Update December 15, 2014

ELA--Students will complete their Christmas Novel Study on The Angel Tree tomorrow. They will work on their final project on Wednesday and Thursday and present it to the class on Friday.  Spelling Test--Thursdays.

Math--Gr. 7--Students will complete Ch. 5--Probability on Wednesday with a test on Thursday.

Math--Gr. 8--Students have completed Ch. 5--Surface Area.  They will complete a Chapter Review tomorrow with a test on Wednesday or Thursday.

Social Studies--Students have begun discussing the influence of the natural environment on ways of life.

Science--The students are beginning their final projects for Structures.

Update December 9, 2014

ELA--Students have begun their Christmas Novel Study on The Angel Tree.  They will complete this and a Final Project before the break.
Three Reader Responses are due December 15.

Math--Gr. 7--Students have started Ch. 5--Probability.

Math--Gr. 8--Students have started Ch. 5--Surface Area
Social Studies--Students are completing their discussions and assignments about Population Distribution, Density and Movement.

Science--The students are building spaghetti bridges using the concepts of struts, ties, shape and trusses.

Spaghetti Bridges

 

Spaghetti Bridges

 

December Bulletin Board

Update November 25, 2014

ELA--Monday--Agenda Check and Reading Log Check for 150 minutes of completed reading signed by a parent.
Three Reader Responses are due November 26.
Students have completed their Novel Study on Tuck Everlasting.  Their Final Project is due Dec. 1.  They will view the movie on Thursday, Nov. 27. 
Next week we will be practising our skits for the Christmas Concert, completing an Art Project, starting our Christmas Novel Study on The Angel Tree, and going to MTYP.

Math--Gr. 7--Students have started Ch. 4--Fractions, Decimals, and Percents.

Math--Gr. 8--Students continue to work on Ch. 4--Understanding Percent (changing fractions to decimals to percents).

Social Studies--Students have begun discussing push and pull factors and population density throughout the world.

Science--Students have learned about three main types of structures and are working on centre of gravity.

Update November 16, 2014

ELA--Monday--Agenda Check and Reading Log Check for 150 minutes of completed reading signed by a parent.
Three Reader Responses are due November 26.
Students continue to work on their individualized spelling program with tests and new word lists given on Thursday each week.  The students should be completing their Novel Study on Tuck Everlasting by the end of this week with a Final Project next week.  They will view the movie next week once the novel is complete.

Math--Gr. 7--Students are working on Ch. 3--Geometry and Measurement and should be finished by the end of the week.

Math--Gr. 8--Students are working on Ch. 4--Understanding Percent (changing fractions to decimals to percents).

Social Studies--Students are completing their chapter and are working on creating their own eco-zone with given criteria.

Science--Students have just completed the Interactions with the Environment Unit and will begin their unit on The Earth's Crust this week.

November Bulletin Board--Plant a Poppy

Update October 27, 2014

ELA--Monday--Agenda Check and Reading Log Check for 150 minutes of completed reading signed by a parent.
Four Reader Responses are due October 31.
The students have been working on some comprehension stories, prepositions, grammar and their spelling program.
They have begun a Novel Study on Tuck Everlasting.

Math--Gr. 7--Students are working on Ch. 2--Operations on Decimal Numbers along with a new online program called Mathletics.

Math--Gr. 8--Students are working on Ch. 3--Pythagorean Relationship along with a new online program called Mathletics.

Social Studies--Students have been working on a travel itinerary using time zones and mapping skills.  They will continue to discuss regions and landforms in Canada.

Religion--Reformation

Science--Students have completed cellular respiration and photosynthesis as well as sustainability and are working on transfer of energy within food webs.

Update October 5, 2014

ELA--Every Monday morning I check agendas for signatures and Reading Logs for 150 minutes of completed reading signed by a parent. 
Four Reader Responses are due October 31.  
The All About Me Project will be due at the end of Monday's class.  Students were to finish their good copies over the weekend and use tomorrow's class to print and assemble their final hand-in copy.
We have started an individualized spelling program where the students choose their own words based on a Spelling Rule of the Week, Commonly Misspelled Words, and a list of their own spelling words that they need to practice.  Spelling Tests are on Thursday and we will choose a new rule on Thursdays as well for the next week.
We will be working on some comprehension stories, creative writing and some adjective/adverb practice in the upcoming weeks.

Math--Gr. 7--Students are beginning Ch. 2--Operations on Decimal Numbers

Math--Gr. 8--Students are completing Ch. 2--Ratios, Rates and Proportional Reasoning.

Social Studies--Students will be discussing regions and landforms in Canada.

Science--Students have worked on ecosystems and their components, ecological succession related to the Mt. St. Helen's eruption and sustainability including the Aboriginal Perspective of survival of the 7th generation.

Update September 25, 2014

ELA--Two Reader Responses are due September 29.  We have completed most of our rough drafts of our All About Me Project and should complete the final copy by Oct. 3.

Math--Gr. 7--Students are completing Ch. 1--Co-ordinates and Design.

Math--Gr. 8--Students have begun Ch. 2--Ratios, Rates and Proportional Reasoning.

Social Studies--Students are continuing their study of Place and Location.  We have been talking about Map Projections, Time Zones, Latitude and Longitude and Mapping.

Update September 15, 2014

ELA--We reviewed Reader Responses, the Home Reading Program and completed a sample reader response.  Two Reader Responses are due September 29.  We will be completing an All About Me Project over the next few weeks.  

Math--Gr. 7--Students have begun Ch. 1--Co-ordinates and Design.

Math--Gr. 8--Students have begun Ch. 1--Representing Data.

Social Studies--Students have begun their study of Place and Location.  We will be talking about Map Projections, Time Zones, Latitude and Longitude and Mapping.

Check out our Student Designed Bulletin Board and Name Map Bulleting Board.

Update September 8, 2014

Welcome Back! 

ELA--Students are beginning their Reader Responses and Home Reading Program this week.  We will be completing an All About Me Project over the next few weeks.  

Math--Gr. 7--Students are working on a review and will begin Ch. 1--Co-ordinates and Design this week.

Math--Gr. 8--Students are working on a review and will begin Ch. 1--Representing Data this week.

Social Studies--Students will begin a map review and then study Place and Location.

Update June 2, 2014

ELA--Students have completed one novel in their Literature Circles and will complete the second novel by June 13.  The novels are: The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas and Freak the Mighty. Final Projects will be due June 4 and June 13 on the novels.  We will watch the movies for these novels before the end of June. 

Math--Gr. 7 & 8--Students have completed all of the curriculum outcomes for the year.

Social Studies--Students are completing the Middle Ages and will have a test on Wednesday.  They will begin the Renaissance and Reformation this week.

Science--Commercials for Viscosity

 

 

Weekly Update--May 19, 2014

ELA--Students are completing their Novel Study on The Giver. They will begin their Literature Circles this week reading The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas and Freak the Mighty. Three Reader Responses are due May 26. 

Math--Gr. 7--Students will begin their last chapter, Ch. 12--Working with Data.

Math--Gr. 8--Students will begin their last chapter, Ch. 12--Tessellations.

Social Studies--Students are working on the Feudal System in the Middle Ages.  They will study the Vikings and the Crusades before moving on to the Renaissance.

Weekly Update May 5, 2014

ELA--Students will start a Class Novel Study on The Giver. Three Reader Responses are due May 26. 

Math--Gr. 7--Students are working on Ch. 11--Solving Equations.

Math--Gr. 8--Students are working on Ch. 11--Probability.

Social Studies--Students have begun studying the Middle Ages.

Science Review

Ancient Rome Travel Brochures

Weekly Update April 28, 2014

ELA--Students are completing their unit on Fairy Tales, Myths, Parables and Folktales with Mr. Malech. Three Reader Responses are due May 26. 

Math--Gr. 7--Students are working on Ch. 10--Patterns and Expressions and will complete it by the end of the week.

Math--Gr. 8--Students are working on Ch. 10--Solving Linear Equations and will complete it by the end of the week.

Social Studies--Students will complete their study of Ancient Rome tomorrow and will begin the Middle Ages.

More Camp Forms will come home in May!

April Bulletin Board Completed by Maryn and Gwen

 

 God and Goddess Business Advertisements

 

 

Cowboy Sayings Illustrated

Weekly Update--April 14, 2014

ELA--Students have started a unit on Fairy Tales, Myths, Parables & Folktales with Mr. Malech for the month of April. Three Reader Responses are due Apr. 25. 

Math--Gr. 7--Students are completing Ch. 9--Adding and Subtracting Integers this week.

Math--Gr. 8--Students are completing Ch. 9--Linear Relations this week.

Social Studies--Students are studying Ancient Rome.

Art--Easter Eggs using Translations, Symmetry and Patterns

Weekly Update March 24, 2014

ELA--Students will complete books 4 and 5 of the novel studies for the Forest of Reading Books/Competition. Two Reader Responses are due Mar. 28. 

Math--Gr. 7--Students finished Ch. 8--Circles and will start Ch. 9 after Spring Break.

Math--Gr. 8--Students finished Ch. 8--Circles and will start Ch. 9 after Spring Break.

Social Studies--Students are completing Ancient Greece this week with a test on Thursday.

Electrical Engineering Lego Robotics at Red River College

 

 

Weekly Update--March 4, 2014

ELA--Students will complete book 2 of 5 with the novel studies for the Forest of Reading Books/Competition. Two Reader Responses are due Mar. 28.  We have begun using Expository Writing with our Power Paragraphs and are continuing with Spelling Units.

Math--Gr. 7--Student have begun Ch. 8--Circles this week.

Math--Gr. 8--Student have begun Ch. 8--Integers this week.

Social Studies--Students are creating notes on topics of Ancient Greece this week to share with their peers.

Chapel Presentation--Creation Story

 

Final Day of Drumming with Mr. Coffie

 

Weekly Update--February 26, 2014

The students are Drumming this week participating in the Artists in the School Program.

ELA--Students are completing our Olympics Unit this week.  The students have completed book 1 of 5 with the novel studies for the Forest of Reading Books/Competition. Two Reader Responses are due Feb. 28. 

Math--Gr. 7--Students will start Ch. 8 next week.

Math--Gr. 8--Students will start Ch. 8 next week.

Social Studies--Students will continue their study of Greece next week. 

African Drumming with Evans Coffie

Weekly Update--February 11, 2014

Gr. 7/8 Spirit Week Feb. 10-14

Monday--PJ Day
Tuesday--Canada Day
Wednesday--Sports Day
Thursday--Wacky Day
Friday--Favorite Story Book Character Day

I Love to Read Week--All this week students will have different teacher readers in class as well as celebrities to read to them.  Monday--Sue Proctor (Artist in the School 2013), Tuesday--Ace Burpee, Wednesday--Chapel Presentations.

ELA--Students are working on an Olympics Unit this month which will be cross curricular with Social Studies.  We will be completing five in class novel studies with the Forest of Reading Books/Competition to vote for their favorite book during February and March.  Two Reader Responses are due Feb. 28. 

Math--Gr. 7--Students have completed Ch. 7.

Math--Gr. 8--Students will complete Ch. 7--Volume, by the end of the week.

Social Studies--Students are studying Greece.  They will be doing some research on the Olympics including some mapping, history of sports and current events.

Batik strips created with Mrs. Windsor for the BSLS Quilt to be auctioned at the Spring Supper.

If you have any questions, please don't hesitate to call the school or email me directly.

Weekly Update--February 4, 2014

Gr. 7/8 Spirit Week Feb. 10-14

Monday--PJ Day
Tuesday--Canada Day
Wednesday--Sports Day
Thursday--Wacky Day
Friday--Favorite Story Book Character Day

ELA--Students will be completing various units for I Love to Read Month.  The theme for I Love to Read is Inventions.  We will also be completing an Olympics Unit this month which will be cross curricular with Social Studies.  Students will be completing five in class novel studies with the Forest of Reading Books/Competition to vote for their favorite book during February and March.  Two Reader Responses are due Feb. 28. 

Math--Gr. 7--Students will complete Ch. 7--Add and Subtract Fractions this week.

Math--Gr. 8--Students will begin complete Ch. 7--Volume by the end of the week.

Social Studies--Students are studying Greece.  They will be doing some research on the Olympics including some mapping, history of sports and current events.

If you have any questions, please don't hesitate to call the school or email me directly.

Weekly Update--January 27, 2014

ELA--Students will be organizing devotions and announcements for February as well as researching a Courageous Person.  Students will be part of planning I Love to Read activities for the month of February.  Four Reader Responses are due Jan. 31. 

Math--Gr. 7--Students will complete Ch. 7--Add and Subtract Fractions by the end of this week.

Math--Gr. 8--Students will begin Ch. 7--Volume.

Social Studies--Students have started studying Greece.

If you have any questions, please don't hesitate to call the school or email me directly.

Weekly Update--January 20, 2014

ELA--Students will be completing their Short Stories Unit this week.  Four Reader Responses are due Jan. 31. 

Math--Gr. 7--Students have finished Ch. 6-Introduction to Fraction Operations. They begin Ch. 7--Add and Subtract Fractions this week.

Math--Gr. 8--Students will complete Ch. 6--Fraction Operations this week. The will begin Ch. 7--Volume at the end of this week.

Social Studies--Students have completed their unit on Egypt.  They will be bringing their tests home tomorrow to be signed.  They will begun a Chapter on Greece this week.

If you have any questions, please don't hesitate to call the school or email me directly.

Weekly Update--January 7, 2014

ELA--Students are working on a Short Stories Unit.  Four Reader Responses are due Jan. 31. 

Math--Gr. 7--Students have begun working on Ch. 6-Introduction to Fraction Operations.

Math--Gr. 8--Students have begun working on Ch. 6--Fraction Operations.

Social Studies--Students are completing their unit on Egypt this week.  They will be tested at the end of this week or early next week.

If you have any questions, please don't hesitate to call the school or email me directly.

 Potluck Breakfast--Dec. 20--Thank-you to everyone!  Delicious!

 

Potluck Breakfast--Dec. 20--Thank-you to everyone!  Delicious!