Great Job on MACC Mall!

May 1, 2018 Ms. D

Hello Everyone!

Great job completing our MACC Mall simulation! I know the people who visited enjoyed buying your products, and I hope the process was fun for you all.

Now, in order to receive a final mark for your efforts, I would like you to complete a written reflection on the process. We started doing this today in class in our journals. Reflections will be due, typed, next week by Friday. They should have detail to show your learning. In your reflection, answer the following questions:

What did you enjoy about the MALL?
What would you do differently next time?
How was the MALL like real life?
What core competencies (communication, creative thinking, critical thinking, positive personal and cultural identity) do you think were used in this activity? How did you use them? Be specific and give examples.
What other skills and knowledge do you think you need to run a business?
Anything else you would like to share? What did you learn throughout the process?

In addition to a reflection, please complete your excel budget document showing your profit made from the experience.

Next Monday May 7th, we will have a unit quiz to finish our needs and wants unit. We will also have a math quiz on Wednesday next week on math skills discussed around money and financial literacy. So, stay tuned for some more review and practice Wednesday-Thursday.

This Wednesday May 2nd, we will attend a product mall from other intermediate classes. Please bring real money if you wish to buy anything.

This Thursday May 3rd, we will have a visit from the Royal Astronomical Society of Vancouver, Canada. In connection with our next unit, he will talk about stars, the sun, the moon, and more about space! Please bring questions you have in mind. I look forward to hearing from him, and he is going to teach us about a program you can use online to explore constellations. You may also be interested in their upcoming event on May 12th, the SFU Science Rendezvous and International Astronomy Day which has lots of activities for kids.

We are currently writing stories and essays about elements! Students have the choice to write a 5 paragraph essay about the uses of an element of their choice from the periodic table OR to write a creative story about their periodic table element superhero! We have had some time to write in class already. At this point, if you are doing an essay, you likely have your basic research and thesis statement done. If you are doing a creative story, you may have completed your beginning section talking about characters and the setting. Please do space between lines so I have some room to give you feedback, so that you can go back and make it a stronger piece of writing. Rough Drafts are due next week, and we will work on perfecting these stories during our last term together. Our hope is to share them in a book you can take home AND that we can share with the other MACC class at Cap Hill.

We have begun working on our independent projects, as well! Everyone has a topic, which I will post shortly so we can check to see if anyone in our community has expertise to offer as students are doing research. I have already posted the topics in our teacher community to see who might be able to help.

Please save the dates:

May 2 – Caribou Test
May 12 – Walking Event (more info to follow, optional event)
May 16 – Gauss and Abel Math Competitions, Dress Rehearsal for Musical
May 16 — We perform in the musical at night! Notice and tickets to come soon.
May 21 — Victoria Day
May 23 — Dragon Boating, AM
May 28 — Dragon Boating, AM
June 1 — Dragon Boating, AM
June 4 — Pro-D Day
June 13 — Be here for a cool applied design and maker project day!
June 15 – Sports Day
June 19 — Save the date, potential end of year park trip
June 22 — 12:00 – 2:30 Independent Project Presentations in Class
June 25 – Recognition Assembly
June 27 – Grade 7 Leaving Ceremony
June 28 – Last Day, 9-10AM only, Report Cards Home