Friday, 18 December 2015

Self Portraits

In art, students have been working on self portraits. Below are some of the photos their portraits were drawn from. They will be bringing them home today, with poems we wrote, to share with families.

 

 
 

 

 

 

 

 

 

  

 

Sunday, 6 December 2015

Festive Spirit Days -Week before Winter Break

Upcoming Spirit Days for the week before the winter break.

Monday December 14th: Red and Green Day
Tuesday December 15th: PJ Day (Avalon Visit)
Wednesday December 16th: Elf Day (Orangeville Theatre Play)
Thursday December 17th: Reindeer Day
Friday December 18th: Santa Hat Day

Sample test questions for Thursday's Retest

Very similar questions to these will be found on the measurement retest Thursday Find the perimeter of the shape below…





Find the area of the shape below (B x H /2)


Find the area of the shape below (B x H)





Find the area of the shape below (Base A + Base B/2 x H)





Convert the below measurements…


10 mm = 1 cm
100 cm = 1 m
1000 m = 1km


7 cm = __________ mm 300 mm = _________ cm 4500 m = __________ km


12 cm = __________ mm 9 km = ___________m 2m = __________ mm



What units of measurement would you use to measure the following…


1) a grain of rice  ________________ 2) a hockey rink _________________________


3) a book ______________________ 4) a long drive ________________________



The area of a rectangle equals 6 cm2. What are all possible side lengths?
Which side lengths equal a perimeter of 14 cm?




What is the relationship between the area of a parallelogram and the area of a rectangle?




Friday, 4 December 2015

Agenda Items

Update of Agenda items on the board today as there are quite a few.

  • Media-good copy due Monday
  • French Spelling test Monday
  • Book talk (for certain individuals) Thursday
  • Measurement test signed by parent with revisions due Tuesday (last chance)
  • Measurement retest is Thursday -test prep 2nd recess on Tuesday
  • Permission forms for extra help sessions for music with ODSS students -due by Friday Dec 11th if interested
  • Music -playing test on Monday Dec 14th, #24 Lightly Row with a partner
  • Book Fair -our class attending Monday period 3
  • Christmas in the Meadows Thursday evening 
  • Dec. 15th and Jan. 7th- visit to the Avalon in the afternoon for carolling and games
  • Book Orders due December 9th

Thursday, 3 December 2015

Link to music blog

I just want to share the link to the music blog so you can be checking this as well. There is a calendar at the top to keep you updated with upcoming events and you will need to scroll past it to see the new posts. Thanks!

http://musiccmes.blogspot.ca/

Wednesday, 2 December 2015

Area with tangrams

To practice solving area and applying different formulae, students made designs with tangrams. They solved the area for each shape then added the sum of each shape together to find the total area of their design. We haven't finished yet but here are some pictures of their designs. Very creative!






Grade 7 Geography assignment

For the next few weeks, grade 7's are working toward a 10 minute presentation (including 5 minutes of discussion and questions) on a country of their choice. This week most grade 7's picked their place and have started research. If you are interested in seeing the breakdown of information included, I have pasted a picture below. Students are printing off information, in their own words, to read from during the presentation. They are not meant to be reading from their slides. If you're interested to see their progress, or assist with direction, they can access their slideshow from home on the cloud.

Thanks!