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!