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Welcome to Gr. 7

+A bit about Mr. Bienvenu

Went through Catholic Education system in Victoria: St Patrick’s Elementary, St. Andrew’s Secondary

Graduated from High School at sixteen and then spent the next 7 years in University:

UNBC- Natural Resources Management

UVic: B.A. in History and English, BEd.

+Entering the Vocation of Teaching

Youth Leadership Groups, Recreation, Coaching

Practicums: Catholic Education System VS Public

+Starting Out

+Moving home

+My Philosophy

Engaging students in learning: learning targets, involvement in choosing content, developing rubrics and discussing assessment, accessing student strengths.

Learning Community: Safe and supportive classroom, peers, teacher, parents, priest, support staff all involved.

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Course Outline

+Religion:

Term 1:Christian Identity Confirmation Preparation, Service, Saints and the Beatitudes, The Creed and a Foundation of Faith, Exploring the Gospels

Term 2: A Christian Way of Life Confirmation Prep. Sacraments and Sacramentals, Exploring the Liturgy of the Word, Pentecost and the Holy Spirit, Vocations Trip

Term 3: Our Christian Mission Easter and Pentecost, Confirmation Preparation, Chastity Education, Development and Peace Project

Ongoing: Scripture Study, Student Led Prayer, Rosary, Saints of the Week, Sunday Mass Journals,

+Mathematics

Math Makes Sense 7 textbook in class this year.

Typical Lesson: Review, Teacher Modeling and Instruction, Exploration, Practice, Assess

Assessment formative (ongoing) and summative (at the end of a unit). Short quizzes, homework questions, reflections, word problems, and unit problems will all be part of assessment. A unit test will complete each unit.

Term 1 – Unit 1:Integers; Unit 2: Patterns and Relations;

Term 2 – Unit 3: Fractions, Decimals and Percents; Unit 4: Circles and Area; Unit 5: Operations and Fractions

Term 3 – Unit 6: Equations; Unit 7: Data Analysis; Unit 8:Geometry; Additional Topics and Review

+Language Arts

Read independently for at least 30 minutes each day, logging their reading and journaling (beginning this week)

Literature circles and at least one novel study (The Giver)

Vocabulary, grammar, sense of style and audience in their writing. Write well-developed paragraphs, essays, short stories, poems and more.

Nelson Literacy program texts

Students will also begin participating in a classroom blog and will generate and respond to material posted there.

Assessment: group work, reading response questions, projects, oral and written participation, presentations, written paragraphs and essays, quizzes, and tests.

+Social Studies Ancient Worlds

Draw connections between their own lives and the lives of others, particularly those who have been part of past civilizations; Concept of citizenship, Canadian Charter of Rights, implied rights and responsibilities of being a citizen of the world. Design and assess a realistic plan to address a real-world community or global issue.

Assessment: homework questions and reading responses, in class participation in discussions, short quizzes, projects, oral presentations and longer written responses. Students will also be given unit tests to complete each unit.

Term 1: Unit One: Connecting to the Past, Unit Two: Introduction to Civilization

Term 2 and 3:Unit Three: Exploring Ancient Civilizations, Unit Four: World Connections

+Science

BC Science 7 text.

Assessment will include: experiment reports, homework and in class questions, projects, oral and written participation, as well as short quizzes. Unit tests will follow each unit.

The content is broken down into three main organizers, Biology, Chemistry and Earth Science.

Term 1: Unit 1: Organisms and their Environment; Unit 2: Cycles in Ecosystems; Unit 3: Ecosystems and People

Term 2: Unit 1: Characteristics and Properties of Matter; Unit 2:Classifying Matter; Unit 3: Exploring Solutions and Mixtures

Term 3: Unit 1:The Earth’s Composition; Unit 2: Earth’s Moving Crust; Unit 3: Earth’s Changing Surfaces

+Art

Students will be asked to incorporate visual art into their projects, assignments and in class responses. We will look at a variety of art forms and will analyse visual arts styles from a variety of social, historical and cultural contexts.

In addition to the visual art that students will incorporate into their subject based assignments, we will spend a portion of each week engaged in an “art study” period. Students will be asked to look at a particular facet of the visual arts and will use that time to respond critically and creatively. Students will be asked to use the knowledge gained in the “art study” period to create their own works. Students will follow directions from the teacher to create art in a variety of styles and forms.

+Health and Career Education Set goals and create plans to help them achieve those goals.

Job types and identify skills that are transferable to a range of situations (time management, problem solving, etc.).

Analyse factors that influence personal health decisions and will describe strategies for attaining and maintaining physical, emotional and social health during puberty and adolescence.

Identify characteristics of healthy relationships and describe a variety of influences (both positive and negative) on relationships.

Identify and demonstrate behaviours that can prevent stereotyping, discrimination and bullying and will discuss factors that might influence substance misuse. Students will also work to identify strategies for being safe in a variety of situations.

+Field Trips And Special EventsThere are various field trips and special events proposed for

this year.

Term 1PE Outdoor Education: (Camp Elphinstone) Spirit Day-Optional weekend event (Religion)

Term 2Religion: Vocation Trip/Abbey Visit (Dec.)PE: Whistler Ski Trip (March)Science: Matter Mania, Chemistry (In Class)

Term 3Science – Dig It, Earth Science (In Class)P.E. – Disc Golf Grade 7 Farewell

Possible Geology Related Trip in the Third Term

+Homework Expectations

Talk to your child about homework (agenda check*)

Students in Grade 7 will have approximately an hour of nightly homework. Math and Language Arts will be assigned every night, while other subjects will be assigned only some nights.

Late Assignments: Must be completed. Student’s responsibility to catch up. I will inform you if three or more assignments late (or if a recurring issue)

Assessing: Math check up, teacher vs self assessment

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GOD BLESS!