Monday, November 2, 2020

 Important Dates for Div.3

Friday, Nov.6 -Internet Safety Talk/presentation with our Saanich Police officer in the morning.

Tuesday, Nov. 10- Remembrance Day assembly in the morning.

Wednesday, Nov.11-Remembrance Day- no school.

Friday, Nov. 13- Course Completion Day. Students dismissed at 11:51am.



Students are really doing great with their Novel Study project presentations. Way to go, Div.3.


Friday, October 23, 2020

 Important Dates for the week of Oct. 26-30

Language Arts- Students will be working on a creative writing called, "A Pumpkin Story".  Students will start this story on Monday and have time throughout the week. Students may need to work on this story at home during the week. They will be given a simple criteria sheet that they need to follow in order for students to achieve their personal best. The story will be due on Friday, Oct. 30. We will be sharing some stories in class on that day. 

Novel Study- Their booklet for "Elephant in the Garden" is due on Monday, November 2, 2020. Their projects for this novel is now due and students will start their presentations this week. Presentations will continue into next week. 

Math- Grade sevens are finishing their work on integers and will have a quiz on Thursday, Oct. 29th.

Grade sixes are finishing their work on multiplying larger numbers (three digit by two digit) and their quiz will also be on Thursday, Oct.29.

Physical Education- The class is very close to completing a unit on Soccer. Our next unit will be on Basketball.

Social Studies- The class is finishing up their studies on Early Man. The class was able to complete a quiz on Early Man last week. Students are also responsible for completing a google doc/slide called, Would you rather?- Cro-Magnon or  Neanderthal. This mini-project that was done in groups is due.

Tuesday, Nov.3, 2020.

Science- Please check with your child to see how they are doing with their Science Project on the Solar System. 

Happy Halloween Everyone.



Friday, October 16, 2020

 Important Dates for Div.3 for the week of Oct. 19.

Tuesday, Oct. 20- Parent Teacher Interviews. Students dismissed at 11:51.

I will be emailing families on Monday, Oct. 19. with the zoom meeting identification code and password.

I look forward meeting families on Tuesday and Wednesday afternoon.

Tuesday, Oct. 20- Social Studies Quiz on Early Man. Students will prepare for this quiz on Monday at school. They may study for this quiz on Monday night. Questions will be true or false questions only. 

Wednesday, Oct. 21-Parent-teacher interviews continue. Students dismissed at 11:51.

Friday, Oct.23 Pro-d day no school. 

The class is almost finished reading "The Elephant in the Garden". Projects and Novel Study booklets are due very soon. 



Thursday, October 8, 2020

 Important Dates for Division 3 for the month of October

Monday, Oct. 12-Thanksgiving holiday no school.

Wednesday, Oct. 14-French Quiz for Grade 6 and 7's.

Thursday, Oct. 15-Grade 6 Immunizations in the cafeteria.  PLEASE RETURN YOUR FORMS TO THE OFFICE AS SOON AS POSSIBLE. Thanks to everyone who has done so.

Tuesday, Oct. 20- Parent/teacher interviews in the afternoon. Students dismissed at 11:51.

Wednesday, Oct. 21- Parent/teacher interviews continue. Students dismissed from school at 11:51.

Friday, Oct. 23-Pro-d day. No school for students.


Monday, Oct. 26- Elephant in the Garden project due.




Monday, September 28, 2020

 Important Dates for Division 3 for the week of Monday, September 28.

Monday, Sept. 28-Pro-d day-no school.

Wednesday, Sept.30- Photo day.

Wednesday, Sept. 30-Orange shirt day

Thursday, Oct.1-Meet the Teacher on Zoom. 4pm-5pm.

Monday, Oct.5- Math Quiz- Whole Numbers for Grade 6 and Decimals for Grade 7.

I will email parents a meeting ID number and a password very soon. 



Monday, September 21, 2020

 Div.3 Important Dates and Information for the week September 21.

Novel Study Projects 

Students have started working on a google slides project on one of the following topics. Elephants, World War Two or Germany. Students have been given a criteria sheet for this project. These projects will be due on Monday, Oct. 26. Please ensure that your child has started on this project. Students may have to do some of this project at home. Students are responsible for presenting their project to the class or privately to their teacher.

Important Dates 

Monday, September 28- Pro-d day no school.

Wednesday, September 30-Photo day

Monday, October 12- Thanksgiving-no school. 

Division 3 families- Please return the package of forms back to the school signed as soon as possible.

Thank you for your support




Tuesday, September 15, 2020

 

Dear Parents/Guardians of Division 3 (Grade 6/7 Eng);

I would like to take this time to introduce myself as your child’s classroom teacher for 2020-2021.  I am very happy to be part of Arbutus Global Middle School and its community.  I look forward to working collaboratively with students, parents and my fellow colleagues.  I am very confident that it will be a fun and successful year for everyone despite the circumstances.

Please check this blog weekly, as I will be posted new information and important dates on this site every few days. 

Here are a few things that Division 3 will be working on very soon.

Language Arts

Novel Study-  Grade6-"An Elephant in the Garden." by Michael Morpurgo. Students will have novel study activities for this novel. I strongly encourage students to keep their work in a duo-tang ( any colour).  We will be reading this novel in class. We will be working on this novel for about six weeks.

Grade 7- Students will have a choice between "An Elephant in the Garden" or  "The Hobbit".  Students in Grade 7 will be responsible for making a shoe-box diorama for the novel study along with a booklet. 

Personal Writing- Students will be working on personal writing skills on a weekly basis. Students will be writing about their weekend and occasionally their work week. 

Math

Grade 7  textbook will be Math Links 7.

Grade 6 textbook will be Math Makes Sense 6.

Both grades will focus on basic facts as a review for the first week.

Specific topics for Math 6 and 7 to be posted at a later date.


Social Studies

Students will be studying Ancient Civilizations this year. Our first unit will be on Early Man.  Details about this unit to follow.

Science

Mr. Tymoshuk will be covering the Science this year for our division. Please contact him if you have any specific questions about Science. Science will not start until the week of Sept. 21. 


Physical Education

Our gym times this year will be on  Monday, Tuesday and Friday mornings. Also on Wednesday afternoon.  This term we will focus on Soccer skills, fitness runs and cooperative games.

Parent/Teacher communication

Families can contact me through my district email. It can be found on our school website.


Binders and Duo-tangs

Students are responsible for having a binder or duo-tang for the following subjects; Math, Language Arts, Science, Social Studies and French. One big binder with dividers will probably work best with most students.  Students are responsible for their own loose leaf paper, pencils, pencil crayons and erasers. Their own pencil sharpener would be very helpful. Please check with your child’s Science teacher in regards to their expectations around organization.

 Classroom conduct and behavior

I believe that all students have a right to learn and to be safe.  It is important that students understand what it means to be kind, caring and respectful. Throughout the year, we will be reviewing the school’s code of conduct with discussions, activities and role-playing.  The school’s code of conduct fits very well with our classroom conduct and expectations. 

Once again, I look forward to a successful year working with students and parents, despite the challenging times. I truly believe that it will be a great year once again!


Tuesday, April 7, 2020

Tuesday, April 7, 2020.

Dear Families and Students,

It is wonderful to see that almost every student has joined Google Classroom and has started or completed work for Journal writing, Math and P.E.

Families and students please check your email today, as I have just posted a new assignment in the Language arts sections of Google classroom.

Students are to be working on this on their own pace as they work towards achieving their personal best.  

Stay well and stay in touch.

Mr. S.

Friday, April 3, 2020

Dear Families of Div. 3

Please check your child's gmail as they are being invited to google classroom. Students may start working on assignments as of today but I'm not excepting them to until Monday. There are currently three assignments for next week.

I will not add any more to the current three assignments in terms of workload, but I may add something else on the weekend of early next week in a different section.

Also, please contact me if you are in need of a tech. device for your child's learning. The school will like to know if you need one. They will be providing them for you.

Please stay tuned for what day and time you can come to the school to pick up any school or personal items. I am still waiting for the official word on this from Mr.Parker.

Please check this blog every day or two for any new information.

Hoping everyone is well and safe.

I hope to connect with the kids on video calls in the coming days or weeks at the latest.

F. Scigliano
fsscigliano@sd61.bc.ca

Monday, March 30, 2020

Dear Students and Families of Division 3

As we are entering a very unique time, I wanted to write a simple note for today. Monday, March 30, 2020.

The entire staff at Arbutus is working together to provide ways to communicate with you all.

I hope everyone is well and staying safe.

If you would like to contact me for any school matter, I welcome it and you can reach me at my district mail.

fsscigliano@sd61.bc.ca

I not sure that I have all the answers right now but it would be nice to hear from you.

I will be trying my best to contact families again in the following days and weeks about wellness and possible learning opporturnites.

Stay safe and take care

F. Scigliano

Thursday, March 12, 2020

Important Dates in April

Wednesday, April 1- field trip to observatory at Uvic. We are walking there.  There is no cost.

Friday, April 3- Math quiz on Geometry. Details for this quiz coming soon. 

Friday, April 3- Swimming at Gordon Head Pool in the afternoon. This trip has been paid for.
We are walking to the pool.

Friday, April 10- Good Friday-no school.

Monday, April 13- Easter Monday-no school.

Tuesday, March 3, 2020

Important Information for Division  3

My apologies to families of  Division. 3 for not posting this information sooner.

Math
Students have recently completed a quiz on rates and ratios. The quiz results will be available very soon for the students to view and they may take their quizzes home if they choose to.
Students are currently working on a geometry unit which includes measuring and drawing angles. Most students have a protractor to use for these activities. Please check with your son/daughter that they have a protractor. Extra protractors may be available at the school to borrow.

Language Arts
Students are very close to completing a novel study booklet for"Flipped". The due date for this booklet will be Monday, March 9th. The class will be looking at some poetry in the very near future. The class will be watching the movie for Flipped in the last week before spring break to celebrate our learning. 

Healthy Choices
Students are very close to completing their third healthy choices project on healthy drink. Our class goal is for most students to present their project in class and share their drinks with classmates. Please check in with your son/daughter that they have completed their slides and if they will make a drink to share at school.

Important Dates for the month of March

Monday, March 9-Novel Study booklet due.

Tuesday, March 10-Healthy Choices presentations begin and continue for the rest of March.

Wednesday, March 11-Report Cards going home.

Friday, March 13-Movie at Cinecenta in the morning-notice for this event coming soon.

Monday, March 16- Spring Break begins school is closed.

Monday, March 30-Students return from Spring Break-school re-opens.

Friday, February 7, 2020

Fractions quiz next Monday, Feb. 10

Here are the topics that students can use a guide to study for their quiz.

1. Drawing a simple picture (rectangle or circle) and shading in the numerator so that it represents the fraction given.  Example- 1/2-show a circle divided into two equal parts and one part is shaded.



2. Identifying  what is a mixed number and an improper fraction. Example 7/4 is an improper fraction.

3.  Converting mixed numbers to improper fractions and vice-versa.  5/3 is equal to 1 2/3.

4. Showing lowest terms. Example  3/6 is equal to 1/2. 

Students can use both their Journeys in Math text book and Math makes sense book to help them study.

Tuesday, February 4, 2020

Important Information for Division 3

Math
Students are busy with their fraction work as we get ready for our quiz on fractions next week. See important dates.

Language Arts
Students are working on their novel study booklet for "Flipped".  This booklet should include a title page, completed work sheets, fifteen questions created by students and a comic strip. We are planning to complete by book by the end of the month or early March. 

Physical Education
Students are nearly finished with their volleyball skill work. A short but comprehensive skill work test will take place next Monday. Our next unit in Physical Education will be Dance.

Health Education 
Students should have completed H.C. Part 2 on social/community health. We are now starting a new project on a healthy drink. For this project, students will be sharing a drink that they made with the class. Talk to your son/daughter about this project. Please contact me if you have any questions about bringing/sharing this smoothie/juice or tea.

French
Students are working on completing a project for winter carnaval. This project needs to be complete and presented to the class or private presentation by the beginning of next week. 
Important Dates

Friday, Feb.7- Swimming in the afternoon.

Monday, Feb. 10- Volleyball skills test.

Monday, Feb 10- Quiz on Fractions.

Wednesday, Feb. 12- French project due.

Friday, Feb. 14-Pro-d day no school.

Monday, January 27, 2020

Important information for Div. 3 for the week of Jan. 27.

Math
Students have now completed their work on Measurement. Students were quizzed on this last week. We have now started a unit on Fractions.

Language Arts
Students continue to work on their novel study booklet for "Flipped". A comic strip assignment was recently included for our studies. 
Students continue to work on their personal writing skills weekly with our "Weekend Journals".

Physical Education
Students are currently working on volleyball skills in the gym and fitness runs outside, weather permitting.

Health Education
Students have completed their work for Social Community Health and they are now presenting their work to the class. Our next project for health will start in early February. 

French
Students are close to finishing their projects on Quebec's Winter Festival. Some students have completed their oral presentations to the class. More presentations for this project will continue this week. 

Important Dates 

Wednesday, January 29- "Human Library" at the school. Guest speakers from our community will be here to talk about a variety of topics.

Wednesday, January 29-School Assembly at 2 pm. 

Friday, February 14- Pro-d day no school.

Monday, February 17-Family Day Holiday.
Students presenting their research projects on Quebec's Winter Festival for French. 

Monday, January 13, 2020

Important Dates for Div. 3 for the week of Jan. 13-17.

Friday, Jan. 17- Math Quiz on Measurement.

Monday, Jan. 20- Pro-d day no school.

Wednesday, Jan. 22- Student Led Conferences- Students dismissed at 11:51.

Thursday, Jan. 23- Field trip to Museum for Salish Sea. Newsletter going home for this very soon.

Tuesday, January 7, 2020

Important Info for Div. 3- January 2020

Welcome back students and hoping everyone had an enjoyable Winter Break!

Math
Students have completed their work on Perimeter and Area. Students are now working on Measurement. 

Language Arts
Students have now started a new novel called, "Flipped".  Students are responsible for completing a booklet for this novel. Due date will be sometime in February. Students will also be performing a skit as one of their activities for the novel. 

Physical and Health Education
Students will be working on volleyball skills and dance movement skills over the next few weeks. For Health Education, Student are almost finished their work on social community health. A new project for healthy foods will start at the end of January. 

Important Dates in January

Monday, January 20th,- Pro-d day no school.

Wednesday, January 22nd- Student Led Conferences in the afternoon. Students dismissed at 11:51.

Wednesday, January 29th- School Assembly.