Sept.26 Language

Seedfolks:  Maricela monologue chp.11

• What did you think of Maricela and her attitude at the beginning of the chapter?
• Who had a positive impact on Maricela?  What did she help her realize?
• What 2 things are being compared in this chapter? (hint: "the miracle of life")

Sept.26 Curriculum Night Outline

Curriculum Night 2013

Gr.7 Di Croce & Tassone

Di Croce's class:  stsimondicroce.blogspot.ca
e-mail:  stsimongr7@gmail.com

Tassone's class:  tassonestsimon.blogspot.ca 

Italian: Signora Donato
French: Madame Viselli
Instrumental Music: Miss Kotiliarenko

Check your child's class blog on a daily basis to see what he/she is working on. Every entry is archived and is always available for reference.  

Alternating rotary subjects: 
Tassone: Science & Math
Di Croce: Language & Geography/History

Fall Curiculum Focus:

Numeracy: factors, multiples, order of operations, ratio, rate, percent

Data Management: analyzing graphs, mean, median, mode

Patterning: relationships table of values, algebraic expressions

Measurement: area of parallelogram, triangle, trapezoid

Language novel study: making inferences, identifying theme, expressing opinions, making predictions, making connections, discussing life lessons, character analysis, vocabulary development

 Ecosystems, interactions in the environment

Place & location, mapping, connections to our city











Intermediate student expectations:

• demonstrating good character/leadership
• greater self-motivation to succeed
• working collaboratively, constructively, creatively 
• more ownership, responsibility for task completion
• improved organizational skills, prioritization
• time management, transitioning between subjects/teachers

Our school board welcomes BYOD (bring your own device) i.e. laptop, tablet, e-book readers exclusively for school purposes including:

• word processing MS Word
• multi-media PowerPoint, Prezi, MovieMaker
• e-mailing tasks
• blog updates
• Google research