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?

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!

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!