January 29

We have been learning about the power of self assessment and giving constructive feedback.  We watched and discussed the following video and the impact that revising our work has on our learning.

Students have been peer editing their 5 paragraph essays and will revise them this weekend and bring in their new drafts for Monday.

Reminders for Monday:
- new draft of essay
- plan out your key ideas for your speech, a "hook" and a conclusion
- finish ice skating art for Monday
- finish Any Warhol art for Monday
- Science is NOT due for Monday
- bring band instrument

January 28

Reminders for tomorrow:

– Book talks

– Brainstorm three key ideas for your speech

– Bring back signed math test

– Finish self assessment of your essay and rewrite for Monday

– Gym strip for circuits

January 26

We have been learning about speeches and this video shows examples how body language, tone of voice and facial expressions are important in giving a speech.

Tonight, you should be brainstorming topics for your speech.

Reminders:

- grade 6's unit test on integers

- book talk: Claudea, Pavan

- PJ Day

- Numeracy Night tomorrow

- practise your multiplication facts

January 25

Today, we finished writing our 5 paragraph essay.  It is due tomorrow along with the self and peer assessments, rough copy and planning pages.

We have begun a unit on effective speech writing and delivery.  Today we talked about important speeches in history.  We watched the beginnings of the following clips and discussed how words can be so important and can change history. We also watched a clip of Hitler addressing a crowd which is not posted here.

Reminders for tomorrow:

- good copy plus package of 5 paragraph essay

- gym strip

- Grade 7 Unit 2 Math Test

- Grade 6 page 76 text #1-6

- Science - finish giving evidence for Wegner's Theory  (here is where to get the information: Evidence For a New Theory )

January 22

This has been an exciting week.  The grade 7 students went to Grouse Mountain and participated in various activities such as teambuilding, sliding, and snowshoeing.

We have also been working on learning to write a 5 paragraph essay.  Everyone has planned their paragraph and written the introductory and concluding paragraph.  They also wrote the three paragraphs in the body of the essay.  They are learning to use transition words effectively.  For Monday, students are expected to bring the rough copies of all of their paragraphs and the peer assessment sheet to school.

Reminders:
- 5 paragraph essay rough copy plus peer assessment sheet
- gym strip
- band instrument
- grade 7 unit 2 test on Tuesday, finish Unit Review over the weekend
- grade 6 "What is an Integer?" page 76 # 1-4 in textbook

January 22

January 18

Practice multiplication facts.

Bring band instrument

Bring gym strip

Finish introductory paragraph for your essay. Remember to use the "comma, comma, and" sentence and an interesting first sentence.

January 13

We learned about the Alfred Wegner and his theory of Pangea, the supercontinent in the past.  Here is the video we watched.

Reminders:
- Band tomorrow
- Math - Grade 6 : 2.3 in workbook
- Grade 7, 2.4 in text # 1 - 3
- finish your Pangea puzzle and glue it down
- Group 3 reading conference
- Zahira and Arshdeep: Booktalks
- practise identifying nouns, verbs, adverbs, adjectives and prepositions
You can practise some of the basic parts of speech here

January 12

We learned about Earth's crust. Here is one of the videos we watched in class:

Bill Nye the Science Guy episodes 2 - Earths Crust from Bill Nye The Science Guy on Vimeo

Reminders:

- grade 6's page 56 #1-5

- grade 7's workbook 2.3

- essay outline

- Earth's crust worksheet
- last day to order Subway on Friday

January 11

Reminders:

- gym strip

- math grade 7, p 62 #1, 2, 4

- math grade 6, 2.2 in workbook

- bring a toonie for pizza if you ordered any

- group 1 writing conference

- Robert booktalk

- FSA notice for grade 7's 

Friday, January 8

Today, we practised writing sentences with an "ing" opener.  We also learned about Pop Art and about Andy Warhol.  Here is his famous painting of Campbell's soup cans.

We helped our buddies with goal setting in FreshGrade.  We also learned about the timeline of life on Earth.

Reminders:
- band instrument
- gym strip
- finish Andy Warhol biography questions
- practise says the numbers in french
- practise your French numbers; here is a site you can practise on : les nombres
- Group 5 reading conferences
- Melat - book talk

Tuesday, January 5

Reminders:

Book Talk: Wasif
Group 2 Reading conference: Be prepared with a few quotes and your thoughts on them (importance to the story, prediction, question, your other thoughts)
Math, Grade 6 textbook, page 48 #1,2,4
Grade 7 fieldtrip notice

Monday, January 4, 2016

Welcome back and happy new year.

Reminders for tomorrow:
- Group 1 reading conferences
- Andrew: Book talk
- Grade 7 math: page 52 #1, 2, 4a,b
- gym strip