Gr 7

Reminder that lab reports are due Monday. This was assigned 10 days early and there are no excuses for late assignments in this case. All students were assigned a group and can get the data from group members if they were absent on either or both days of the potash experiment. Specific expectations are on my whiteboard on the right hand side, or ask a classmate.

Mrs. Redpath

Gr 7 science quiz tomorrow

Remember, tomorrow is our science quiz on metric conversions and classifying matter. There will be 10 questions for each of the two topics. Afterwards we will be making Bohr models of atoms. Hope you all had fun on the ski trip today :) 

-Mrs. Redpath 

Gr 7 metric conversions practice answers

Above are the answers to the new practice sheet for next Wednesday's quiz. 

Below are the answers for the sheets we corrected in class yesterday: 

The quiz will be 10 metric conversion questions and 10 classifying matter questions. Make sure you understand HOW to classify matter, don't just memorize the answers above. If you do not understand, ask a classmate or email me. The key for solutions vs mechanical mixtures is that in a solution, the added substance has DISSOLVED, while in a mechanical mixture, the components have not dissolved, but are just mixed.

K and gr 1

Check out the fabulous leprechauns by our grade ones, courtesy of our teacher candidate Ms. Haynes! Students chose from Orange, red or brown for the beards, and then drew their own hats and faces. There are some pretty funny little guys up there, including one with a unibrow! Pop in to the school and take a peak! 

Hanging from the ceiling you will see Pots O Gold by the kindergarteners. They cut out the pots, glued on the coins, and constructed a rainbow paper chain. This was a second project on Color theory for the kindergarteners. They can name the primary and secondary colors. To the left you can see the color and texture tiles displayed on a color wheel. The kindergarteners build letters from plastercine, while the grade 1s experimented with texture by composing an assortment of random objects. 

What creative kiddos :)

Gr 7

Science- the unit exams were overall well-done. This was an inquiry unit, culminating in student presentations. As such, a significant portion of the learning took place while listening to the presentations, with teacher clarification when needed. The class will receive their marks on Wednesday, as I am away at a pd tomorrow. Any student concerned with their mark may speak with me regarding extra credit assignments. We have started our chemistry unit as of current. It is a little more challenging. Let me know if your son or daughter needs extra practice with any of the skills. I am always willing to send home extra practice. Additionally, there are 3 extra credit papers already provided to bolster the marks of students who may struggle with math and/or formal testing. There will be a unit quiz in about 2 weeks. I will post more on that next week. 

Art- our next art project will be a color-mixing assignment with paints. I am blocking off an entire week (3 hours) for this project, and as such we will not be doing for a couple of weeks to make up the time in science. Each student needs to bring an 8x8 inch Color print-out of an image that they would like to use for the painting project.