Tied up in knots OR Orange you glad we learned about maps OR Baking Bannock

Agenda:

1 - Dr. Coffin Craft A Fair is on Saturday 10 - 3 in our gym!!! Share this with family and friends. Bring your non - perishable food item if you'd like. Don't forget Mother's Day is right around the corner so you might be able to find a great gift idea!

2 - Math - Mr. P - finish both sides of the math homework
Mr. P and Mrs. S - have a test next Tuesday on Primes, Composites, Multiples and Factors. 

3 - Please bring your item for our Room 7 basket for the Family Dance by May 5th.
4 - Volunteer tea is next Thursday (please give your parents your invitation)
5 - Sign your science test for Monday 

6 - Please visit http://www.ourlittleearth.com Choose an article, share the 5 Ws with your family and see if you can create a better headline. 

Better to know a knot and not need it, than to need a knot and not know it. :-)

Bannock Recipe

1 cup flour

1 tsp baking powder

1 tbsp vegetable shortening or butter

1 pinch of salt

1/4 cup water

Mix dry ingredients together. Add water. Knead dough. Pat into a flat square. Cook in oven at 450 for approximately 10-15 minutes. Serve with jam and butter. 

Highlights
What did you learn today?
We participated in a skill building day. We learned from Mr. L about thinking critically when we look at maps, we learned how to follow a recipe while making a traditional first nation bread called bannock and we learned how to tie a variety of knots which we can use with our shelters. 
How did you show what you learned?
We worked with experts in each field who were passionate about their skills. 
What do you need to learn next?
We need to take these skills up to Nosehill and find ways to apply these skills to our real life. 

An Unexpected Party

Agenda:
1 - Dr. Coffin Craft A Fair is on Saturday 10 - 3 in our gym!!! Share this with family and friends. Bring your non - perishable food item if you'd like. Don't forget Mother's Day is right around the corner so you might be able to find a great gift idea!

2 - Math - Mr. P - finish both sides of the math homework
Mr. P and Mrs. S - have a test next Tuesday on Primes, Composites, Multiples and Factors. 

3 - Please bring your item for our Room 7 basket for the Family Dance by May 5th.
4 - Volunteer tea is next Thursday (please give your parents your invitation)
5 - Sign your science test for Monday 6 - Fresh Air Friday - Skill Building Day - Bannock, Mapping and knot tying - be prepared to spend some of your day outside.

Highlights
What did you learn today?
We began reading The Hobbit today. 
How did you show what you learned?
We began with a teacher read aloud and we can each get our own copy from the school library or bring our copy from home. 
What do you need to learn next?
We need to try and read the whole novel by the end of June!!!

Chasing Vermeer - the case is closed!

Agenda:
1 - Math - Mr. P - finish both sides of the math homework
Mrs. S - take a picture or draw a quick sketch of an example of a cm3 (centimeter cubed) or a m 3 (meter cubed) - bring it to share with the class
Mr. P and Mrs. S - have a test next Tuesday
Miss Stephure - signed math test
2 - Dr. Coffin's Craft Fair is on Saturday!!!
3 - Please bring your item for our Room 7 basket for the Family Dance by May 5th.
4 - Photography Residency tomorrow
5 - Novel Recommendations - we will continue tomorrow
6 - Sign your science test for Monday 

Highlights
What did you learn today?
We learned how the fur trade help to establish Canada. 
How did you show what you learned?
We had a class discussion and a work sheet about the importance of this historical time period. 
What do you need to learn next?
We need to learn more about Canada and specifically the loyalists. 

Chasing Vermeer.... nearly solved!

Agenda:
1 - Dr. Coffin's Craft Fair is on Saturday!!!
2 - Mr. P and Mrs. S - Primes, Composites, Multiples and Factors quiz Next Tuesday
3 - Miss Stephure's group has a quiz on Primes, Composites, Multiples and Factors tomorrow
4 - For tomorrow, Find a news article of interest to you. Bring in a hard copy OR share it with me through Google Docs. You can use http://www.ourlittleearth.com if you are stuck where to start.
5 - Please bring your item for our Room 7 basket for the Family Dance by May 5th.
6 - Photography Residency on Thursday
7 - Novel Recommendations - we will have the first batch present tomorrow and finish up on Thursday



Highlights
What did you learn today?
We have nearly finished Chasing Vermeer. We learned about building suspense in our own writing. 
How did you show what you learned?
We used the Magic of threes and Red Flag Words. We also noticed that Blue Balliett does this often in her writing. 
What do you need to learn next?
We want to continue listening for examples and try writing our own Suspense for a picture prompt tomorrow. Also, we are going to start the novel The Hobbit and will be able to identify ways in which JR Tolkein develops details and creates suspense. 

Goodbye Miss H and Miss C

Agenda:
1 Math -
Mr. P - second page of the bookelt
Miss Stephure - Primes and composites booklet due Tuesday
2 - No School Monday
3 - Craft Fair - April 30th
4 - Novel recomendation due next Thursday

Highlights

We have loved having our student teachers with us for the last month. 

Sound effect, action, dialogue, question or thought.....

Agenda:
1 - Craft Fair is April 30th in our Gym!
2 - Novel Recommendation - Due April 27th
3 - Parent Teacher Conference April 22 and 23

4 - MATH 

Mr. P - page 274 and 288 for homework

Miss Coram - Quick sketch or a picture of a room or something in a room to show referents for 1 cm3 (cubed) and 1 m3 (cubed)

6 - Photography residency this Thursday

7 - Plant fundraiser

8 - Family Dance form
9 - Running Club starts tomorrow

Highlights
What did you learn today?
We continued looking at entertaining beginnings. 
How did you show what you learned?
We wrote our own entertaining beginning using a boring beginning that someone else had written. 
What do you need to learn next?
We are going to move on to the next phase of story writing... building suspense. 

Sound Effect, Actions, Dialogue and Thoughts or Questions.

Agenda:
1 - Craft Fair is April 30th in our Gym!
2 - Novel Recommendation - Due April 27th
3 - Parent Teacher Conference April 22 and 23

4 - See if you and your family can think of more examples of Synecdoche. And start thinking of your ideas for your 5 figures of speech examples and what kind of scene will you use?

5 - MATH 

Mr. P - page 271

Miss Coram - Quick sketch or a picture of a room to show referents for 1 cm3 (cubed) and 1 m3 (cubed)

6 - Photography residency this Thursday

7 - Plant fundraiser

Highlights
What did you learn today?
We learned how to write openings for our short stories. 
How did you show what you learned?
We looked at different picture prompt ideas and created various openings. 
What do you need to learn next?
We need to share our ideas and use these as we write our short stories. 

Happy Friday Room 7!

Agenda:
1 - Craft Fair is April 30th in our Gym!
2 - Novel Recommendation - Due April 27th
3 - Parent Teacher Conference April 22 and 23

4 - See if you and your family can think of more examples of Synecdoche. 

5 - MATH 

Mr. P - Finish - booklet due Monday
Mrs. S/Miss Coram- finding capacity examples in your novel. Estimate how many mL or L are in that object. 

Also, answer the following Logic problem:

If you have a 5 L bowl and a 3 L bowl, and an unlimited access to water, how would you measure exactly 4 L? 

Best of luck to our science fair representatives today! Can't wait to hear all about it on Monday!

Highlights
What did you learn today?
We learned a new figure of speech - Synecdoche.
How did you show what you learned?
We viewed 2 videos, drew examples and completed a worksheet with Miss H. 
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v-n1vGeVIXo
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MKujZncWSL4

What do you need to learn next?
We need to create a visual of the different figures of speech we have learned next week to share with our little buddies and our parents at conferences. 

This blog speaks wisdom....

Agenda:
1 - MATH
Mr. P - Finish - last page of the booklet
Mrs. S/Miss Coram- finding capacity examples in your novel. Estimate how many mL or L are in that object. Also, answer the following Logic problem:

If you have a 5 L bowl and a 3 L bowl, and an unlimited access to water, how would you measure exactly 4 L? 

Ms. Stephure/Ms. Lim - Easter Egg Measurement Conversation Hunt

2 - Novel Recommendation - Due April 27th
3 - Thank you to Sean's mom, Jo-Anne and Julia's mom, Ulla, for helping with Fun Lunch today!
4 - Parent Teacher Conference April 22 and 23
5 - Dress to be in Whispering Woods for portions of our morning - it might rain so be READY!!!
6 - The Craft Fair is on April 30 in our school gym!!!

Highlights
What did you learn today?
We are studying Canadian history and looked at some of the first explorers to come to Canada and specifically New France. 
How did you show what you learned?
We used a social studies text book as well as notes on the board to fill in our sheets. 
What do you need to learn next?
We are looking at the Fur Trade next. 

A big, black bug bled black blood.

Agenda:
1 - Mr. P - Finish - colour in multiples of 4, 8 and 12
Mrs. S/Miss Coram- bring a container to show CAPACITY

2 - Novel Recommendation - Due April 27th
3 - Fun Lunch is tomorrow
4 - Parent Teacher Conference April 22 and 23
5 - Purchase soil from the Green Team - form and money due on Thursday
6 - Character Fastwrite - Rewrite and/or illustrate your character if you want

Highlights
What did you learn today?
We learned about alliterations.
How did you show what you learned?
We found out it doesn't have to be the same letter, but the same sound. Quiet cats can fly kites. 
What do you need to learn next?
We want to use these (and similes and metaphors) in our writing... maybe our Character Fastwrite.

Ball, Hop, Tag... Run!

Agenda:
1 - Mr. P - Finish page 5, Mrs. S - Prime and Composite page - do only circled questions OR grid paper filled in with primes and composites - Why are zero and 1 not prime?
2 - Novel Recommendation - Due April 27th
3 - Fun Lunch is on Thursday
4 - Parent Teacher Conference April 22 and 23
5 - purchase soil from the Green Team - form and money due on Thursday

Highlights
What did you learn today?
We learned about similes and metaphors from Miss H. 
How did you show what you learned?
We made up a simile and metaphor and categorized them on the whiteboard. We also watched a video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uoSBVNUO2LU
What do you need to learn next?
We want to use these in our story writing, watch for them when we read and tomorrow we are going to learn about alliteration. 

Rock, Paper, Scissor... RUN!

Agenda:
1 - Mr. P - Finish page 4, Mrs. S - Integers page back - make corrections (Why is 0 not prime?)
2 - Novel Recommendation - Due April 27th
3 - Fun Lunch is on Thursday
4 - Parent Teacher Conference April 22 and 23

Highlights
What did you learn today?
We learned about prime and composite numbers. 
How did you show what you learned?
One group played a card game with primes and composites. 
What do you need to learn next?
We want to see what more we can learn about Primes and Composites. 

What to do next...

Agenda:
1 - Mr. P's math group - the first page of your percentage booklet
2 -  Novel Recommendation - due April 27th (see Tuesday's post if you are unsure what you need to include)
3 - Fun Lunch - April 14th


Highlights
What did you learn today?
We focused on how our tribe can survive off the land. 
How did you show what you learned?
We used this knowledge to create questions with 4 potential answers for our Time Travel Game. 
What do you need to learn next?
We need to share these questions and see if others could survive as members of our tribe. Also, we need to focus our research on specific shelters. 

Picture Perfect!

Agenda:
1 - Fresh Air Friday - please dress for the weather tomorrow. Layers!!!
2 - Novel Recommendation - due April 27th (see Tuesday's post if you are unsure what you need to include)
3 - Electricity title page and question due Friday. 
4 - Math Homework - 
Mrs. Saunders' group - Question 1 - 5 due Friday
Ms. Lim and Stephure - Question #2:  A through M

Highlights
What did you learn today?
We worked with our photographer resident and learned how to edit our photos. 
How did you show what you learned?
We took a picture using the iPads and edited our pictures after uploading them to the computer. 
What do you need to learn next?
We need to learn more aspects of picture taking. We also think we might want to use these pictures for our grade 6 yearbook. 

Hula, Hula Hoop

Agenda:
1 - Science Title Page and Electricity question - Due Friday
2 - Fun Lunch Form - Due April 7th
3 - Math - Mr. Ps - second page in ratio booklet due
Mrs. S - Real life examples of integers
4 - Novel Recommendation -due April 27th (see yesterday's post if you are unsure what you need to include)
5 - Photography residency begins tomorrow.

Highlights
What did you learn today?
We learned the hula-hoop relay race in gym today. It was our student teachers' second lesson.  
How did you show what you learned?
We needed to hold hands in a circle and move the hula hoop all the way around the circle without letting it touch the ground. We worked as a team and tried to beat our previous time. 
What do you need to learn next?
We could try a new technique so we can be faster. We look forward to learning more relay races and having the student teachers teach us more lessons. 

Simon Fraser Grade 9 Band.

Agenda:
1 - A huge thank you to Ms. Stephure for getting our story out there on the CBE main page.

Check it out the right hand story bar.      http://www.cbe.ab.ca/Pages/default.aspx

2 - Science Title Page and Electricity question - Due Friday
3 - Fun Lunch Form - Due April 7th4 - Math - percentage last page for Mr. Ps group.
5 - Novel Recommendation -due April 27th (see yesterday's post if you are unsure what you need to include)

Highlights
What did you learn today?
We got a chance to try several different instruments. 
How did you show what you learned?
We got to view a presentation and try a few of them. If we couldn't try them, we got to hold them and see how they felt. 
What do you need to learn next?
We might consider taking band when we get to grade 7. 

Treat Day tomorrow!!!!

Agenda:
1 - Math Homework
Mrs. Saunders' group - one page of homework OR Look up Sieve of Eratosthenes and the connection to Prime Numbers
Mr. P - finish one page of the Percentage booklet
Mrs. Lim - none
2 - We are headed to CJP at 1 pm tomorrow to view the Simon Fraser Band program. Students will get to listen to a brief performance and have an opportunity to 'play' with a few of the instruments. Please ensure you dress for the weather as we are walking there and back.
3 - Room 7 is hosting treat day tomorrow - please send your items with your child in the morning. Thank you for your support!
4 - Please remember the Novel Recommendation is due on April 27th. Please see below for the assignment.
5 - Science Title Page and Electricity question - Due Friday
6 - Fun Lunch Form - Due April 7th

Highlights
What did you learn today?
We learned about Prime Numbers and all are odd except for 2. 
How did you show what you learned?
We filled in a 100's chart and visually represented primes and composites. 
What do you need to learn next?
We need to see how this applies to multiples and factors. 

Novel Recommendation

Your Name: _________________________________         Due Date: April 27^th

Author: _______________________________

Novel title: _________________________________________________

Rating (circle the number of stars):  *   *   *   *   *

Choose a novel at or above your reading level. Please describe in a few (2-4) paragraphs below, why you liked or disliked the novel (plot, characterization, quality of writing, genre, audience, etc. – NO SPOILERS PLEASE). Be prepared to share your recommendation with the class.