LAST DAY OF APRIL!

It is hard to believe but April is almost over! April's snow and showers will bring May's beautiful flowers!

HOMEWORK DUE ON THURSDAY:

• Define 5 of the spelling words, and write a complete sentence for each word; please use hand writing and put effort into creating exciting, imaginative sentences
• READ the rest of chapter 10 in Voices and Visions and complete the work sheet; put extra effort into the chart that summarizes provinces joining Canada after 1867

SPELLING TEST on Chapter 10 words IS THURSDAY:

1. perspective
2. prospector
3. topographic
4. Vancouver
5. Confederation
6. province
7. territory
8. reserves
9. residential
10. Labrador
11. referendum

READING COMPREHENSION TEST:

• Grade sevens will write a reading comprehension test on Wednesday
• This test will give insight into your ability to understand (comprehend) what you read
• Providing a multiple choice reading test now will also prepare you for the final exam which is in a similar format

SEES BEHIND TREES:

We have completed our novel study of Sees Behind Trees. I hope you enjoyed this wonderful novel! Your work will be evaluated for marks. Learning goals of the novel study include: reading, responding by writing, practicing organizing our work, practicing hand writing and speaking/listening (reading out loud).

APRIL 28: SPRING IS BACK! I hope everyone enjoyed the glorious weekend weather!

*** SEES BEHIND TREES DUOTANG DUE TUESDAY, APRIL 29***

note: you do not need to do #4, chapter 9

THIS WEEK IN SOCIAL STUDIES:

• Chapter 10


• Province research: in groups, we will explore how/why/when Provinces joined Canada after 1867


• Review Ch. 8/9 test as a class


• Beginning preparation for Canadian Mapping Project

THIS WEEK IN LANGUAGE ARTS:

• Hand in Sees Behind Trees duotang


• You will be assigned your final project for Sees Behind Trees


• Spelling test using words from chapter 10 (Voices and Visions); pre test Tuesday, Post test Thursday

STUDENT VOTE: It is official; Chief Tecumseh is the most popular famous Canadian (at least among the choices you were given). He really is an epic part of Canadian history and I am honoured to have taught you about this famous Canadian.

Here is a map of Canada in 1905 after Alberta officially became a province:

WEEK OF APRIL 21-25

SOCIAL STUDIES TEST THIS WEEK:

• Tuesday: You will write a test on chapter 8-9 from your Social Studies textbook
• The major themes of the test are: the Metis people, the railway and expanding Canada
  

HOMEWORK

• You were to complete a paragraph summarizing the history of Roger's Pass for Monday
• A poster advertising Roger's Pass/The Canadian Rockies. Due: Wednesday
• Sees Behind Trees work up to chapter 8 should be completed by Wednesday; please stay after school or sign out a book if you need to catch up

LAST WEEK

• We continued learning about how the railway expanded Canada including learning about the infamous Roger's Pass
• Wrote and learned about the debate over Tibet and the Olympics in China
• Completed a spelling test
• Read chapter 6-7 in Sees Behind Trees
• Finished chapter 9 in our Voices and Visions textbook
• Digitized and published (on the wise window) your NWMP posters advertising recruitment

PRACTICE YOUR LITERACY AT freerice.com

Featured below is a real poster from the late 1880's advertising the CPR as a way to take a holiday in the Canadian Rockies

APRIL 15

SOCIAL STUDIES HOMEWORK DUE TOMORROW:

1. Art Poster assignment (page 201 in your textbook) depicting NWMP recruitment
2. Spelling word work: sentences with each word and definition of each word
3. Ensure that you have read chapter 9 completely

SPELLING WORDS FOR TEST - THURSDAY

1. natural resources
2. railway
3. transcontinental
4. agricultural
5. century
6. prairie
7. surveyor
8. protective
9. policy
10. Olympics
Bonus: resuscitation

Learning about the importance of the railway:

The railway was a key factor in Canada's development. If the railway had not been built, Canada would not have grown the way it did; who knows, we might not even be here today! It is hard to imagine how terrible the working conditions must have been for the Chinese rail workers. They must be given credit for their contribution to building a transportation link that would change this land forever.

SEES BEHIND TREES

You will be assigned chapter 7-8 questions on Wednesday. Please have read up to chapter 8 by the end of this week (Friday is April 18).

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