News from Div 1...
On this page, you will find important dates, events, and what is being covered in the classroom. Directly below is an overview of what we're learning about this month as well as a calendar of events for the month.
September - This month we are working on...
Establishing the classroom environment:
Special Grade 7 Projects, Trips, etc:
Literature circles, language arts, and literacy instruction:
Career Education:
Applied Design, Skills, & Technology:
Social Emotional Development:
- Building of routines, leadership, responsibility, & expectations (including continued Health & Safety expectations
- Community development through social responsibility, building emotional intelligence, and peer support systems
Special Grade 7 Projects, Trips, etc:
- Grade 7 hoodie design submissions
Literature circles, language arts, and literacy instruction:
- Initial formal assessments in the areas of reading, writing, and spelling
- Introduction to spelling and word work programming
- Beginning of set-up for Daily 5 literacy instruction for middle years students - carrying out tasks from the Daily 5 menu, including some student choice
- Formal general math assessment
- Introduction to Guided Math stations and routines: Math Journals for note-taking, practice, problem solving and communication, Math Vocab, Math Games, math problem practice, creating how-to videos explaining mathematical processes
- Initial unit reviews dependent on assessment outcomes
- Re-introduction to basic vocabulary and phrases
- Exploring ways to state preferences, likes, and dislikes with simple reasoning
Career Education:
- overview of Core Competencies - linked to individual personal strengths
- self-assessment of personal strengths, abilities, skills, preferences, attitudes, values, etc.
Applied Design, Skills, & Technology:
- Development of an ADST class contract for device use
- Critical question explorations: What is technology? Is technology good for you? What are the social implications of technology today
Social Emotional Development:
- Development of daily MindUP practice - self-regulation to be calm, alert, and focused
- Development of our classroom Mindfulness Contract: what it means to be mindful of ourselves and others in the classroom and other social setting
- Developing leadership skills through the creation of class jobs such as Student Lead
School Calendar
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