today both division 1 and 2 had a fantastic final badminton lesson. Mr. Hong and I, along with our amazing student teachers got suited up for the final day of game play. In math we worked on solving problems using the order of operations. Then the grade 7's got back to their science challenge of creating a device that creates continuous visible movement. Many groups were successful and moved moved on to making a part of their contraption spin. When one student was successful today she yelped out loud with pride and accomplishment. I can not tell you how happy I was to hear that. These are the moments teachers live for. We finished off the day with our presentation of French Action Songs:) Today was great day in every way!

1. REMINDERS:

No school Friday
Pay any outstanding fees for Field trios, tennis and grade 7 camp

2. MATH:

Complete 6 integer word problems from the hand out today (Page 1) (Page 2)
Math Unit Evaluation Tomorrow

3. INQUIRY JOURNAL:

Complete an entry for todays challenge

4. WORD WORK:

Unit 20 Test tomorrow!

5. POST A RESPOSE:

PAR holiday! Study for your tests tomorrow!
Ask any questions you may have here and I will help you!!

VIDEO LINK
Simple Motor
Amazing Magnetism

BEDMAS

4/16/2019

To be updated...

1) MATH:

Unit evaluation on integers Thursday!
Use the assessment from today that is uploaded to FG to help you study
Click here for the assessment answer key (click)

2.) NOVEL APPROACH:

All materials must be at school tomorrow. (Picture books, stickies, and packages.)

3.) POST A RESPONSE:

Make an equation that can be used to solve the following word problem. Make sure you keep in mind the order of operations. Use brackets to help you.

Question:

James and Jill are brother and sister. James worked for 5 hrs and got paid $10/h. Jill worked for 5 hrs and got paid $12/h. On the way home James bought a sandwich for $8. While Jill was walking home she found a toonie and a loonie on the ground. That evening James and Jill put their money together and counted it. They then decided to use one third for summer sports camps, donate one third to their favourite charity and save the last third for college. How much did they save for college together?

Solve the equation and answer the question in a complete sentence.

Fire drills & french Festivities

4/15/2019

Students practice their French Action Songs!

This week is our last week of badminton before we start the school wide tennis unit. Today students used all their badminton skills to play games. Even in this short time Ms. Chohan and I have seen some solid improvement. In math we had an assessment on operations with integers to prepare for the unit evaluation which will be this Thursday. I have completed teaching all learning intentions for the except for the graphing linear relations section. This learning intention will be taught in the next math unit. The afternoon consisted of music and working with Ms. Chohan on French Action Songs. It was a great day of learning!

***DO NOT FORGET YOUR DAILY ENTRY IN THE CLASS GRATITUDE JOURNAL***

1) MATH:

Unit Evaluation on integers Thursday!
Complete Assessment/Pretest (click)
Complete 6 questions from the handout today (click)

2.) NOVEL APPROACH:

All materials must be at school tomorrow. (Picture books, stickies, and packages.)

3.) POST A RESPONSE:

Choose 8 words from your Word Work Unit #20 (posted below) and provide a definition using your own words. Respond to another persons post using their words in a sentence to show the meaning.

Reel 2 Reel film FEstival

4/13/2019

Ms. Chohan participating in a film making workshop.

Today, Mr. Collins and Ms. Chohan took over Division 1 and 2 and led the students to the Round House for the REEL to REEL International Film Festival for Youth. The students attended workshops for stop-motion animation and drawn-on/etched-film animation. Later, we all participated in a viewing of several short films - Cat Days, Mahalia Melts in the Rain, Your Mother is a Thief, and the Schoolyard Blues. The sun was lovely for our walk, both ways, today!

1) Daily Gratitude:

Post some some daily gratitude on the class GRATITUDE JOURNAL page above for each day this weekend.

2.) MATH:

Interactions Page 287 (click)

3.) LA/NOVEL APPROACH:

Work on your visible thinking at home and bring everything to school on Monday!

4.) POST A RESPONSE:

Today, we saw several short films.
Please answer the following questions in short-paragraph form:
- Which of the short films were your favourite?
- Why do you think you connected more with those specific films? (you may choose more than 1)
- What do you feel was the BIG IDEA behind them? (Use your reading/learning strategies to help support your big idea)
Please provide feedback to your peers (along with the givens — grammar, punctuation, sentence structure, etc.)
Edit/revise your PAR based on the feedback you receive.

VIDEO LINKS/RESOURCES:
Cat Days
Mahalia Melts in the Rain
Your Mother is a Thief
Schoolyard Blues

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PRO-D DAY MONDAY (NO SCHOOL)

Book Clubs and Boundless

Tennis and Rapping

Motors, motors, motors!

Happy Easter Weekend!

See you tomorrow!

Badminton finale

BEDMAS

Fire drills & french Festivities

Reel 2 Reel film FEstival

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