Math
Developing skills with Fractions, percent and ratios.
Grade 6 students will work on creating improper and mixed fractions, using pictures, diagrams, and numerals. Grade 6's will also practice the skill of using factors and multiples.
Grade 7's will work on the rules of divisibility, adding and subtracting fractions with like, and unlike denominators, and practice using multiples and factors to find lowest common denominators.
Students are also working on developing problem solving skills, and the skills of collaborating/group work when solving math problems.
students will link percent, and ratios to fractions
Ways to support Math at Home
Have your student work on Math Prodigy 3x's a week at home if you have internet access. I can see live updates of their work, and I set individualized tasks
Look at recipes together, and double the ingredients. Can your student convert and improper fraction to a mixed number in lowest terms? (3/4 +3/4= 6/4 =2 2/4, which is also 2 1/2)
Grade 7's practice adding benchmark fractions together: 1/3 +1/2= 2/6 +3/6= 5/6
Everyone: Practice you 3, 4, 6, 8, 9 times tables please, or skip counting by these numbers
Language Arts (LA)
Students will begin a poetry unit that they will continue in January. This unit will be combined with skills in Applied Design, Skills and Technology (ADST)
Reading: Reading model poems to understand how poetic devices (alliteration, rhyme, assonance, metaphors and simile) convey meaning
Writing: Learning how to use poetic devices, format of poems
Oral Language: Students will learn how punctuation in poetry demonstrates how the poem is to be read, and will listen to authors read their own poetry. Students will share their poems in small group settings.
Ways to support LA at home
Play simple rhyming games, where one person picks a word and the other one tries to rhyme it. Winner has the last word rhymed- must be a real word in the dictionary! Level 1: 1 syllable words (ex. "crash" Level 2: 2 syllable words ("flower")
Online Typing Club: I can see live updates of how fast and accurate your student is typing. Please have your student log into my website with Typing Club 2x a week- as we will be typing up our work into published books.
Read favourite poems, even silly poems aloud to each other
Social Studies
Religions, Beliefs and Cultures (How did religions, beliefs, and cultural practices influence people and societies?
Students will explore how beliefs reveal different perspectives of early societies (such as Greece), and what significant beliefs origin stories represent (including the origin stories from Indigenous communities across the globe).
Ways to support Social Studies at home
Talk about your family's beliefs and values, and the connections you may have with your belief system to your own cultural heritage. This can also include basic values about society, and does not have to be connected to a specific religion.
Science
Unit will begin in January: Science experiments, using "If.... then" statements and the power of observations.
Ways to support Science at home
to be updated in Jan.
French
Developing confidence speaking French, and vocabulary skill building
Winter themed vocabulary to prepare for Carnival Quebec mini research project in January
Ways to support French at home
Have your student share a French vocabulary term they have learned
Practice Duolingo online at home 2x a week. I can see a live update of their progress and have set assignments for every student.
Career Education
Job Ready Skills: Santa's Resume
Students will learn to log into MyBlueprint- a School District supported online portfolio, and will create a personalized portfolio home page to share their learning in January.
Students will build a sample resume for Santa, or another winter themed character if time allows
Ways to support Career Education at home
During the month of January, students will share their personalized link to their School District My Blueprint Portfolio. Watch for a note in student planners to check out their link!
Applied Design, Skills, and Technology (ADST)
Complex designs require the acquisition of new skills, and refining prototypes.
Designing pop-up cards, and using the skills of prototyping
Ways to support ADST at home
Refining designs is a hard task. Have your student make a prototype of something, and then orally describe how they might refine it, or change it using different materials.
Physical and Health Education (P.E)
Students will be refining skills in Hockey, including basic passing and shooting techniques.
Students are not assessed on their ability to "play" hockey, but on their ability to demonstrate proficiency in fundamental movement skills such as balance, passing an object, aiming, and shooting skills.
Ways to support P.E. at home
Increasing student flexibility and strength: basic stretching, warm up activities, such as supported sit-ups, and supported push-ups. Wall push-ups are a great support for students.
Increasing students accuracy with throwing and catching objects, and balance (hopping on one foot, standing on one leg)
Fine Arts (taught and assessed by Ms. B,)
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