The final countdown is definitely ON!! This week was one that packed in a LOT of fun! On Thursday, we performed Avnika’s reader’s theatre script to the other Grade 4/5 classes. It was GREAT!
Everyone thought it was a very well written script and all of you performed your parts very well! You sure are a class that loves the creative side of things! Congratulations again, Avnika, for creating a script that was not only very engaging and fun, but also very informative and current!
We had our final swimming session this week and, as always, it was a great afternoon! The water walkway was open … did you give it a go? What were your favourite things to do at the pool?
There was some learning that took place as well this week: 
How about you quiz your parents and see it they know the following abbreviations: PST, MST, CST, EST, AST, and NST. What do they think these are? Did any of them know that these are the abbreviations for Canada’s six time zones? We learned about why time zones are important and how they work in Canada. We watched a short video and then we did a follow-up activity.
Although Friday was supposed to be our Confederation Park picnic day, the weather forecast did not look favourable at all, so the decision was made to stay at school and have a fun day here. 
We spent the morning playing a variety of different games and we had some outside time as well. 
In the afternoon, we offered three movies ( based on the popular vote) and had the opportunity to watch either DOGMAN, YES DAY, or MOANA 2. What a great way to finish off the week.
Next week we have a few more key things to get done: our Core Competency year end reflection, a final visit with our buddies, and making our growth portfolio folder. We’ll also be packing up all our supplies and bringing everything home.
Don’t forget to bring a sturdy bag to school each day so that you have something to carry all your things home in. Report cards go home on Thursday and our Mega Market Sale happens on Thursday as well.
Your blog response for this weekend is:
1. Which Canadian time zone are we in?
2. If it is 3:00 pm in Newfoundland (NST), what time is it here (PST)?
Have a wonderful weekend Division 7! Three days and one hour left!! 
Mrs. Davis and Mrs. Gil
teamwork are really starting to shine as you prepare for your two big presentation days: Tuesday, June 17th (for each other), and Thursday, June 19th (for the other Grade 4/5 classes). We can’t wait to see the final performances!
Both of these exciting projects are due Monday, so be sure you put the finishing touches on them over the weekend if needed.
Parents, given the scope of this showcase and all the projects to see ( not only in our class but also in the three others), we’d like to invite you to come tour at 2:15 rather than 2:30. We hope you are able to come! We’re very excited to share our learning with you!
It helped that the weather was on our side. A huge thank you to the parent volunteers who joined us—we couldn’t have done it without you!
at the Celebration of Learning Assembly. It’s for all the Intermediate classes, and your families are welcome to join us in the gym! Don’t forget to invite them.
Wednesday, June 11th from 10:00–11:00 AM: It’s our Volunteer Tea! We hope all of Division 7’s parent volunteers can come so we can show how much we appreciate everything you do for us—and for the whole school community.
Thursday and Friday so every class could watch—and wow, Division 7, you shone so brightly! Hats off to Rudy, Ved, Carlos, and Penny for their brave and beautiful performances. Hats off to our virtual performers AND those who submitted art work. So much talent and musicality in our room!
unit on fractions, working on visualizing, drawing, and comparing them. This helped us build a strong understanding before we move on to decimals next week. Remember: a decimal is just another way to show parts of a whole—just like a fraction! Keep working on the Money and Time units in IXL as well! Some of you are really seeing progress and flying through those levels!
based on everything we learned in Digital Literacy earlier this year. Three groups are preparing their performances, and we’re planning to share them in just a few weeks. If they go well, we hope to perform them for the other Grade 4/5 classes too. Thank you, Avnika, for creating such a fun and meaningful story for us!
You all did a great job creating a slide show using French text, images to match, and even animations and transitions. 
All of you did a great job with the French oral component trying your best to pronounce the various descriptions of yourself. This was a big project and for some of you it was a first time creating a power point. Be proud of yourselves! Lots of growth and learning was demonstrated through this! Yahoo!
figure out which fractions are larger or smaller and how to line them up from least to greatest. We used fraction bars and number lines to help us visualize, and we talked about things like equivalent fractions too — fractions that might look different but are actually the same amount. For example, we saw that 1/2 is greater than 1/4, and 3/4 is more than 2/3. It was tricky at first, but pictures really helped!
Some of you are practicing how to read an analog clock and have a booklet to work through. The rest of you continued using the IXL Learning program and started the lessons on TIME. Many of you are still working through the money lessons, which you will continue to work on. By June 20th, your aim should be to have completed both units 0r a good chunk of both. 
We played card games, caught up with our little buddies, and shared some fun, relaxed moments together. It’s always so nice to spend time with our younger friends and build those special connections.
adjusts to this new way of sharing her thoughts, and we’ve really been feeling those moments right along with her. We learned new vocabulary this week, like “whiz kid” (someone who’s super smart) and “exasperated” (when you’re really frustrated or annoyed). We also noticed how often the author uses idioms —
phrases that don’t mean exactly what the words say — like “mountains of words” and “ he wears sharp ties.” They make the story even more fun and interesting to read. Melody’s next adventure is trying out for the Whiz Kid team. Will she make it? We’re excited to find out what happens next!
We’re also in the FINAL stretch to get our African country tri-fold boards completed. Remember the 
Are you getting excited to share your learning? Are you excited to visit the other continents and see what they put together? I know WE sure are!
It was Isaac’s last day with us on Friday. He and his family are starting their summer a month early with an extended trip to China! Although we’ll miss him these next few weeks at school, we wish Isaac and his family a wonderful time away! See you again in September, Isaac!
Melody’s world is changing fast BUT, not everyone is ready for it…. what do you think that means? Please write your answer in FULL SENTENCES and use evidence from the story to support your thinking.
What a productive week! Even though we only had 4 days , we sure packed a LOT into it! So many projects are underway that it’s great to see the items on our “to do” lists getting checked off as DONE! Hooray!
If your group still hasn’t started the actual tri-fold board yet, you do need to pick up the pace a bit… we have to have everything done by June 6th.
Our practice with money concepts continued this week as well. The 4 money stations we rotated through last week needed to be completed and handed in. In addition to that, our class has a month long free trial of IXL. 
Also, if you are becoming frustrated or it’s taking you a long time to get through a level, then drop down a level and work through the activities at a level that is appropriate for you. The goal is to become more and more familiar with these concepts and increase your proficiency with money and time.
Our love of California Kick was re-ignited this week after not having played for some time. This time we split the class into three smaller teams and we played 3 games on Friday. Our skills are becoming much stronger and with smaller teams, everyone gets to play a bit more of an active role in the game.
Our French “C’est Moi” books or power point presentations are due next week. Those of you who are doing a power point presentation, be ready for either Thursday or Friday. The schedule is posted near the planner board in case you forget which day/time you signed up for. Those of you doing books need to have your book completed by Thursday, May 29th. As we are wrapping up our “C’est Moi” projects, we are embarking on a quick little final activity: A Reader’s Theater called “C’est L’ete!” ( It’s Summertime!) 
This is a short script for 4 people that will be performed in both French and English! From our brief practice time on Friday, it looks like it won’t take long before you are ready to present those. Don’t worry though, that won’t happen until sometime in June.
Wow, what a busy and exciting week we’ve had! 
We also continued with our work around money! This week we visited 4 different activity stations: “Piggy Banking”, “Keeping it Simple”, “Making Change”, and ” What’s Another Way?”. 
Speaking of being proud… all of you worked so hard to reach the goal to have all our African country paragraphs typed out, printed, and supported by images!! Whew! What a LOT of work you have already done. Each group is now on either planning the tri-fold board OR working on the actual presentation board. 
That is great! There are lots of steps still to do before we are ready for our showcase, but we are certainly on track!! An email was sent to all families inviting you to “Save the Date”. 
Our “Trip around the World” is happening on June 12th and families are invited to the tour from 2:30- 3:00 that afternoon. Mark your calendars! We’d love to see you! 
To finish our unit, you’ll be working on a sustainability comic project and a Mini-Test to review what we have learned. We will have the test a little later in May because we think that working on the Comic project will help you remember all the cool things we’ve covered like:
next week! You will be using the lab to research for your projects, both your 
career to find out what the job is like, what tools or training are needed, and why it’s important. You’ll use this information to design a creative brochure that explains the career in an exciting way. You will share your brochure with the class so we can all learn about different jobs and start thinking about our futures! Remember, you’ll be making a brochure that tells people all about a cool job you’re interested in. Maybe you’ll be a vet, a pilot, a scientist, or a game designer!
growing up! Some topics we’ll talk about are, healthy habits (like sleep, exercise, and eating well), changes during puberty (yes, that word!), taking care of our personal hygiene, and understanding our emotions and feelings. It is important to talk about this topic so that we can make informed healthy choices and show respect for ourselves and others. 
Our week ended with a somewhat wet, but very fun Jump Rope for Heart event! Everyone was enjoying the different opportunities to skip: long ropes, partner skipping, helicopter skipping, and even trying out some tricks. 
Some of you are strong skippers and others are still learning, but the point was to get our hearts pumping, have some fun, and keep our bodies healthy and fit. Mission accomplished!
HUB Cycle also gave stickers to classes with the most bike rides. To help reduce traffic, improve student health, and cut emissions, families were encouraged to use options like carpooling, transit, or the “drive-to-five” method if full active travel wasn’t possible. Thanks for supporting active travel this week! Keep up the great work!
research. It’s a fun way to stay active while supporting a meaningful cause. Let’s keep practicing our skipping skills and continue fundraising to make a big impact!
It was a wonderful opportunity to share our learning journey and celebrate our achievements together. We spent several days collecting our work samples, paying special attention to the words, ‘Pride, Perseverance, Creativity, and Improvement’. With those words in mind, we prepared work to share with our families to show them our progress. When it was all over, we had new goals set for the last two months of school. We hope you all use your ‘SMARTS’ and plan for success. We know you can do it! Thank you to all the parents who joined us and supported our efforts!
We continued our exploration of money ( counting, comparing, adding, subtracting) this week. Each of you were given an envelop of Canadian coins ( play money). Once you counted the money in your envelop, you visited several of your classmates to calculate what the total of your combined cash was, and what the difference was in your money amounts. :quality(65)/ca/data/32/107486/0.jpg?t=1746713163)
You also had a lot of fun exploring the London Drugs catalogue on a “scavenger hunt” to find items that fit within different price ranges.
Our African country “Trip Around the World” projects are really beginning to take shape. All nine country groups have completed their research and are typing out the information into paragraphs. 
You have also been collecting images to support what you were researching. By next Thursday, the goal is for ALL groups to have the paragraphs typed, images collected and printed, so that you can begin planning out your presentation board. 
This week each group also met with Mrs. Davis to create the “passport stamp” representing the country you researched. Those will be fun for visitors to collect and add to the pages of their passport when we go on the tour of all the other continents.
on beams to flipping on mats, we’ve been building strength, coordination, and confidence. Keep practicing those moves—you never know when you’ll be the next gymnastics star!
Have a wonderful weekend everyone,
What a fantastic week we had together! Mrs. Davis stepped in on Tuesday and Wednesday as Mrs. Gil was away. As we near the end of this school year, time is flying by SO FAST, that having the gift of EXTRA time is always welcome! We sure took advantage of those bonus days as we really dove into the projects we have on the go! Thanks Division 7 for being so focused and productive!
We started our week with some EARTH DAY activities. Many of you dressed in your earth tones ( blue, brown, green) in support of our school spirit day. 
We did a LOT of work on our projects this week. We had the computers several times: twice to work on our French “C’est Moi” projects and twice to work on our African country research! Many of you are really enjoying creating a power point slide show about yourself– in French! 
Our African country research is almost complete. If you are still looking up information, you will need to try to do some of that at home as well– we will not be as fortunate to have the computers as often next week. 
Besides, we need to start moving on to the next phase: comparing notes and writing what we learned into paragraphs. Some of you are already on that step! Well done!
In Math, we received our area and perimeter quiz back — and all of you have shown that you understand those concepts. Yay! We followed that up with a “what do you know about money and time” check in. Counting money amounts seems to be quite solid… but reading an analog clock is a bit challenging for some of us. 
Time and Money… there’s more to it than just reading a clock or counting money… we’ll keep exploring over the next several weeks.
BATTER UP! California Kick has taken our class by STORM!! You are so excited about this game and this week we got several chances to play it! We have split into 2 very fair teams and the games have been so fun! So far we are just enjoying the game and haven’t kept score. We did add a rule about “over-throws”– that you can only advance one base on an overthrow. 
It’s been great to see several home-runs and how you encourage each other when it’s time to kick or when you are out-field. We may be ready to challenge another class soon! What do you think?
Speaking of money… please bring a $1.00 to school next week to help pay for the Social Studies presentation tri-fold poster. Thank you! 
Wow, what an exciting week we’ve had! Whether it was solving algebra equations or chatting about the different levels of education in Canada, your energy and curiosity were off the charts! Maybe it’s the sunshine giving you all that extra spark ☀️—whatever it is, keep it up because it’s making our classroom a fantastic place to learn and grow!
This week, we had a lovely visit from Kiara, who shared all about her journey as a young adult in the education system. She told us she’s almost finished university 🎓 and is working part-time, all while dreaming of becoming a teacher one day! It was so cool hearing your thoughtful questions and seeing how interested you were in her story.
We also started a vocabulary book that helps us dive deeper into the new words we find in each chapter. You’ve all been amazing word detectives—solving meanings, breaking down tricky words, and building your vocabulary! 🔍📘
Algebra quiz? ✔️ DONE and DONE! You all rocked it! From solving for missing numbers to using pictures and stories to find answers — you’ve shown incredible progress. I’m so proud of how hard you’ve been working on this. 🎉✏️ On Thursday you received Mrs. Davis’ feedback on your petting zoo project. Each zoo was unique and followed the outlined criteria very well. We’re going to keep these at school until Student Led Conferences on May 6th. That way parents can take a browse through those projects too! 
Our final task connected to this project was a quiz! The petting zoo project started out as a math project focusing on area and perimeter… which is what the quiz tested. Most of you showed solid understanding of these concepts and did very well on the assessment check in! Yay!! 
Our Africa research is well underway! We are so impressed with how you have been using your time at home to discover more about the topics you chose to research. 
Over the weekend, you have the option to continue researching, but you can take a break too. Next week Mrs. Davis is covering Mrs. Gil’s days so we will have a few more opportunities to complete our research then.
What levels of education or certification do the people in your household have? Ask them and tell us what you found out.
Enjoy your long weekend everyone! Happy Easter!
PS: Earth Day is on Tuesday and it’s also EARTH WEAR Spirit Day! Come dressed in Earth colors (blue, green, brown) and show your school spirit! 
This week, we waved goodbye to long division and said hello to the exciting world of algebra! Algebra is like solving puzzles where everything is about equality. We learned that knowing our basic facts, like those we practice in Xtra Math, makes solving algebra problems much easier. Algebra involves understanding problem-solving and using addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division. Keep practicing those basic facts, and you’ll be an algebra whiz in no time! 
Our ADST Petting Zoo projects are completed! On Friday we added our final touches and then showcased them to each other and provided some feedback for each group as we viewed them. 
After looking at the feedback you received from your classmates, you did a self assessment and reflected on not only the physical project, but also the collaboration skills needed to be successful.
and it’s been quite intense! We’ve met the main character, Melody, who has cerebral palsy and cannot walk or talk. The story is told from inside Melody’s mind, and we are beginning to see how intelligent she is and how much she understands about the world around her, even though others can’t tell.
Our Travel Tour Guide training has begun… with research! Most of you had completed the “Vital Statistics” of the African country you’re learning about and compared your notes with the rest of your group.
On Monday, we took part in an engaging in-class workshop as part of the Climate Cool Challenge currently running in British Columbia. The workshop helped us deepen our understanding of climate change and the importance of taking action to protect our planet. 
Through some videos and meaningful discussions, we learned how everyday choices can impact the environment. Our class has now been invited to take part in the month-long challenge, where we’ll be working together to reduce CO₂ emissions through small but powerful actions at school and at home. We’re excited to do our part and be climate champions! Everything you need to share with your parents about the challenge and great ideas for how to make a difference in your family is available to view in TEAMS. DON’T FORGET, you can record any of your actions on PAGE 2 if you want to participate in the contest. We will hand in any completed challenges the first week of May.
Activity 1.1 in the climate cool challenge involves some research and thinking about how to be “Car Smart”. Answer the questions directly into the word document you will find attached to this weeks Blog Response in our TEAM.
We assigned new jobs and created our calendars for the month. Everyone did a great job picking their roles and filling out the calendar. Keep an eye on your responsibilities and let’s make sure everything runs smoothly.
There are two after-school zone meets at Burnaby North and a final, full-day meet on the last Wednesday of the month. It’s a short but exciting season, and we are so proud of all of you who decided to give track a try.
The importance of knowing those facts by heart cannot be emphasized enough. Math only gets more complex, and multiplication is a skill used in many different areas of math. Knowing the facts will definitely make your life easier. Maybe this should be a goal for some of you this month! Think about it and ask your family to help you if they can!
We used the science content to work on our reading comprehension skill focus for the week, which was to find the author’s claim/message and find the evidence that supports it. Some of you are really getting the hang of it, while others still find it challenging.
You chose your own team of 3 people for this project and then through a random draw you chose the country you’d like to dive deeper into. Africa has 54 countries in it, so we short-listed our options to the top 12 most visited countries in Africa. The 9 countries chosen are: Zambia, Zimbabwe, Rwanda, Madagascar, South Africa, Egypt, Kenya, Morocco, and the Seychelles. This weekend, you took home your first research assignment: Vital Statistics of that country and learning about the official flag. Show your parents the “Collaboration Planning” page for them to see all the topics your team will be researching and the 4 areas that YOU are responsible for. Don’t jump ahead with your research, Mrs. Davis will give you your note-taking pages next week on Thursday.
This will be a lot of fun as we learn how to describe how we look, our family, and other things about ourselves through a power point presentation. On Friday we learned how to describe our hair, our eyes, and some accessories we wear on our head.
our values and what is important to us in our workplace/career. It was interesting to see how surprised you were at the things you thought you valued versus what actually turned up from your responses.
t to show you how you are growing and changing. We are so happy with the growth you have all shown in so many areas, and we are very excited to see you continue to flourish during this last term of the school year.
What 3 things do you like about Springtime? Why?