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!