When it comes to the writing strand in Language Arts it is expected that students are able to generate, gather, and organize ideas and information to write for an intended purpose
and audience. To be able to draft and revise their writing, using a variety of informational, literary, and graphic forms and stylistic elements appropriate for the purpose and audience.
This link may assist students in developing their writing skills.
http://www.scholastic.ca/kids/booksandauthors/tipsforwriters/
Monday, December 15, 2008
Science (Global Warming)
Heat energy plays a critical role in natural processes and in human life. Global warming has also
focused considerable attention on the processes that control temperatures at the earth’s surface.
By acquiring a working understanding of the nature of heat, students in Grade 7 will gain new
insights into the ways that heat affects our world. Students will learn about the causes and effects
of heat, investigate its properties, relate it to geological and meteorological processes, and use
their new-found knowledge to design a device to minimize heat transfer. They will also use the
particle theory to help them explain their observations.
Here is a website that you and your family can partake in to see what kind of footprint you are leaving on our earth.
http://www.zerofootprintkids.com/kids_home.aspx
focused considerable attention on the processes that control temperatures at the earth’s surface.
By acquiring a working understanding of the nature of heat, students in Grade 7 will gain new
insights into the ways that heat affects our world. Students will learn about the causes and effects
of heat, investigate its properties, relate it to geological and meteorological processes, and use
their new-found knowledge to design a device to minimize heat transfer. They will also use the
particle theory to help them explain their observations.
Here is a website that you and your family can partake in to see what kind of footprint you are leaving on our earth.
http://www.zerofootprintkids.com/kids_home.aspx
Math Geometry and Spatial Sense
When it comes to Geometry and Spatial Sense: constructing parallel, perpendicular, and intersecting lines; sorting and classifying triangles and quadrilaterals by geometric properties; constructing angle bisectors and perpendicular bisectors; investigating relationships among congruent shapes; relating enlarging and reducing to similar shapes; comparing similar and congruent shapes; performing and describing dilatations; tiling a plane; plotting points in all four quadrants This link is a great way to practice geometry and spatial sense.
http://cemc2.math.uwaterloo.ca/wired_math/
http://cemc2.math.uwaterloo.ca/wired_math/
Social Studies (History)
In Grade 7, the study of history focuses on the development of Canada from the seventeenth
to the early nineteenth century. Students investigate the contributions of significant groups
and individuals and develop an understanding of Canada’s European roots. They study the
early settlements of North America and their impact on the First Nation peoples and on English-
French relations. They examine the economic, social, and political challenges facing New
France and British North America, as well as the course of conflict and change in the two
colonies that culminated in the rebellions of 1837–38. Emphasis is placed on the development
of critical thinking skills, including the ability to examine issues from more than one point
of view.
Here is a link that may assist you and your families as we work through the New France settlement section of the History curriculum strand. http://www.canadianheritage.org/books/canada3.htm
to the early nineteenth century. Students investigate the contributions of significant groups
and individuals and develop an understanding of Canada’s European roots. They study the
early settlements of North America and their impact on the First Nation peoples and on English-
French relations. They examine the economic, social, and political challenges facing New
France and British North America, as well as the course of conflict and change in the two
colonies that culminated in the rebellions of 1837–38. Emphasis is placed on the development
of critical thinking skills, including the ability to examine issues from more than one point
of view.
Here is a link that may assist you and your families as we work through the New France settlement section of the History curriculum strand. http://www.canadianheritage.org/books/canada3.htm
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