Diffy! and Labour Dispute

This week we have started each of our math classes with another dice game.  This one is called "Diffy".  The grade 6 students are working on basic subtraction facts, while the grade 7 students are working on adding and subtracting integers.  As always, winners earn Good News tickets.  Ask your child the rules.  Every Friday each student records the rules in their math journal, independently.  This is the first week that they will be for evaluation (they have received feedback for previous games).

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Again we had more words presented this week.  We have made it to the bottom of the class list and will begin again!  Check the calendar.















As we continue to work on the latest reading strategy - visualizing - we used this mentor text this week and sketched what we "saw" while I was reading to the class.  We also answered a connection question so that we can continue to hone and maintain that skill as well.

It is true that yesterday I (and many other teachers) were detained before the start of the school day by picketers at our school.  First of all, some staff arrive early so they missed this event, and administration was at school so all students were supervised and well cared for.  Our class has discussed the possibility that this could happen again, and if it does, all students are to work on:
1. independent reading and their book talk 
2. reader's response when one is due 
3. the narratives they are working on (or any other writing piece as this may continue for a while).
There are always instructions on the board for the students to follow too.  Please remind students that the virtue of patience will come in handy in these situations.  Thank you for your support.