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Have a nice weekend

11/30/2019

IMPORTANT:

Skating field trip on Monday! Make sure you are not late on Monday. We will leave promptly at 8:45 am. Be in class by 8:30 am at the latest! If your parent is driving, make sure they have filled out the Parent driver form.

1)MATH:

Complete the comparing fractions handout

2)ALPHABIOGRAPHY:

Due Monday @ 9am

3)POST A RESPONSE:

Holiday:)
Get that Alphabiography FINISHED!

Today we completed our volleyball unit in PE and also had our last volleyball game. Students improved so much over the last 5 weeks. Everyone should be very proud of themselves. I know your parents and I are very proud of you all for trying a new sport and making a commitment to a team. I really have enjoyed coaching you. If volleyball is something you enjoyed please consider joining a city club or a community centre program. It is good fun, good exercise and a great way to meet people and make new friends.

We still need 4 more seats for skating on monday!

Bring in 1 more can each if you can:)

1.) MATH: Fraction strips and complete any unfinished assignments

2.) POST A RESPONSE:

Post a message here why it is important to donate to the food bank every year. (use this for your Alphabiography)

SUCESS CRITERIA:
1.) Paragraph format (intro/body/conclusion)
2.) Include at least 2-3 examples.
3.)You must use transitions that introduce your examples within your paragraph. Here is a link to transition words.
4.) Use figurative language at least 1 time
5.) Give one student feedback based on the above criteria.
6.) Edit/revise based on the feedback or a self-assessment.

Volleyball pics to be updated this evening...

Commas & fractions

11/27/2019

The Day:
1. Writing; Alphabiography
2.Math: Comparing fractions
3. Social Studies: Inquiry

1) MATH:

Page 47-49 (Complete for tomorrow)

2) ALPHABOGRAPHY:

Due Friday

3) FRENCH WORD WORK:

Test Friday

4) POST A RESPONSE:

PAR Holiday

Math inquiry

11/26/2019

Today division 1 studnets participated in a math inquiry on comparing and ordering fractions. Students worked in groups to find as many way as they could to determine which fractions were larger and smaller. It was great to see how many strategies students were able to come up with on their own though collaboration and experimentation. They also had to use a lot of mathematical vocabulary in oder to share their thinking. Great Inquiry division 1!

IMPORTANT: Bring a sponge (used or old ones are fine) tomorrow if you can as we will need several sponges to complete the next stage of out mosaic tiles mirrors.

1.)SKATING:

We need Volunteer rivers for Skating. Go to the Fresh Grade Skating activity to sign up

2.) ALPHABOGRAPHY:

Due Friday (26 draft paragraphs)

3.)WORD WORK in FRENCH:

Word analysis
Spelling and meaning test Friday

4.)POST A RESPONSE:

Holiday
Use this time to study for your word work test Friday and to work on your Alphabiography

mosaic mirror tile art

11/25/2019

Today, students learned how to use a trowel, putty knife, and thinset/mastic to stick their tiles onto their wooden mirror frames. If we have time tomorrow, we will learn about ratios in math and use this when we mix our grout for our mosaic mirrors. Watch this video to build your background knowledge to prepare you for the next step in creating your mosaic mirrors!

VOLLEYBALL PRACTICE MOVED!! to tomorrow at LUNCH NO MORNING PRACTICE!

1.) MATH: Finish handout

2.) FIELD TRIP FORMS: Bing them in

3.) Alphabiography: All 26 rough draft paragraphs due Friday

4.) POST A RESPONSE:

Today, you learned how to apply thinset/mastic to stick your tiles onto a wooden surface.
Write a paragraph explaining the process.
SUCCESS CRITERIA:

1.) Paragraph format
2.) When describing the step by step process, you must use transition words to show what
  happens first, second, etc.  Use this list of time/chronology transition words to help you out.
3.) List one thing that you found challenging about applying the thinset/mastic to the wooden
frame.
4.) Give one student a suggestion on how to improve their paragraph with their use of the transition
  words in this link.
5.) Edit/revise based on the feedback you receive or a self-assessment.

VIDEO LINKS:
How to Grout and Polish

Weekend

11/23/2019

Please complete the list below for monday:)

Descriptive feedback improves lunch time c-charts!

11/20/2019

Revised c-charts to help self-regulation

Today we continued to work on writing our Alphabiography project. Almost all studnets have had 1 on 1 writing conference with a teacher and have been using the feedback they receive to improve various pieces of their writing. Parents please see your child's fresh grade portfolio to see what areas of writing your child needs to work on. In math, we continued working on our fractions unit and students practiced reading, writing, fractions and decimals. In the afternoon we continued with our social studies inquiry by watching a very interesting documentary on the evolution of humans

IMPORTANT:

PARENTS: Please click here to complete this survey with your child today. The results will determine if Mr. Hong and I plan SKI SCHOOL at Seymour for the Grade 7 students.
Bring more cans and non-perishable food items for our food drive!

1) MATH:

Watch this video as many time as it takes to get stuck in your head
Finish marking worksheet of fractions (click for answer key)
Complete Interactions p.53 #2,3,5,89-17 and p.54 #1-8 (Due tomorrow)

2) ALPHABIOGRAPHY:

All 26 pieces of writing are due in rough draft by November 29th
Keep writing away

3)POST A RESPONSE:

Write another piece for your Alphabiography and post it here
Use the success criteria to give another student some feedback on their writing
Edit/revise based on the feedback you receive

Success Criteria:
- interesting introduction
- multiple paragraphs
- includes figurative language (simile, metaphor, personification, onomatopoeia)
- different transition words
- includes thoughts
-included senses
-has a ending sentence

IDEAS:

1. The traffic safety presentation
2. A time you were nervous about something:
3. A vaccination or shot
4. Getting on a plane
5. Leaving a loved one
6. A presentation
7. An important event or game
8. Waiting for something you really want
9. The best present ever
10. Going fishing
11. A day at the beach
12. Finding something (Money, lost puppy)
13. Getting or losing a pet
14. Your worst accident (broken bone, cut, cold et.)
15. The best food ever
16. Swimming in the ocean

VIDEO LINK
Fractions Song

Ms. H comes to support the learning

11/19/2019

Learning with Ms. H about early humans.

Today during our social studies inquiry on early humans Division 1 and 2 were extremely lucky to have Ms. H, who just happens to have done her thesis (a long piece of writing involving extensive research) on early humans. How amazing is that? Many students had a chance to talk with her and learn form her extensive background knowledge. Thank you Ms. H!

Decimlas in Expanded Form1) MATH:

Mark yesterdays fractions handout (click here for the answer key)
Complete todays handout

2)ALPHABIOGRAPHY:

Keep writing away!

3) POST A RESPONSE:

Today I was very disappointed with the overall behaviour of many division1 studnets during lunch time in class. Many were not following the co created expectations.
Think about your behaviour today and reflect on why it is important to follow the our class expectations.
Explain several (minimum 3) reasons why following the behaviour expectation at lunch time is important
Then post what you will do to help yourself follow these expectation in the future

Use the following questions to help you:

Why is it importnat to be clam when eating?
How does your behaviour at lunch time affect others?
What other people are affected by your behaviour at lunch? (Just studnets or does it have an effect on adults as well?)

VIDEO LINK
Decimals In Expanded Form

figurative language

11/18/2019

The Day:

Writer's Workshop: Writing Tip- using figurative language
PE: Volleyball- Serving and Overhand smash
Art: Planning for mosaic tiles
Math: Fractions
French: Creating a game to learn phrases
Word Work Unit #10

VOLLEYBALL PRACTICE CANCELLED TOMORROW MORNING!
PRACTICE WILL BE AT LUNCH TOMORROW.

** Mini school test tomorrow at Churchill @ 1pm (click for more info)

IMPORTANT:
1.) Bring coloured tiles if possible. Bring a hammer if you have one.
2.) Bring $4 for art supplies if you haven't already done so.
3.) Bring as many canned foods or non-perishable food items to school tomorrow! Let's donate as much as we can to help those in need!

1)French: Complete Game

2)Writing: Add in 3 examples of figurative language into your Alphabiography

3)Math: Watch this video and complete the hand out

4) Word Work: Complete work analysis

5) Post A Response: Post two new examples for each of the 6 types of figurative language in the pic above.

PAR Success Criteria:

Identify the type of figurative language
Create two examples for each type above (that is 12 examples- 2 examples for each of the 6 types))
Read another students post and give them some feedback if the example does not match the type of figurative language or if proofreading is needed
Edit/revise as needed.

VIDEO LINK
Place Value Song

Vancouver Symphony Orchestra

11/16/2019

Today, we had a great field trip to the Vancouver Symphony Orchestra. They learned much about percussion instruments! In addition to this, there was even more learning today and students worked on their self-regulation. Prior to the trip, we created a new C-chart for being 'OUT IN THE COMMUNITY'. Students created the action criteria and it was made very clear to them what their expected behaviours should look like. This in turn helped them self-regulate during the entire field trip and everything went as expected! Well done to the students of division 1 and 2! You reached one of the learning intentions!

IMPORTANT:

Bring some coloured tiles to school so you can create a unique mosaic mirror!
Bring your $4 for the ART supplies!

1)POST CRADS:

Hand in Monday morning

2.) POST A RESPONSE:

Write a paragraph about the field trip to the symphony (This may be used for the Alphabiography)
How were you able to self-regulate so well during the field trip today?
What was the trip like? What did we do?
Add complexity by including in thoughts, feelings, sights, smells and what you heard.

SUCCESS CRITERIA:
1.) Paragraph format
2.) Use as many writing tips form our lesson as possible
2.) Includes at least 2 points from our 'IN THE COMMUNITY' C-Chart that you focused on and an
example of how you did this.
3.) Ask one student a question about their paragraph.
4.) Edit/revise based on a self-assessment.

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Have a nice weekend

Volleyball season ends

We still need 4 more seats for skating on monday!

Bring in 1 more can each if you can:)

Commas & fractions

Math inquiry

mosaic mirror tile art

Weekend

Please complete the list below for monday:)

Descriptive feedback improves lunch time c-charts!

Ms. H comes to support the learning

figurative language

Vancouver Symphony Orchestra

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We still need 4 more seats for skating on monday! Bring in 1 more can each if you can:)

Please complete the list below for monday:)

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We still need 4 more seats for skating on monday!

Bring in 1 more can each if you can:)