Just a reminder to everyone out there, to look towards the sky tomorrow night, December 21st. Saturn and Jupiter are to align and we should see a Christmas star.
Hope everyone's having a good holiday. Merry Christmas to everyone. And a very Happy New Year.
Mr. D. Ross
Here is the homework for this evening:
Christmas Trivia projects - both the Christmas trivia and the Christmas Carol trivia project need to be completed because the rest of them are going to be presented tomorrow.
Christmas Messenger Returns - writing assignments will be submitted tomorrow.
Parents:
Since we are losing a few students tomorrow, I would like to wish them a Merry Christmas and all the best for the New Year.
Just a reminder to all parents to pay attention to any news over the course of the Christmas vacation in case there is a disruption of our return to school on January 4. Emails have been sent home to parents from administration. Students will be bring home numerous items tomorrow so maybe pack an extra bag so they can carry everything.
That's all for this evening. Have a good night.
Mr. D. Ross
Here is the homework for this evening:
Christmas Trivia - due tomorrow
Christmas Carol Trivia - due tomorrow
A Christmas Carol (novel) - Stave 3 due tomorrow
All of the above are assignments that are on the Google Drive - they can be accessed there and also completed there.
Parents:
Just a reminder that the students will be having a turkey lunch on Wednesday. There will be no drinks provided so students will have to bring their own.
That's for tonight. Have a good evening.
Mr. D. Ross
Here is the homework for this weekend:
A Christmas Carol - students are to finish answering the questions to Stave 3 of the novel; assignment is found on the Google Classroom (6/7)
Christmas Trivia slideshow presentations - students are to have finished and submitted their Christmas Trivia slideshow; we will begin presenting these on Monday; assignment found in the Google Classroom (6/7)
The Christmas Messenger Return - continue working on or submit if finished the story / poem that they have written about the return of the Christmas Messenger.
Parents:
Still have some final touches to put on the door and we will have pictures of our door for Monday. Its looking really good.
That's all for this week. Have a wonderful weekend.
Mr. D. Ross
Here is the homework for this evening:
Art - bring in a set of markers - needed for the transparency art that we will be working on in class tomorrow.
Parents:
Thanks for all of the decorations. Door is almost finish. Should be done by tomorrow. I will post a picture of the final product then. Have a good night.
Mr. D. Ross
Here is the homework for this evening:
English - A Christmas Carol - answer all of the questions for Stave 2 of the novel, we will be taking up these questions tomorrow.
Christmas Trivia - students are to have create a slide presentation with trivia facts about Christmas; 10-15 questions - 3 slides per question - outlined on the Google Classroom - we have been working at this for a couple of weeks now so needs to be finished at home - due on Monday next week
Parents:
Last call for an extra Christmas decorations. Tomorrow is operation decorate the door. Thank you to those who have already brought in decorations. I hope that we get everything completed tomorrow so that I can take a picture and post it here on the blog.
That's all for tonight. Have a good evening.
Mr. D. Ross
Here is the homework for tonight:
Nothing!
Parents:
We had a busy day with the picture being taken in the gym. In regards to homework, there would be just too much if assigned form homework - we can make time tomorrow for completion.
Still looking for some decorations for our door which we are going to assemble on Thursday. Thanks to those who have contributed. Have a good evening.
Mr. D. Ross
Here is the homework for this evening:
Math - finish the "secret message" that they are to plot out the coordinates for and submit an answer back
Christmas Trivia - finish the Christmas trivia slideshow that they have been working on in the Google Classroom; presentations of these slideshows will start next Monday.
Parents:
Just a reminder that tomorrow is Picture Day here at the school. Also if you have any spare Christmas decorations (lights, tinsel, cards) that you will not be using this year; if we could borrow them for our door decorating contest. Items will be returned to you in the new year. Thanks in advance.
That's all for this evening. Have a good night.
Mr. D. Ross
Here is the homework for this weekend:
Operation Door Decorating - there is a contest going on here at the school where each class is to decorate their classroom door. There are many good looking doors right now at the school, but we have decided to have "Operation Door Decorating". We are asking for some assistance with this task. If you have any spare Christmas decorations that we may borrow (it will be returned to you in the new year) to send it to school. We are looking for a few items:
Christmas lights (preferably indoor lights)
Toilet paper rolls - empty (for a manager scene)
Tensile
Non-breakable bulbs
Old Christmas cards
Basically anything you can spare would be greatly appreciated. Please do not buy anything. I think that we will have a lot to use if every one was able to spare just 1 item. We have a great plan and looking forward to putting up our door and sharing pictures of it with you next Thursday! Judging is going to be in the final week of school on Tuesday, December 15th. Thanks in advance.
Parents:
That's all for this week. Have a wonderful weekend.
Mr. D. Ross
Here is the homework for tonight:
English - A Christmas Carol - the questions for Stave 1 have been sent out to the students and we have listened to the entire first part of the story. Students are to have completed and submitted the first part for correction; due on Monday.
Math - Secret message - students are to have the coordinate and the message drawn out on a Cartesian plane ready for sharing tomorrow.
Art - those who are interested in submitting their Keep the Christ in Christmas art to the Knights of Columbus contest must fill out and return the permission/release form and bring it back tomorrow.
Parents:
That's all for today. Have a good evening.
Mr. D. Ross
Here is the homework for this evening:
Financial Management - Currency - this project was started a couple of weeks ago, we are going to bring it to a close this Friday. Lots of class time has been dedicated to its completion. Michigan sales tax 5%, HST 13%, duty 13% of the Cdn price, bridge fare $8.
A Christmas Carol - we have begun reading this in class today - we are doing Stave 1a and have read as far to answer up to question 6 on the worksheet. Please complete for tomorrow.
Parents:
Just a reminder that next Tuesday, December 8th is Picture day here at the school. That's all for tonight. Have a good evening.
Mr. D. Ross
Here is the homework for this evening:
Math - Geometry - students were to draw a shape (9 points) on the Cartesian Plane and write out the coordinates for the shape that they have drawn. This will be needed for an activity being done in class tomorrow.
Parents:
Just a reminder to listen to the radio whenever there is bad weather so that you know if buses are running and (although highly unlikely) schools are closed. There is a link on this blog that will inform you of bus cancellations.
Have good night.
Mr. D. Ross
Here is the homework for this weekend:
Science - students are asked to go through the Google Classroom and make sure that all assignments for there various units have been completed - Grade 6 - Space; Grade 7 - Heat. We are going to be starting new units next week (Grade 6 - Flight / Grade 7 - Form and Functions)
Parents:
That's all for this week. Just three weeks to go before Christmas break. Have a good weekend. Stay safe. Have a good evening.
Mr. D. Ross
Here is the homework for this evening:
Math - Integer test was returned. Students did well for the most part. Please sign and return.
History / Social Studies - quizzes tomorrow on New France (Gr. 7) / Canadian Government and Flags (Gr. 6)
Progress Reports - please return the envelopes and the tear of portion back to the school please.
Parents:
That all for this evening. Have a good night.
Mr. D. Ross
Here is the homework for this evening:
Gr. 7 - History - New France test on Thursday - True/False style quiz: this is on the Fact Cards (10) that we have worked on in class; all work for these Fact Cards are to be submitted by Monday, November 30.
Gr. 6 - Social Studies - quiz on Thursday on Canadian Flags and Government - multiple choice format (use Kahoot to help you memorize the flags); all work that is in the Social Studies folder needs to be complete by November 30
Parents:
Today a sheet went home regarding the Picture Day that is coming to the school - sorry I forgot to give those out at the end of the day yesterday.
That's all for this evening. Have a good night.
Mr. D. Ross
We are back online!!
Sorry for not updating the homework page lately, I had some signing in troubles. Now that problem seems to be rectified hopefully I can keep this up to date between now and at least until the Christmas break.
Here is the homework for this evening:
Math - Integers - test tomorrow on adding, subtracting, multiplying and dividing. Should be an easy test, best review practice is to go over any worksheets that we complete on the Google Classroom the past couple of weeks.
Parents:
It was really nice to get the opportunity to talk to some of you last Thursday. As I said to many of you, I hope that we get the chance to meet face-to-face before the end of the school year.
Just a couple of noteworthy items. Please listen to the radio any day that we may have bad winter weather to see if the busses have been cancelled or in the unlikely event, schools are closed.
Tuesday, December 8 is Picture Day at the school. Forms were sent home this evening with information pertaining to Picture Day.
Google Classroom - if you want to be added to the Google Classroom, jsut send your email address to school with your child and I will add your name to the classroom and Google will send you an email with an invitation to join. This might be very handy to have access to if the COVID numbers get to high and the Ministry of Education decides to send schools online.
That's all for this evening. Have a good night.
Mr. D. Ross
Here is the homework for this evening:
Math - Area of irregular shapes - worksheet given to the students and on the Google Classroom (same one) - due on Wednesday.
Fast Food Project - using Google Sheets - use the commands to add up the totals for this project.
Parents:
That's all for tonight. Have a good evening.
Mr. D. Ross
Here is the homework for this evening:
Math - Area of Irregular shapes - Google Classroom assignment - complete questions #1, 2, 3 and 4
English - finish the slideshow on your favourite monsters; finish the questions on "The History of Halloween" - all answers can be copied and pasted.
Parents:
Tomorrow is black and orange day at the school. Students are allowed to wear their Halloween costumes, but they are not allows to wear costume masks, makeup or bring in any props for their costumes - JUST COSTUMES ONLY!!! We are also not allowed to hand out any Halloween treats in the classrooms. Thank you for your understanding in this matter.
That's all for today. Have a good night.
Mr. D. Ross
Here is the homework for this evening:
English - upcoming assignments due on the Google Classroom - Book Reports for the month of October due on Friday, October 23; Chariots of Fire essay due Thursday, October 22; Chariots of Fire test on Thursday, October 22
History / Science / Social Studies - there are several worksheets that need to be completed on the Google Classroom (mostly grade 7). Take time in the evening to work on some these; class time was given for completion, but we have to continue moving forward.
Parents:
It is important that we work with the students to ensure that they stay on top of the work that is published in the Google Classroom. This is important in the event that we experience another COVID shutdown. Unlike last spring when this occurred, students are going to be expected to work on the Google Classroom in the event that a lockdown occurs. We hope that this allows all of us to continue with your child's education, with little disruption to curriculum, in the event that we cannot attend school.
The Google Classroom is also important so that students, if they are away for an extended period due to illness, as has been occurring; a student can still manage to keep up with the work that is being done in the class daily.
With the Google Classroom students are going to need to know how to access, create and submit assignments. We are practicing this everyday hoping to develop your child's expertise with the program. Please encourage your child to work with this program as much as possible when they are at home. Thank you. Your efforts in this matter are greatly appreciated.
That's all for this evening. Have a good night.
Mr. D. Ross
Here is the homework for the weekend:
Math - worksheets on Perimeter and Circumference (Google Classroom)
Art - all Terry Fox and Rhonda Snow to be completed for Monday.
Parents:
That's all for this week. Have a wonderful weekend.
Mr. D. Ross
Here is the homework for this evening:
Math - Perimeter - Google Classroom assignment - complete the work assigned on the 2 sheets; 4.2 #4-21 and 4.4 #1-6
English - Chariots of Fire essay - 1 paragraph on 7 possible topics; due next Thursday; test next Thursday (quotes and short answer)
Parents:
That's all for this evening. Have a good night.
Mr. D. Ross
Here is the homework for this evening:
English - finish answer the questions to Part 5 of Chariots of Fire; we are going to take these up tomorrow. Essay question for Chariots of Fire. Students were given a choice of several topics to write a 1 paragraph essay on the story of Chariots of Fire. This is due next Thursday and it must be submitted on a doc through the Google Classroom. There is also going to be a small test (quotes and short answer questions) on Chariots of Fire next Thursday.
Google Classroom - there are several assignments in the subjects of History and Science that some students need to get caught up on and submit in the Google Classroom. Gr. 6s are doing fairly well, but still some outstanding; Gr. 7s unfortunately have a little more to complete.
Parents:
Good day. I hope that everyone had a wonderful Thanksgiving weekend, considering all of the unique circumstance that we have encountered this year. I would just like to remind parent to maybe have a talk with you child about the Google Classroom and have them show you some of the work that they have been doin and have submitted. It is real important that we are all familiar with this program in the event that we have another COVID shutdown. This will be the primary platform of use if such an event should occur.
Thanks all for tonight. Have a good evening.
Mr. D. Ross
Here is the homework for this evening:
English - bring in the book that you are going to do your October book report on. Time will be given in class to complete this task.
Terry Fox - tomorrow we will be going outside and doing our Terry Fox run. If you want to make a donation to the Terry Fox Foundation, these can be done via school online only.
That's all for this evening. Have a good night.
Mr. D. Ross
Here is the homework for this evening:
Chariots of Fire - answer the questions and the quotes for part 4
Math - unit test on Thursday; Google Classroom there are several worksheets that the students can used as practice to sharpen their skills for the test and seek help on Wednesday if they encounter difficulties.
History - Gr. 7 - finish the questions on Samuel de Champlain and Jean Talon.
Parents:
We will be having our Terry Fox run on Thursday and Friday of this week. If you care to make a donation to the Terry Fox Foundation, you can do so online. Unfortunately, due to COVID, we will be unable to accept cash. Our goal as a school this year to try and achieve a dollar per student - very similar to Terry Fox's dream of getting 1 dollar for every Canadian back when he was running his Marathon of Hope.
That's all for this evening. Have a good night.
Mr. D. Ross
Here is the homework for this evening:
Math - BEDMAS worksheet (2.10) continuing looking at Order of Operations questions that contain exponents; we are going to be having a math test on numeration on Thursday (factor trees, GCF, LCM, exponents and BEDMAS are the topics).
Parents:
Sorry for not sending out a post yesterday - forgot to hit the send button - my fault!
We are still looking for a couple of Student Verification Form (blue sheets) and a couple of walking excursion forms. If we could have those sent back to the school asap it would be greatly appreciated. If you need another copy of the form, just let us know and we will get one to you.
That's all for this week. Have a great weekend!
Mr. D. Ross
Here is the homework for this evening:
Math - BEDMAS worksheet (2.10) finish questions #1-26; this worksheet deals with questions that have exponents in the questions.
Parents:
Welcome to October! That's all for this evening. Have a good night.
Mr. D. Ross
Here is the homework for this evening:
Math - Worksheet 1.17 #1-8, 15-18 and #21-24; these are Order of Operations questions (BEDMAS); lots of time given in the class to complete; calculators allowed' show all the steps.
Parents:
Hasn't been much to post the last couple of days. Monday and Tuesday we had the opportunity to watch a complete of good presentations celebrating Orange shirt week. The students were very well behaved and I think that they got something out of the deal. Tuesday we have a great art lesson from an artist named Rhonda Snow.
That's all for this evening. Have a good night.
Mr. D. Ross
Here is the homework for this evening:
Math - daily math quiz corrections; 1 math worksheet - finish the first side (marked 1.8 and 1.9)
Chariots of Fire - finished answering the questions and quotes for the first part.
Parents:
Please keep sending in those book forms (Student Information Sheets). They are very important to the office for contact information. And we are still looking for a few more walking excursion forms; new forms were sent home today for those whom we are still waiting for. Please send back to the school asap. Thank you.
That's all for tonight. Have a good evening.
Mr. D. Ross
Here is the homework for this evening:
Math - daily quiz corrections
Science - finish the Google Form on Types of Energy (due on Monday) - there will be some time given in class throughout the remainder of the week for this assignment.
Parents:
That's all for today. Please remember to send back any forms that have been sent home this week - Student Information Forms and Walk Excursion Forms. Please return these to the school as soon as possible. Thank you.
Have a good night.
Mr. D. Ross
Here is the homework for this evening:
Math - GCF & LCM worksheet - a lot of time was given today for this to be complete so there hopefully will not be a lot to finish (Google Classroom posted); daily math quiz corrections.
English - elements of a novel - finish reading the 3 stories of their choice and list the elements of a novel found within those stories (Google Classroom posted)
Parents:
A school information form was sent home today. Please look over the form and return it to the school. Makes changes on the form and any changes need to be made and sign the form. Thank you.
I asked the other day that if students can bring in a pair of headphones that would be very beneficial to some of the tasks that we will be doing down the road. Today each students got their own Chromebook, hopefully we will be able to keep these Chromebooks for the rest of the year, but at least for a little while we have them. Thanks to Mr. Morrison for this.
That's all for this evening. Have a good night.
Mr. D. Ross
Here is the homework for this evening:
Math - students given a worksheet today (on the Google Classroom also); students are to go over the math sheet to see if there is anything that they may not understand with the work that is going to be assigned. Students will be given time in tomorrow's math period to complete this worksheet on GCF and LCM. Daily multiplication corrections.
Parents:
Was wondering if you could get some more supplies for your child. What I am looking for is that each student has his/her own set of headphones. Also if you could get a headphone jack splitter. We only have a limited amount of Chromebooks right now and we may have to share from time to time to watch a couple of videos. With headphones it will assist in bringing down the noise level in the class and also help the students focus with the task at hand. Thanks for your assistance in this matter.
That's all for this evening. Have a good night.
Mr. D. Ross
Here is the homework for this weekend:
Math - answer the following 4 questions on GCF (Greatest Common Factor) and LCM (Least Common Multiple:
1. Find the LCM for 9 and 6
2. Find the LCM for 12 and 4
3. Find the GCF between 18 and 32
4. Find the GCF between 45 and 15
English - finish the media literacy assignment that is on the Google Classroom - COVID and TV Commercials; make sure that you hand in the assignment. We are going to present these on Monday.
Have a good weekend.
Mr. D. Ross
Here is the homework for this evening:
Math - daily quiz corrections
English - "All About Me" presentations continue tomorrow
Here is the homework for this evening:
Math: Do a factor tree (prime factorization) for the following numbers and put your answers in exponent form;
56, 64 and 160
Write the following exponents in expanded form and calculate the answer.
2⁵ 9⁴ 3⁹
English: All About Me presentations - make sure that these presentations have been submitted to the Google Classroom.
Here is the homework for this evening:
Math - daily quiz corrections; math assignment on the Google Classroom (prime and composite numbers / factor trees)
English - bring in a novel for silent reading; All About Me Presentations start tomorrow.
Here is the homework for this weekend:
Math - corrections from the daily multiplication quiz (5 times each mistake)
English - All About Me projects - due on Tuesday for those who were here on Sept 10 and due Wednesday for those who were here on Sept 11 - to be completed on Google Slides and submitted/handed in to the Google Classroom.
Parents:
Next week we come together as a class. It was a real pleasure meeting everyone and I look forward to all of us coming together.
Have a great weekend.
Mr. D. Ross
Welcome back!
Good evening. I have received numerous questions from students and parents regarding what school supplies the students may require this year. Here is a small list.
Chromebooks - if you borrowed a Chromebook last spring during the COVID lock out, please bring it back to the school. You student will continue to use that Chromebook in the classroom. This is important because we will be ensuring that the students know how to use Google Classroom and how to get and submit assignments in the, hopefully unlikely event, that we have to remain at home again for a short period.
Personal devices - if you have a personal device at home, either a laptop or tablet, that you would like your child to use at school, the school still has the Bring Your Own Device program and you are welcome to bring that device to the school and we will get it hooked up with our system. Please do not feel that students have to bring a device, we will provide. This is voluntary only.
Essential supplies:
Pencil crayons, markers, scissors, glue sticks - simple art supplies. We are not suppose to be sharing items, thus bringing your own will ensure that this followed.
I would recommend a water bottle. Drinking fountains will not be used this year. We do have some filling stations for water bottles. Students will be allowed to have a water bottles on their desk during the course of the day and allow to refill it.
Calculators - I have some calculators in the classroom, but not enough for every student. If you purchase a calculator, do not purchase an expensive one. This is not necessary. The calculator that I use regularly, I bought from the dollar - 15 years ago. The only recommendation that I have for calculators is that they have the square root symbol/ability.
A novel - we will be doing daily reading. I would like the students to have a novel (chapter book) at their reading level. This novel may be either purchases or borrowed from the library. Tablets with the Kobo book app, or similar, may also be brought in.
School Supplied:
At the school, we will supply the students will notebooks, duo-tangs and paper; pencils and pens. You are welcome to get your own, but do not feel obligated, the school will supply these items.
Parents:
If there is anything that may be required in the future, I will give you ample notice. If you would like to receive an email notification for updates from this blog, please sign up with your email below this post. Emails are sent out in the evenings at 7pm. Sorry I cannot change the time.
Looking forward to an excellent year. If you have any questions or concerns, please feel free to contact me here at the school or via email (david.ross@sccdsb.net); and I would be more than happy to address them. Hopefully, sometime in the near future, we may have the opportunity to meet face-to-fact. Until then, have a great weekend, stay safe and God bless.
Mr. D. Ross
