Friday, December 20

Thank you to everyone for making the last day before the holidays so special. We started the day in the snow and ended it with our secret Santa bump game. 

We would like to wish every one a very Merry Christmas and the happiest of New Years. We look forward to seeing everyone recharged for 2014. 

Over the holidays, don't forget to read, read and read some more!  See you on January 6!

December 18

Today we had an excellent Skype call with our friends in Croatia.  We learned about their currency, government, culture and schools.  We were surprised to learn that they liked North American pop music and that their money called the kuna is worth about $0.18 Canadian for 1 krun.  We also learned that 80% of their poplulation is Catholic. To learn more about what we found out please read our student blogs.

This is us singing O Canada to them.

For homework:

December 16

Today we discussed being safe online and keeping your information private.  Here is a link for you about more information  on this topic.

For tomorrow, remember to bring your lunch to school because we will be eating it at the Bell Centre.  We will be walking to the Bell Centre in the morning with our band instruments to practice for our Christmas concert.  Grade 7's have a math worksheet and the grade 6's have page 101, #1, 2, and 4.
Remember to read for 30 minutes and respond to another student's blog.

Friday, December 13

Today we had an Artsmart presentation by "the one woman circus". We also worked on daily 5 and did some winter art. For homework please share the technology notice with your famy. 

December 10

Today we learned about coding by participating in the Hour of Code.  Here is everyone engaged in their learning.

We also worked on planning for iMovie trailers.

For tomorrow, remember to finish writing your report card comments and the science sheet.

Tomorrow is early dismissal at 1:30 for parent teacher conferences. 

December 9

 

An example of some of the art we have been working on.  

Reminders for tomorrow

- bring earbuds or headphones if you have them so that we can work on our Hour of Code tomorrow and Wednesday

- read 30 minutes

- math grade 6- workbook page 34-35

- math grade 7, sheet #16-34

- call school to book a parent teacher conference

Friday, December 6

We had a Great day today. We spent the afternoon getting ready for the holidays by decking the halls. For homework, finish the questions for science. The grade 6s also have math to finish (number 1,2,3). Have a great weekend!

Thursday, December 5

For homework, please finish your social studies concept math. Grade 6s also have math (p32/32) in their workbooks. Also, don't forget to bring in your ticket orders for the Christmas carols at the Bell Centre on December 17. They are due tomorrow. And if your parents have not already done do, they should call the school tomorrow to book an appointment for parent-teacher conferences next Wednesday or Thursday. 

Finally- please dress warmly.  Bring your touques and gloves. It is going to be cold tomorrow. 

December 3

Wow, what a busy day! Everyone was trying hard to sell all of their products during the Entrepreneur Fair.  It was great to listen to everyone's sales pitch and to see them promoting their products.  Because we had two classes participating, there was more competition this year and not everyone sold out of their product.  Some students will be trying to sell their last remaining products at lunch tomorrow.  Those students who made a profit will be repaying their parents today.  They should be bringing home three envelopes: 1) their profit 2) the float 3) the loan repayment.  They have already left their donation to charity with me at school.  In the afternoon we began writing our blog posts about this experience.  Please make sure you publish those tonight and leave another student in our class a comment on their blog.

December 2nd

Tomorrow is the Entrepreneur Show.  It will run from 9:15-11:45.

Remember to bring a tablecloth, a money box, and your float.  If you didn't bring your products and your poster, please remember to bring those as well.  If you would like to buy something, the money cannot come out of your cash box.  It should be money separate from your business.  

Good luck tomorrow!

Friday, November 29

Please bring all Entrepreneurship materials to school on Monday. This includes your poster, product and business plan. For social studies, you need to work on your Concept map. It is due on Friday. And don't forget to order your tickets for Carols at the Bell. They are $3 each. Parents can also call the office to book appointments for parent teacher conferences. Have a great weekend!!

November 28

Reminder:  our Entrepreneur Show has been changed to the morning of December 3rd because the PAC is using the gym in the afternoon for a The Christmas Store. 

November 27

Today we learned how to play the dreidel game with Ms. Lirenman's class for Buddies.  

For homework: 

November 26

Today we talked about entrepreneurship with Bill Roche, the founder of the Powerplay Entrepreneurs Program.  We learned about different ideas for marketing our products.

In the afternoon we had Mrs. Lim, the Science and Technology Helping Teacher for the Surrey School District come and talk to us about decomposers in the ecosystem.  She got us started on a science project where we are creating our own decomposers.  We look forward to sharing our finished projects with her when she returns.

Reminders:

- book fair continues tomorrow

- coin drive : quarters

- grade 6- Unit 2 Math test tomorrow

- grade 7 Math : - page 238 #1,2

- French presentations next Tuesday

To prepare for the Math test, see if you can do the following:

Entrepreneurship Show Information

November 24

Today we had a guest speaker, Aanikh Kler, the creator of the Undr the Radr app featured on Dragon's Den come talk to our class about social entrepreneurship.  He talked about the importance of believing in your dreams, being persistent, the importance of school and giving back to the community.

Tomorrow we will be having Bill Roche from Powerplay Entrepreneurs come talk to our class.  Please bring your product to school so that we can discuss its marketing.

Reminder for tomorrow:

- book fair

- Math Grade 6 Unit 2 test is on Wednesday

- Math Grade 6 homework is Unit 2 Show What You Know # 1- 9

- bring nickels and dimes for coin drive

- bring donations for the Bundle Up campaign

Thursday, November 21

We had an excellent field trip to the Apple store today. We played with the iPads and made trailers on iMovie. Thanks again to all our wonderful parents for making it happen!  

For homework:

1) read 30 min

2) entrepreneurship - good copy of p.24- 

    26 of business plan

    -work on product

November 21st, Going to the Apple fieldtrip

Today we visited the Apple store in Guildford Mall to learn how to use iMovie.  Everyone created movie trailers in small groups.  They were funny, scary, mysterious and fantastic.  Everyone has a copy of their movie on a USB to share with their families.  Here is the trailer made by Ms. Grewal and Ms. Kooner.

November 20

Today we played mystery Skype with a class in Croatia.  Everyone used very good geography questions to pinpoint their location.  We were able to guess their location first.  Here is a photo they took of themselves talking to us.

During math, the grade 6's showed their learning on whiteboards.  Our learning intention was to be able to compare and order integers.  The homework is page 80 #3 - 6.  

We worked on Daily 5 and the Friday group will be meeting with teacher next because we will be at our field trip tomorrow.

We will be leaving for our field trip to the Apple store in Guildford Mall at 8:45 and we should be returning to the school by 11:30.  We will be learning how to use iMovie. 

For the Entrepreneurship Program, everyone should be working on their marketing plan.  You will have time to type up your plan tomorrow afternoon.

Grade 7's have math workbook page 133-134, #1, 3-6, 7 choose two. Also textbook page 226 #1-3.

Please read for 30 minutes and do a Blind or Timed Sort for Word work.

November 18

Today we played a Jeopardy game about the novel Out of My Mind with our partner class in Montreal via Skype.  We earned 3700 points and were very excited.  Some of the questions were quite tricky.

Homework: Read 30 min

Grade 6- Math p 76 #1 - 4

Grade 7 - sign math test

Bring Gym Strip tomorrow

Friday, November 15

What a wonderfully engaging day today!  First we had our resident artist Maggie lead the class in an art lesson sketching the human body. Then the scientists in our class looked at the skin of an onion thru a microscope. For homework:

1) read for 30 min daily

2) grade 6 math - page 26

3) work on your product

If you have not handed in your bookmark or Venn diagram comparing Melody to Hellen Keller, it is late!!  Hand it in by Monday. 

Have a great weekend!

November 14

Homework:
- read 30 min
- good copy of Business Plan page 18-21
- finish book mark
- Math: Grade 6 p 72, #4
Grade 7, page 26-28, test tomorrow
- remember to have posted a reading response blog for this week and to have commented on one other person's blog

November 13, 2013 and Our Global Read Aloud 2013 Project

We are finished the Global Readaloud 2013 and the collaborative project we were working of with other classes is finished. Take a look.



For tomorrow: - read 30 minutes
- Math Grade 6's, page 72 1a-k
- Math Grade 7's Math Test Friday
- bring gym strip
- bring band instrument

For Friday:
- good copy of the Money Plan on pages 18-21 of the Entrepreneur Book
- book mark for our bookmark exchange

November 12

We learned how to use a microscope today. 

This week, we are back into our regular routine of participating in the Daily 5 activities, so everyone should be blogging about their reading at home.  

Remember to study for your science quiz tomorrow.te three concepts are: 1) living things are diverse 2) living things share basic needs and 3) living things share characteristics.

Grade 7's have math homework: workbook page 20-21, #1-5 and text page 44 #2 ,3 ,4b, 5.

Tomorrow is book exchange so please bring your library books. Remember to read for 30 minutes tonight.

November 7

Today we participated I the Remembrance Day assembly with a piece titled "Passing the Light".

On Monday, take a moment to remember those who have fought for our freedom.

Today we finished reading "Out of My Mind," by Sharon Draper.  The book made us laugh and cry for the main character.  We tried to take part in the Google Hangout with the author but were unable to join it live.  Here is a video of today's discussion for the Global ReadAloud with Sharon Draper.

Today's homework:

November 6

October 31

We had a fun filled day today.  We collected food donations for the Food Bank from around our neighbourhood.

Here is our planner message

Have a happy and safe Halloween.

October 29

Thursday, October 24

Don't forget the plastic bags for our 'End Hunger for Halloween' campaign. Also, we will send home the PAC Christmas store catalogue on Monday. Have a great long weekend everyone!  See homework below:

October 22nd

This week is catch-up week for Daily 5.  Many students need to finish their reading responses for the past two weeks or comment on other reading blogs.  I will be meeting with the Friday group tomorrow because they didn't get a chance to meet last week.

Today, we shared many of our ideas for the Entrepreneurship Fair.  Some of their ideas were : Duct Tape wallets, elastic bracelets in many interesting designs,  a pencil or eyeglass holder, and jingle bell bracelets.  The deadline for a sample of your product being shared with the class is Monday by the latest. After that, we need to discuss calculating interest, pricing and advertising.

In Science we discussed the needs of living things and if you didn't finish the sheet, it needs to be completed for tomorrow.

In math, we worked on page 51 and 52 and #1 and 2 are for homework for the Grade 6's.  The Grade 7's need to finish page 36, #1, 3, 6 7.

For the Global ReadAloud, please respond to class 6A(Ms. Finkelber's class') questions on Edmodo.

Also, don't forget to read for 30 minutes.

October 18

We were able to live stream We Day today. It was so inspiring to hear about how other people overcome challenges and help others. For homework: 

1) blog entry - Education means freedom - what does this mean to you?  

2)read 30 minutes

3) Halloween wash due Monday

4) art card order forms due Nov. 1

Have a great weekend!

October 17

Homework:

-read 30 min

- word work, No Peeking Sort

- Edmodo assignment on business goals

- page 6 and 7 Entrepreneurship book

October 16

Homework:

- read 30 min.

- word work: word hunt and use 15 words in sentences

- Grade 6 math, page 48 #1,3

- Grade 7 math workbook page 7,8 # 1-5a and 6-8a

- comment on Eagles Write blog and Chestnut Tree blog

- complete "my business goals" in entrepreneur book

A peak into some of what we did today:

Reviewed what makes a good reading response blog.

Responded to other classes on our blog roll.

Created a collage of the signs of fall with our little buddies.