Year End "Happy" Dance

Here is our year end celebration video.

Monday, June 2nd

Today we tested our earthquake-proof buildings.  It was earth-shaking good fun!  There were a lot of surprises about what worked and what didn't.

Reminders:
- no school tomorrow
- Group E on Thurs
- Math unit test on Friday
- Grade 6 #1-2  page 237
- Grade 7 pg 97 - 100 workbook
- Ivan project due on Friday
- library on Wednesday

Tuesday, May 27

Today we worked on our earthquake proof buildings.

Remember to make your labelled sketches and write your explanations about why you designed your building the way that you did.

Reminders:

- Group C reading conferences on Friday
- Math Unit tests for both grades are next week
- Grade 6  Math 6.8 text #1, 2, 3
- Grade 7 Math workbook 4.6

- library tomorrow

Friday, May 23rd

Today we had a Rubik's Cube Challenge.  You can watch it on our link.

Reminders for Tuesday:
- Greece Map due
- Group B reading conferences
- Grade 7 math: page 158 #1,2
- Grade 6 math: workbook 6.7
- read and record

Thursday, May 22

Reminders:

- bring an early lunch

- grade 6 math: page 229 # 1, 3 and #5 is a challenge

- grade 7's math workbook  4.5

- bring science materials

- group A reading conferences

- bring lunch for 11:30

- Greece map due next week

Tuesday, May 20th

Reminders:

- reading Group E Thursday
- bring back student led conference sheets
- bring materials to build your earthquake proof houses

Grade 7's:
- bring scrapbook materials for your memories page
- tomorrow is your scrapbook cover deadline
- math page 151, #1, 2, 3a
- walking field trip notice

For Social Studies, here is an Ancient Greece map.

Earthquake Proof Building

Criteria:

• -       each story of your building can be no taller than a grade 6 math textbook
• -       can not have more mass than grade 6 math textbook
• -       the lego person cannot be attached to or supported by the building in anyway
• -       must be able to see the lego person from the outside
• -       must have enough room around the lego person so that it can tip over
• -       you must be able to remove stories from each other
• -       the winner will be the building that has the lego person standing or the one that can withstand the most shaking
• -       the winner will be calculated by how high the lego person is located

    You need to hand in:

• -       your finished successful design
• -       explanation of why you built it this way
• -       the results chart

Friday, May 16