Merry Christmas!

I just wanted to wish everyone a safe and enjoyable Christmas break.  Thank you for all of your hard work this year.  I look forward to being your full time teacher in the New Year!

Sorry. I do not have much to report on in terms of learning this week. I think that the Christmas concert was our celebration of learning.  I'm super proud of everyone who participated in our concert.

Take care and see you all in 2016!

Mr. Tobacca

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Merry Friday:)

Hello parents and students,

Thank you for another awesome work week. Christmas break is just around the corner and I appreciate your continued focus and hard work.  Next week will be extremely busy with Christmas concert rehersals and year end activities.  Hang in there we are almost there!

This week in room 140 (231 was getting painted) we discussed the following topics.

LA- we read a new short story called "The Sniper" and discussed point of view.  We wrote our own sequel version of the story where we are focusing on improving our word choice (vivid verbs and colouful adjectives).  We also listened to a story called "My Teacher's Secret Life," and did some comic strip writing.

Science- every student was involved in writing a lab write up for our paper airplane experiments (Question, Hypothesis, Materials, Procedure, Observations and Conclusion).  After testing their airplane 8 times, students had to calculate the mean, median, mode and range of their data.  Our next steps will be to graph our data and look for which variable change worked the best.  Ask your child about this assignment, I'm sure that they can tell you a few things about aerodynamics and flight.

Gym- this week in gym we played a variety of fun tag games, yoshi and throwing games.  In the New year we will start a Basketball unit!

Music- the students have been practicing all week for their Christmas concert.  We are in need of some parent volunteers for our 1:00 pm and 6:00 pm concert times on Dec 17 (we don't have any).  Please let us know if you can help out!  Students also need to have their costumes finalized and ready by today!

Art- we have been working on creating a intermediate mosaic.  We are hoping that we can display our art work in the New Year in a special location for others to see.

Just a reminder that we need to fill our Christmas hamper for our family in need.  If you could bring in a $2 donation and the item of food that you signed up for that would be wonderful.

Have a very enjoyable weekend.  You all deserve it!

Mr. T

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Happy Friday!

Hello parents and Div 10 students,

It was a very busy week in room 231.  We had a few special guests (Will Stroet and Corwin Fox) help us produce a song about compassion.  What an awesome experience and opportunity to look at how to write and produce a song!

This week in room 231 we covered the following topics:

Science- we are learning about the Scientific Method and applying it to building/flying paper airplanes.  Today we discussed the physics behind flight (thrust, lift, gravity, drag) and the forces to consider when testing your airplane.  Other concepts that we will cover during this assignment are: how to calculate mean, median, mode, independent, dependant, controlled variables.

LA- we continued with our short stories unit.  We reviewed PLOT and completed a learner reflection.  We read a short story called "Raising Eyebrows."

Art- we continued to work on our Capturing Compassionate project.  All the students worked with Will Stroet a singer/songwriter that works for CBC to write the lyrics for a song about compassion for self and others.  Yesterday, we recorded our song in Corwin Fox's recording studio in Cumberland.  What an awesome experience!

Gym- we talked about "target heart rate" and learned how to calculate our heart rate. We also learned how to play Army Dodge Ball.

Thanks for a great week.  Have an enjoyable weekend!

Mr. Tobacca 

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Welcome Div 10 Parents and Students!

Hello parents,

Welcome to our blog and thank you for taking the time to read today's post.  I will update the blog every Friday to let you know what we are learning about in our class.  My intentions are that each post will result in a quick conversation with your child about the things they are learning about.  Please bookmark this website, so that you do not have remember the URL.

In room 231 this week we covered the following topics:

LA- Daily 5.  The students were introduced to a new Daily 5 choice called Word Work.  Ask your child about concept cards and how they work.  We also started a short stories unit where we looked at Plot.  What are the important parts of a story? (Exposition, Conflict, Rising Action, Climax, Falling Action, Resolution).  Our goal is to improve the middle of our stories.

Socials Studies/Art- we continued with our Capturing Compassion project.  Karin McKinnon (a professional photographer) spent some more time with us this week helping us understanding how we can capture compassion through pictures.  Our next steps will be to write a song that connects to our pictures and compassion.  On Thursday we will be going on a field trip to a recording studio in Cumberland!

Important reminder- field trip forms went home today.  Please bring them back by Tuesday.

Gym- In gym we covered the following games: capture the flag dodge ball and cricket ball.

Science- Energy Sources presentations.  The students presented to each other and a group of primary students about the advantages and disadvantages of a source of energy that they researched.  Congratulations to team "Geothermal" who won the vote!  For the upcoming month we will be exploring the Scientific method.
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French- J'aime, J'adore Je deteste, Je n'aime pas- we presented our likes and dislike posters.

Thanks for reading today's blog and having a awesome weekend.

Mr. Tobacca

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Happy Friday!

Hello parents and Div 02 students,

We had an awesome week of learning at Queneesh and we covered a lot of stuff.  Here is a recap of the week!

This week we covered the following topics:

Math- experimental and theoretical probability, data management and graphing.  We are currently learning how to analyze and graph data.  Our focus will be how to use bar graphs, circle graphs, line graphs and scatter plots.  Our goal is to end the school year with a solid understanding of mean, median and mode.

LA- we are working towards finishing our ``Cosmic`` novel studies.  Your novel study is do next week and you need to return your novel to the library ASAP.

Science/Social Studies- we are currently working on a mini inquiry project.  Our focus over the last week has been to develop a good driving question that involves action.

Gym- the students played the following games, capture the flag, ultimate frisbee, camouflage, and bench ball.

Art- we just started to look at the famous artist Ted Harrison.  The students also finished their daytime and nighttime Van Gogh scenes.

French- we have been working hard to complete a restaurant menu in French.  The project is due next week.


Thanks for a great week.  See you all on Monday.

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Sunshine:)

Hello parents and div 02 students,

We had another super busy week at Queneesh and unfortunately we are slowly running out of time.  Only a few more weeks before summer break!

This week we covered the following topics:

Math- last week we started talking about probability.  Today we compared theoretical probability to experimental probability.  The students performed a number of experiments to compare the two.

Social Studies- we have had some guests in our class (Doug David, Lynn Swift and Gail Martingale) from our school district curriculum support team teaching us about sympathy, empathy and compassion.  We have also looked at early man and how climate impacts us.  We learned how to make a climograph this week.

Gym- in gym this week we played the following games: corridor cricket ball, three ball baseball and virus (a tag game).

Science- we started to discuss our final inquiry project and how to develop a driving question.

French- in French we are making a restaurant menu in French.

LA- we are trying to conclude our "Cosmic" novel study and the students were given their last and final novel assignment- "Character Suitcase Assignment." We are hoping to complete the novel by next week.

Art- we have been studying Vincent Van Gogh and we are re-creating a couple of his famous pieces.

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Happy Long Weekend!

Hello parents and students,

My apologies for the missed post last week.  I would like to start today's post by saying that things went super awesome this week and that everyone worked above and beyond what was expected of them!  Thank you for your continued support parents and hard work division 2 students!

This week in in our classroom we covered the following concepts:

Math- how to identify and construct different triangles.  We also wrote a geometry test on the following 6's: angle measurement, how to construct angles, identify polygons, area and perimeter of a rectangle and volume of a rectangular prism.  7's: area of a parallelogram, triangle, circle and angle construction/measurement.

Gym: we have been learning how to play Ultimate Frisbee, we also played ultimate kickball and yoshi this week.

LA: we are starting to publish our stories, we had a mini lesson on character traits and we are still reading the novel "Cosmic"- please read with a parent for 30+ minutes this weekend!  We also worked on our weekly spelling words by constructing concept cards.

Social Studies- we talked about the importance of why we learn about history and what archaeologists due.

Science- the grade 6's explored extremophiles and their adaptations and the 7's learned about why our crust is floating and moving.  Topics discussed: plate tectonics, earthquakes, volcanoes, and layers of the Earth.

HCE- we spent last week and this week exploring the Work Bc website and learning about the skills needed for possible jobs in 2022.  The students went to Find Your Fit at WorkBC.com

Art: we had a work block to complete pieces that were incomplete.  Hopefully next week we can start a new Art assignment.

Have a great long weekend!

Mr. T

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Have a wonderful weekend!

Hello Parents and Students,

I hope that you all have a wonderful weekend.  This week was super awesome and I'm so proud of the learning accomplishments that are taking place in our classroom.  Reminder that next Friday is our Track Jamboree.  Please dress and prepare for the weather.

This week we covered the following:

Math- we explored Polygon families and their characteristics, perimeter and area.  There are lot's of perimeter and area games on the blog, so please check them out.

LA- we continued to construct concept cards from our spelling words.  We started a new novel study called "Cosmic." Ask your child about the novel.

Science- grade 7's focused on the "Continental Drift Theory" and the layers of the Earth and the grade 6's explored the characteristics and technologies used to explore Extreme Environments.

Social Studies- we started to learned about current events and researched a current event.

Gym- track and field practice, yoshi, and corridor cricket ball

See you all on Monday:)

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Happy Friday

Hello Parents and Div 02 Students,

Thanks for an awesome week and enjoy your weekend!

This week we covered the following concepts:

1. PE- track and field, jump rope for heart, fit camp

2.Math- measuring and constructing angles and we designed our own mini golf courses

3. LA- reading strategy- making inferences and we continued to write and illustrate our children's stories.  Students reviewed effective story leads.

4. Science- we started our science units on the Earth's crust and Extreme Environments

5. Leadership- we started to do some research on leaders in our community and around the world

Important Reminder: mini golf courses are due on Monday.

Have a really great weekend!

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Welcome Back

Hello parents and div 02 students,

Welcome back!  I hope you all enjoyed a well deserved break.  It was so nice to see everyone back at school.  We had a really awesome week and I look forward to the rest of the term.

Important Notice:  Mr. Costain will be away for the next week and I will be filling in for him in the office.  I will be with our class in the mornings to teach Math and Ms. Appleton will be the teacher replacing me when I'm in the office.

This week in room 231 we covered the following:

Science/Socials:  We started to look at inquiry based learning on Monday.  We started a mini assignment that we called the 5 day's of Inquiry.  Students came up with a question that they were interested in and they did some research to find the answer to their question.

Math: we started our Geometry unit.  We explored the following this week: lines, lines segments, angles, classifying angles and using a protractor to measure angles.  We also went on a geometric hunt and we have been using Tan Grams to create images.

LA:  in writing we have been working on writing a children's storybook and in reading we have been learning a new reading strategy called making inferences.  The students are learning how to plan for writing a children's story with their little buddies. Our spelling program will start up on Monday.

Art- we started to learn how to draw Manga characters.

Gym- in PE we learned a new game called Corridor Cricket.  Next week we will start Track and Field.

Thanks for such a wonderful week.  Its a pleasure working with such a wonderful group of students.

~Mr. Tobacca

Happy Spring Break!

Hello Parents and Students of Div 02,

Thank you for all of your hard work this term.  You all deserve a nice long enjoyable break.  Report card went home today.  Please don't just look at the letter grade, but try to take the time to read the comments and look for ways to make improvements.

This week in room 231 we covered the following concepts:

Math- we continued to use algebraic equations to help us graph data.  The students had a graphing challenge.  When we come back from break we will start Geometry.  Over your break look for geometric shapes around our community and in the real world.  Shapes are all around us!

LA- the students continued to practice their Daily 5 and we continued to explore some free verse poetry.  We also had our final spelling test.

Gym- we did a combination of gym and outdoor activities.

Leadership- the students came up with positive slogans and placed then in high frequency areas around Queneesh.  Take a look at the walls when you are walking down the hallway and you will see some of your child's work!  We also did a litter clean up, which targeted the field and woods area.  Thanks for helping out guys.

Art- the students made sun-glass frames and filled the lenses with things that they look forward to doing over the break.

Today was a celebration of hard work.  The students used their PAT(preferred activity points) points to watch a movie and enjoy a root beer float.  Awesome job guys!

Have a safe and enjoyable break.  I look forward to seeing all of you in two weeks.

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Friday March 20

Hello parents and students of Div 02,

Sorry for the late post.  It's been a busy week and weekend of preparing reports and I apologize for not sending out a blog post last Friday.  So here it is:)

Math- In Math we started to learn about how to graph data using an input/output table.  We learned about the difference between the x and the y axis and the important parts that you need to include on a graph.

LA- in language arts we practiced our Daily 5 and completed our poetry unit.  The students learned how to write a Limerick and a Concrete poem.  On Friday we reviewed our poetry terms: idiom, personification, hyperbole, simile, metaphor, onomatopoeia and alliteration.  On Friday we also had a spelling test.

Social Studies- the grade 6's presented their Where in World presentations and the 7's presented their Ancient Civilization I-Movies.  Everyone did am awesome job!

French- the students did a wonderful job of presenting their Ma Famille projects.

Gym- we played camouflage and capture the flag.

Music- the students are learning how to mix music using technology.

Buddies- We are working on writing our own children's story book.

Finally the grade 7's went on an awesome Try a Trade field trip on Thursday.

Thank you for an awesome week last week.

Mr. T

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Come on Spring!

Hello parents and students of Div 02,

My apologies for the late post, but I wasn't feeling too well today.  Thank you for being patient.  Just an important reminder that all students need to bring back their field trip permession forms on Monday for our NIC/Swimming field trip, which will be happening on Monday March 23.  Grade 7's also need to bring their Trade for a Day permission forms on Monday for Thursday's March 19th's field trip.

This week at Queneesh we covered the following topics:

LA- we continued to explore figuartive language and learned about similies, metaphors, idioms and cliches.  We practiced our Daily 5 and had a spelling test on Friday.

Gym- we continued to work on our Dance unit and groups were given the opportunity to display their talents.  Thank you to those who showed off their moves.

Math- we continued with our algebra unit.  This week we looked at input/output tables and how to identify algebraic expressions to solve for large inputs.  Next week will learn how to use the data in our input/output table to construct a graph.

Science- the students completed an oral quiz.  Everyone did a great job of explaining to me what they learned about Electricity and Ecosystems.  I hope you enjoyed the different assessment approach.  I will continue to test those I missed last today.

Social Studies- the grade 6's continued to work on their world study webquest and the 7's were finalizing their presentations. The grade 7's will start their presentations on Tuesday.

French- the students have been working on their Ma Famille presentations.  We will be presenting them starting on Wednesday.  Please take the time to complete your project at home.  You will be given some time on Monday to practice your french portion.

Leadership- as a class we completed our first leadership project, "The Queneesh Birthday Board."  The students were also given the opportunity to brain storm some leadership ideas that we could tackle around Queneesh.


Thanks for an awesome week.   Please work on your French this weekend and put your permission forms in your bag.

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Sunny Friday.

Hello parents and students,

Thank you for another superb week.  Everyone has been working so hard and I would like to reward you for this by showing a movie next Friday.

Important Reminder:  please work on your French assignment over the weekend. A picture of the assignment is at the bottom of today's blog post.

 

 

In room 231 this week we explored the following topics:

Gym- we learned some Hip Hop Dance moves.  Everyone did an excellent job and we will carry on with our dance on Monday.  Please bust some moves for your parents.

LA- we started our poetry unit this week.  We talked about what figurative language is and why poets use it.  We covered the following poetic devices: personification, alliteration, hyperbole, onomatopoeia.  We also wrote a selfie poem and three Haiku's with our buddies.  We finished our class novel today and we will being working on some multi-paragraph writing next week.

Math- this week in Math we continued to explore algebraic equations.  We learn the two golden rules when solving an algebraic equation 1.isolate the variable 2. respect the principle of equality.  Students please talk to your parents about the two golden rules!!!!!

Science- the students have an oral quiz on Wednesday.  Please study this weekend.  A list of questions went home in the planner on Monday and there is an image below.

Social Studies- the grade 7's are finishing up their video presentation on ancient civilizations and the 6's are continuing to explore life in Japan.

Art- in Art we are learning about space and we started a drawing that explores perspective.

HCE- we just started to learn about the meaning of prejudice, discrimination and stereotypes.

Thanks for a great week.  Please remember to do your homework this weekend (French and Science)

See you all on Monday!

 

 

Hello

Hello Parents and Div 02 students,

Thank you for another great week in room 231.  A ton of learning took place this week and I'm proud of the hard work that everyone put in.  Our websites looks awesome.

Important Reminder:  We are starting a French project next week "Ma Famille" and each student needs to interview their parents and family members about their likes and dislikes.  Parents please help support your child with this task. (This is done in English)

This week in our classroom we explored the following concepts:

Math- we started to look at patterns and explored algebra.  Grade 6 looked at identifying patterns and rules of input/out tables and the 7's looked at what an algebraic expression is.  We finished the week by looking what does equality mean and balancing equations.

LA-  in LA we focused on completing our class novel and we started a poetry unit.  Yesterday we brainstormed what we know about poetry and we discussed what figurative language is.  As a class we focused on the literary term personification and identified it in a poem written by Emily Dickinson. Today we finished the week with our weekly spelling test!

Science- the students are finishing up their website design on ecosystems or renewable energy.  Parents you should have your child show you their website they are awesome!

Social Studies- today the grade 6's participated in a a mini lesson that looked at the right and responsibilities of people that live in Japan.  We also compared land forms, climate, traditions,and sports in Canada and Japan.  The grade 7's are finishing up their ancient civilizations newspapers and they are starting to film their presentations for the class.

French- we started looking at basic french expression about our family members.  Students have been asked to survey their family members about their likes and dislikes.

Gym- in Gym we have been learning about Rugby and we did Fit Camp today.

Have a wonderful weekend.  Please read for 30+ minutes with a parent.

Thanks

~Mr. T

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Happy Friday:)

Hello parents and students,

Even though it was a short week it was an awesome week.  I'm so proud of the progress we are making as a class.  There are some wonderful things happening in our class and I'm enjoying everyday we work together.  Thank you for be such great learners!

This week in room 231 we covered the following concepts:

Math- we've been exploring order of operations.  Please remember BEDMAS when doing order of operations.  There is a new link on our blog to order of operation games, please check them out!

LA- we continued to practice our Daily 5 and link our reading strategies (make connections, ask questions, visualize and determine importance) to Math word problems.  We learned about expository paragraph writing and wrote an expository paragraph on the following prompt "If we were the principal for the day."  Ask you child about the parts of a paragraph!

Science- the students continued to work on designing websites to promote sustainability around ecosystems or renewable energy.

Socials- the grade 6's finished their jigsaw discussion about what it means to be Canadian.  We covered topics such as: growing up in Canada, media messages, how to avoid stereotypes and cultural identity.  The grade 7's continued to work on their ancient civilization newspaper.

Gym- we learned how to play Rugby!  We had a special Rugby coach from UVIC "Tony" show us the basic skills of Rugby.

French- we started learning how to talk about our family members in French.

HCE- as a class we discussed what Conflict is and how to resolve it.  Over the next few weeks we will focus on conflict resolution.

Have a wonderful weekend.  See you all on Monday!

~Mr. T

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Jersey Day!

Hello Parents and Students of Div 02,

Today it was jersey day at Queneesh.  Thank you to all of those students and teachers that participated in both pajama day and jersey day.  I would also like to wish everyone a wonderful Valentine's day tomorrow.

In room 231 we covered the following topics this week:

Math- adding and subtracting integers using a number line and tiles.  The students are still struggling with subtracting integers, so please takes some time to review this with your child or have them play the new integer game on our blog.  Next week we will start order of operations.

LA- we continued to work on paragraph writing.  This week we focused on descriptive paragraph writing by completing a "monster match" writing activity.  We also continued to read "My Name is Seepeetza" and practiced our Daily 5.  Our spelling program will fire up next Tuesday!

Gym- we learned a new game called Blastball Baseball, we played belly ball and had a dance off today!

Science- the students are designing websites using weebly.  They are looking at sustainable options for energy and for maintaining ecosystems.

Socials- the grade 7's explored what sparked early civilizations and the 6's worked on a jigsaw activity that focused on Canadian culture, multiculturalism, stereotypes and media.

Art- we spent some time decorating our classroom for valentines day and making valentines.

Thank you for an awesome week.  I look forward to seeing you all on Tuesday!

Mr. Tobacca

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Room 231 Rocks!

Hello parents,

Sorry for the late post.  I guess I got too excited for Family Day weekend and forgot to type up my weekly post.  I hope you all enjoyed your time together!

Last week we covered the following topics in room 231:

Math- we started to discuss integers and explored how to add and subtract integers.  We also used tiles to help us.

LA- we discussed the 4 types of paragraphs: persuasive, descriptive, narrative and expository.  We wrote a descriptive paragraph and reviewed the format of a paragraph.  We also had our spelling test on Friday, read our class novel and practised our Daily 5.

Gym- we learned a new invasion game and did Fit Camp.

Science- the grade 6's completed their Electricity web quests and the 7's learned about energy flow and cycles of matter.

Social Studies- the grade 6's started learning about Canadian Culture and the 7's started an Ancient Civilization newspaper project.

Computer Tech- we finished off designing our own blogs using weebly.

Thanks for a super awesome week.  I look forward to skating on Tuesday!

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Happy Friday Parents and Students!

Hello Div 02 Parents and Students,

Thank you for taking the time to read our weekly blog post.  I appreciate those parents who continue to support their child by ask them questions about what they are doing in class.  I would also like to thank those students who continue to use the blog games to practice the skills we are learning in class.

Important Note: parents I would like you to read with your child for at least 20 minutes a day.

This week in room 231:

Math- we finished our number sense unit by comparing fractions, decimals and percents.  We brought our basketball unit into the classroom by having the students evaluate shooting percentages.  Our focus this week was converting fractions and decimals into percents.

LA- we continued to read our novel "My Name Is Seepeetza."  The students wrote a letter to Seepeetza's teachers about their discipline policies and we continued to practice our fluency.  The students used the I-Pads to record their reading and evaluate their fluency.  We also had our spelling test today.

Art- the students painted their topographic maps.  They look wonderful.  Parents please stop in and take a look!

Gym- we learned a new fit camp routine, did some layup data collection and went outside for some play time.

HCE- we talked about understanding the importance of  how much sodium we need,  the good and bad types of sugars, and the importance of fiber intake.  We also evaluated our snacks for how much sodium, sugar and fiber they contain.

Science- the 6's continued to work on their electricity web quests and the 7's looked at the difference between food chains and food webs.

Science Tech- the students continued to design a blog and we spent the week programming robots.



Thank you for an awesome week.  I look forward to seeing you all on Monday!

Mr. Tobacca

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FRIDAY:)

Hello parents and division 2 students,

We had another super busy week at Queneesh.  Congrats to the boys and girls basketball teams that played against Huband on Wednesday!  This week in room 230 we explored the following topics.

Social Studies- we build topographic maps and discussed land forms, contour lines and topography.  We also had a guest speaker, "Ken Lees" talked to us about Residential Schools.  If you don't know about this topic please ask your child because our goal in our class is to educate others.

Math- we continued to work on decimals.  This week we focused on multiplying and dividing decimals.  Next week we will link our understanding of fractions, decimals and percents to our Basketball unit.  We have also started looking at linking our LA reading strategies to word problems in Math (questioning, making connections, visualizing, making inferences and transforming)

Science- the grade 7's learned about food webs and how they are an important part of an ecosystem and we finished our bean sprout experiment looking at Abotic/Biotic factors.  The 6's continued to work on their electricity web quest and we learned about circuits with Mr. Savard. Next week we will be programming the robots we built.

Art- we integrated our Social Studies 2D map making into Art by constructing 3D topographic maps.  We also made a class mosaic, which we hung up on the wall.

Gym- we did some 3 on 3 basketball and fit camp.

HCE- we talked about carbohydrates- good (complex)vs bad (simple).  And the grade 7's spent some time talking with Dr. Claire.

Computers- we started designing out own blogs using weebly.

Thanks for an awesome week and don't forget to check out the decimal games on the blog!

Mr. Tobacca

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Friday :)

Hello parents and Div 02 students,

Wow this week was super busy.  There were all kinds of things happening and we made it through all of them.

This week in room 231 we explored the following:

Math- we looked at ordering decimals, adding and subtracting decimals and multiplying decimals.

Science- the grade 6's started their electricity web quest and the 7's discussed how ecosystems are organized.  We also did played with Lego and snap circuits and linked that to how electricity works (simple circuits, switches, current etc)

LA- we are learning how to write a paragraph (topic sentence, supporting details and concluding sentence).  We also continued to read our class novel "My Name is Seepteeza" and worked on our fluency project with Lynn Swift, Carol Walters and Kara Dawson.

Gym- we focused on some basketball skills and fit camp started up again.

Social Studies- we looked at different types of maps, important elements on a map and the difference between relative and absolute location.

Science Tech- the student continued to explore blogging and we connected it to our paragraph writing.

Thanks for a great week.  See you all on Monday.

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Happy New Year

Hello everyone and welcome back.  It was so nice to see everyone's smiling face on Monday morning.  I truly missed each and everyone of you and I look forward to some doing some fun learning activities this in 2015.

Parents here are some new things that your child will be learning about in our classroom: Robotics, Reading Fluency Project, Class Novel Study, First Nations Studies, Reading Power Strategies, Ecosystems, Blogging and Electricity!

This week in Div 02 we explored the following topics:

Math- decimal place value (tenths, hundredths, thousandths), converting fractions (divide the denominator by the numerator)into decimals and percents.  Check out the decimal links on the left side of the blog under Math!

LA- we started reading "My Name is Seepeetza," we were introduced to 5 new reading power strategies 1. Questioning 2.Connecting 3.Visualizing 4. Inferring 5. Transforming, we also started our reading fluency project with Lynn Swift and Carol Walters.

Science- the grade 7's started an Ecosystems units and we looked at the difference between a Biome and an Ecosystem.  The grade 6's started their Electricity unit.

PE- we played a few cooperative games and worked on some more basketball skills (speed dribble, chest pass and layups).

Science Tech- we discussed what a blog is and we started blogging.

Social Studies- we started a geography unit and looked at the 5 themes of geography and the different types of maps.

Art- we discussed the Art element "line" and constructed a tinfoil impression using line.

Thanks for an awesome week.  Enjoy your weekend and I will see you all on Monday!

Mr. Tobacca


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