The week of December 6th-10th

Hello Everyone,

I spent the weekend nursing sick children at home, coaching hockey, and watching the Edmonton Oilers roll to their fourth strait victory. As the weekend came to a close it was great news on all fronts. Braigh is feeling better, his hockey team played great in two games, and the Oilers have surpassed the lowly Calgary Flames in the standings!

Back to it! We have a mere two weeks of school remaining until the winter break. As I adjust to teaching at the Middle School level, I am noticing that the pace just continues to gain momentum. Students will be closing out term 2 at the end of January so assignments and assessments will continue to mount.

A request: Could you please ask your child if he/she has enough pens/pencils to make it through the next couple of weeks. I have noticed a growing number of students showing up to class requesting a pencil or a pen. Unfortunately my supply is decreasing on a daily basis.

Math: We will continue our unit on Measurement/Geometry this week. Students have examined perimeter and area so far. This week we will explore problem solving, the area of a parallelogram and triangles. Students have been given the opportunity to learn these topics as a class, in small groups, and individually. We will be looking to write our unit exam Wednesday, December 15th. So keep on top of it 7C, and 7D. I am available most nutrition breaks for extra help.

Science: Our discussions and activities related to Heat and Temperature will take us to the Particle Model of Matter and the States of Matter this week. Students will continue to have some choice in how they show their learning of the subject matter. We will hope to test student learning of section 1.0 and 2.0 on Wednesday, December 15th as well. See edquest.ca for the notes.

Have a great week!
David