Good evening everyone,

Tonight students have math, chapter 4.1 questions 1-8.  Don't forget, we are still accepting donations to our Breakfast with Santa, Silent Auction, held this Saturday December 4th.  You have until Thursday to get those in.  Thanks!

Hello again, tonight students have some math to do, Chapter 4-Getting Ready.  We are beginning Probability in class- a data management topic.  We have studied each of the 5 strands in math now.  You will see, on the first report card, a mark for all the strands, and that mark will likely reflect one, if not two unit topics.  Students also have some word work to do. There are some worksheets on verbs, adverbs and adjectives.  Practice of these help word choice when writing our descriptive pieces.

I've sent home our theme for breakfast with Santa.  Arts and Crafts is the "new" theme.  Primitives didn't go well.  I hope you can help us.  This is our big fundraiser for the year and, remember, the money all goes to the kids and our classrooms.

Have a great night!

Hello all, 

Students have a math test tomorrow morning. All of chapter 12- patterning and algebra will be on the test.  This has been a difficult unit for some. Students should be reviewing concepts and practicing problems from the unit to prepare.  Good luck!

Good evening all,

We are working on finishing up chapter 12.4 in the math textbook.  Inequalities are proving to be a difficult concept for some students.  If  you get a chance, go over some of the ideas with them and do some practice. They will get it eventually, it just takes some time.  Students are also working on some descriptive writing- they are working with vivid verbs to enrich their personal pieces.  Tonight they need to type out their good copies and have them ready for tomorrow.  With the finished piece, a friend from class will use the writing piece to make an illustration of what they wrote.  The more detail in the writing will make it easier for the friend to do the drawing.  As always, students can email me there draft and I will print it off before they get to class!  Don't forget a title page and double spacing!

Have a good night!

Many students have not finished chapter 12.3 in the text and many are struggling with the "equation of a line" concept.  It's taking some extra time but we will get there. Please sit with your child and go over some of the ideas in the chapter.  You may consolidate a few concepts for them.  Also, students have a graphic organizer to complete.  We are studying descriptive paragraphs and students have to work backwards from a descriptive piece and generate an organizer to show the link between ideas. 

Have a great night!

I want to let all our parents know that I was pleased with the maturity shown at our remembrance day ceremonies.  It's that type of leadership we expect at East Gary-way to go intermediates!  We had a great afternoon making biscuits as part of our mixtures and solutions unit.  We discussed some scientific issues related to cooking and it appears we have some budding chefs in the bunch.  Students will be moving on to History and Geography next week and I will be teaching the 6-7's science.  I don't think everyone heard me say that math, chapter 12.3 should be finished up for tomorrow.  Students have a dance tomorrow afternoon- it's a $1 to get in- if they choose not to go to the dance, they can spend some time in the games room.  Also, we have our theme for Breakfast with Santa, we are choosing "Primitives".  You may have seent primitive stuff in the Country Sampler magazine and there are many stores around the area that have these items.  Any and all donations would be greatly appreciated.  I also will be attempting to contribute to the occasion.

Have a great night!

Good evening, 

Tonight, students have some language to finish up as well as math in chapter 12.3 1-8.  A number of students need to do a better job with organizing their work- particularly in math.  We've emphasized the importance or working through equations from top to bottom, ensuring that each step is mapped out according to each students level of understanding.  If students require multiple steps to work through an idea or concept, they should be mapping each step out.  Likewise, it helps to draw a picture as another opportunity to understand what the question is asking.  Students are encouraged to underline chapters, sub chapters, dates and important information as they work through units.  Working on these things helps organize concepts for studying later on and students get a real sense of accomplishment when they know their evaluative marks are partly due to his/ her conscientious efforts.  

Just a reminder that magazine and east gary wear orders are now over due.  On November 11th, we will be having our Remembrance Day assembly in the gym at 10:00am.

Just a note, yesterday we worked on a website called myblueprint.ca  This is a website dedicated to tracking our students professional learning plan from grade 7 all the way through to grade 12.  I encourage you to look at the website with your son or daughter and make some long term plans that you can record.  This is a great website, each student has their own unique log in and password.  Ask them about it!

Thanks! Have a great night!

Good Evening all, tomorrow we have a Science Unit test on Pure Substances and Mixtures.  This is a culminating unit test-students will be moving on to History and Geography next week.

Just a reminder that this week is the last week for magazine orders and it will also be the last week for EAST GARY-RAIDER WEAR.

Have a great night!

Good afternoon all!  Hope you had a "spooktacular" Halloween-my family had a a blast.  Students completed their unit tests for Pythagorean Theorem and they will be getting those tests back tomorrow.  Be sure to ask for them- most did quite well.  We are now moving on to Algebra, chapter 12.  Students have chapter 12.1 questions 1-8 to complete.  Students are presenting their language commercials on Friday and they have a Science Unit test on Thursday.  Students are allowed 1, 1 sided, 8X11 sheet of paper as a crib note.  No copying, all crib sheets must be original. 

Have a great night!

MM