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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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