7S is Keeping Busy

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In 7S students have been learning many concepts and mastering new skills. In Science we have started term 2 learning about heat and temperature, with many hands on experiments. In Social Studies students are learning human rights and are currently researching people who have fought for human rights. In Math they have started to learn about Percents applying many of the concepts learned from previous units. ELA we are wrapping up comprehension strategies. In Home Ec. and I.A students are learning many hands on skills that will benefit them for years to come.

What we are up to in 7D

This term in 7D, we have been very busy! In ELA we finished off our unit on Identity. The students worked hard to write an expository essay all about themselves and who they are. We also got a little bit artsy by visually representing our own unique identities on a mask. Check out some of our awesome work 😊

Masks

Recently, we have started a whole class novel study on “The Giver”!

So far, we have read up to chapter 4 following the unique structure below:
I read one- two chapters at a time, out loud to the students. They follow along and we have mini discussions throughout and after. We are working on using/ identifying reading strategies for Comprehension, Accuracy, Fluency and Expanding Vocabulary.
Once we finish our reading, the students work in partners on their task for each chapter. Each group works on a different task! These tasks are all guided towards different multiple intelligence's ad are presented by the students. After our book talk, the work gets put up onto our bulletin board. Take a sneak peek to see some of the hard work that we have been doing while studying “The Giver”.