Circles, Area and Concentric Circles

Posted March 1, 2024

Good Evening Parents! We started our circles unit last week and had our first test. Kids are understanding what formulas to use given a measurement. We will be focusing on Area next week and using some real life scenarios, radio waves to demonstrate our understanding. We will also focus on concentric Circles to end our […]

Fractions Unit Tuesday

Posted February 9, 2024

Hi Parents, There will be a Fractions test on Tuesday! Breakdown on the test is below. Students will be asked to look over the test carefully to ensure they understand what I’m asking for. There are lots of examples in google classroom of Array Models, Butterfly Models, Number line models and LCM models. They need […]

Fractions

Posted January 17, 2024

Hello Parents, We have started our fractions unit. Some of the curriculum expectations we will be covering are: • Equivalent fractions name the same number using different denominators. • Algorithms for adding and subtracting fractions require common denominators. • Estimation strategies for fractions focus on benchmarks such as onehalf and one whole. • A fraction […]

Exponents, Square Roots, Prime Factors, Prime Factorization, GCF, LCM…oh My

Posted November 27, 2023

Hello Parents, I would like to welcome Mr Paramvir Mehla. He’s an LTO for me on Tuesday and Thursday afternoons only until April 22, 2024. We’ve started our exponents unit and have had a check in. We may hold off having a test on Thursday as some students really need to work on BEDMAS as […]

Multiplication and Division of Integers

Posted November 8, 2023

Our math journey has taken us to Multiplication and Division of Integers. We are in the midst of learning how to multiply integers via integer line and array models. We will start the Division of Integers next week. Tomorrow will be a simple check in using a program called DESMOS. Students will be able to […]

Integers

Posted November 3, 2023

On Monday we will start our investigation of Multiplication and Division of Integers, we will continue to graph as well as look at some real work scenarios (word problems) involving integers. Some Examples we will be looking at are: From sea level, a submarine descends 40 feet per minute. Where is the submarine in relation […]

Integers- Multiply and Divide

Posted October 28, 2023

Hello Parents, We have begun our integers unit and the kids are doing great! I’ve introduced absolute value. (Google Classroom) We are applying our integer knowledge to an assignment which we started Friday and should wrap up by Tuesday. Multiplication and Division on Integers will start on Wed or Thursday depending on a presentation we […]

Integers Unit begins Friday!!!

Posted October 18, 2023

Hello Parents, Students have been informed of their test tomorrow. I have shown them the test and I’ve gone over what I need from them. We will be starting Integers on Friday as you know this is a spiralling curriculum and even though we start a new unit we will always revisit algebra. Learning Goals […]

Math Check in and Science test

Posted October 11, 2023

Hello Parents, There will be a math Check In tomorrow and a Science test for the following classes: 7-1 Test Friday 7-2- Test Monday What you need to know for your test: -that all ecosystems are made up of biotic (living) and abiotic (non-living) elements that depend on each other to survive. I can identify […]

Math and Science Update

Posted October 3, 2023

Students have completed a few things for the grade 7 math program including their first math “Check in.” I’ve introduced a Portfolio in which they will be taking a snapshot of their tests, assignments etc. They are responsible for populating this database. Later on this week we will be completing a Science Simulation. It’s called […]

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