Miss Eisen's Grade 6/7 Gators

Thank you again for your patience as I updated the blog! As always, please check my Twitter account for more regular updates. The MATH and LITERACY pages have been updated. This week is another busy one! We have our grade 7 immunizations, bus safety, spirit assembly, and Halloween dance. Amidst this busy-ness, we are in the middle of our Math Congress! What is this, you might ask? Stay tuned for my next post on the SUB PROBLEM where I will be discussing open-ended math problems, gallery walks, and congress. For now, please ask your son/daughter about what they have been learning in math congress ( Hint : adding fractions with common denominators and repeated addition/multiplication). In Dance , we are currently working on a variety of Swing Dance moves (i.e.: walking step, step touch, triple-step, kick ball change, the Charleston). I hope to update our ARTS page in the coming weeks with more information! In Social Studies , we are looking at key components of Canada and are...

Hello Families! An artistic creation by our Phoebe Eco Campers - Ephemeral Art Thank you for your patience with blog updates. With eco camp and other engagements that have pulled me out of the classroom, there is a lot of catching up for me to do! Despite my absences, there are many new and exciting projects underway in our classroom! Some of these include our new learning about fractions, presenting on what makes us Canadian, learning how figurative language is used, researching healthy living while learning how to write an effective summary and more! Please stay tuned throughout the week. I hope to have a more comprehensive update available to everyone by the end of this week. A preview of our new math investigation!