Wednesday, September 26, 2012

Tomorrow: Sept 27th!

School Photo Day!

Dress nicely!  :)

Tuesday, September 25, 2012

Tomorrow: Sept 26th

Bring a Toonie for Terry!!

Terry Fox Run/Walk

Mrs. Robertson's class:  Don't forget to wear blue!!

Need to choose 5 headings from this list for SS Project

Headings for SS project

Government    Clothing
History        Sports
Landmarks    Holidays
Language        Imports/Exports       
Music        Population #'s
Dance            (birth rate, death rate, life expectancy)
Education        Entertainment
Military        Water Sources
Food            Stereotypes
Tourist Attractions    Everyday activities
Transportation        Celebrities
Hometown            Myths from the area
Religion
Landforms
Climate
Geography
Economy
Shelter
Water Source

Social Studies "Culture is Cool" Project

Weekly Goals:

Week 1:  Sept 28

Choose a Country
Complete, colour, fill out, hand in family tree
Choose 5 headings

Weeks 2:  Oct 5

Research 5 topics
fill out pink sheet
pictures (2 or 3 found online)

Week 3:  Oct 12 (4 day week, Oct 8th is Thanksgiving)

All 5 headings researched - notes are done!
2 hand -drawn pictures

Week 4:  Oct 18 (4 day week, Oct 19th is Provinical Pro-D)

Organizing pink sheets into note sections
Starting Rough Drafts
map (continent with the country.  Need Capital City of Country)

Week 5:  Oct 26

Rough Draft's finished
Rough Draft's edited
start Good Copies

Week 6:  Nov 2

Poster is due on November 2nd
Good copies typed
poster put together
hand in


Mastery of the Basics Multiplication Hints

32 x 22 =

    32
x  22
____
   64
 640
____
 704


*remember to put a zero on the 2nd line down in the 1's place!  You're now timesing by the 10's place.

Mastery of the Basics Addition Hints

Addition:

1)  Line up numbers correctly.
Whole numbers together (line up the 1's, 10's, 100's together, etc.)
Decimal goes to the right of a whole number  (7  = 7.0)


Ex.  6 + 124.5 + 362

     6.
 124.5
362.
______


2)  Line decimals up vertically, including answer

0.3 + 0.927 + 0.85

0.3
0.927
0.85
______

Wednesday, September 5, 2012

Welcome English 8

Welcome to English 8! 

WELCOME

WELCOME TO MS. ROBERTSON'S GRADE 7'S!!

We are going to have a wonderful year!
Please check this website daily as homework will be updated on this, as well as information about upcoming events in our classroom and school.

Have a great start to your school year, Grade 7's!