Hello Parents and Div 10 Students,
Thanks for another focused work week. We are almost there! Please try to finish the year sprinting because the race is not over yet. We had another busy week at the Q!
This week we covered the following learning concepts:
Math: we started our probability unit this week. We explored the difference between theoretical probability and experimental probability. We discussed the four ways to express the probability of a favourable outcome: orally, as a fraction, as a percent and as a decimal. Lastly, we looked at organizing the number of combinations of two independent events using a tree diagram ie flipping two coins.
Important Reminder: Golf course presentations are this Monday!
LA: we've been learning how to write an essay. We spent this week talking about how to plan for an essay and the organization/format of an essay (introduction-thesis statement, supporting paragraphs and conclusion). The students practiced writing a thesis statement and introduction and built an essay map to help them write their BC First Nations essay. We also worked on our invention/advertisement.
Socials: In Socials we finished our BC First Nation note taking sessions this week. The students were presented with an essay question and they have to use their notes to help them write a five paragraph expository essay. We have been breaking down each section to show that writing an essay is a process and that it takes time.
Gym: BC soccer festival was a huge hit with our class on Wednesday. It was nice to see all the talented soccer players we have in our class. We also enjoyed challenging Mr. Mann's and Shultz's classes to some Ultimate Frisbee games!
French: learning how to write food related sentences.
Thanks for a great work week. Enjoy your weekend.
Reminder to get you bowling permission forms in. We are going bowling on Thursday. (bring appropriate footwear).
Friday, June 3, 2016
Friday, May 27, 2016
Hello from the teacher who lost his voice:(
Hello Parents and Div 10 Students,
Thank you to all those parents that helped with the grade 7 pizza fundraiser. On another note thank you to all the students who worked so hard preparing for our school dance. I was really proud of every student that participated. My apologies parents and students for not being at school the past couple of days. On Wednesday evening I lost my voice and I still have not fully recovered it yet. Thank you to Ms. Appleton for stepping in for me.
This week in room 231 we covered the following:
LA- the students performed their oral stories to a small group and we started to discuss the parts of an essay(introduction, thesis statement, body and conclusion). The students practiced writing thesis statements based on a variety of questions and topics. We also explored advertising techniques. Each student spent this week planning and filing an advertisement using I-Movie for their golf course. Next week the students will be presenting their golf courses to a panel of hand selected judges.
Math- much of our Math time this week was sucked up by filming advertisements for our geometry golf course. Next week I'm hoping to start some probability. The students did get some time to play Sum Dog and work on reviewing all skills.
Social Studies- we are finishing off our research on BC First Nations. The last region we will look at is the NorthWestern part of BC and the First Nations principles of learning. This will be the backbone of our first essay.
Gym: we spent some of this week practising our flash mop waltz dance and playing minor games such as blastball, corridor ball and mushroom ball.
Thanks for a great week. I'm looking forward to being back in the classroom on Monday morning.
Upcoming Events: bowling/hot chocolates field trip, grade 7 girls field trip, golf course presentations
Where in the world was this picture taken?
Thank you to all those parents that helped with the grade 7 pizza fundraiser. On another note thank you to all the students who worked so hard preparing for our school dance. I was really proud of every student that participated. My apologies parents and students for not being at school the past couple of days. On Wednesday evening I lost my voice and I still have not fully recovered it yet. Thank you to Ms. Appleton for stepping in for me.
This week in room 231 we covered the following:
LA- the students performed their oral stories to a small group and we started to discuss the parts of an essay(introduction, thesis statement, body and conclusion). The students practiced writing thesis statements based on a variety of questions and topics. We also explored advertising techniques. Each student spent this week planning and filing an advertisement using I-Movie for their golf course. Next week the students will be presenting their golf courses to a panel of hand selected judges.
Math- much of our Math time this week was sucked up by filming advertisements for our geometry golf course. Next week I'm hoping to start some probability. The students did get some time to play Sum Dog and work on reviewing all skills.
Social Studies- we are finishing off our research on BC First Nations. The last region we will look at is the NorthWestern part of BC and the First Nations principles of learning. This will be the backbone of our first essay.
Gym: we spent some of this week practising our flash mop waltz dance and playing minor games such as blastball, corridor ball and mushroom ball.
Thanks for a great week. I'm looking forward to being back in the classroom on Monday morning.
Upcoming Events: bowling/hot chocolates field trip, grade 7 girls field trip, golf course presentations
Where in the world was this picture taken?
Thursday, May 19, 2016
Happy Long Weekend!
Hello Parents and Div 10 Students
Once again we had a very busy week in room 231. Please take a closer look at the important reminders on the left side of the blog.
Math- in Math the students embarked on a geometry journey. The students are using their geometry skills to design an 9 hole mini golf course. Each partnership or individual was awarded 4 work blocks to complete their design. Students also have Friday, Saturday, Sunday and Monday to complete their golf course. Golf courses are due on Tuesday May 23. On Tuesday the students will start part B- making an advertisement to sell their course.
LA- our focus this week in Language Arts has been First Nations Oral Storytelling. We had an aboriginal story telling join our class on Tuesday and we've spent the whole week practising and preparing for our own oral story telling performance. We will preform on Tuesday May 23. Audience members will participate in a peers and self assessment.
Art- this week in Art we started to design our very own masks. We looked at some example and discussed who masks were an important part of BC First Nations culture.
Social Studies- in Socials we continued to inquire about BC First nation groups. We completed research on the south west coast of BC and started to explore the southern interior of BC. We used the following note taking strategies: two column, power notes, boxing strategy.
Gym- We learned a new game called First Nations Baseball and we practised our school dance. Please be prepare for our school dance this Wednesday.
Thanks and enjoy your long weekend
Mr. Tobacca
Once again we had a very busy week in room 231. Please take a closer look at the important reminders on the left side of the blog.
Math- in Math the students embarked on a geometry journey. The students are using their geometry skills to design an 9 hole mini golf course. Each partnership or individual was awarded 4 work blocks to complete their design. Students also have Friday, Saturday, Sunday and Monday to complete their golf course. Golf courses are due on Tuesday May 23. On Tuesday the students will start part B- making an advertisement to sell their course.
LA- our focus this week in Language Arts has been First Nations Oral Storytelling. We had an aboriginal story telling join our class on Tuesday and we've spent the whole week practising and preparing for our own oral story telling performance. We will preform on Tuesday May 23. Audience members will participate in a peers and self assessment.
Art- this week in Art we started to design our very own masks. We looked at some example and discussed who masks were an important part of BC First Nations culture.
Social Studies- in Socials we continued to inquire about BC First nation groups. We completed research on the south west coast of BC and started to explore the southern interior of BC. We used the following note taking strategies: two column, power notes, boxing strategy.
Gym- We learned a new game called First Nations Baseball and we practised our school dance. Please be prepare for our school dance this Wednesday.
Thanks and enjoy your long weekend
Mr. Tobacca
Friday, May 13, 2016
Happy Friday!
Hello Parents and Div 10 Students,
What an awesome work week we had at Queneesh. I really love coming to work everyday to work with such a hard working group of learners. Congratulations to those Div 10 students who were selected for our SD 71 Track Meet: Samantha, Trent, Nolan, Kaitlyn (Track Meet is on Tuesday May 17th).
This week in room 231 we covered the following learning concepts:
Math: we finished of our last lessons on transformations (translations, rotations and reflections). We will complete our geometry unit by having the student design their own mini golf course by using their geometric skills learned in class. This will start on Monday!
LA: this week we focused our attention on First Nation oral story telling. We explored a variety of stories/legends told by BC First Nation groups. We discussed the importance of story telling and the key components to telling an engaging story. Next week we will have an oral story teller join us and we will be retelling our own oral story to a small group.
Gym: we learned two new games in gym this week: container ball and roller ball. I'm hoping that in the upcoming weeks this we can design a Frisbee golf course and play it on our school fields.
Social Studies: last week we kicked off our BC First Nations unit. We are currently learning about the climate, location, resources, spiritual beliefs of BC First Nations.
Art: in the upcoming weeks we will be working on designing masks which will be related to writing a story. There will be two guest speakers to talk about the history and design of masks.
Thank you for a great week!
What an awesome work week we had at Queneesh. I really love coming to work everyday to work with such a hard working group of learners. Congratulations to those Div 10 students who were selected for our SD 71 Track Meet: Samantha, Trent, Nolan, Kaitlyn (Track Meet is on Tuesday May 17th).
This week in room 231 we covered the following learning concepts:
Math: we finished of our last lessons on transformations (translations, rotations and reflections). We will complete our geometry unit by having the student design their own mini golf course by using their geometric skills learned in class. This will start on Monday!
LA: this week we focused our attention on First Nation oral story telling. We explored a variety of stories/legends told by BC First Nation groups. We discussed the importance of story telling and the key components to telling an engaging story. Next week we will have an oral story teller join us and we will be retelling our own oral story to a small group.
Gym: we learned two new games in gym this week: container ball and roller ball. I'm hoping that in the upcoming weeks this we can design a Frisbee golf course and play it on our school fields.
Social Studies: last week we kicked off our BC First Nations unit. We are currently learning about the climate, location, resources, spiritual beliefs of BC First Nations.
Art: in the upcoming weeks we will be working on designing masks which will be related to writing a story. There will be two guest speakers to talk about the history and design of masks.
Thank you for a great week!
Friday, April 29, 2016
Sunshine!
Hello Parents and Div 10 Students,
What an awesome week we had in room 231. This morning we had our very first Poetry Slam contest and the students really rocked it. Congrats to our top three performances 1. Harry 2. Kyle 3.Sam
This week we covered the following learning concepts. Please take the time to have a conversation with your son or daughter about these topics.
Math- grade 6's- volume of a rectangular prism
7's- area of parallelograms and triangles
*everyone wrote a quiz on Friday
LA- we completed our book of poems- they were due today. We had a note taking session with Mr. David where we looked for main ideas and supporting details. Today we had a poetry slam contest where each student shared one poem that they wrote.
Science- we started a web quest on the nervous system and had a quiz on bones and muscles.
Socials- we will be kicking off a BC First Nations unit very soon. We will be applying our note taking strategies to help us learn about BC First Nations.
Gym- next Friday we will have our Track and Field Jamboree (please bring your permission form back). We had three practises this week.
HCE- we had an RCMP officer come and speak to all the intermediate students about digital citizenship and Internet safety.
Have a great weekend!
How does the image below relate to our next unit of study in Geometry?
What an awesome week we had in room 231. This morning we had our very first Poetry Slam contest and the students really rocked it. Congrats to our top three performances 1. Harry 2. Kyle 3.Sam
This week we covered the following learning concepts. Please take the time to have a conversation with your son or daughter about these topics.
Math- grade 6's- volume of a rectangular prism
7's- area of parallelograms and triangles
*everyone wrote a quiz on Friday
LA- we completed our book of poems- they were due today. We had a note taking session with Mr. David where we looked for main ideas and supporting details. Today we had a poetry slam contest where each student shared one poem that they wrote.
Science- we started a web quest on the nervous system and had a quiz on bones and muscles.
Socials- we will be kicking off a BC First Nations unit very soon. We will be applying our note taking strategies to help us learn about BC First Nations.
Gym- next Friday we will have our Track and Field Jamboree (please bring your permission form back). We had three practises this week.
HCE- we had an RCMP officer come and speak to all the intermediate students about digital citizenship and Internet safety.
Have a great weekend!
How does the image below relate to our next unit of study in Geometry?
Friday, April 22, 2016
Happy Friday!
Hello Parents and Div 10 Students,
This week at Queneesh was another busy work week. Please take the time to have a conversation with your son or daughter about what they are learning.
We covered the following concepts this week:
Math: grade 6's finished learning about the area of a rectangle A= l x w and they are now learning about the volume of a rectangular prism V= L x H x W.
Grade 7's finished up calculating the circumference of a circle and are learning how to calculate the area of a parallelogram A= b x h.
LA- this week in Poetry we are learning how to write different types of poems. We wrote the following poems this week: Haiku, Cinquain, Limerick, Concrete and Autobiographical.
Science- we discussed the importance of bones and muscles. The students worked in small groups to prepare educational presentations about muscles. Next week we will explore the nervous system through a web quest and mini discussions.
Art- last week we made sunglasses and this week we started a doodle gram assignment.
PE- we've been learning how to play Ultimate Frisbee and working on our school dance performance. We also started our Track and Field practices- please bring water and running shoes!
French- the students have been learning how to use simple expressions to talk about clothing. On Monday they will perform a fashion show using French.
Upcoming events: RCMP internet safety talk, Track and Field practice, Doug David note taking tutorials, BC First Nations unit.
Have a great weekend!
This week at Queneesh was another busy work week. Please take the time to have a conversation with your son or daughter about what they are learning.
We covered the following concepts this week:
Math: grade 6's finished learning about the area of a rectangle A= l x w and they are now learning about the volume of a rectangular prism V= L x H x W.
Grade 7's finished up calculating the circumference of a circle and are learning how to calculate the area of a parallelogram A= b x h.
LA- this week in Poetry we are learning how to write different types of poems. We wrote the following poems this week: Haiku, Cinquain, Limerick, Concrete and Autobiographical.
Science- we discussed the importance of bones and muscles. The students worked in small groups to prepare educational presentations about muscles. Next week we will explore the nervous system through a web quest and mini discussions.
Art- last week we made sunglasses and this week we started a doodle gram assignment.
PE- we've been learning how to play Ultimate Frisbee and working on our school dance performance. We also started our Track and Field practices- please bring water and running shoes!
French- the students have been learning how to use simple expressions to talk about clothing. On Monday they will perform a fashion show using French.
Upcoming events: RCMP internet safety talk, Track and Field practice, Doug David note taking tutorials, BC First Nations unit.
Have a great weekend!
Friday, April 8, 2016
Welcome Back!
Hello Parents and Div 10 Students,
I hope that you all enjoyed your well deserved break and I'm looking forward to our final term together.
This week in room 231 we covered the following topics:
Math: Grade 6's how to identify and construct angles using a protractor
Grade 7's- how to identify and construct parallel and perpendicular lines using a ruler, protractor, Mira, and compass. Next week will start to talk about Area and Circumference.
LA- we started a poetry unit. The class has been hunting for poetry terms and we completed two poetry analysis. We learned how to read a poem and we are continuing to learn about Poetic devices.
Socials- we started to discuss 5 major world religions. This week we explored the similarities and differences between Hinduism and Buddhism. We also spoke about the importance of respecting the beliefs of others and being open to learning about what other people believe.
Gym- we are starting an ultimate Frisbee unit and we will be learning some dance moves in preparation for our school dance,
Music- the students have been practicing their ukulele skills.
Art- we made sunglasses that reflect our ideas and thoughts about summer time.
Thank you for an awesome week of work!
I hope that you all enjoyed your well deserved break and I'm looking forward to our final term together.
This week in room 231 we covered the following topics:
Math: Grade 6's how to identify and construct angles using a protractor
Grade 7's- how to identify and construct parallel and perpendicular lines using a ruler, protractor, Mira, and compass. Next week will start to talk about Area and Circumference.
LA- we started a poetry unit. The class has been hunting for poetry terms and we completed two poetry analysis. We learned how to read a poem and we are continuing to learn about Poetic devices.
Socials- we started to discuss 5 major world religions. This week we explored the similarities and differences between Hinduism and Buddhism. We also spoke about the importance of respecting the beliefs of others and being open to learning about what other people believe.
Gym- we are starting an ultimate Frisbee unit and we will be learning some dance moves in preparation for our school dance,
Music- the students have been practicing their ukulele skills.
Art- we made sunglasses that reflect our ideas and thoughts about summer time.
Thank you for an awesome week of work!
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