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Sept. 17, 2012

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Curriculum Night is October 4th. Parents, please attend and meet your child's teachers.

New spelling words given Monday  This is week 3 of the September words.

For parents: the basic homework schedule for homeroom is as follows:

  • Monday- Spelling
  • Tuesday- Math
  • Wednesday- Writing
  • Thursday - math and spelling test study
  • Every evening should include at least a half hour of sustained reading.

 

Download blank comic pages here

 

Download other important pages here

 

Room 32's Regular Day 5

Recess

Lunch

Recess



Homeroom
Class schedule is now posted
Mr. Winship's Regular Day 5
32
 32
Recess
32
 32
Lunch
205
207
Recess
32

Planning
Time
Planning
Time




Period 1 Math ...Room 32

 9:00 - 9:40 am

Patterning and algebra and integers. We will take up our math test. We will begin exploring larger questions using algebra.

Period 2 English ...Room 32


 9:40 - 10:05 am

New spelling words. We will also introduce poetry for memorisation. See this link for a selection of poems to memorise. ---> Poetry Primus

Period 3 ...Room 32 goes to Room 211

 

 Music 10:20 - 11:05 am

Mr. Molnar provides the programme.

Planning time for Mr. Winship

History 11:05 - 11:45 am
Period 4 ... in Room 32

 

Begin timelines for Canadian History, using the textbook.

12:45 - 1:35 pm
Period 5 ...Room 205

Design and Tech: Google SketchUp in the computer lab.

This is the final working day in the Lab. Your SketchUp model is due Wednesday. You may drop it in the dropoff folder on the school computers, hand it in on a memory stick, or email it as an attachment to Mr. Winship
--->geoffrey.winship@mac.com

Grade Seven students must produce a single simple model, such as a house and it must have at least 3 repeating elements.

Grade 8 students must produce at least one sophisticated model and it must have at least 3 repeating elements. The list of suggested models is posted on the assignment page.

See the assignment page for links to videos and PDF technique pages to help with this project.

Period 6 ...Room 207

Design and Tech: Google SketchUp in the computer lab.

This is the final working day in the Lab. Your SketchUp model is due Wednesday. You may drop it in the dropoff folder on the school computers, hand it in on a memory stick, or email it as an attachment to Mr. Winship
--->geoffrey.winship@mac.com

Grade 8 students must produce at least one sophisticated model and it must have at least 3 repeatign elements. The list of suggested models is posted on the assignment page.

See the assignment page for links to videos and PDF technique pages to help with this project.

 

Period 7 ...Room 32

Design and Tech: Google SketchUp in the computer lab.

This is the final working day in the Lab. Your SketchUp model is due Wednesday. You may drop it in the dropoff folder on the school computers, hand it in on a memory stick, or email it as an attachment to Mr. Winship
--->geoffrey.winship@mac.com

Grade Seven students must produce a single simple model, such as a house and it must have at least 3 repeating elements.

See the assignment page for links to videos and PDF technique pages to help with this project.

 

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Period 8 ...Room 32

Possible continuation depending on lab availability.


Grade 7 homeroom
Current Assignment
Rough copy
Due Monday September 10, 2012

Current Assignment
Good copy
Due Monday September 17, 2012

Writing: Create the graphic novel of the story of how their family came to Canada. Pages may be downloaded from the sidebar on the left, or are available in the class. Please tell your story using the conventions discussed in class. Use establishing shots, text bubbles, author's voice and other techniques to tell the story effectively.

The criteria is listed below:

  • use graphic novel format
  • have at least 3 elements of dialog between characters. This might be 3 conversations where the characters take turns speaking.
  • tell the story of how your family came to Canada. This may be a story from long ago, or it may be recent. You will have to choose which elements to include and which to leave out.
  • Use a minimum of 2 graphic novel pages and a maximum of 4 graphic novel pages.
  • You may use the blank templates downloadable on the left, or you may choose to create your own boxes.

 

 

Spelling word homework for Monday: Spelling sentences for five of the words. Definitions for all ten words. Please include your source for the definitions. These should be written in your new language notebook, or kept in your language binder.

Design and Tech: Google SketchUp is due Wednesday. Full criteria is available via this link ---> See the assignment page for links to videos and PDF technique pages to help with this project.


Students must choose a single poem to memorise for the month of September. It's never too early to start practising. Follow this link for a selection of poems to memorise. ---> Poetry Primus

For parents: the basic homework schedule for homeroom is as follows:

  • Monday- Spelling
  • Tuesday- Math
  • Wednesday- Writing
  • Thursday - math and spelling test study
  • Every evening should include at least a half hour of sustained reading.

Friday's Spelling test should come home on Friday to share with parents.

Friday's math test should come home on Monday to share with parents.


Tai Chi Fan

Links to helpful websites
http://dictionary.reference.com/

http://www.thefreedictionary.com/

http://www.alphadictionary.com/

http://www.wordswarm.net/dictionary/

http://www.algebrahelp.com/lessons/

http://mathforum.org/library/topics/basic_algebra/



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