Wednesday, September 30

 Reminders

Terry Fox Walk - Friday pm (students only)

English

Read for 30 minutes

Reading Response Letter due by end of day Thursday (you will have time in class tomorrow)

Math

Grade 6: p. 127-128 #1-3, 8, 10, Reflect

Grade 7: p. 33 #1-6

**Both grades have a test on Friday.  Information has been posted in each grade's Google Classroom.

Science

Grade 6: Compare and Contrast Animals Organizer, 3-Point Frame, and vocabulary (see Google Classroom)

Grade 7: Ecosystems questions and vocabulary (see Google Classroom)

Social Studies

Grade 6: Mapping Canada assignment (due tomorrow)

Grade 7: Sorting Important Events task (due tomorrow)

Tuesday, September 29

 Reminders

Bring headphones (if you wish)

Terry Fox Walk (Friday afternoon)

English

Read for 30 minutes

Spelling (Friday)

Math

Grade 6  - p. 121-124 #1-3, 6-9, 12 plus Mathletics

Grade 7 - p. 26-29 #5, 7, 8, 11-14, 17 plus Mathletics

Science

Grade 6 - Animal Organizer

Grade 7 - Producers reading, questions, and diagram

Friday, September 25

 Reminders

Bring headphones if you wish.

English

Read for 30 minutes tonight.

First Writing Assignment due Oct 9 (see Google Classroom).

Math

Gr 6 - Mathletics

Gr 7 - Mathletics

Science

Gr 6 - Today we were in the shale pit for an Observation Lab.

Gr 7 - Today we were in the shale pit for an Observation Lab.

Tuesday, September 22

 English

Today we read a poem called, "Maybe Dats Your Pwoblem Too."

Then we talked about the Reading Workshop rules and expectations.

After students spent 25 minutes writing in their journal and 20 minutes reading their independent novel.

Math

Grade 6s were working on Comparing and Ordering Numbers up to one million.

Grade 7s were working on Factoring problems.

A reminder that the codes to join Google Classroom were posted in yesterday's blog.

Monday, September 21

 English

Today we read a poem called "Autobiography in 5 Short Chapters" and discussed it.  Poem is here.

Then we created Writing Territories in our Writers Notebooks.  This is a list of potential topics, genres, and audiences to write about this year.

After students were asked to choose one item from their Writing Territories and begin writing.

Students also filled out a Writing Survey (due Wednesday).  Survey is here.

Finally students had time to read their independent novels.  

HW: 1/2 hour of reading tonight.

Math

Gr. 6 - Unit 2, Ch 2 #1-10

Gr. 7 - Unit 2, Lesson 1 #6-16

We also spent a period setting up our Google Classrooms.  Here is the link to the codes.  Note, you have to be logged into Google using your TDSB username and password to access the codes and use them in Google Classroom.

Friday, September 18th

Great to see everyone back and settling in this week!

A reminder to all students to please bring a book to read for English class on Monday.  Or you can continue to read the one I randomly selected for you.  If you want to switch, there will be a bin to return the classroom book on Monday.

Also, a reminder to bring something soft to sit on for our outdoor learning sessions next week if you wish. 

Enjoy the weekend!

Thursday, September 17

Great to see everyone back at school today.  Hope you all had a good day. 

Homework

Grade 6 - Bring a novel to school tomorrow.

              - Try to solve 4 ▢ 4 ▢ 4 ▢ 4 = 10. You can put any of +, -, x, and ÷ in the boxes, and use brackets and exponents to make equation true, if necessary.

Grade 7 - Bring a novel to school tomorrow.

Wednesday, September 16

 It was great to be back at school with the students today.  It's been a long time.

Today we discussed the new routines, expectations, and policies at school this year (safety, recess, lunch, etc...), and watched a few slideshows on safety and what to expect in the classroom this year.

We talked about cohorting, physical distancing, wearing masks, and hand hygiene.  

Students worked on a one-pager assignment to help me get to know them better.

After lunch we worked on some math problems and had a discussion about a poem called, "You Can't Write a Poem About McDonalds."

Reminder to all students to please bring a book to read tomorrow.