Homework Assigned For Homeroom: 7-3 May 16, 2022 Mathematics Assigned By: Laura Doyle We are just finishing up Unit 6 - Equations. There will be an assessment in the very near future, possibly on Friday. This assessment will be very short, but will check their understanding of how to write and solve equations. Language Arts Assigned By: Nicole Collins I introduced this abridged unit called 'Turning Points' Students will only do three projects that will be assessed: 1. reading comp (Reading 'The Nest' in the textbook.) 2. Viewing (watching Akeelah and the Bee) 3. Writing a text connection on Akeelah and the Bee. Emails were sent to you and caregivers if you have overdue poetry work. Please submit this asap. May 13, 2022 Language Arts Assigned By: Nicole Collins All students presented their poetry song analysis today! Great job to all and I think the class really enjoyed the variety of song choices! What a nice day! Students had many pieces of work due today including a book report, their poetry workbook of their 5 best answers, and their Social Studies ch. 6 booklet. I will be collating all this material this weekend and sending email reminders to students and caregivers if your material is not yet submitted. May 12, 2022 Language Arts Assigned By: Nicole Collins Our first presenters in our song analysis went today. Great job by all who presented today! If you did not, you will be asked to present tomorrow. You can do this 7-3! I'm so impressed! Book reports due tomorrow! 5 DPEEL questions due tomorrow as well. Social Studies Assigned By: Nicole Collins Students finished ch. 6 by learning about Great Britain according responsible government to the colonies from 1847-1855. (last 4 slides of the notes) They then had time to fill out the last pages of their ch. 6 workbook. Most turned in these workbooks. If yours was not turned in, it will be expected tomorrow. May 11, 2022 Language Arts Assigned By: Nicole Collins Students had their final time in class to work on their speaking assessment (song analysis). Tomorrow we will hear from some students who are finished. On Friday, we will hear from the remaining students. Other important dates: Friday: book reports due Tomorrow: poetry paragraphs due. May 10, 2022 Social Studies Assigned By: Nicole Collins Students wrote their Joseph Howe case study today. Anyone absent will be asked to write it next class. Language Arts Assigned By: Nicole Collins Students worked on their speaking assessment that will begin on Thursday: song analysis. Students also have many other things concluding as we finish poetry. Please be aware of the following deadlines: Shape poem: overdue Book report due May 13th 5 best poetry responses May 12 Speaking assessment May 12 May 9, 2022 Language Arts Assigned By: Nicole Collins Shape poems were due today! I will be sending home a reminder message if yours was not submitted. Students were intorduced to their speaking assessment for this Thursday. They have the rest of the week to pick and analyze a song. They will share this analysis with the class on Thursday. More details are found on the project posted to Google Classroom. Important dates: May 9th (today) shape poems are due! 5 best poetry responses May 12 Speaking assessment May 12 Book reports due May 13 Social Studies Assigned By: Nicole Collins Reminder: tomorrow is your case study on Joseph Howe. May 7, 2022 Science Assigned By: Charlie Simmonds Student workbooks for chapter 9 are due Friday, May 13th. Students will begin bubble sheets for chapter 9 on Friday, May 13th. Students who have not yet chosen their topic for the science project must do so and email Mr. Duff by the end of Sunday. May 6, 2022 Language Arts Assigned By: Nicole Collins Bring ear buds or headphones on Monday! Dates: Shape poem due May 9th Book report due May 13th 5 best poetry responses May 12 Speaking assessment May 12 Science Assigned By: Charlie Simmonds Student workbooks for chapter 9 are due Friday, May 13th. Students who have not yet chosen their science project type and subject must email it to Mr Duff by the end of Sunday, May 8th. Social Studies Assigned By: Nicole Collins Case study on Joseph Howe is moved to May 10th May 5, 2022 Language Arts Assigned By: Nicole Collins Students worked on their shape poems. These are due on Monday, May 9th. Other important dates: May 13th - book report May 12th - poetry booklet submitted and speaking presentations on a song analysis. Science Assigned By: Charlie Simmonds Students must choose their topic for the science project by tomorrow. No two students in one class can choose the same topic. Students should choose an option A and an option B just in case another student in their class has chosen wants to do the same topic. Social Studies Assigned By: Nicole Collins Reminder: you are writing your case study on Joseph Howe and testing the freedom of the press tomorrow! Be prepared! May 4, 2022 Social Studies Assigned By: Nicole Collins Students concluded the Rebellions of 1837 in their workbooks. We then read p. 107 in preparation for their case study on May 6th. It is and article about the reformer Joseph Howe who revealed corrupt government officials in the city of Halifax in 1835. Science Assigned By: Charlie Simmonds Students have been assigned the final project for Science. The breakdown on the project can be found on their Google Classroom. These projects will be due on June 13th. Students will present their projects on the week of June 13th-17th. Students must choose their topic by FRIDAY, MAY 6TH. No two students can choose the same topic. May 3, 2022 Language Arts Assigned By: Nicole Collins Students analyzed our last poem called 'The Cat.' If you missed the analysis due to absence, it is found on the Poetry Booklet posted to Google Classroom. I then introduced the written project for this unit: students must create their own shape poems. Students will work on these for the remainder of the week and they will be due to be submitted on Monday, May 9th. Due dates: May 13th - book report May 9th - shape poem May 12th - poetry booklet submitted and speaking presentations on a song analysis. Social Studies Assigned By: Nicole Collins Students watched a video on the rebellion in Lower Canada, then began working on their booklet in this section. We will have 10-15 minutes next day to clue this up and then we will prepare for our case study om Joseph Howe: a reformer in Nova Scotia. May 2, 2022 Religion Assigned By: Barb Doran Today we finished the 'champions of peace' activity. Please submit it via our Google classroom. Don't forget that the Dharma Wheel is also due. Language Arts Assigned By: Nicole Collins Students finished the last of 'The Sea' Questions, then were given time to pick their 5 best answers for submission for me to evaluate your poetry comprehension. These 5 best responses will be due in on Thursday, May 12. Other up-coming dates: Shape poem due: May 9th Speaking presentation: May 12th Book report due: May 13th April 29, 2022 Homeroom Announcements Assigned By: Nicole Collins Covid tests sent home today. Social Studies Assigned By: Nicole Collins Students learned about reformers and rebels in the 1830s. They learned about the rebellions in Upper and Lower Canada. (slides 4-7) Next class they will fill in their booklets with information about these rebellions. Language Arts Assigned By: Nicole Collins We analyzed the poem 'The Sea.' (analysis now on the poetry booklet on Google Classroom) Students were given approx. 20 minutes to finish off the questions on this poem. They will get about 10-15 more minutes next class. April 28, 2022 Mathematics Assigned By: Laura Doyle Our quiz on adding and subtracting fractions will take place tomorrow. Language Arts Assigned By: Nicole Collins Students reviewed the poem 'Im Nobody, who are you?' by Emily Dickenson and were then given time to finish a DPEEL question on theme. If this is not completed now, it is set for homework. We are moving on to a new poem tomorrow. April 27, 2022 Social Studies Assigned By: Nicole Collins Students began a brand new chapter today on the evolution of government in BNA. It's called 'Listening to the people.' This is a short chapter which should only take about 2 weeks to complete. there are two evaluations: 1. paper booklet 2. case study **** If you do not have your ch. 5 digital booklet complete, it is now late! Please finish it up before this weekend when I begin evaluating them. Language Arts Assigned By: Nicole Collins Students listened to 'Louder than words' and analyzed it for a listening evaluation. April 26, 2022 Language Arts Assigned By: Nicole Collins Students analyzed 'I'm Nobody, Who are you?' by Emily Dickenson. Questions 1 and 2 were completed in the poetry booklet. If yours are not complete, those questions are now set for homework. Tomorrow - unseen/unheard poetry listening test. May 13th - 5-paragraph essay book reports are due. April 25, 2022 Social Studies Assigned By: Nicole Collins Students were given an extra class to finish and submit their ch. 5 digital workbook. These were officially due on April 14th (the last day before Easter break). No more class time will be given for this work. I will be collating all submissions tomorrow and contacting home if yours is not yet submitted. Science Assigned By: Charlie Simmonds Students have done review of the notes for chapter 8 today. They will resume their bubble sheets for chapter 8 during next science class on Tuesday. They have 5 bubble sheets left to complete for this chapter. Language Arts Assigned By: Nicole Collins Students had their reading class to either read their book report novel, or work on the book report. Reminder of important dates: - book report (5-paragraph essay format) due May 13th. - Poetry listening test: Wednesday, April 27th. April 12, 2022 Language Arts Assigned By: Barb Doran Today we continued our work about Easter Island. Tomorrow we'll work on the fictional paragraph! April 11, 2022 Homeroom Announcements Assigned By: Nicole Collins Reminder that students will be dismissing at 1:15 on Thursday, April 14th Social Studies Assigned By: Nicole Collins Students worked on slide #8 of their digital workbook on ch. 5 material. If you have not concluded slides 1-8 now, it is your responsibility to finish them on your own time. No more class time will be given. We will continue with the material on slide #9 tomorrow in class. April 8, 2022 Language Arts Assigned By: Nicole Collins Students continued working on Macavity posters. These are due to be turned in on Monday. Finish this off over the weekend if you did not finish it today in class. April 7, 2022 Language Arts Assigned By: Nicole Collins Students were introduced to the final piece of work for 'Macavity': a representation project on visually depicted Macavity. Students began work on their wanted posters (find an explanation in your poetry book if you missed class today) and will finish this up tomorrow afternoon. Reminder: Book report deadline - May 13th April 6, 2022 Social Studies Assigned By: Nicole Collins Students worked on their digital workbooks for ch. 5. Slides 1-7 are now finished for class time. If yours are not completed, they are now set for homework. This digital booklet must be digitally turned in by April 14th. Language Arts Assigned By: Nicole Collins Students had another library reading day. Students should be well on their way to reading their chosen novels for their second book report. Book report timeline: 1. Rough draft (not mandatory) due on April 29th. 2. Final copy (mandatory 5-paragraph essay) due on May 13th. Mathematics Assigned By: Laura Doyle We are just finishing up adding fractions and mixed numbers. There will be a short quiz on Friday on adding fractions. Religion Assigned By: Barb Doran Please submit your wheel of Dharma. The instructions for this assignment is on your Google classroom. April 5, 2022 Social Studies Assigned By: Nicole Collins Students finished learner about the settlers in BNA. We finished all notes, read all readings and watched all videos for this chapter (ch. 5). I explained how the digital workbook will go and students will begin this workbook next Social Studies class. It will be due to be digitally turned in on April 14th - our last day before Easter break. Language Arts Assigned By: Nicole Collins Students finished working on 'Macavity' DPEEL questions. If yours aren't done, this is now set for homework. No more class time will begiven for this work. April 4, 2022 Music Assigned By: Alanna Fitzpatrick Marks have been posted in PowerSchool for today's evaluation. If you were absent today you will write the evaluation. If your mark was less than 70%, you will have an email from me indicating that you will be given a second chance to re-write the evaluation tomorrow in class. Your rules and practice sites have been posted in our Google Classroom since February 8. Review them this evening. Language Arts Assigned By: Nicole Collins Students quickly reviewed last weeks analysis on 'Macavity the Mystery Cat' then began working on the 6 DPEEL questions that go with it. Tomorrow's class will be the last chance to finish off these long answers questions. We will be moving on to a new activity after tomorrow. Dates to consider: May 13th: book report #2 due. Science Assigned By: Charlie Simmonds Student workbooks are due Friday, April 8th. We will begin bubble sheets for the current chapter next Monday, April 11th. Religion Assigned By: Barb Doran Today we started the Champion of Peace work and compelted the first two videos with questions. If you haven't submitted your wheel of dharma from last class, please get it into me. Both of these assignments are in our Google classroom. April 1, 2022 Social Studies Assigned By: Nicole Collins Students continued learning about the way of life in BNA in the 19th century. We learned about the Indigenous, the British, and the Irish. We have the French and the Black colonists to discuss next class, and then you will be tasked with your digital workbook next week. This is the only evaluation for this chapter. Art Assigned By: Alanna Fitzpatrick Our in-class evaluation on naming the notes of the Treble and Bass staff is taking place on MONDAY, APRIL 7. Don't forget that you have to have the rules for the Treble Clef and Bass Clef MEMORIZED for that evaluation. The rules as well as the practice websites are posted in our Music Google Classroom. Language Arts Assigned By: Nicole Collins Students analyzed 'Macavity the Mystery Cat' for the elements they need to find in order to prepare for their DPEEL questions next class. Group analysis is found in screengrabs on the digital copy of the poetry booklet on Google Classroom. All student work must be completed on the paper copy of the workbook distributed in class. March 31, 2022 Music Assigned By: Alanna Fitzpatrick Our in-class evaluation on naming the notes of the Treble and Bass staff has been rescheduled to Monday, April 7. Don't forget that you have to have the rules for the Treble Clef and Bass Clef MEMORIZED for that evaluation. The rules as well as the practice websites are posted in our Music Google Classroom. Language Arts Assigned By: Nicole Collins Students had approximately 8-10 minutes to finish their theme activity on 'The Hill We Climb.' If this is not complete, it is set for homework. Students listened to a recitation of the next poem 'Macavity the Mystery Cat', then watched the video from the West End production of Cats. We will analyze this poem and begin DPEEL questions next class. March 30, 2022 Homeroom Announcements Assigned By: Nicole Collins Kids Eat Smart Breakfast Blitz this Thursday! Please see the school website and an email from Mr. Warren for more info! Music Assigned By: Alanna Fitzpatrick Our in-class evaluation on naming the notes of the Treble and Bass staff has been rescheduled to Monday, April 7. Don't forget that you have to have the rules for the Treble Clef and Bass Clef MEMORIZED for that evaluation. The rules as well as the practice websites are posted in our Music Google Classroom. French Assigned By: Heather Lucas We reviewed our animal vocab with the J'ai/Who Has card game and beat our time record with 1 minute and 42 seconds. We completed another Google Form of Animals on Google Classroom. We played Jeopardy Animals for French vocab. Listening quiz tomorrow on animals! Mathematics Assigned By: Laura Doyle We have just started Unit 5: Adding and Subtracting Fractions. **House plan assignments are now past due. Please get those submitted as soon as possible. Social Studies Assigned By: Nicole Collins Students looked at European settlers in BNA and why they settled in different regions (slide 15). We then reviewed the negative impact European colonization had on the Indigenous communities, and will continue this next day. Language Arts Assigned By: Nicole Collins Students finished the groups analysis sharing session of 'The Hill We Climb' and then began working on their theme questions. If these questions are incomplete, they are set for homework. We will review them very briefly tomorrow but then move on to our next poem. March 29, 2022 Homeroom Announcements Assigned By: Nicole Collins Kids Eat Smart Breakfast Blitz this Thursday! Please see the school website and an email from Mr. Warren for more info! Science Assigned By: Charlie Simmonds Workbooks for chapter 8 are due Friday, April 8th. Language Arts Assigned By: Nicole Collins Students broke into groups and anlayized one stanza each of 'The Hill We Climb'. We will finish this analysis next class. After this, students will be tasked, on their own, to come up with a theme for this poem and give three quotes as proof of the theme. All work MUST be done in the poetry booklet. Any work from that booklet can be evaluated by me. Note: Poetry foldables were due on Monday. Email notifications were sent home yesterday to remind you. Please submit these to me as soon as you can. Book report deadline dates: 1st drafts of book reports (not mandatory) are due on April 29th. Final copy of 5-paragrah essay book reports are due on May 13th. March 28, 2022 Music Assigned By: Alanna Fitzpatrick Our in-class evaluation on naming the notes of the Treble and Bass staff has been rescheduled to Monday, April 7. Don't forget that you have to have the rules for the Treble Clef and Bass Clef MEMORIZED for that evaluation. The rules as well as the practice websites are posted in our Music Google Classroom. Social Studies Assigned By: Nicole Collins Students corrected their map of BNA and learned more facts about its demographics. We also began a study of its economy by recalling how the capitalist ideals of profit negatively impacted the first inhabitants of the land: the Indigenous. (slides 7-12). Note: there is only one evaluation for this chapter: a digital booklet which I will introduce after we have discussed all notes. This should be approximately by early next week. Language Arts Assigned By: Nicole Collins Students had their library reading period today. Reminder: 1st drafts of book reports (not mandatory) are due on April 29th. Final copy of 5-paragrah essay book reports are due on May 13th. Poetry terms foldables (see an explanation in your poetry booklet) were due today. If yours is not submitted, you and your caregivers will be receiving an email reminder this evening. March 25, 2022 Language Arts Assigned By: Nicole Collins Students read (following along with audio) and watched 'The Hill We Climb' written and recited by Amanda Gorman last year at the US presidential inauguration. We discussed general ideas, sounds, figurative usages in it, but then I let it stew with them. On Monday we will break off into groups to analyze. Once all groups shar their analysis, students will be expected to answer the questions to that poem on their own. Music Assigned By: Alanna Fitzpatrick Our in-class evaluation on naming the notes of the Treble and Bass staff has been rescheduled to Monday, April 7. Don't forget that you have to have the rules for the Treble Clef and Bass Clef MEMORIZED for that evaluation. The rules as well as practice websites are posted in our Music Google Classroom. Social Studies Assigned By: Nicole Collins We began a new unit which falls under political empowerment. Notes were distributed. Digital notes are available on Google Classroom, but only paper copy notes are allowed during class time. We learned what BNA was and the colonies and territories within it. Students did a mapping activity which comes directly from the textbook (p. 76). We will continue with this work next class. Note: there will only be one evaluation for this chapter: a digital workbook after we have taken approximately 3-4 classes exploring like in BNA in the 1800s. This workbook will be completed via Google Classroom only. Mathematics Assigned By: Laura Doyle Students were given their Unit 4 assignment on Wednesday. We have worked on it during class on Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday. Any questions not yet complete will have to be done outside of class time. It is due on Tuesday, March 29th. ***Our Unit 4 quiz is scheduled for Tuesday, March 29th. March 24, 2022 French Assigned By: Heather Lucas Review animal vocab with J'ai/Who has game and pouvoir + voir animal sentences. Listening Quiz Next Thursday, March 31st on animals! Language Arts Assigned By: Nicole Collins We missed ELA today (I know you're all devastated!) But, you had the last working class yesterday to finish your poetry terms foldable. Do you have yours home? If you do, you should finish it off this afternoon/evening. It's due on March 28th! Science Assigned By: Charlie Simmonds Students have now completed their bubble sheets for chapter 7 and have moved on to chapter 8 notes. Workbooks have been given out for chapter 8. March 23, 2022 Mathematics Assigned By: Laura Doyle Students were given their Unit 4 assignment today. We worked on it in today's class, and will continue to work on it tomorrow. Assignments will be due on Tuesday, March 29th. ***our Unit 4 quiz has been rescheduled for Tuesday, March 29th. March 22, 2022 Homeroom Announcements Assigned By: Nicole Collins Fish fundraiser orders are due tomorrow. Optis opened yesterday to schedule family conferences. It will close on Thursday morning. Students are off at 11:32 on Thursday to facilitate conferences. French Assigned By: Heather Lucas We began learning animal vocabulary and writing sentences in French 'We cna see animals'. We played J'ai/Who has to practice our animal vocab and pronunciation Language Arts Assigned By: Nicole Collins Now that students are done the group analysis (phew, that was a lot of work!), students were intorduced to a representing project: a foldable on figurative language and sound devices. Students will continue to work on this tomorrow and it will be due in by March 28th. More information about the foldable can be found on the digital copy of the poetry booklet. March 21, 2022 Homeroom Announcements Assigned By: Nicole Collins Fish fundraiser orders are due March 23rd. Optis opened today to schedule family conferences. It will close on Thursday morning. Students are off at 11:32 on Thursday to facilitate conferences. Language Arts Assigned By: Nicole Collins Students finished up the model paragraphs on 'On a Night of Snow.' Mr. Power posted the class's responses to the poetry booklet on Google Classroom. All students should have these models written down in their own poetry booklets. These are guides for future work. Thank you Mr. Power for facilitating this! French Assigned By: Heather Lucas We review travel vocabulary and wrote sentences about activities to do when travelling. The worksheet is on Google Classroom. Social Studies Assigned By: Nicole Collins We had two more presentations on the StatsCan information. The rest of the class continued to work on theirs. You will be receiving email notification home this afternoon if yours is not complete and ready to be presented next socials class, which is Wednesday, March 23. March 18, 2022 Homeroom Announcements Assigned By: Nicole Collins Fish fundraiser orders are due March 23rd. Report cards were released digitally this afternoon. Please check Powerschool for results. Language Arts Assigned By: Nicole Collins Students did a poetry Kahoot on 'Surface Pressure' from Encanto. Reminders: 1. Book reports: rough templates due on April 29th (this is not mandatory). Final 5-paragraph essays due on May 13th. 2. Book titles must be expressed to me by March 28th. March 17, 2022 Music Assigned By: Alanna Fitzpatrick Your in-class evaluation has been scheduled for next Friday, March 25. You will need to have your Treble Clef and Bass Clef rules MEMORIZED for this evaluation. Review the rules in Google Classroom, and use the websites with the note-naming games to practice your rules! Homeroom Announcements Assigned By: Nicole Collins Fish fundraiser orders are due March 23rd. Science Assigned By: Charlie Simmonds Students have completed their first bubble sheet for chapter 7. There are 3 that remain that they will complete in their following three science classes. Language Arts Assigned By: Nicole Collins Students had their library reading day. Today students either told me what book they will be reading for their second book report, or had an opportunity to pick out a book in the learning resource centre. If you have not yet decided, or were absent, I will be contacting you this afternoon as a reminder that the deadline for your book choice will be next Day One, which is March 28th,. Information on book report #2 is found on Google Classroom under the 'Introduction' section. Social Studies Assigned By: Nicole Collins Students who completed their Statistics Canada report presented their findings today. Those not finished had time to complete their work with remaining class time. I will be asking all those who did not present today to present on Monday. After that time, anyone not done will receive a deadline date via email before I begin evaluating. March 16, 2022 Homeroom Announcements Assigned By: Nicole Collins Fish fundraiser orders are due March 23rd. Music Assigned By: Alanna Fitzpatrick Your in-class evaluation has been scheduled for next Friday, March 25. You will need to have your Treble Clef and Bass Clef rules MEMORIZED for this evaluation. Review the rules in Google Classroom, and use the websites with the note-naming games to practice your rules! Science Assigned By: Charlie Simmonds Students will begin bubble sheets for chapter 7 tomorrow. Students will take 4 bubble sheets in total. Social Studies Assigned By: Nicole Collins Students worked to conclude their statistics project which is their final evaluation for ch. 4 (Economic empowerment). Those who are not done are asked to finish it off tonight. We will be presenting our findings tomorrow. If you are not ready to go tomorrow though, that is fine. You can present yours on another day. Language Arts Assigned By: Nicole Collins We continued with our analysis of 'On a Night of Snow.' This will be our model analysis for all future poems. We also listened to our final 2 presentations of Home Child: job well done to those two presenters today! Finally, I distributed book report sheets. This is also posted to Google Classroom in the 'Introduction' category. This time around, if students do not want to write-up a rough copy, they do not have to. But final copies are due in by May 13th. Reminder: tomorrow is day 1. We will be heading to the library tomorrow for reading period. Please bring your book report novels. I will be asking all students for their titles tomorrow. If you do not yet have a book, you will be expected to sign one out at the library tomorrow. March 15, 2022 Homeroom Announcements Assigned By: Nicole Collins Fish fundraiser orders are due March 23rd. Religion Assigned By: Barb Doran Today we discussed Buddhism. We'll start our Dharma wheel next class! Language Arts Assigned By: Nicole Collins Students were led through the first two responses of 'On a Night of Snow.' These will be used as model answers for your future work. Language Arts Assigned By: Barb Doran Today we had a review class for your test tomorrow, Wednesday, March 16th. March 14, 2022 Homeroom Announcements Assigned By: Nicole Collins Two reminders: 1. Tomorrow is day 6 on the schedule. 2. Fish fundraiser orders are due March 23rd. March 11, 2022 Homeroom Announcements Assigned By: Nicole Collins Fish fundraiser order forms are due in by March 23. Science Assigned By: Charlie Simmonds Students will begin review bubble sheets on Thursday, March 17th. Language Arts Assigned By: Nicole Collins Students analyzed the poem 'On a Night of Snow' for simile, tone, mood, and alliteration. All notations have been updated in the poetry booklet online. We will begin formulated our responses to the questions next class. March 10, 2022 Homeroom Announcements Assigned By: Nicole Collins Fish fundraiser order forms are due in by March 23. Social Studies Assigned By: Nicole Collins Students were introduced to their final project for chapter 4. An explanation and link to the Stats can website can be found on the project itself which is located on Google Classroom. All work must be placed into the Google Slideshow project. French Assigned By: Heather Lucas Played the I have/Who has game for modes of transport and bet our record time with 48 seconds. Completed the worksheet on modes of transport vocab and translations. Language Arts Assigned By: Nicole Collins Students read Poetry Analysis #1 'On a Night of Snow.' We discussed tone and speakers. Just by the word choice and the tone, we determined that there are two speakers: the owner of the cat, and the cat. We will continue with the analysis of this poem tomorrow. Music Assigned By: Alanna Fitzpatrick Don't forget to review your rules for naming the notes of the Treble and Bass clef. You will have to MEMORIZE these rules for an upcoming evaluation. March 9, 2022 Mathematics Assigned By: Laura Doyle We are just finishing up working with area of a triangle and area of a circle. We will spend the next two days working on activities for Pi Day! Language Arts Assigned By: Nicole Collins Students reviewed all poetry terms in their notes (available in the poetry booklet posted to Google Classroom). We will begin analyzing our group poem next class. If you are absent, you can follow along online. I will post our analysis and our answers to the Poetry booklet. There are still quite a few students without Home Child work submitted to me. These marks will be included on your March report. I have already contacted you and your caregivers. If your work is not submitted by Friday, a 0 will be placed as a placeholder until the work is submitted. March 8, 2022 Science Assigned By: Charlie Simmonds Student workbooks for chapter 7 are due Friday, March 11th. Students will begin bubble sheet reviews next week. March 7, 2022 Music Assigned By: Alanna Fitzpatrick Today in class we started our Alphabet Stories assignment. If you did not get to finish this today in class, you can finish it next time! Don't forget to review your rules for naming the notes of the Treble and Bass clef. You will have to MEMORIZE these rules for an upcoming evaluation. Language Arts Assigned By: Nicole Collins Students had a bit of a dry class today: reviewing the notes for poetry. Students refreshed their understanding of mood, tone, types of poems, figurative language, theme, sound devices, etc. If you missed class today, you can review all this on the poetry booklet posted to Google Classroom. Please note, this booklet is a post only. We are working on paper copies in the classroom. But it is a good reference if you're ever out of class. Reminder: tomorrow is day 1 on the schedule, so we will be resuming our reading days in the library. Please bring a book from home or prepare to find a book in the library to sign out and read for your second book report! Social Studies Assigned By: Nicole Collins Students explored how economics and politics go hand-in-hand through our biggest trading partner: the USA. (slides 14-16 of the notes). Mathematics Assigned By: Laura Doyle We are just finishing up area of a triangle (section 5.4). Today we worked on pages 18, 19, & 20 in our notes booklet. March 4, 2022 Language Arts Assigned By: Nicole Collins Students who did not yet complete their viewing assessment had an opportunity to do it today. There are still some who have not had a chance to do this due to absence. Email contact has been made. I will arrange a time for you next week to complete this assessment. Music Assigned By: Alanna Fitzpatrick Today in class we had an opportunity to play around with games that help you learn your rules for naming the notes of the treble and bass clef. Remember that you will have to MEMORIZE these rules for an upcoming evaluation. The rules and the list of games are posted in our Music Google Classroom. March 3, 2022 Language Arts Assigned By: Nicole Collins Students learned the definition of poetry and then worked on the completing the representing activity on the front of their poetry booklet. We will move on to notes and poetry analysis next class. Social Studies Assigned By: Nicole Collins Students had some wonderful questions and comments regarding the economy of Russia (since we are discussing Canada's economy in relation to the world). We looked at import/exports and explored Canada's top imports and exports from the following link: https://oec.world/en/profile/country/can March 2, 2022 Language Arts Assigned By: Nicole Collins Students continued with the viewing assessment (Video called 'Childhood Lost'). We will be moving on to poetry tomorrow. So, if you are not done this work, I will arrange a pull-out time with Ms. Deir for you to finish up. Science Assigned By: Charlie Simmonds Student workbooks for chapter 7 are due Friday, March 11th. Mathematics Assigned By: Laura Doyle Students should have all 13 slides regarding perimeter and area completed. These are in their Google Classroom. French Assigned By: Heather Lucas Learned vocab for modes of transport. Played J'ai/Who has and a Kahoot! to practice vocab. March 1, 2022 Social Studies Assigned By: Nicole Collins Students did a cute and paste activity for a mark: it grouped jobs into their sectors: primary, secondary, tertiary, and quaternary. All those present finished this work. Anyone absent will be provided with this work upon their return to do at home. No more class time will be given for this activity. Language Arts Assigned By: Nicole Collins Students watched the viewing assessment video called 'Childhood Lost.' We will be continuing this viewing assessment next class. Everyone needs to watch it one more time to ensure comprehension. Mathematics Assigned By: Laura Doyle Today we worked on the perimeter and area of rectangles and composite shapes. Students were assigned slides 1-5 in their Google Classroom. February 28, 2022 Language Arts Assigned By: Nicole Collins Students received a paper copy of our next unit of study: Poetry. There is a digital version posted to the Google Classroom, but we will be solely working on the paper copy in the classroom. Please keep this copy in your ELA binder for daily use. Home Child projects were due on Friday. If yours were not submitted (3 projects: one written, one representing, one speaking) I have sent email notification home to you and your caregivers. NOTE: tomorrow is your viewing assessment for Home Child. You cannot study for this, but you can be prepared! Music Assigned By: Alanna Fitzpatrick Don't forget to review your rules for naming the notes of the Treble and Bass clef. You will need to have these MEMORIZED for an upcoming evaluation. There are websites with practice games and activities posted in our Music Google Classroom. February 24, 2022 Homeroom Announcements Assigned By: Nicole Collins All fundraiser monies are due in to the office tomorrow. Language Arts Assigned By: Nicole Collins Students had day #5 (THEIR LAST DAY) of projects: They must: 1. Write (choice of three projects) 2. Represent (choice of three projects) 3. Speak - present either their writing or representation to the class. (due Friday, Feb. 25th) SPEAKING ASSESSMENT TOMORROW! Students will also have a viewing assessment on Home Child on Tuesday, March 1. Mathematics Assigned By: Laura Doyle We continued with work on radius, diameter, and circumference of a circle. a worksheet has been updated in Google Classroom. Students will need a compass (for drawing circles) from their geometry sets for tomorrow's class. Social Studies Assigned By: Nicole Collins Students began ch. 4 notes with a prediction of future job trends in 20 years. Paper copies of notes were distributed and will be used solely in class. A digital copy of the notes is posted to Google Classroom as well, though. February 23, 2022 Religion Assigned By: Barb Doran Please finish questions on Hinduism for next class. Homeroom Announcements Assigned By: Nicole Collins Fundraiser order forms are due in by Feb. 25th. Language Arts Assigned By: Nicole Collins Students had day #4 of projects: They must: 1. Write (choice of three projects) 2. Represent (choice of three projects) 3. Speak - present either their writing or representation to the class. (due Friday, Feb. 25th) Students will also have a viewing assessment on Home Child on Tuesday, March 1. February 22, 2022 Homeroom Announcements Assigned By: Nicole Collins Fundraiser order forms are due in by Feb. 25th. Social Studies Assigned By: Nicole Collins Students too this class to fill out School Development surveys. If you were out today, you can visit the Socials Google Classroom to get the link to fill this important survey out. Mathematics Assigned By: Laura Doyle Students participated in some Twosday challenges and activities. Language Arts Assigned By: Nicole Collins Students had day #3 of projects: They must: 1. Write (choice of three projects) 2. Represent (choice of three projects) 3. Speak - present either their writing or representation to the class. (due Friday, Feb. 25th) Students will also have a viewing assessment on Home Child on Tuesday, March 1. February 21, 2022 Homeroom Announcements Assigned By: Nicole Collins Fundraiser order forms are due in by Feb. 25th. Science Assigned By: Charlie Simmonds Unit 2 review practice sheets are due tomorrow, February 22nd. We will begin chapter 7 tomorrow. Language Arts Assigned By: Nicole Collins Students had their day #2 of the choice board projects for Home Child. They must: 1. Write (choice of three projects) 2. Represent (choice of three projects) 3. Speak - present either their writing or representation to the class. (due Friday, Feb. 25th) Students will also have a viewing assessment on Home Child on Tuesday, March 1. Mathematics Assigned By: Laura Doyle We continued our discussion from Thursday's activity and introduced pi. We worked on pages 5, 6, & 7 in the notes booklet. February 17, 2022 Homeroom Announcements Assigned By: Nicole Collins Fundraiser order forms are due in by Feb. 25th. Language Arts Assigned By: Nicole Collins Students had their official day #1 of the choice board projects for Home Child. They must: 1. Write (choice of three projects) 2. Represent (choice of three projects) 3. Speak - present either their writing or representation to the class. (due next Friday, Feb. 25th) Students will also have a viewing assessment on Home Child on Tuesday, March 1. Mathematics Assigned By: Laura Doyle Students should now have their Candy Count assignment on circle graphs completed and submitted. Today, we completed an investigation into the relationship between circumference, diameter, and pi. Social Studies Assigned By: Nicole Collins Please note: Black History Month projects are due tomorrow. I will be assessing them this weekend. February 16, 2022 Homeroom Announcements Assigned By: Nicole Collins Fundraiser order forms are due in by Feb. 25th. Language Arts Assigned By: Nicole Collins Students wrote their reading comprehension test for chapters 8-14 of Home Child. Marks will be updated on Google Classroom this afternoon. Basically, if you did better on this reading comp as compared to the last one (chapters 1-7), I will replace your mark. If you did worse, your higher mark stays, and if you did the same, your mark will not change. Social Studies Assigned By: Nicole Collins Students had their last day to work on the Black History Month project. If yours is still not complete, this is now set for homework and due on Feb. 18th. I will be evaluating these projects this weekend, done or not done, so please have it all completed by Friday. February 15, 2022 Homeroom Announcements Assigned By: Nicole Collins Fundraiser order forms are due in by Feb. 25th. Language Arts Assigned By: Nicole Collins Unfortunately we did not have ELA class today due to our delayed opening. Our reading comprehension test has been moved to tomorrow: Wednesday. We will also continue working on our final projects for the novel Home Child which we began on Monday. These will be due late next week. Science Assigned By: Charlie Simmonds Due to snow storms, students will do their second chapter 6 review on Wednesday, Feb 16th, and Thursday, Feb 17th. The practice workbook for unit 2 is due Tuesday, February 22nd. February 14, 2022 Homeroom Announcements Assigned By: Nicole Collins Happy Valentine's day to everyone! Fundraiser order forms are due in by Feb. 25th. Language Arts Assigned By: Nicole Collins Unfortunately due to low numbers, I decided to not go ahead with the reading comprehension quiz. I will try to deliver it tomorrow depending on numbers. Instead, today, students began their 3 projects for Home Child: 1. Written project (3 choices on a choice bord) 2. Representing project (written choices on a choice board) 3. Speaking project (delivering one of the previous two projects to the class mid-to-late next week) February 11, 2022 Homeroom Announcements Assigned By: Nicole Collins Order forms for coupons are due in by Feb. 25th. Monday is LOVE day! Let's spread love and kindness to all! Social Studies Assigned By: Nicole Collins Students were introduced to the Black History Month assignment which corresponds with learning outcomes 7.3.1 and 7.3.2 of the curriculum guide. This assignment is due to be turned in on Feb. 18th. But there will only be one more period of class time provided for it. if you are not finished it in that time, it is expected you finish it off for homework and click 'turn in' on or before Feb. 18th. Science Assigned By: Charlie Simmonds Students have completed bubble sheet number 1. They will do bubble sheet number 2 on Tuesday, February 15th, and bubble sheet number 3 on Wednesday, February 16th. Students' unit review practice sheets are due Monday, February 21th. Language Arts Assigned By: Nicole Collins Students finished Home Child. The novel study (complete with all responses) is now posted to Google Classroom. This will come down for Monday's reading comp. test. So if you need to review and write notes in your own paper copy of the novel study, please do so this weekend. Monday: Reading comprehension test on chapters 8-14 of Home Child. French Assigned By: Heather Lucas We completed our interviews ' je veux visiter' and started 'preposition' notes. February 10, 2022 Science Assigned By: Charlie Simmonds Students completed their first bubble quiz today. They will do their second quiz tomorrow during 4th period. They will do their 3rd (and final) bubble sheet for chapter 6 on Monday. Homeroom Announcements Assigned By: Nicole Collins Order forms for coupons are due in by Feb. 25th. Language Arts Assigned By: Nicole Collins Students read and discussed ch. 13 questions for Home Child. We will conclude with Ch. 14 tomorrow. Monday: reading comprehension test on chapters 8-14. Mathematics Assigned By: Laura Doyle We are just finishing up drawing circle graphs. We will be doing an activity tomorrow that requires students to have a few things; 1. a calculator 2. a protractor 3. a package of candy (Skittles, Smarties, Sour Patch Kids, etc.) February 9, 2022 Homeroom Announcements Assigned By: Nicole Collins Fundraiser coupon order forms are due in by Feb. 25th. French Assigned By: Heather Lucas Maps: legends and symbols. How to describe maps vocab. Some students complete their 'Je veux visiter' interviews. Social Studies Assigned By: Nicole Collins Students wrote their ch. 3 case study. Were you absent? Check your email, there is a link to the Google Form. Language Arts Assigned By: Nicole Collins Students discussed ch. 12 questions, then we began reading ch. 13. We did not finish it, but will do so tomorrow. Reminder: Reading comprehension test on chapter 8-14 will be on Monday, February 14th. February 8, 2022 Homeroom Announcements Assigned By: Nicole Collins Fundraiser coupon order forms are due in by Feb. 25th. Mathematics Assigned By: Laura Doyle Today we started using a protractor to measure and draw angles. Tomorrow we will be learning how to draw our own circle graphs. Science Assigned By: Charlie Simmonds Students have bubble sheet review tests starting this Thursday, February 10th. Language Arts Assigned By: Nicole Collins Students discussed ch. 11 questions and read ch. 12. Reading test on chapters 8-14 will be on Monday, February 14th! February 7, 2022 Homeroom Announcements Assigned By: Nicole Collins Fundraiser sheets were sent home on Friday. There are some great deals for Keith's, Peter's, and Subway! All forms need to be submitted by Feb. 25th in order to avail of these coupons! Science Assigned By: Charlie Simmonds Workbooks for chapter 6 are due today. Students can submit their workbooks on paper in class, or via e-mail. Students will begin working on unit review workbook today. Mathematics Assigned By: Laura Doyle Today we started Unit 4, but changed up the order a little. We will be doing sections 4.6 & 4.7 before we go back and work on sections 4.1-4.5. Students were given a new notes package and we worked through the answers to section 4.6. They were given a worksheet that must be completed for tomorrow's class. ***Students are now permitted to use calculators for the remaining units. They MUST bring one in from home. Phones and Chromebooks will not be permitted to be used as calculators. Social Studies Assigned By: Nicole Collins Students read the article 'Brand New Day' on p. 56/57 of the textbook to prepare them for their case study on Wednesday. If you are at home without your textbook, an image of the reading can be found on the ch. 3 notes on Google Classroom. The case study will be presented digitally (Google Form), so at home, or at school, you should be completing this work. Language Arts Assigned By: Nicole Collins We read ch. 11 of Home Child. Students got together in groups to discuss the questions from their novel study booklet. We will compile all answers next class then read ch. 12. February 4, 2022 Language Arts Assigned By: Nicole Collins Students read ch. 10 of Home Child, discussed the questions, then recorded the answers. Social Studies Assigned By: Nicole Collins Students finished off their household budgets. If yours is not complete, please finish it off this weekend. I want to collect them in primarily to see your journal at the end. Reminder: Case study on ch. 3 'economic security' on Feb. 9th! February 3, 2022 Religion Assigned By: Barb Doran We will continue our discussion and assignment on Hinduism next class. Science Assigned By: Charlie Simmonds Students' workbooks for chapter 6 are due Monday, February 7th. Language Arts Assigned By: Nicole Collins Students discussed ch. 9 questions. Then we compiled them all together on the Smartboard. The answers will be posted just before our last reading comprehension text after ch. 14. We are moving on to chapter 10 tomorrow. Music Assigned By: Alanna Fitzpatrick Today in class we completed the 'Chrome Music Lab Name Assignment'. All links should now be pasted in the document linked in your outline. In case you missed class today, our Google Classroom code is:d66nxi3 Homeroom Announcements Assigned By: Nicole Collins Don’t forget to bring your money for ice cream/popsicles tomorrow! February 2, 2022 Homeroom Announcements Assigned By: Nicole Collins Students are reminded that term 1 courses have ended (Art and Home Ec.) Term 2 officially began Monday. You will have both Music and Tech. Ed. tomorrow. Science Assigned By: Charlie Simmonds Students will have bubble sheet review tests starting next Thursday, February 10th. Language Arts Assigned By: Nicole Collins Students discussed chapter 8 og Home Child and then answered those discussion questions in their novel study booklets. We also read ch. 9. Mathematics Assigned By: Laura Doyle We will be continuing with our unit 3 assessment tomorrow. It covers converting fractions, decimals, and percents, percent problems (including discount and taxes), operations with decimals, including order of operations questions. There are a number of review sheets posted to our Google Classroom. Social Studies Assigned By: Nicole Collins Students finished off their mortgaging activity. All answers are found on Google Classroom in case you missed class today. We then began our household budget activity. This is a worksheet on paper. I have posted the digital copy to Google Classroom but it is not interactive. You will have to 'Make a copy' and then begin typing into it if you do not accessibility to a paper copy. Music Assigned By: Alanna Fitzpatrick Tomorrow will be our first music class of the year! I would suggest that you bring your own headphones to school with you tomorrow for class. February 1, 2022 Homeroom Announcements Assigned By: Nicole Collins Students are reminded that term 1 courses have ended (Art and Home Ec.) Term 2 officially began yesterday, but you have not had any semesterized courses yet in your schedule. But, on Thursday (day 6 on your schedule) you will have your first classes of both Tech. Ed. and Music. Do you have everything submitted for Art and Home Ec? Science Assigned By: Charlie Simmonds Students are continuing on workbooks for chapter 6. These workbooks will be due Monday, February 7th. Mathematics Assigned By: Laura Doyle Today we reviewed dividing decimals and the order of operations. Students were given a worksheet to help them review. Thursday, we will write our unit 3 assessment. It will cover converting fractions, decimals, and percents, as well as percent problems (including discount and taxes). It will also cover operations with decimals, including order of operations questions. French Assigned By: Heather Lucas Reviewed conjugation of the verb 'vouloir'. Completed and corrected worksheet for Vouloir (available on Google Classroom). Language Arts Assigned By: Nicole Collins Students received two new assessments back: 1. Short Story. Students received these digitally. I asked everyone to take notice of 4 factors: their overall grade, the breakdown of the rubric (highlighted in purple), any comments or edits I made, my final comment at the end of the story. 2. Yesterday's reading comprehension test via Google Form. We then read ch. 8 of Home Child. We will discuss the questions next class. Health Assigned By: Laura Doyle Stress survival kits are due by this Friday, February 4th. January 31, 2022 Mathematics Assigned By: Laura Doyle Test covering sections 3.3-3.8 is scheduled for Thursday, February 3rd. Students were given a review sheet on sections 3.7 & 3.8 today and will be given one covering sections 3.3-3.6 tomorrow. Today's review sheet, as well as the Google Form posted in our Classroom, are due back tomorrow. French Assigned By: Heather Lucas We reviewed the articles that go before provinces, countries and continents (le, la, les, l'). We practiced country and province vocab and pronouncing their names . Practiced the vocab from English to French with a Kahoot! Social Studies Assigned By: Nicole Collins Students received their ch. 2 case studies back. You wrote these just before the Christmas break. Marks have been in Powerschool for a while, however. Students finished their discussion on breaking the poverty cycle (working together slide), and then learned what a mortgage is and how it actually functions in two different scenarios. The worksheet is attached to Google Classroom. Answers will be posted as well, next class. Language Arts Assigned By: Nicole Collins Students wrote their ch. 1-7 reading comprehension test. All students at home are asked to access this reading test online and complete it today. The link to this quiz is found on the ELA Google Classroom. January 28, 2022 Homeroom Announcements Assigned By: Nicole Collins A reminder to the 7-3 students who can not make it into class at this time: please continue checking the homework page and Google Classroom to stay on top of your work. I can't wait to see you again soon! Science Assigned By: Charlie Simmonds Students have been given new workbooks for chapter 6. These workbooks will be due Monday, February 7th. Mathematics Assigned By: Laura Doyle We are currently working through the practice problems at the end of the Unit 3 note booklet (percent problems). This notes booklet, as well as a completed version, are available on our Google Classroom under the 'Classwork' heading. We have an assessment on sections 3.3-3.8 scheduled for Thursday, February 3rd. Language Arts Assigned By: Nicole Collins Students did a Kahoot of chapters 1-7 of Home Child. This is in preparation for the reading comprehension test you will be writing on Monday. This test will be in the format of a Google Form, everyone (at home or in class) will be expected to complete it, and it will be a multiple choice-style questionnaire about your comprehension of the first seven chapters. January 27, 2022 Language Arts Assigned By: Nicole Collins Students answered the chapter 7 question in the Home Child novel study. I just posted answers for ALL questions from chapters 1-7 to Google Classroom. These answers are to be used to complete the paper copy of your workbook. They will be taken down on Monday for your reading test. Social Studies Assigned By: Nicole Collins Students finished off the discussion of poverty with ways to break the poverty cycle. We spent a lot of time today discussing the first way: education. We even touched on topics such as how you can be politically active in your municipality, private schools, student loans.... it was a wonderful class! I hope you enjoyed it as much as I did! Ch. 3 is almost complete! CASE STUDY DATE: February 9th! January 26, 2022 Language Arts Assigned By: Nicole Collins Students read ch. 7, then discussed the questions in groups. Tomorrow is day 1. We will begin ELA in the classroom, but will also head down to the library for a few moments. Please bring any library books with you tomorrow to return them to the library. Reminder: chapter 1-7 reading comp test: Monday, January 31st. Social Studies Assigned By: Nicole Collins Students reviewed poverty and the poverty cycle. All 'poverty cycle' work was digitally returned via Google Classroom. if you received a sticker, you are good. If you did not, please re-do this worksheet and resubmit it to me. I want to make sure you understand this concept. Note: students are almost done this chapter. I will be announcing the date of the ch. 3 case study very soon. January 25, 2022 Homeroom Announcements Assigned By: Nicole Collins Welcome back to the 7-3 class! It was so wonderful to see your faces (albeit, half-covered) today! Language Arts Assigned By: Nicole Collins Students received paper copies of their novel studies. We will be continuing on with the guided questions/discussion groups/ class discussion format. But we will just be writing our answers rather than typing them. For those still at home, you can keep up by way of this homework page and your digital guided novel study. Students reread ch. 6 and discussed in groups. We then reassembled and discussed as a whole class. Note: We will be having a reading comprehension test on chapter 1-7 on Monday, January 31st. Mathematics Assigned By: Laura Doyle Today we continued converting fractions, decimals, and percents. We will be introducing percent problems tomorrow. ***We will be have a test on sections 3.3-3.8 tentatively scheduled for Wednesday, February 2nd. Science Assigned By: Charlie Simmonds Students have begun chapter 6 in unit 2. Students have been assigned a new workbook. The due date will Monday, February 7th. The class has been reminded that there remain some students who need to submit their workbook for Chapter 5. January 24, 2022 Science Assigned By: Charlie Simmonds Some students still have outstanding work due for unit 2 chapter 5. Workbooks were due last Monday, January 17th. Students will be reminded again in class this week. Work can be submitted in person tomorrow, on the Google Classroom, or via email. Mathematics Assigned By: Laura Doyle We will be having a test on sections 3.3-3.8 on Thursday, February 3rd. January 21, 2022 Homeroom Announcements Assigned By: Nicole Collins See you on Tuesday! For those who can't make it back to school yet, please know I will continue to update the homework page and Google Classroom. If I can help you in any way (explaining a project, answering a question, or just as someone to chat with about your frustrations or accomplishments) let me know! Language Arts Assigned By: Nicole Collins Students discussed ch. 5 questions as a full class, then we read ch. 6 (Home Child). Once back in school on Tuesday, we will split off into discussion groups and discuss the chapter 6 questions. Ch. 1-7 reading test is planned for Monday, Jan. 31st. January 20, 2022 Homeroom Announcements Assigned By: Nicole Collins Friday is PJ day Social Studies Assigned By: Nicole Collins Students learned about the cycle of poverty. Students have been tasked with filling in a small chart vis a Google Slideshow posted on Google Classroom which proves they understand this cycle. Please complete this if not done during class time. Language Arts Assigned By: Nicole Collins Students were divided into breakout rooms in order to discuss ch. 5 questions in Home Child. We will regroup as a class tomorrow to discuss them further, then move on to read ch. 6. January 19, 2022 Homeroom Announcements Assigned By: Nicole Collins Thursday is mismatch day Friday is PJ day Science Assigned By: Charlie Simmonds Students who received less than a 50 percent on one of the two reviews for science will be permitted a chance to retake one or both of the reviews during first period Science on Friday, January 21st. Language Arts Assigned By: Nicole Collins Students finished ch. 4 questions and read along with ch. 5. Don't forget you will be having a reading comprehension test after we finish ch. 7 material! January 18, 2022 Homeroom Announcements Assigned By: Nicole Collins Wednesday is school spirit day Thursday is mismatch day Friday is PJ day Social Studies Assigned By: Nicole Collins Economic causes and effects activities were returned. Those who did not complete this activity were give time to complete it today. If you have not done so, we are now moving on. I will assume you understand this section unless you let me know. Language Arts Assigned By: Nicole Collins Students broke out to discuss chapter 4 questions. We then regrouped and discussed questions 1-5. We will discuss question #6 next class before beginning chapter 5. January 17, 2022 Language Arts Assigned By: Nicole Collins This week is virtual school spirit week: Tomorrow is jersey day Wednesday is school spirit day Thursday is mismatch day Friday is PJ day Language Arts Assigned By: Nicole Collins Students concluded ch. 3 discussion questions in the Home Child novel study. We then read (listened while I read aloud) ch. 4. We will breakout into discussion rooms and consolidate those discussion with the full group next day. Science Assigned By: Charlie Simmonds Students will have two small quizzes on chapter 5 on Tuesday January 18th and Wednesday January 19th. Social Studies Assigned By: Nicole Collins Students examined economic causes and effects. There is a Slideshow activity to do. Please ensure that yours is 'turned in' today. January 14, 2022 Homeroom Announcements Assigned By: Nicole Collins Have a wonderful weekend, 7-3s! Language Arts Assigned By: Nicole Collins We read ch. 3 of Home Child and broke out into groups to discuss the questions. We will answer the questions as a class on Monday, then move on to ch. 4. January 13, 2022 Language Arts Assigned By: Nicole Collins Students broke out to finish discussions on ch. 2 of Home Child. Then we regrouped to discuss them as a whole. Tomorrow we will read and discuss ch. 3 Social Studies Assigned By: Nicole Collins Students learned about the cycle of wealth in a community. They then did a worksheet in which they highlighted how money flows in a community. January 12, 2022 Science Assigned By: Charlie Simmonds Workbooks for module 2 chapter 5 are due Monday, January 17th in the Google Classroom. Language Arts Assigned By: Nicole Collins We read ch. 2 of Home Child, then students broke out into breakout rooms to discuss the chapter 2 questions in the Home Child novel study available on Google Classroom. Tomorrow we will move on to ch. 3 January 11, 2022 Social Studies Assigned By: Nicole Collins Students finished off work on capitalism and socialism. If your worksheet is not complete, I have made a comment on it. Please reach out to me if you would like me to review it later. We have now moved on to the next topic of this chapter: Businesses. Language Arts Assigned By: Nicole Collins Students worked in breakout rooms again to discuss ch. 1 questions for the novel Home Child. We then regrouped on the main call to discuss the answers as a whole. We will begin chapter two tomorrow. January 10, 2022 Homeroom Announcements Assigned By: Nicole Collins Happy Birthday Nathan! :) Language Arts Assigned By: Nicole Collins Students began ch. 1 o Home Child. They were put into breakout rooms to discuss the questions in the novel study for this chapter. We will meet as a group next class to finalize our discussion and move on to chapter 2. After 7 chapters, there will be a reading comprehension test. January 7, 2022 Social Studies Assigned By: Nicole Collins Students reviewed needs, wants, capitalism, and socialism. Then students worked on a Google Doc worksheet so I could evaluate their level of understanding on how Canada is capitalist, but incorporates socialism. Please fill this document out, I will comment on it to make sure you understand. Language Arts Assigned By: Nicole Collins There is no more class time for short stories. Students were invited to stay online today to continue working on them if they are not yet completed. Today, students were introduced to their novel study and forms of evaluation for 'Home Child' This document can be found on Google Classroom and will guide us through the entire novel study process. If you missed class today, please check out this document. We begin reading together on Monday! January 4, 2022 Language Arts Assigned By: Nicole Collins Students continued working on their short stories. New deadline: Jan. 11th. Social Studies Assigned By: Nicole Collins Students were introduced to how online learning will look in Socials. We then did a brief discussion of our new chapter called 'Economic Security'. We discussed capitalism and socialism. More direction and work will begin next class. December 20, 2021 Homeroom Announcements Assigned By: Nicole Collins Happy and Healthy Holidays to all! Science Assigned By: Charlie Simmonds Students have everything they need online on Google Classroom for Science. I will have the students marks/averages updated on Dec. 22nd. Language Arts Assigned By: Nicole Collins Short Story Written Project deadline has been moved to Jan. 11th! December 17, 2021 Homeroom Announcements Assigned By: Nicole Collins Monday is Elf Day: Wear green and red. It's also the day that candygrams will be delivered. Social Studies Assigned By: Nicole Collins Students wrote their ch. 2 case study. Language Arts Assigned By: Nicole Collins Students continued writing their short stories. These are due to be digitally 'turned in' on Dec. 21. December 16, 2021 Homeroom Announcements Assigned By: Nicole Collins Tomorrow is athletic wear day! Science Assigned By: Charlie Simmonds We did another review of the chapter 4 PowerPoint then students completed the second and final review assessment. Students then continued to work on the chapter 4 worksheets. These are due on Monday, Dec. 20. Language Arts Assigned By: Nicole Collins Students continued to work on short story process pieces. I have been visiting their work digitally and making suggestion for edits and additions. These are due on Dec. 21st. Social Studies Assigned By: Nicole Collins Students read the article on p. 39 in preparation for tomorrow's case study! December 15, 2021 Homeroom Announcements Assigned By: Nicole Collins Tomorrow is Christmas sweater day! Science Assigned By: Charlie Simmonds Students will complete the second and final review assessment on Thursday. Students chapter 4 worksheets are due on Monday, Dec. 20. Language Arts Assigned By: Nicole Collins Students continued the writing (via Google Doc) of their short stories. This process will continue until Dec. 21st when the short stories are due to be digitally turned in. December 14, 2021 Homeroom Announcements Assigned By: Nicole Collins Tomorrow is Candy Cane day! Science Assigned By: Charlie Simmonds We did another review of the chapter 4 PowerPoint then students completed the first review assessment. Students will complete the second and final review assessment on Thursday. Students then continued to work on the chapter 4 worksheets. These are due on Monday, Dec. 20. Language Arts Assigned By: Nicole Collins Students spent another day writing their short stories. These are due on Dec. 21st. Book reports were due today. If yours has not been submitted in person or shared with me through Google Doc, I have contacted home. Social Studies Assigned By: Nicole Collins Students learned about British treaties, colonization, and the fur trade. Note: Ch. 3 case study: Dec. 17th December 13, 2021 Homeroom Announcements Assigned By: Nicole Collins Tomorrow is day 5 on your schedule. It is also Santa Hat Day! December 10, 2021 Homeroom Announcements Assigned By: Nicole Collins No school Monday: Teacher PL Tuesday will be day 5 on your schedule. Tuesday is also Santa Hat Day! Science Assigned By: Charlie Simmonds We finished review of Chapter 4. Students will have two review assessments on Tuesday, so they need to review. The worksheets for Chapter 4 are now due on Monday, Dec. 20th. Social Studies Assigned By: Nicole Collins Students reviewed the European industrial economy. The worksheet is on Google Classroom along with the answers discovered in class. Reminder: Case study Dec. 17th Language Arts Assigned By: Nicole Collins Day one of your short story began today. These will be due on Dec. 21st. December 9, 2021 Homeroom Announcements Assigned By: Nicole Collins Happy snow day! Tomorrow is Reindeer Day. French Assigned By: Heather Lucas REMINDER Reading and Listening quiz on Tuesday, December 14th on subject pronouns, personality types and sports/activities. Check Google Classroom for answers for the review. December 8, 2021 Homeroom Announcements Assigned By: Nicole Collins Tomorrow is 'Winter Wear Day' - scarves, hats, gloves etc... Check the calendar regularly I attached to the ELA Google Classroom! Science Assigned By: Charlie Simmonds Today, we finished review of Chapter 4, as it is short. Students will soon have two review assessments so they need to review. The worksheets for Chapter 4 are now due on Monday, Dec. 20th. Mathematics Assigned By: Laura Doyle We have a quiz tomorrow on sections 3.1-3.2. Notes, review sheets, and answer keys can be found in our Google Classroom. Social Studies Assigned By: Nicole Collins Students did a worksheet on the pre-industrial economy of Indigenous peoples of Canada. This worksheet (along with screenshots of correct answers) is found on Google Classroom. Case Study Date Announced: Dec. 17th Language Arts Assigned By: Nicole Collins Students were introduced to their final project in Short Stories: Writing a short story. This work is done via Google Classroom and will be worked on in all classes between now and Dec. 21st: when it is due! Students began with a jamboard of brainstorming ideas. REMINDER: Final copies of your book report are due on Dec. 14th! December 7, 2021 Homeroom Announcements Assigned By: Nicole Collins Tomorrow is Active wear day (as is every day 1 on our schedule). Science Assigned By: Charlie Simmonds Today, we continued review of Chapter 4. Students have paper copies and all material is on Google Classroom. The worksheets for Chapter 4 are now due on Monday, Dec. 20th. Language Arts Assigned By: Nicole Collins Students finished off our Christmas Kindness activity. Those absent will be informed of this upon their return. Tomorrow you will begin the writing process for a short story! Social Studies Assigned By: Nicole Collins Students reviewed the economies of the past and looked at a video from the notes about the first settlers and how the Indigenous helped them. December 6, 2021 Homeroom Announcements Assigned By: Nicole Collins Tomorrow is 'Snow Day' so wear white! Remember that the calendar can be found on the ELA Google Classroom! Please note, I just learned today that we are out of Mary Brown's coupons! I will let you know once new ones come in. Science Assigned By: Charlie Simmonds Tomorrow, we will start review of Chapter 4. Students have paper copies and all material is on Google Classroom. The worksheets for Chapter 4 are due on Friday, Dec. 17th. Language Arts Assigned By: Nicole Collins Students are working on a 'Christmas Kindness' tree decoration. This ties in to the representing stream of the ELA curriculum. Mathematics Assigned By: Laura Doyle We are just finishing up ordering fractions and decimals. Today we talked about using benchmarks on a number line. ***We will be having a quiz on sections 3.1-3.2 on Thursday, December 9th. December 3, 2021 Homeroom Announcements Assigned By: Nicole Collins The 7-3 class will have scheduled time during period 5 on Monday to go down to the book fair and make purchases. Also for Monday, remember to check the calendar I posted on the ELA Google Classroom, but Monday's theme day is Team Jersey Day! Science Assigned By: Charlie Simmonds I've been off sick all week which is why there have been no updates. Sorry. Today, I returned to the students the Salty Seeds lab, the Data Analysis and Case Study parts of Science Literacy. I took some time to review all three as there are several points students needs to remember for the next pieces of work. Language Arts Assigned By: Nicole Collins Students wrote the unseen short story test. Next week we will do a Christmas-themed activity and I will also introduce the last assignment in our short story unit: writing a short story! Social Studies Assigned By: Nicole Collins Students learned the terms preindustrial, industrial, and postindustrial economies. Our focus this chapter will be on preindustrial and industrial economies of the past. December 2, 2021 Homeroom Announcements Assigned By: Nicole Collins Scholastic Book fair is happening next Monday, Dec. 6th during period 5 for the 7-3s. So bring in money on that day if you wish to purchase anything. The students briefly browsed the virtual fair yesterday. You can click here to visit it too: https://virtualbookfairs.scholastic.ca/pages/5166113 Language Arts Assigned By: Nicole Collins Students finished up any unfinished short story work, or reviewed independently or with a friend for tomorrow's short story test. Here is the format for tomorrow's test: 1. Read an unseen story 2. Answer multiple choice questions on comprehension and terminology 3. Complete long answer responses (DPEEL) to analysis questions - there will be choice. Mathematics Assigned By: Laura Doyle We are currently working on comparing and ordering fractions and decimals from least to greatest. We have a quiz scheduled for Thursday, December 9th on sections 3.1 & 3.2. December 1, 2021 Homeroom Announcements Assigned By: Nicole Collins December is upon us and it is a BUSY month. I have placed a picture copy of the calendar on our ELA Google Classroom so you can be prepared for your theme days. Monday, Dec. 6th has been scheduled for you to attend the Book Fair as a class to purchase anything you would like. Language Arts Assigned By: Nicole Collins Students explored the virtual book fair. Monday, Dec. 6th has been scheduled for you to attend the Book Fair as a class to purchase anything you would like. We did a short story terms Kahoot today. Some of you need to study your terms! Eek! Short story test: Friday, Dec. 3rd. Social Studies Assigned By: Nicole Collins Students began a new unit: Economic Empowerment. We began with chapter 2 notes on economies of the past. This chapter will likely be done before Christmas and there will be a case study on it. November 30, 2021 Language Arts Assigned By: Nicole Collins Rough copies of book reports were due today. If yours was not submitted, contact home was made. Students were given time to finish off the Monkey's Paw questions. There will be approximately 15 minutes devoted to this next class. After that, we begin our revision classes in preparation for Friday's short story test. Have YOU started studying yet? You should! November 26, 2021 Homeroom Announcements Assigned By: Nicole Collins Soapworks deadline was today. Mary Brown's coupons are still available. Monday is a PL day for teachers. No school for students. Tuesday will be day 2 on your schedule. Science Assigned By: Charlie Simmonds I emailed all students the same review assessments we did for Chapters 1, 2 and 3. Students who got less than 50 in any chapter mark can redo them to up their grade. They will need to be completed by this Sunday afternoon. Language Arts Assigned By: Nicole Collins Students finished the vocabulary activity and the reading comprehension activity for 'The Monkey's Paw' They then began work on question #1 of the long answer questions. Students will continue and conclude this work on Tuesday. Are you missing class time? If so, all these documents are available online. Please stay up-to-date with work if you are able! Important dates: Nov. 30th: rough draft of the book report. Dec. 3 - short story test Dec. 14th: final draft of the book report. Social Studies Assigned By: Nicole Collins Students had their last working class on the Battles Booklets. If they have not been completed in class, they are now set for homework to be digitally turned in by Nov. 29th. Students received their work on 'In Flanders Fields' and their ch. 15 case study today. These marks are on Powerschool. But paper copies were handed back to students today. If caregivers would like to see how or why your children earned the marks they did, please consult the rubrics and comments on these documents. November 25, 2021 Homeroom Announcements Assigned By: Nicole Collins St. John's Soapworks order are due in by Nov. 26th Mary Brown's coupons are currently available. Scholastic Book Fair will be from Dec. 2-10. Science Assigned By: Charlie Simmonds Students completed the Data Analysis part of Science Literacy yesterday. We will begin Module 2 the next Science class. Language Arts Assigned By: Nicole Collins Students worked on two activities for 'The Monkey's Paw': 1. A vocabulary activity 2. A reading comprehension activity. We will quickly review these next day then move on to the long-answer literary analysis questions. DATES TO REMEMBER: Nov. 30th: rough draft of the book report. Dec. 3 - short story test Dec. 14th: final draft of the book report. November 24, 2021 Homeroom Announcements Assigned By: Nicole Collins St. John's Soapworks order are due in by Nov. 26th Mary Brown's coupons are currently available. Scholastic Book Fair will be from Dec. 2-10. Science Assigned By: Charlie Simmonds Students completed the Data Analysis part of Science Literacy today. Language Arts Assigned By: Nicole Collins Students began their last short story today called: 'The Monkey's Paw.' We read it in class. If you were not in school it can be found on Google Classroom. We will not be re-reading it, so you are expected to read it on your own time. We will continue studying this story up until the short story test. TEST DATE: Dec. 3. This will be a legitimate test: no notes, textbook or other aids allowed! Students will be tasked with reading a short story, answering some basic reading comp. questions, then expressing in a longer paragraph that they can analyze the story for literary devices. Please see the study guide (posted to Google Classroom and distributed on paper in class) for more info. DATES TO REMEMBER: Nov. 30th: rough draft of the book report. Dec. 3 - short story test Dec. 14th: final draft of the book report. Social Studies Assigned By: Nicole Collins Students finished up the Battle of the Somme and read about the Battle of Vimy Ridge. You will have one more class to finish up your Battles Booklets with information on Vimy. You should also have time to fill in any missing info on Ypres, or the Somme as well. Booklets are due to be digitally turned in on Nov. 29th. November 23, 2021 Homeroom Announcements Assigned By: Nicole Collins St. John's Soapworks order are due in by Nov. 26th Mary Brown's coupons are currently available. Science Assigned By: Charlie Simmonds Students completed the Case Study part of Science Literacy today. They will do the Data Analysis during the next class. Review the sample on Google Classroom. Language Arts Assigned By: Nicole Collins Students worked on their theme question for 'The Jade Peony' then were given time to finish up any final questions on this short story or 'Higher Animals.' All students should have these questions completed. Important dates: Nov. 30th: rough draft of the book report. Dec. 14th: final draft of the book report. November 22, 2021 Science Assigned By: Charlie Simmonds As I explained to the students, now that we have finished Unit 1 they will do a couple of Science Literacy evaluations this week. The first is called a Case Study where students read a Science story, like they would see in a newspaper, then answer a few questions. The second is Data Analysis. That is taking the results from an already finished experiment and graphing the information and answering a couple of questions. I already explained the difference between both and we reviewed a sample Data Analysis. The sample answers are on Google Classroom for Science. Mathematics Assigned By: Laura Doyle We are currently working on simplifying fractions to lowest terms. Students have two worksheets that should be completed by tomorrow. Social Studies Assigned By: Nicole Collins Students finished up the work in the battles booklet on The Second Battle of Ypres. Students began the Battle of the Somme by watching the youtube video in the notes and reading the text on p. 290. Students will have approximately 15 minutes next class to conclude their battles booklets. Then we will be moving on the the Battle of Vimy Ridge. Language Arts Assigned By: Nicole Collins Students did a theme activity for 'The Jade Peony.' Then they began work on the last question on theme. Students will conclude this next class and begin a new short story study. Homeroom Announcements Assigned By: Nicole Collins St. John's Soapworks order are due in by Nov. 26th Mary Brown's coupons are currently available. Health Assigned By: Laura Doyle We have now completed two assignments, 'A Healthy You' and the Wreck-It-Ralph assignment. These two assignments must be submitted by Friday in order to be included on their report card. November 19, 2021 Science Assigned By: Charlie Simmonds Students completed the Salty Seeds experiment in the lab today. Also, yesterday, I explained to the students that as we have finished Unit 1 they will do a couple of Science Literacy evaluations. The first is called a Case Study where students read a Science story, like they would see in a newspaper, then answer a few questions. The second is Data Analysis. That is taking the results from an already finished experiment and graphing the information and answering a couple of questions. I explained the difference between both and we reviewed a sample Data Analysis that they will be doing next week. The sample answers are on Google Classroom for Science. Language Arts Assigned By: Nicole Collins Students presented their symbols of their heritage/history today. (Jade Peony speaking assessment) Great work to all who presented. If you did not present today, it is expected that you are ready to present on Monday during ELA class. November 18, 2021 Homeroom Announcements Assigned By: Nicole Collins Soapworks orders in by Nov. 26th. Mary Brown's coupons are now available for purchase. Science Assigned By: Charlie Simmonds Students continued with the Salty Seeds experiment in the lab today. They are to review the lab at home as they will complete it tomorrow. Also, Today, I explained to the students that as we have finished Unit 1 they will do a couple of Science Literacy evaluations. The first is called a Case Study where students read a Science story, like they would see in a newspaper, then answer a few questions. The second is Data Analysis. That is taking the results from an already finished experiment and graphing the information and answering a couple of questions. I explained the difference between both and we reviewed a sample Data Analysis that they will be doing next week. The sample answers are on Google Classroom for Science. Social Studies Assigned By: Nicole Collins Students started their 4th and final evaluation for this unit: a Battles Booklet. This booklet will be done on Google Classroom and must be submitted by Nov. 29th. We will be working through each battle during class time. Language Arts Assigned By: Nicole Collins Students had library reading period today. Dates to remember: Tomorrow: speaking assessment on 'The Jade Peony' Nov. 30th: rough draft of the book report. Dec. 14th: final draft of the book report. November 17, 2021 Homeroom Announcements Assigned By: Nicole Collins Soap Works orders are due on Nov. 26. The administration has just informed us that Mary Brown's coupons are ready to go too! Science Assigned By: Charlie Simmonds Students began an experiment in the lab today. They are to review the lab at home as we have more to do tomorrow. Social Studies Assigned By: Nicole Collins Students learned about the war at sea and the war in the air during WW1. We watched some videos as well. Tomorrow, students will begin their final assessment for this chapter: an in-depth study of three significant battles for the Canadians and Newfoundlanders. This will be due on Nov. 29th. Language Arts Assigned By: Nicole Collins Students continued working on DPEEL paragraphs for the short story 'The Jade Peony.' Students will have one more day to finish these questions before we move on to our next short story. Dates to remember: Friday, Nov. 19th - speaking assessment for Jade Peony Nov. 30th - rough draft of book report due. Nov. 14th - final copy of the book report is due. November 16, 2021 Homeroom Announcements Assigned By: Nicole Collins Soap Works orders are due in by Nov. 26th Science Assigned By: Charlie Simmonds Students will be completing an experiment in the lab tomorrow, as we reviewed yesterday. They are to review the lab at home. Language Arts Assigned By: Nicole Collins Students spent half the class brainstorming for Friday's speaking assessment. The rest of this preparation will be done at home. The second half of the class was devoted to answering questions on the short story 'The Jade Peony.' We will continue this work next class. Dates to remember: This Friday- speaking assessment on The Jade Peony Nov. 30th- rough draft of the books report Dec. 14- final copy of the books report November 15, 2021 Homeroom Announcements Assigned By: Nicole Collins Soap Works orders are due in by Nov. 26th Science Assigned By: Charlie Simmonds Students will be completing an experiment in the lab this week, as we reviewed today. They are to review the lab at home! Mathematics Assigned By: Laura Doyle We have our Unit 2 test tomorrow. Students should be working through pages 79-80 of their textbook for a unit review. Language Arts Assigned By: Nicole Collins Students received the workbook on “The Jade Peony” then followed along as I read it aloud to the class. Dates to remember: This Friday- speaking assessment on The Jade Peony Nov. 30th- rough draft of the books report Dec. 14- final copy of the books report Social Studies Assigned By: Nicole Collins Students wrote their war case study November 12, 2021 Homeroom Announcements Assigned By: Nicole Collins Reminder: Picture retakes are this coming Monday. Nov. 15th. Students must bring original proofs if they were given them. The fundraiser for St. John's Soap Works is due in by Nov. 26th. All order forms and money are submitted to your homeroom teacher. Language Arts Assigned By: Nicole Collins Students finished up their 'Higher Animals' character sketch on the protagonist 'Skye'. Students were also given their speaking project for next week. Each student will present an object to the class and explain how this object represents their heritage and/or culture. This is due on Nov. 19th. Other dates to remember: 1. Rough copy on paper of your book report is due Nov. 30th. 2. Final copy of book report (5 paragraph essay) due on Dec. 14th. Social Studies Assigned By: Nicole Collins You have an in-class case study on Monday based on the reading 'Who Enlisted' on p. 279 of your textbook. November 10, 2021 Science Assigned By: Charlie Simmonds Chapter 3 worksheets are due on Monday, Nov. 15th. Social Studies Assigned By: Nicole Collins Students read pages 279-281 of the textbook and discussed all the major cultural groups who served for Canada and NL in the First World War. This reading will be used as the case study set for Nov. 15th. Language Arts Assigned By: Nicole Collins Students only had about 10 minutes of class today due to the Remembrance Day assembly. Students continued working on their character sketch of the protagonist in the short story 'Higher Animals' On Friday, we are beginning a new short story. November 9, 2021 Homeroom Announcements Assigned By: Nicole Collins Picture retakes are Nov. 15th. Tomorrow is our Remembrance Day virtual assembly. Please wear black, red, or white. Science Assigned By: Charlie Simmonds Students completed both review assessments today for Chapter 3. Chapter 3 worksheets are due on Monday, Nov. 15th. Mathematics Assigned By: Laura Doyle Today we wrote a checkpoint on subtracting integers. We are aiming for our unit 2 test on Friday, November 12th. Language Arts Assigned By: Nicole Collins Students began work on composing a character sketch on the character of Skye from the story 'Higher Animals.' Students will have only one more class to finish this exercise up. We will be moving on to a new story after that time. November 8, 2021 Social Studies Assigned By: Nicole Collins This was the last day to work on the 'Flanders Fields' poster and reading comprehension questions. This is due on Nov. 12th. Reminder: Nov. 15th students will be writing a case study on those who served in WW1. Science Assigned By: Charlie Simmonds Today we completed Chapter 3 discussion of topics. Students will get two review assessments tomorrow! Chapter 3 worksheets are due on Monday, Nov. 15th. Language Arts Assigned By: Nicole Collins Students had a reading period in the library today. Reminder: 1. Rough copy on paper of your book report is due Nov. 30th. 2. Final copy of book report (5 paragraph essay) due on Dec. 14th. November 5, 2021 Homeroom Announcements Assigned By: Nicole Collins Picture re-takes: they will be happening on Nov. 15th. Science Assigned By: Charlie Simmonds Today we continued Chapter 3 discussion of topics which included the two types of succession and how humans are affecting ecosystems. Students will get two review assessments next week sometime. Chapter 3 worksheets are due on Monday, Nov. 15th. Language Arts Assigned By: Nicole Collins Students finished their plot structure activities on Jamboard. We then determined the 'model' plot structure diagram from group 1! Way to go, group 1! That model is now placed on Google Classroom and will be handed out to students on paper copies on Monday. This should be kept and used as a reference for later in the year when individuals will be asked to draw a plot diagram. Are you reading your book every night? Don't forget to bring your book into school for homeroom reading each day. And ESPECIALLY on day 1 for library day. Dates to remember: Nov. 30th - Rough copies of book reports (on paper) are due. Dec. 14th.Final copies of book reports (either hand-written or typed in a Google Doc) are due. Mathematics Assigned By: Laura Doyle We are just finishing up our work on subtracting integers. We will be having a short checkpoint on Tuesday to make sure we're all doing well with subtraction. We will be having our final unit test on Friday, November 12th. Social Studies Assigned By: Nicole Collins Students continued work on the cross-curricular project of 'Flanders Fields' poster. There is only 1 more day in class to work on this material. Posters and comprehension questions are due in on Nov. 12th. Nov. 15th: ch. 15 case study on those who served. November 4, 2021 Science Assigned By: Charlie Simmonds We continued Chapter 3 discussion of topics which included the two types of succession and how humans are affecting ecosystems. Students began working on the chapter worksheets. Chapter 3 worksheets are due on Monday, Nov. 15th. Language Arts Assigned By: Nicole Collins Students worked on two tasks: 1. Comprehension questions on 'In Flanders Fields' - this is part of the cross-curricular project with Socials. The whole project is due on Nov. 12th 2. A group activity on plot structure in Jamboard for the short story 'Higher Animals.' Jamboards will clue up next class and will be analyzed by the entire class. Are you reading your book every night? Don't forget to bring your book into school for homeroom reading each day. And ESPECIALLY on day 1 for library day. Dates to remember: Nov. 30th - Rough copies of book reports (on paper) are due. Dec. 14th.Final copies of book reports (either hand-written or typed in a Google Doc) are due. Homeroom Announcements Assigned By: Nicole Collins Picture re-takes: they will be happening on Nov. 15th. Students must return their original proofs to Lifetouch on that day. Tomorrow at recess there will be ice cream for sale as a fundraiser for the Awareness Group. November 3, 2021 Homeroom Announcements Assigned By: Nicole Collins Picture re-takes: they will be happening on Nov. 15th. Students must return their original proofs to Lifetouch on that day. Friday at recess there will be ice cream for sale as a fundraiser for the Awareness Group. Science Assigned By: Charlie Simmonds Today we began Chapter 3 discussion of topics which included the two types of succession. Students began working on the chapter worksheets. Worksheets are due on Monday, Nov. 15th. Language Arts Assigned By: Nicole Collins There were several students without Chromebooks today. Please charge them every night. We had to do a different activity today than the planned lesson because of this inconvenience. Students worked on some preliminary work for their character sketch on the short Story 'Higher Animals.' No set homework. Are you reading your book every night? Don't forget to bring your book into school for homeroom reading each day. And ESPECIALLY on day 1 for library day. Dates to remember: Nov. 30th - Rough copies of book reports (on paper) are due. Dec. 14th.Final copies of book reports (either hand-written or typed in a Google Doc) are due. Social Studies Assigned By: Nicole Collins Students were introduced to their cross-curricular project with ELA: a poster based on the visuals in 'In Flanders Fields.' This is due in on Nov. 12th You will also be having a ch. 15 case study on Nov. 15th. be prepared for that. Again, we will read the article in advance of the 15th, and notes and text books can be used during the case study. November 2, 2021 Homeroom Announcements Assigned By: Nicole Collins Anyone who ordered pictures received them either yesterday or today. If you wish to get re-takes, they will be happening on Nov. 15th. Students must return their original proofs to Lifetouch on that day. Science Assigned By: Charlie Simmonds Today we began Chapter 3 discussion of topics. All material is on Google Classroom. Mathematics Assigned By: Laura Doyle We did a quick checkpoint on adding integers today. Tomorrow we will start section 2.4 - subtracting integers. Language Arts Assigned By: Nicole Collins Students who missed school yesterday were advised to read the short story 'Higher Animals' in your text book this evening. This can be found on page 126. Students were treated today to a presentation by Ms. Miles about how to stay organized and adjusted in grade 7. Thank you Ms. Miles. Are you reading your book every night? Don't forget to bring your book into school for homeroom reading each day. And ESPECIALLY on day 1 for library day. Dates to remember: Nov. 30th - Rough copies of book reports (on paper) are due. Dec. 14th.Final copies of book reports (either hand-written or typed in a Google Doc) are due. November 1, 2021 Science Assigned By: Charlie Simmonds We will begin Chapter 3 the next Science class. All material is on Google Classroom. Please note the Chapter 2 worksheets are now due! Social Studies Assigned By: Nicole Collins The war foldable were due today. MANY students did not have them in. Contact was made to all homes if your child did not submit their work today. Students learned about trench life and trench warfare. This will prepare you for your next in-class assignment which will be presented next day. This assignment will ne cross-curricular with ELA. It will consist of: 1. a poster for Social Studies 2. the same poster as a representation mark for ELA 3. Reading comprehension (ELA) questions on the poem we are using as our inspiration. Language Arts Assigned By: Nicole Collins Students wrote their last and final grammar exit card. Those who were absent will be expected tp write this upon their arrival back to school. Students also read the short story Higher Animals from the text book. If you missed today's in-class reading, you must read it on your won. It will not be read again out loud to the class. Plot and character activities will be completed based on this short story. October 29, 2021 Homeroom Announcements Assigned By: Nicole Collins Have a safe and happy Halloween weekend! Science Assigned By: Charlie Simmonds Chapter 2 worksheets are due to be passed in on Sunday, Oct. 31 (if digital) and Monday, Nov. 1 if done on paper. Language Arts Assigned By: Nicole Collins Students watched the Disney version of 'Legend of Sleepy Hallow' which was our listening test the other day. Students received their listening tests back and had a few treats. Marks for the listening tests are in Powerschool. Nov. 1st - Exit Card #4 on prepositions, interjections and common mistakes Nov. 30th - Rough copies of book reports (on paper) are due. Dec. 14th.Final copies of book reports (either hand-written or typed in a Google Doc) are due. Social Studies Assigned By: Nicole Collins WW1 foldables are due on Monday!!!! October 28, 2021 Science Assigned By: Charlie Simmonds Students completed the final review assessments for Ch. 2. Chapter 2 worksheets are due to be passed in on Sunday, Oct. 31 (if digital) and Monday, Nov. 1 if done on paper. Social Studies Assigned By: Nicole Collins Students had their final day to work on their 'causes of war/declaration of war' foldables. If this is not submitted to me now, it is set for homework. This is due to be submitted on Nov. 1st. Language Arts Assigned By: Nicole Collins All students have now given me the name of the novel they have chosen for a book report. Students are expected to be reading this book at home and to bring it to class each day 1 to read during library time. Important dates: Nov. 1st - Exit Card #4 on prepositions, interjections and common mistakes Nov. 30th - Rough copies of book reports (on paper) are due. Dec. 14th.Final copies of book reports (either hand-written or typed in a Google Doc) are due. Homeroom Announcements Assigned By: Nicole Collins Halloween costumes can be worn tomorrow! Please come already in costume. No masks (except Covid masks of course) or weapons! October 27, 2021 Language Arts Assigned By: Nicole Collins Students are reminded to bring in their books from home for tomorrow's reading period in the library. The deadline to tell me your book report choice is tomorrow! If you don't have a book chosen by then, you will be expected to choose one from the library tomorrow. Upcoming dates: Nov. 1st - Exit Card #4 on prepositions, interjections and common mistakes Nov. 30th - Rough copies of book reports (on paper) are due. Dec. 14th.Final copies of book reports (either hand-written or typed in a Google Doc) are due. Science Assigned By: Charlie Simmonds Students completed 2 review assessments today for Ch. 2. They have one more to complete tomorrow. Review. Also, Ch. 2 worksheets are due to be passed in on Sunday, Oct. 31 (if digital) and Monday, Nov. 1 if done on paper. Social Studies Assigned By: Nicole Collins Students continued work on the causes of war/declaration of war foldables. Tomorrow is your final working class. If you are not finished during class tomorrow, you are expected to take it home and submit it to me on Nov. 1st. Mathematics Assigned By: Laura Doyle Today we continued our work with adding integers, including adding on a number line. There will be a short checkpoint on just representing and adding integers on Monday. We will quickly review the material before we write the checkpoint. October 26, 2021 Science Assigned By: Charlie Simmonds We finished discussion on topics from Chapter 2 including the types of interaction between organisms, the role of organisms in an ecosystem and the various systems used to measure the flow of energy in an ecosystem. Review. Students will get 3 more review assessments this week for Ch. 2. Also, Ch. 2 worksheets are due to be passed in on Sunday, Oct. 31 (if digital) and Monday, Nov. 1 if done on paper. Mathematics Assigned By: Laura Doyle Although we have just begun Unit 2, it is a very short unit. We will be having a very quick and short checkpoint on adding integers by early next week (possibly Monday). Language Arts Assigned By: Nicole Collins Students listened to their Halloween short story and did a listening activity which will be graded. If you missed today's class, you will be sitting for your test on Thursday during our library class. Reminder that book report books need to be chosen by this Thursday (day one). If they are not, you must use our library class to find a book. Other dates to keep in mind: Exit Card #4 on prepositions, interjections and common mistakes - Nov. 1st Nov. 30th - Rough copies of book reports (on paper) are due. Dec. 14th.Final copies of book reports (either hand-written or typed in a Google Doc) are due. October 25, 2021 Social Studies Assigned By: Nicole Collins Students continued working on their war foldables for the National Empowerment Unit. Foldables are due on Nov. 1st if not done in class time. Science Assigned By: Charlie Simmonds We continued to discuss topics from Chapter 2 including the types of interaction between organisms, the role of organisms in an ecosystem and the various systems used to measure the flow of energy in an ecosystem. Review. Students will get 3 more review assessments this week for Ch. 2. Language Arts Assigned By: Nicole Collins Students finished up grammar with clarifying some common mistakes: they're/their/there, its/it's, your/you're, and threw/through/thru. Students will begin short stories tomorrow with a Halloween-themed listening test. Keep in mind the following dates: 1. Short Story listening test - Oct. 26th 2. Exit Card #4 on prepositions, interjections and common mistakes - Nov. 1st 3. Nov. 30th - Rough copies of book reports (on paper) are due. 4. Dec. 14th.Final copies of book reports (either hand-written or typed in a Google Doc) are due. October 22, 2021 Science Assigned By: Charlie Simmonds Students completed the first review for Ch. 2 today. Then we continued to discuss the role of organisms in an ecosystem. Review. Students will get 3 more review assessments next week. French Assigned By: Heather Lucas We practiced the months of the year vocab and completed three worksheets: matching english to french, which month holidays occur in and a word search of calendar vocab. Language Arts Assigned By: Nicole Collins Students finished off two sections of grammar: prepositions and interjections. There is only one small section remaining! This exit card will be written on Nov. 1st. In the meantime, we will begin short story work next week. Please keep the following dates in mind: 1. Short Story listening test - Oct. 26th 2. Exit Card #4 on prepositions, interjections and common mistakes - Nov. 1st 3. Nov. 30th - Rough copies of book reports (on paper) are due. 4. Dec. 14th.Final copies of book reports (either hand-written or typed in a Google Doc) are due. October 21, 2021 Homeroom Announcements Assigned By: Nicole Collins Jamarama tomorrow! Scholastic book orders due tomorrow. Science Assigned By: Charlie Simmonds Students will get a review assessment at the next class tomorrow. REVIEW. French Assigned By: Heather Lucas Reviewed the days of the week. Completed Days of week and school subject worksheet. To be corrected next class. Joined Duolingo - used it to practice our French skills. Social Studies Assigned By: Nicole Collins Students had day one of three to work on their 'Causes of war' foldable. These are due on Nov. 1st. Language Arts Assigned By: Nicole Collins Students wrote their adverbs and conjunctions exit card. Marks are on Powerschool. They moved on to prepositions. Please keep track of the following dates: 1. Nov. 30th - Rough copies of book reports (on paper) are due. 2. Dec. 14th.Final copies of book reports (either hand-written or typed in a Google Doc) are due. 3. Exit Card #4 on prepositions and interjections - Nov. 1st 4. Short Story listening test - Oct. 26th October 20, 2021 Homeroom Announcements Assigned By: Nicole Collins Scholastic book orders are due in on Friday, Oct. 22 to Ms. Critch. Or you can order online with the code RC218296 This Friday is Jamarama! Science Assigned By: Charlie Simmonds We continued Chapter 2 today with discussing different symbiotic relationships with ecosystems and the roles of organisms. All information for Chapter 2 is on Google Classroom. Students will get a review assessment at the next class tomorrow. REVIEW. Language Arts Assigned By: Nicole Collins Students finished up class work on conjunctions (all updated work is now posted online in the Students Workbook on Google Classroom. Students have their adverbs and conjunctions exit card tomorrow. We did an adverbs Kahoot this afternoon and some students realized they may need some work on these! Study and prepare tonight please! Please keep track of the following dates: 1. Nov. 30th - Rough copies of book reports (on paper) are due. 2. Dec. 14th.Final copies of book reports (either hand-written or typed in a Google Doc) are due. 3. Exit Card #4 on prepositions and interjections - Nov. 1st 4. Short Story listening test - Oct. 26th Mathematics Assigned By: Laura Doyle We will be doing an in-class assignment on sections 1.3-1.7 tomorrow during class. Students will work independently, but will be permitted to use their books and notes. October 19, 2021 Homeroom Announcements Assigned By: Nicole Collins Scholastic book orders have been distributed by Ms. Critch. Book orders are due in to Ms. Critch by Friday Oct. 22, or you can order online with the code RC218296 This Friday is Jamarama! Science Assigned By: Charlie Simmonds We continued Chapter 2 today with discussing different symbiotic relationships with ecosystems. All information for Chapter 2 is on Google Classroom. REVIEW. Social Studies Assigned By: Nicole Collins Students recapped the 4 causes of WW1 and the declaration of war, then continued watching a movie on it. You will begin your WW1 cause of war foldable next class. Language Arts Assigned By: Nicole Collins Students were given their book reports today. They are to pick a book to read as an independent pleasure read. Rough copies (on the paper provided in class today) are due in on Nov. 30th Final copies (either hand-written or typed in a Google Doc) are due on Dec. 14th. Students also received their grammar exit card #2 back today. Marks are in PowerSchool now. Please keep track of the following dates: 1. Exit card #3 on Adverbs and conjunctions - Oct. 21 2. Exit Card #4 on prepositions and interjections - Nov. 1st 3. Short Story listening test - Oct. 26th October 18, 2021 Science Assigned By: Charlie Simmonds We began Chapter 2 today with discussing different symbiotic relationships with ecosystems. All information for Chapter 2 is on Google Classroom. October 15, 2021 Homeroom Announcements Assigned By: Nicole Collins The deadline for photo orders has been extended to Oct. 18th Science Assigned By: Charlie Simmonds I didn't have this class today so I will collect the Chapter 1 worksheets this Monday, Oct. 18th. Language Arts Assigned By: Nicole Collins Students wrote their exit card #2 on adjectives and verbs. Please keep track of the following dates: 1. Exit card #3 on Adverbs and conjunctions - Oct. 21 2. Exit Card #4 on prepositions and interjections - Nov. 1st 3. Short Story listening test - Oct. 26th October 14, 2021 Language Arts Assigned By: Nicole Collins Students finished correcting verbs work in the grammar workbooks. (all up-to-date corrections are on Google Classroom) Students then played Kahoots in order to review for their adjectives and verbs exit card tomorrow afternoon. Are YOU ready!? Science Assigned By: Charlie Simmonds The Chapter 1 worksheets have to be completed and passed in for this Friday, Oct. 15th. This is what they continued to work on today. Social Studies Assigned By: Nicole Collins Students discussed and learned about slides 1-14 in the chapter 15 notes. If you missed class, notes can be found online and YOU are responsible for this material. We will conclude our discussion by watching a documentary on the causes of WW1. After this, students will be tasked with the war foldable. Most of this work will be done in class, but some students may have to finish up their foldables at home. Be prepared for homework in the near future. Mathematics Assigned By: Laura Doyle We are just finishing up Unit 1. Today, we worked on graphing linear relations and will continue with that tomorrow. ***There will be an assessment by mid next week covering Unit 1. October 13, 2021 Homeroom Announcements Assigned By: Nicole Collins Tomorrow is the final day to order school clothing online. Please visit the school website for more info. Lifetouch photo orders were due today. Science Assigned By: Charlie Simmonds The Chapter 1 worksheets have to be completed and passed in for this Friday, Oct. 15th. Language Arts Assigned By: Nicole Collins Exit card on Adjectives and Verbs is THIS FRIDAY! Are you ready, or should you be reviewing at home? Students got about halfway through the grammar workbook's activities on verbs. All corrections are now on Google Classroom. We will finish off the rest in class tomorrow and do an in-class review in preparation for Friday's evaluation. Remember, exit cards are NOT tests. You can use your notes. But they are quick checkpoints of your ability. keep up-to-date! October 12, 2021 Homeroom Announcements Assigned By: Nicole Collins Life Touch photo orders are due in tomorrow. You can also order them online. School clothing orders can be ordered through the link of the school website: https://skjh.nlesd.ca/home Picture retakes: Nov. 15th. Students will need to bring in old proofs in order to get retakes. Students received their chrome books today. ALL STUDENTS MUST CHARGE THESE AT HOME. There will not be an opportunity to charge them in the classroom due to safety concerns. Science Assigned By: Charlie Simmonds Students have one more review assessment from Ch. 1 topics that we will do tomorrow. Also, the Chapter 1 worksheets have to be completed and passed in for this Friday, Oct. 15th. Social Studies Assigned By: Nicole Collins MANY students to did not have their in-class project 'Future self-portrait' ready to be handed in to me. Please have this ready for tomorrow. If it is not submitted by tomorrow, home contact will be made. Students began the National Empowerment Unit (WW1). This is out of order from the year, but it will coincide with Remembrance day. Notes and a general discussion of war were highlighted today. Language Arts Assigned By: Nicole Collins Students will have their Adjectives/Verbs exit card on Friday, Oct. 15th. Today students corrected their adjective work in their workbook (available immediately on Google Classroom). We also reviewed verbs and will continue to work through them until Friday in preparation for their exit card. Remember, notes can be used during the exit card, so it is not a test. It is a quick evaluation of your understanding. October 8, 2021 Language Arts Assigned By: Nicole Collins Students worked on Acrostic poetry for Thanksgiving. Students also received two evaluations back: 1. text connections 2. Nouns and pronouns grammar exit card Social Studies Assigned By: Nicole Collins Reminder: Future self-portraits are due on Tuesday! Homeroom Announcements Assigned By: Nicole Collins Pictures were sent home earlier this week. Ordering deadline is Oct. 13. Picture retakes: Nov. 15th. Students will need to bring in old proofs in order to get retakes. October 7, 2021 Homeroom Announcements Assigned By: Nicole Collins Tomorrow is the last day to give to our 'Fill the Tractor' campaign. Please give if you can. Our class total is still sitting at 59 items. Science Assigned By: Charlie Simmonds Today, Students completed the last review assessment from Ch. 1. Students will be working on their Chapter worksheets tomorrow. All materials are on Google Classroom for Science. Social Studies Assigned By: Nicole Collins This was the last day to work on an in-class project distributed yesterday called 'Future Self Portrait.' If you have not finished this, you have homework. The due date for this project is Tuesday, Oct. 12th. Language Arts Assigned By: Nicole Collins Students enjoyed their first library reading period. Reminder: in the coming week or two you will need a book to read for a book report. Thee library periods are extremely useful to you in order to find a book you will enjoy reading independently. October 6, 2021 Science Assigned By: Charlie Simmonds Today, Students completed two review assessments from Ch. 1 topics. There will be one more tomorrow. All materials are on Google Classroom for Science. October 5, 2021 Homeroom Announcements Assigned By: Nicole Collins Let's keep those food donations coming 7-3s. We have a total of 59 items donated! Language Arts Assigned By: Nicole Collins Students wrote their nouns and pronouns exit card. Students then moved on to adjectives and worked on the activity associated with this in their workbook. We will be correcting that tomorrow. Reminder: day one will be a reading/library day. So please bring in reading material on THURSDAY (not Friday as previously said) or be prepared to look for a book and check it out. Mathematics Assigned By: Laura Doyle We are currently working with algebraic expressions. Students have been introduced to the concept of variables, coefficient, and constant term. The next focus is to write expressions from sentences/situations, and then to evaluate those expressions for a given value. ***Some students have yet to submit their divisibility foldable. This needs to be turned in asap. October 4, 2021 Social Studies Assigned By: Nicole Collins Students wrote their first case study of the year on 'Home Children.' It was an evaluation that required them to apply their knowledge of empowerment and disempowerment to a new situation. Anyone who missed this case study will be asked to write it upon their return. Science Assigned By: Charlie Simmonds Students need to review Chapter 1 topics discussed. There will be a review assessment this week. All materials are on Google Classroom for Science. Language Arts Assigned By: Nicole Collins Students reviewed for their exit card tomorrow: a 10 minutes quiz on nouns and pronouns. Reminder: Day One will be our library reading day. So THIS FRIDAY bring in a book from home to read, or be prepared to sign a book out from the school library. French Assigned By: Heather Lucas We reviewed the french subjects (I, you, we, etc). We completed worksheets circling the correct photo to match the subject. Both are on our Google Classroom. Reading quiz on Thursday on clothing, weather and subjects (circle the correct photo) Homeroom Announcements Assigned By: Nicole Collins We are continuing to collect food items for our 'Fill the tractor' event. So far the 7-3s have collected 30 items. Let's keep them coming in! October 1, 2021 Language Arts Assigned By: Nicole Collins Students corrected the remaining activity for nouns. Then we read all notes and corrected all activities on pronouns. Your nouns/pronouns exit card (15 minutes quiz with notes permitted) will be happening on Tuesday, Oct. 5th! If you were absent, all note are placed on Google Classroom. As well, all worksheets have been corrected and placed there too, so you can still keep up with the material. Science Assigned By: Charlie Simmonds Students need to review Chapter 1 topics discussed. There will be a review assessment on Monday, Oct. 4. All materials are on Google Classroom for Science. Social Studies Assigned By: Nicole Collins You will be writing your 'Home Children' case study on Monday. Would you like to read or re-read the article in advance? There are images of it on Google Classroom if you don't have/forgot your text book. French Assigned By: Heather Lucas We reviewed Weather and Clothing terms. Completed worksheets matching weather to clothing items. Language Arts Assigned By: Nicole Collins We have collected 30 food items so far for the local food bank. Let's keep those donations coming in all next week 7-3! September 28, 2021 Homeroom Announcements Assigned By: Nicole Collins Reminder: No school tomorrow or Thursday. Friday will be day 4 on your schedule. The food drive donations have started coming in. Families have until next Friday to donate. Science Assigned By: Charlie Simmonds Today, we continued review of Chapter 1 topics discussed. All materials are on Google Classroom for Science. REVIEW Social Studies Assigned By: Nicole Collins Students read pages 16-19 on the story of the Home Children. Student drew connections to that reading and what they are learning about Residential Schools. We are making TEXT TO WORLD connections in Socials! Woohoo! This reading will be what your case study is based on for Monday, October 4th. Language Arts Assigned By: Nicole Collins Students continued exploring information about Residential Schools and the TRC. Students created a representing piece helping Canada come to terms and also move forward together. Caregivers: I emailed you out a picture of the classroom display. September 27, 2021 Language Arts Assigned By: Nicole Collins Students began correcting their workbooks on nouns. All corrections are available as visuals on Google Classroom. We will move on to pronouns after this. Once we are finished pronouns, there will be an exit card. So please keep up-to-date! Social Studies Assigned By: Nicole Collins Students did a disempowerment worksheet and read p. 15 of the textbook. If yo were absent, that is now available on Google Classroom. You will be provided with a paper copy when you return to class. Reminder: Empowerment Case Study: Monday, Oct. 4th. Mathematics Assigned By: Laura Doyle We have a short checkpoint on the divisibility rules tomorrow. It will look very similar to the worksheets given in class. Our divisibility foldable is due by the end of this week. If you have not yet completed yours, you should continue to work on it at home. Science Assigned By: Charlie Simmonds Today we started Module 1 - Environmental Interactions, Chapter 1. Students got a study guide, 1 PowerPoint and some review sheets for practice. All this material is on Google Classroom for Science. REVIEW. September 24, 2021 Religion Assigned By: Barb Doran Today we viewed up to 52 minutes of the movie The ten Commandments. Students who were absent may view this movie from Youtube before next class which is the next day 6, Mathematics Assigned By: Laura Doyle We are just finishing our work with divisibility rules. Students have been working on a foldable assignment over the last three classes. If it has not already been submitted, it must be turned in by Tuesday, September 28th. **We will be having a quick checkpoint on divisibility rules on Tuesday, September 28th. Language Arts Assigned By: Nicole Collins We finished the notes on nouns. Students were then assigned pages 1-3 in the grammar workbooks. Most people finished or were close to finishing in class. If you did not complete this in class, it is set for homework. We will correct it together on Monday. Science Assigned By: Charlie Simmonds The Google Classroom code for Science is - r p 3 s l l f (all letters are lower case) September 23, 2021 Language Arts Assigned By: Nicole Collins Students began their grammar unit by looking at analyzing subject and object nouns. If you were absent, your study guide, notes and workbook are waiting here for you upon your return. You can also consult Google Classroom to review the first few slides of nouns. Social Studies Assigned By: Nicole Collins Students followed through all the notes of the different types of empowerment. Announcement: you will be having your first in-class case study on October 4th. For the first one, we will be reading the article ahead of time. Science Assigned By: Charlie Simmonds Today, students completed the last two Lab Safety Review assessments. The Google Classroom code for Science is - r p 3 s l l f (all letters are lower case) September 22, 2021 Language Arts Assigned By: Nicole Collins Due to low numbers, we did not start the grammar unit today. Instead we read 'Shi-Shi-ekto' by Nicola I Campbell and made text connections to the story. There are still several people who did not write their text connection evaluation. Please note, you will be asked to do this upon your return to school. Science Assigned By: Charlie Simmonds Today, students completed the first two Lab Safety Review assessments. We will do the final two on Thursday, Sept. 23. REVIEW. The Google Classroom code for Science is - r p 3 s l l f (all letters are lower case) September 21, 2021 Social Studies Assigned By: Nicole Collins Students discussed the Student Vote results and compared them to the actual election results. Then, we did an introductory worksheet on what empowerment means. Notes for unit one were distributed today. We did not begin them, however. Science Assigned By: Charlie Simmonds On Wednesday, Sept. 22 they will complete 2 reviews on Lab Safety. REVIEW! The Google Classroom code for Science is - r p 3 s l l f (all letters are lower case) Language Arts Assigned By: Nicole Collins Students wrote their text connection. Anyone who missed this will be asked to write it upon their return. September 20, 2021 Science Assigned By: Charlie Simmonds Students did a practice Google Form review today. On Wednesday, Sept. 22 they will complete 2 reviews on Lab Safety. REVIEW! Mathematics Assigned By: Laura Doyle We have now completed all of our divisibility rules. We will be working on a foldable assignment tomorrow, and we have a small checkpoint on our divisibility rules, tentatively scheduled for Friday, September 24th. Language Arts Assigned By: Nicole Collins Students worked on the third and final text connection today: text-to-world connections. You text connection evaluation will happen tomorrow in class! Notes can be used. Are you ready? September 17, 2021 Language Arts Assigned By: Nicole Collins Students finished their text-to-text connections paragraph today. This one was a little trickier. If yours is not completed, it is for homework. On Monday we will examine text-to-world connections, and on Tuesday, Sept. 21st you will have an in-class assessment on making connections with texts. Social Studies Assigned By: Nicole Collins Students worked on the Terry Fox poster for our walk today. You donated $41.55 toward Cancer research today. Way to go 7-3s! Science Assigned By: Charlie Simmonds We have completed the Lab Safety review. Students will get some Google Form review on this on Monday and Tuesday next week, Sept. 20/21. REVIEW! September 16, 2021 Homeroom Announcements Assigned By: Nicole Collins Day One: Active Wear! Tomorrow is the Terry Fox Walk. Do you have your permission slip and donation? Language Arts Assigned By: Nicole Collins Students finished off their text-to-self paragraph. If yours is NOT completed, it is for homework tonight. Students moved on to text-to-text connections and watched a Ted Talk by a young man named Carson Byblow. The link is: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=px9CzSZsa0Y Social Studies Assigned By: Nicole Collins Students learned more about the political parties and candidates in preparation for Monday's Student Vote. September 15, 2021 Language Arts Assigned By: Nicole Collins Students began writing their text-to-self paragraph on 'My Maturity in Flames' on p. 181 of the textbook. Students will have a 'Making Connections' evaluation on Sept. 21st. Science Assigned By: Charlie Simmonds We are reviewing Lab Safety. Students can review on the Google Classroom for Science (Code is rp3sllf)) at home if they have access to a computer, etc. Students need to review as they will be a review assessment on them this week and next. Mathematics Assigned By: Laura Doyle Today we worked with Venn diagrams for sorting numbers into groups that are divisible by 3 and divisible by 10. We also completed an investigation to create a rule for divisibility by 6. We will be working on our last two divisibility rules over the next two days. Once we have covered all of the rules, we will be looking at a small checkpoint on applying the rules. We are probably looking at late next week. September 14, 2021 Language Arts Assigned By: Nicole Collins Students began working through 'Making Connections' by making a text-to-self connection with a reading from the textbook 'My Maturity in Flames' on p. 181. Announcement: Students will be having a text connections evaluation on Tuesday, Sept. 21st. Social Studies Assigned By: Nicole Collins Students learned about the election process in Canada and began exploring political party platforms. This is in preparation for Student Vote, which will take place on Sept. 20th. French Assigned By: Heather Lucas Practice our weather phrases. Make flash cards of the 9 weather phrases. Rehearse asking the weather and answering with a partner. Mathematics Assigned By: Laura Doyle We have been working on our divisibility rules. So far we have investigated divisibility by 2, 5, 10, 3, & 9. We will continue to work with these for the remainder of the week. September 13, 2021 Language Arts Assigned By: Nicole Collins Students received their 'Multiple Intelligences self assessment' form back which has study and learning strategies highlighted for them. You are asked to either keep this in your ELA binder, or bring it home to place somewhere you tend to study. Students received notes for our first topic: Making Connections and were asked to place them in their ELA binders for organization. There will be an evaluation for this topic next week. Announcement to follow on exact date. September 10, 2021 French Assigned By: Heather Lucas Handout of the alphabet Handout of numbers Please add these to your French duotang We practiced pronouncing both in French. Language Arts Assigned By: Nicole Collins Students received their textbooks and organized their binders to begin the year on a positive note. Students are asked to accept my Google Classroom invitation to join the ELA Google Classroom via their Gmail. Social Studies Assigned By: Nicole Collins Students received their textbooks and organized their binders to begin the year on a positive note. Students are asked to accept my Google Classroom invitation to join the Socials Google Classroom via their Gmail. September 9, 2021 Language Arts Assigned By: Nicole Collins Students received copies of the course descriptors so they know the weighting of the units or study this year. Course descriptors can be found here: https://www.nlesd.ca/programs/coursedescriptors.jsp Curriculum guides can be found here: https://www.gov.nl.ca/education/ back