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Ms. Coburn's September Newsletter 2009 Click
here.
History
and Geography Long Range Plans
Parent
Handbook on Special Ed.
Daily
Physical Activity
(Every Friday)
Class
7/8 Schedule
Class
6/7 Schedule
Class
81 Schedule
Class
82 Schedule
Class
83 Schedule
Class
73 Schedule
Westdale
Public Library
Programs
of Choice
| Extended/Alternative
Lessons |
A LONG WALK TO WATER > A Breakfast Serials Story written by Linda Sue Park and illustrated by Jim Averbeck > We will be starting March 22, 2010. NEW
Bitstrips:
Creating Curriculum related comics online. Click here
for further details. Click here
to logon.
Gifted
Grade 7 & 8 selected students will attend a Math Enrichment Program
every Wednesday, Period 4 involving McMaster University students.
Dalewood Gifted Students will continue to be involved in a Secondary School
Review Project with our board, lead by Superintendent Sharon Stephanian
and direction provided by former HWDSB Superintendent Nora Campbell. It
is an examination of secondary education for the 21st Century as opposed
to Revitalization. We are discussing what schools should/or may look like
in the future. Click
here for further details.
Educational
Software Review by Linda
Coburn
First
Class Login
Mr.
MacLean's Website (Science)
Virtual Tools
| Comprehensive/Balanced
Literacy |
 Modelled
Reading
What is Modelled Reading? Click here
for details.
In
"Modelled Reading” someone reads a story, book of fiction,
news article, picture book, essay, poem, or trades a book to another person.
Children
usually ask questions about the Modelled Reading selection, and these
questions lead to explanations, making connections and questions by the
reader, informal discussion skills are indirectly developed through Modelled
activities.
During
an interactive modeled-reading the teacher engages in a series of activities,
including: pre-viewing the book; asking students to make predictions and
connections to prior knowledge; stopping at purposeful moments to emphasize
story elements, ask guiding questions or focus questions; and using oral
or written response to bring closure to the selection.
Shared
Reading
What is Shared Reading? Click here
for details.
Allows
teacher to model
En-large
text read over period of days
Teacher Introduces
book (vocabulary, style etc.)
It
focuses on meaning, fun, enjoyment and sequence of story (encourage to
relate to own experiences)
Make
predictions
Spontaneous
participation (choral, drama, masking activities etc)
Guided
Reading
What is Guided Reading? Click here
for details.
Groups
with approximately 3-5 students have been created by the teacher (Ms.
Coburn).
Texts
will be carefully selected at the students’ instructional level
using a variety of text forms and genres (e.g., fiction, non-fiction,
and media). The teacher uses multiple copies of the same text.
Before
the reading, the teacher introduces the book, activates prior knowledge,
draws attention to text features and key vocabulary
Students
read the whole text or portions to themselves. Teacher may move around
and ask a student to make their reading audible as reading continues.
The
teacher listens, and observes the reader and records the reading behaviours,
supports the student’s attempts, records the needs for instruction
and provides teaching ‘points’ as appropriate
After
the reading, the students discuss the teaching point to check for understanding,
reread the text for support, and engage in responding to the text through
a variety of grade appropriate activities
Independent
Reading
What is Independent Reading? Click here
for details.
Independent
Reading is a time when students self-select and independently read appropriate
books.
Independent
Reading provides an opportunity to apply strategies that are introduced
and taught during teacher modeled reading, shared reading, and guided
reading.
The
self-selection process of Independent Reading places the responsibility
for choosing books in the hands of the student
While
students are free to choose what they like, they must be encouraged to
select a variety of literature and to select materials at their independent
reading level. Independent means 95% to 100% accuracy as defined by running
records. These materials should be able to be read without teacher support.
It is at the independent level that comprehension, vocabulary extension,
and fluency are improved. |
Gifted
Grade 6 | Gifted Grade 7 |
Gifted Grade 8 | Regular Class Grade 8
| Advisor 8
Please note that Report Cards will be distributed on Wednesday, March 31st. Term 3 began the 1st week in March.
Math Expectations for Term 3 will be updated later this week.
Grade 8 final culminating tasks were graded and handed back for History. I have sent advisor cards home that require a signature for those students who did not adhere to timelines. Please feel free to email me directly or call to inquire. Ms.Coburn
Grade 8 Students worked on 'Canada's Economy and the Depression in the 1930's" which was due on Friday, March 12th > Some students did not hand in the assignment. Please feel free to email me directly or call to inquire. Ms.Coburn
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Gifted 6
Class Assignments and Due Dates |
Gifted 7
Class Assignments and Due Dates |
Gifted and
Regular Grade 8 Class Assignments and Due Dates |
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Math,
Language and Social Studies |
Math, Language,
History and Geography |
History and Geography |
| Language:
Written Journal:
- Due for review on Tuesday, March 9, 2010
> Click here
for a rubric. Some students did not hand it in for review. NEW
Poetry:
Discovering
Literature Text:
Guided Writing:
- Informative Writing:> Congratulations to Jack for representing our class at the Dalewood Speech Contest.
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Language:
Written Journal:
- Due for review on Tuesday, March 9, 2010
> Click here
for a rubric. Some students did not hand it in for review. NEW
Poetry:
Exploring
Literature Text:
Guided Writing:
- Narrative Writing:> Congratulations to Jessica for representing our class at the Dalewood Speech Contest.
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Gifted Grade 8:
History:
The Development of Western Canada
- Historical
Scrapbook Click here
for a outline. Due Date: Week of February, 22nd. (extended) >
Click here
for a rubric. Some
students did not complete the assignment. NEW
Geography: Economic Systems (Term 2)
- Canada and the Depression > Click here for an outline.Due Date: Friday, March 12th Some students did not hand in the assignment. > NEW
- What are Primary Secondary and Tertiary? Click here to find out.
- Your graphic organizer should resemble this example > student example
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Math:
Math Journals: Due date:
Tuesday, March 9, 2010 for review. Some students did not hand it in for review. NEW
Number Sense and Numeration
- We will be using Math Makes Sense Text.
Click here
for some interactive activities (focus on Unit 4).
- Homework: TBA
Measurement
- We will be using Math Makes Sense Text.
Click here
for some interactive activities (focus on Unit 6)
- Homework:
TBA
Geometry and Spatial Sense
- We will be using Math Makes Sense Text.
Click here
for some interactive activities (focus on Unit 3).
- Homework:
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Math:
Math Journals: Due date:
Tuesday, March 9, 2010 for review. Some students did not hand it in for review. NEW
Number Sense and Numeration
- We will be using Math Makes Sense Text.
Click here
for some interactive activities (focus on Unit 9).
- Homework:
TBA
Measurement
- We will be using Math Makes Sense Text.
Click here
for some interactive activities (focus on Unit 6).
- Homework:
TBA
Geometry
- We will be using Math Makes Sense Text.
Click here
for some interactive activities (focus on Unit 7).
- Homework:
TBA
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Regular Class Grade 8:
History:
The Development of Western Canada
- Historical
Scrapbook Click here
for a outline. Due Date: Week of February, 15th. Click here
for a rubric. Some students
have not handed in the assignment.NEW
Geography:
Economic Systems (Term 2)
- Canada and the Depression > Click here for an outline.Due Date: Friday, March 12th Some students did not hand in the assignment. > NEW
- What are Primary Secondary and Tertiary? Click here to find out.
- Your graphic organizer should resemble this example > student example
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| Social
Studies:
HC First Nation Peoples and European
Explorers
Extended Learning
(Canada's Link to the World)
- Students will be researching the Inuit and the Role of the Dogs. Click here for an outline. Due Date: TBA NEW
- The
Greenhouse Effect > Click
here for an outline. Due Date: In class assignment.
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History:
British North America
- War of 1812. Click here for an outline. Due Date: April 9th
Geography:
Natural Resources
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 Gifted:
Grade 6 |
 Grade
6 students will complete DRA
during the month of October 2009 (Completed)
and April 2010.
Grade
6 students will complete EQAO
during May 2010.
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Language
Conventions:
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Vocabulary
Building:
- Students are required to sign up for one
presentation this year. The assignment requires them to
bring two new words to present to the. We
have begun the activity. Click here for an outline. Click here for a students example. (Level 4) Due by June 2010.
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Independent
Reading:
- What is Independent Reading? Click here
for details.
- The Reading Process and Reading Strategies: Click
here
for details. Implement the Reading
Process Checklist when reading, this may help to enhance your
reading experience.
- Student Directed: We are using our Guided Reading
Material for some of our Independent Reading Time. Discussions
with the group, along with teacher input will occur throughout
the process.
- We have finished our At Home Reading Program.
Calendar
and Parent
Letter (Optional)
_________________________________________________________________________________
Modelled
Reading:
- What is Modelled Reading? Click here
for details.
- Students have been demonstrating Modelled Reading in
our to better understand the components of reading fluency, vocabulary
building, informal discussions, awareness of audience and voice
etc.
- Task > Lead by Michael > Each Monday, Period 1 a student (under
the teacher's guidance), will read from a Math related worksheet
(text included) and then explain our meaningful activity related
to the text through informal discussion. Thank you to Michael for taking on this leadership role.
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Shared
Reading:
- What is Shared Reading? Click here
for details.
- Inferring Skills: Students will work on their
skills that enable them to infer about specific readings, cartoons,
pictures etc. Click here
for a lesson example .
- Depth
of Knowledge Levels: Students will work on their
ability to Describe, Explain and Interpret information using depth
of knowledge leveled tasks. Click here
for a lesson outline.
- The Efficient Baby-Sitter > Story > Group Worksheet (In Class Activity)
 Student presented to their peers using a Modelled Reading approach and graded their peers written work with a rubric based on the Six Traits of Writing. This will be discussed as a class after March Break through informal discussion. NEW
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Guided
Reading:
- What is Guided Reading? Click here
for details.
- Students will use the worksheet I
Read/ I Think/ Therefore to collect your data during activities.
- Implement the Reading
Process Checklist when reading, this may help to enhance your
reading experience.
- Students visited our School Library on Wednesday, September
30, 2009 to discuss and select their Guided Reading Novel/Text
with our Lead Literacy Teacher, Mrs. Greve. They were required
to fill out a Guided
Reading Book Selection Sheet to help decide the Genre, Theme
etc.
- Extended Guided Reading Activities: Click here
for a list.
_________________________________________________________________________________
Discovering
Literature Text:
_________________________________________________________________________________
Write-In
Reader (Reading Strategies and Test Practices) Click here for text information.
- Students are reviewing reading strategies
and skills.
- Writing
Journal: This journal will be used throughout
the year and will be a portion of your writing mark for all Report
Cards. (We will record our Reader's Journal Questions and Investigate,
Inquire, and Imagine Questions.) Due for review on Tuesday, March 9, 2010 > Some students did not hand it in for review. NEW
- Click here
for a rubric.
- Write in Reader > Unit 4 Reading Poetry (In class group work)
- We now have a classroom Poetry Website. Click here to review. Thank you to Joel and Jessica (designer) from G6/7 for taking on this leadership role.
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Six
Traits of Writing: TBA
- Guided Writing
>Informative Writing:>Congratulations to Jack for representing our class at the Dalewood Speech Contest.
_________________________________________________________________________________
Math:
Math Journal:
- This journal will be used throughout the
year and will be a portion of your math (reflection, critical
thinking, synthesizing, concepts, strategies etc.) mark for all
Report Cards.
- Homework:TBA
- For an update on Math Concepts covered click here.
Thank you to Julia from G6/7 for taking on this leadership role.
- Math Journals:
Due date:
Tuesday, March 9, 2010 for review. Click here for a rubric. > Some students did not hand it in for review. NEW
Number Sense
and Numeration
- We will be working on solving problems involving division of whole numbers.
- Homework: TBA
Measurement
- We will be working on estimation with length and perimeter (metric system).
- We will work with the area (formula of a parallelogram and triangle)
- Homework: TBA
Geometry and Spatial Sense
- We will be classifying and constructing polygons and angles.
- We will describe location in the first quadrant of a coordinate system and rotate two-dimensional shapes (rotations, reflections and translations)
- Homework:
TBA
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Social
Studies : History
and Geography Long Range Plans
HC First nation Peoples and European Explorers
Extended Learning (Canada's Link to the World)
- The Greenhouse Effect > Click here for an outline. Due Date: TBA
- Students will be researching the Inuit and the Role of the Dogs. Click here for an outline. The student websites are coming along great. We will be defining our website and lauching it after March Break. Due Date: TBA
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Gifted:
Grade 7 |
Language
Conventions:
Vocabulary
Building:
- Students are required to sign up for one
presentation this year. The assignment requires them to
bring two new words to present to the. We
have begun the activity. Click here for an outline. Click here for a students example. (Level 4) Due by June 2010
____________________________________________________________________________________
Independent
Reading:
- What is Independent Reading? Click here
for details.
- The Reading Process and Reading Strategies: Click
here
for details. Implement the Reading
Process Checklist when reading, this may help to enhance your
reading experience.
- Student Directed: We are using our Guided Reading
Material for some of our Independent Reading Time. Discussions
with the group, along with teacher input will occur throughout
the process.
- We have finished our At Home Reading Program.
Calendar
and Parent
Letter (Optional)
____________________________________________________________________________________
Modelled
Reading:
- What is Modelled Reading? Click here
for details.
- Students have been demonstrating Modelled Reading in
our to better understand the components of reading fluency, vocabulary
building, informal discussions, awareness of audience and voice
etc.
- Task > Lead by Michael > Each Monday, Period 1 a student (under
the teacher's guidance), will read from a Math related worksheet
(text included) and then explain our meaningful activity related
to the text through informal discussion. Thank you to Michael for taking on this leadership role.
____________________________________________________________________________________
Shared
Reading:
- What is Shared Reading? Click here
for details.
- Inferring Skills: Students will work on their
skills that enable them to infer about specific readings, cartoons,
pictures etc. Click here
for a lesson example .
- Depth
of Knowledge Levels: Students will work on their
ability to Describe, Explain and Interpret information using depth
of knowledge leveled tasks. Click here
for a lesson outline.
- The Efficient Baby-Sitter > Story > Group Worksheet (In Class Activity) Student presented to their peers using a Modelled Reading approach and graded their peers written work with a rubric based on the Six Traits of Writing. This will be discussed as a class after March Break through informal discussion. NEW
____________________________________________________________________________________
Guided
Reading:
- What is Guided Reading? Click here
for details.
- Students will use the worksheet I
Read/ I Think/ Therefore to collect your data during activities.
- Implement the Reading
Process Checklist when reading, this may help to enhance your
reading experience.
- Students visited our School Library on Wednesday, September
30, 2009 to discuss and select their Guided Reading Novel/Text
with our Lead Literacy Teacher, Mrs. Greve. They were required
to fill out a Guided
Reading Book Selection Sheet to help decide the Genre, Theme
etc.
- Extended Guided Reading Activities: Click here
for a list.
____________________________________________________________________________________
Exploring
Literature Text:
_________________________________________________________________________________
Write-In
Reader (Reading Strategies and Test Practices) Click here for text information.
- Students are reviewing reading strategies
and skills.
- Writing
Journal: This journal will be used throughout
the year and will be a portion of your writing mark for all Report
Cards. (We will record our Reader's Journal Questions and Investigate,
Inquire, and Imagine Questions.) Due for review on Tuesday, March 9, 2010 > Some students did not hand it in for review. NEW
- Click here
for a rubric.
- Write in Reader > Unit 4 Reading Poetry (In class group work)
- We now have a classroom Poetry Website. Click here to review. Thank you to Joel and Jessica (designer) from G6/7 for taking on this leadership role.
____________________________________________________________________________________
Six
Traits of Writing: TBA
- Guided
Writing > Narrative Writing: >Congratulations to Jessica for representing our class at the Dalewood Speech Contest.
_________________________________________________________________________________
Math:
Math Journal:
- This journal will be used throughout the
year and will be a portion of your math (reflection, critical
thinking, synthesizing concepts, strategies etc.) mark for all
Report Cards.
- For an update on Math Concepts covered click here.
Thank you to Julia from G6/7 for taking on this leadership role.
- Math Journals: Due date:
Tuesday, March 9, 2010 for review. Click here for a rubric. > Some students did not hand it in for review. NEW
Number Sense and Numeration
- We will be representing, comparing and ordering numbers, including integers (addition and subtraction of integers).
- Homework: TBA
Measurement
- We will be working real life applications of area measurements and metric conversions
- Homework: TBA
Geometry and Spatial Sense
- We will be classifying and constructing triangles and quadrilaterals
.Click here to review.
- We will work with unique triangles, similarity and congruence
- Homework: TBA
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Geography:
History
and Geography Long Range Plans
Natural Resources (Term 3)
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History:
History
and Geography Long Range Plans
British North America (Term 2)
- You are a "news correspondent - investigative reporter." You will research one or more battles, or events, of the War of 1812. Click here for an outline. Due Date: April 19th Students will be presenting to their class, a classroom in Dalewood and one classroom at another local school. They will be presenting this as a team.
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Gifted:
Grade 8 |
Geography: History
and Geography Long Range Plans
Economic Systems
-
Students will use a graphic organizer (or Smart Ideas) of their choice to record Canada’s economy during the depression in 1930. They will also analyze, synthesize, and evaluate historical information (e.g., determine the Canada’s boundaries in 1930 using a map) . Click here for an outline. Click here for a rubric.
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What are Primary Secondary and Tertiary? Click here to find out.
- Your graphic organizer should resemble this example > student example Due Date: Friday, March 12th Some students did not hand in the assignment. >NEW
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History:
History
and Geography Long Range Plans
The Development of Western Canada
- Critical Thinking: explain how the effective
use of the elements and principles of design contributes to an
art work's ability to communicate feelings, convey ideas, and
enrich people's lives (e.g., the art of scrap booking captures
memories and the history from the past) Due Date TBA
- Historical
Scrapbook Click here for a outline. Click here for a rubric.Due week of Feb. 22nd
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Regular
Class: Grade 8 |
Geography: History
and Geography Long Range Plans
Economic Systems (Term 2)
-
Students will use a graphic organizer (or Smart Ideas) of their choice to record Canada’s economy during the depression in 1930. They will also analyze, synthesize, and evaluate historical information (e.g., determine the Canada’s boundaries in 1930 using a map) . Click here for an outline. Click here for a rubric.
-
What are Primary Secondary and Tertiary? Click here to find out.
-
Your graphic organizer should resemble this example > student example >Due Date: Friday, March 12th Some students did not hand in the assignment. >NEW
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History:
History
and Geography Long Range Plans
The Development of Western Canada
- Historical
Scrapbook Click here for a outline. Due Date: Week of February, 15th. Click here for a rubric.Due week of Feb. 15th
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Advisor
8 : Grade 7 |
Report Cards for Term 2 will be given on Wednesday, March 31st.
We
will now be working on our Annual Education Plan.
The plan will be sent home Term 2 to be discussed and signed by
a parent/guardian. Click here
for further details.
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