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. 

 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

 

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!