Week of September 30 - October 4

This year's BIG Question:  

          How do actions impact outcomes and how do outcomes impact actions?

Extra Schedules by Homeroom:  7-1,  7-2,  7- 4 . (Print and colour as needed)

SCIENCE:

• Textbook, Unit 1:  Interactions & Ecosystems - Topic 1-3, Topic 4-5, Topic 6-7
• Interactions & Ecosystems I CAN Statements
• Mon., Sept. 30 - Working on the Create a Creature assignment.  Choosing adaptations you want to keep from the three original animals to create your new creature.  Your new creature should be a good mixture of your original animals and be based on the adaptations they need to survive in the habitat you chose.  Start the illustration of your new creature. 
• Tues., Oct. 1 - Continuing to work on the Creating a Creature assignment.
• Wed., Oct. 2 - List of physical and behavioural adaptations for each of the 3 original animals should be finished.  Should be working on choosing the adaptations for your new creature and drawing your new creature.
• Thurs., Oct. 3 - Finishing the good copy of your new creature and its habitat.
• Fri., Oct. 4 - Starting your Day in the Life documentary story on the creature you created.  Create a Creature Assignment

MATH:

• Textbook, Chapter 12:  Working With Data   Check Answers here
• *Every Monday* (Starting Sept. 16) - Due:  Math Vitamins or Timed Math Practice
• Math Vitamins:  Weekly Worksheet
• Timed Math Practice: Weekly Worksheet    Website Link
• Working With Data I CAN Statements  
• Mon., Sept. 30 - Range & Outlier Practice P. 437- 39,  #3, 5, 7, 9, 11, 13, 15.
• Tues., Oct. 1 - Monthly Basic Math Facts Quiz
• Thurs., Oct. 3 - Quiz (or Chapter Test) on Managing Data - Mean, Median, Mode, Range, Outliers.

DATES TO REMEMBER:

• Mon., Sept. 30 - Orange Shirt Day
• Fri., Oct. 4 - ACE M456
• Fri., Oct. 11 - No School
• Mon., Oct. 14 - Thanksgiving:  No School
• Fri., Oct. 18 - ACE M123
• Fri., Oct. 25 - ACE M456

Week of September 23 - 27

This year's BIG Question:  

          How do actions impact outcomes and how do outcomes impact actions?

Extra Schedules by Homeroom:  7-1,  7-2,  7- 4 . (Print and colour as needed)

SCIENCE:

• Textbook, Unit 1:  Interactions & Ecosystems - Topic 1-3, Topic 4-5, Topic 6-7
• Mon., Sept. 23 - Due:  My Visual Journal Title Page assignment, both the illustrations & the paragraphs.   Assignment Summary
• Mon., Sept. 23 - Started the Create a Creature assignment (Drawing the 3 parts, labelling, drawing the background/habitat)
• Tues., Sept. 24 - Continuing work on the Create a Creature assignment (brainstorming physical and behavioural adaptations in regards to attaining food, breathing, sleeping, reproduction, protection, communication)
• Wed., Sept 25 - Continuing work on the Create a Creature assignment (adding to list of adaptations - starting with the physical traits that you can see on each of the three animals and then listing the "why" they have them under the behaviour column.  Next addressing the needs for survival:  attaining food, breathing, sleeping, reproduction, protection, communication.
• Thurs., Sept. 26 - Working on the Create a Creature assignment.  Wrapping up the adaptations lists, choosing which adaptations you want to keep out of the three original lists for your new creature.  Your new creature should be a good mix of the original three animals and be based on the adaptations you chose from each of the original animals.  Start the illustration of your new creature that you are creating.  **Remember to include the needs for survival and make sure that your animal's adaptations fit their habitat. 

MATH:

• Textbook, Chapter 12:  Working With Data   Check Answers here
• *Every Monday* (Starting Sept. 16) - Due:  Math Vitamins or Timed Math Practice
• Math Vitamins:  Weekly Worksheet
• Timed Math Practice: Weekly Worksheet    Website Link
• Working With Data I CAN Statements  
• Mon., Sept. 23 - Completed an Entrance Slip on Mean.  Reviewed Mean, Median & Mode through card game play.
• Tues., Sept. 24 - Median & Mode Practice, Pp. 426 -427, #4, 6, 8, 10, 12, and 14
• Wed., Sept. 25 - Due:  Median & Mode Practice from P. 426-7.  Completed an Entrance Slip fro Median & Mode.  Took some notes on Range & Outliers.
• Thurs., Sept. 26 - Playing card games to learn range and outliers.
• Mon., Sept. 30 - Range & Outlier Practice
• Thurs., Oct. 3 - Quiz (or Chapter Test) on Managing Data - Mean, Median, Mode, Range, Outliers.

DATES TO REMEMBER:

• Wed., Sept. 25 - Terry Fox Run (taking place during your gym time) **Please bring a toonie for Terry!
• Thurs., Sept. 26 - Photo Day
• Fri., Sept. 27 - No School, Org. Day
• Mon., Sept. 30 - Orange Shirt Day
• Fri., Oct. 4 - ACE M456
• Fri., Oct. 11 - No School
• Mon., Oct. 14 - Thanksgiving:  No School
• Fri., Oct. 18 - ACE M123
• Fri., Oct. 25 - ACE M456

Week of September 16 - 20

This year's BIG Question:  

          How do actions impact outcomes and how do outcomes impact actions?

Extra Schedules by Homeroom:  7-1,  7-2,  7- 4 . (Print and colour as needed)

SCIENCE:

• Textbook, Unit 1:  Interactions & Ecosystems - Topic 1-3, Topic 4-5, Topic 6-7
• Mon., Sept. 16 - Begin typing explanation of illustrations on visual journal title page assignment (how the illustrations tell the story of how each unit topic relates to our BIG Question)
• Tues., Sept. 17 - Continuing to work on paragraphs.
• Wed., Sept. 18 - Continuing to work on paragraphs.
• Thurs., Sept. 19 - Completing work on paragraphs.
• Mon., Sept. 23 - Due:  My Visual Journal Title Page assignment, both the illustrations & the paragraphs.   Assignment Summary

MATH:

• Textbook, Chapter 12:  Working With Data   Check Answers here
• *Every Monday* (Starting Sept. 16) - Due:  Math Vitamins or Timed Math Practice
• Math Vitamins:  Weekly Worksheet
• Timed Math Practice: Weekly Worksheet    Website Link
• Working With Data I CAN Statements  
• Mon., Sept. 16 - Completing practice, Pp. 431- 433, #4, 5, 7, 9, 10, 11, 13, from the workbook.
• Tues., Sept. 17 - Completing practice, Pp. 431- 433, #4, 5, 7, 9, 10, 11, 13, from the workbook.
• Wed., Sept 18 - Completing practice, Pp. 431- 433, #4, 5, 7, 9, 10, 11, 13, from the workbook.
• Thurs., Sept. 19 - Due:  Completed practice from Pp. 431 - 433.  Starting to learn about median & mode through card games.

DATES TO REMEMBER:

• Thurs., Sept. 19 - Meet the Teacher 5-8pm
• Fri., Sept. 20 - No School, Meet the Teacher 8am -1pm
• Thurs., Sept. 26 - Photo Day
• Fri., Sept. 27 - No School, Org. Day

Week of September 9 - 13

This year's BIG Question:  

          How do actions impact outcomes and how do outcomes impact actions?

Extra Schedules by Homeroom:  7-1,  7-2,  7- 4 . (Print and colour as needed)

SCIENCE:

• Textbook, Unit 1:  Interactions & Ecosystems - Topic 1-3, Topic 4-5, Topic 6-7
• Mon., Sept. 9 - Discussed and started our title page for our visual journals.  Each of the five units must be represented by an image that relates our BIG Question and each unit must be titled appropriately. (Interactions & Ecosystems, Plants for Food & Fibre, Heat & Temperature, Structures & Forces, Planet Earth)
• Tues., Sept. 10 - Worked on completing 2/5 of the illustrations required.  Homework if not complete.
• Wed., Sept. 11 - Working on completing next 2 (to make four completed) of the 5 required illustrations.  Homework if not complete.
• Thurs., Sept. 12 - Completing last illustration and colouring.  Begin typing explanation of illustrations (how they relate to our BIG Question)

MATH:

• Textbook, Chapter 12:  Working With Data   Check Answers here
• *Every Monday* (Starting Sept. 16) - Due:  Math Vitamins or Timed Math Practice
• Math Vitamins:  Weekly Worksheet
• Timed Math Practice: Weekly Worksheet    Website Link
• Mon., Sept. 9 - Basic Math Facts - set up for success!
• Tues., Sept. 10 - Handed out Working With Data I CAN Statements and set a goal.  Learned how to find the mean of a given set of data through a card game.
• Wed., Sept. 11 - Continued to learn how to calculate the mean by playing the Mean card game and by building and drawing models using Unifix cubes.
• Thurs., Sept. 12 - Started practice, Pp. 431- 433, #4, 5, 7, 9, 10, 11, 13, in the workbook.
• Fri., Sept. 13 - Notes on Data, and definitions for Measure of Central Tendency, Mean, Median & Mode.

DATES TO REMEMBER:

• Fri., Sept. 13 - ACE Round 1,  M123
• Thurs., Sept. 19 - Meet the Teacher 5-8pm
• Fri., Sept. 20 - No School, Meet the Teacher 8am -1pm
• Thurs., Sept. 26 - Photo Day
• Fri., Sept. 27 - No School, Org. Day

Week of September 2 - 6

Welcome Back!

I hope that everyone had a great summer and that you are all happy to be returning to school and a brand new grade!  I look forward to meeting all of you.