Friday, September 25

Today, we had a conversation with Sukh Dhaliwal who is running in the election as a Liberal.  We asked questions and learned about government and the election process.

Reminders:
- Monday is a non instructional day
- read 30 minutes every day of the weekend
- finish Social Studies research on the Liberal and NDP candidates in our area (we will be doing the same for The Green Party and The Conservative candidate next week)

Thursday, September 24

Today, almost everyone received their math textbook.  If you need to use a book and don't have one, use the link above under Math to access the textbook from home.

We also learned how to go to our blogs and how to post a blog.  Everyone is supposed to post their first blog tonight using their rough copies.

In Social Studies, we are learning about each candidate's party platform and their experience and education.  Please see the links below to finish your homework.

Green Party

NDP

Liberal

Conservative

Reminder:

- read 30 minutes daily
- grade 7, math, page 8/9 #1-3
- post your first blog using the Student Blogs link above

Wednesday, September 23

Tomorrow is Meet the Teacher at 6-7pm.  Unfortunately, I will be unable to meet with you at that time. I will be available from 3:00 - 4:30.  If this time does not suit your schedule, please feel free to email me at kooner_j@surreyschools.ca and I will schedule an alternate time to meet with you. I apologize for any inconvenience this may cause.  

Today we learned how to appropriately comment on someone's blog. Here is a video we watched.

We are also learning about political parties  Here is a powerpoint we used to learn. 

Political parties powerpoint

Reminders:

Grade 7's - finish place value review sheet

Band tomorrow

Tuesday, September 22

Today we had the second Skype call of the year.  It was a Mystery Skype and we discovered that the class was in Auckland, New Zealand.  It was a lot of fun figuring out where they were located.  We shared some information about our countries and schools with each other.  We will be connecting with this class for the Global ReadAloud in October.

Homework:

- finish writing your first blog

- finish the rights and responsibilities sheet

Friday, September 18

Books! Books! Books!

We learned about genre and categorizing different books by genre.  We also learned about reading stamina and chose some books that would be a good fit for us to read.  Next week, we will be building our reading stamina.

Remember to prepare two questions you would like to ask Jinny Sims when we Skype with her on Monday. Also, remember to review and get signed the important forms that were sent home. Have a great weekend!

Thursday, September 17

Brainstorm the rights and responsibilities that you think are the most important in Canada.

Wednesday, September 16

Today we learned about the role of government by working on a survivor island scenario where students decided on the rules of a society.  We also learned about problem solving in math and looking for patterns.  As well, we are almost all finished our All About Me activity.

For homework:
- finish your All About Me if you haven't already handed it in
- finish your number story (remember it is only 4 numbers you need to explain)
- bring back signed notices and supplies if you haven't already

Tuesday, September 15

We finally have our classes set! Yay!
Today we organized our supplies, discussed classroom expectations and worked on writing, team building, and physical activity.

Reminders:
- have your notices signed by your parents regarding technology use and ways to communicate between home and school
- bring your supplies to school
- bring an extra blue or black duotang
- finish the drawing for your writing exercise
- bring a tissue box to school

Welcome Back!

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Welcome back to school!  I am excited to get to know you (my new students) and for you to get to know me.  We are going to be finding out what you want to learn and learning how to ask deep questions and finding our passions.  I can't wait to meet you all!