March 5th

Announcements:

• March 16th 7-3 & 7-4 have a field trip to the Military Museum
• March 19th is the last day of classes before March Break

Math:

This week we began a new unit. We are studying Integers, a family of numbers that includes negative whole numbers, positive whole numbers and zero.



Students reviewed grade 6 concepts including comparing and ordering integers and placing integers on a number line.

They also did elevator math lesson 1 activities (teacher instructions) to begin understanding how to add and subtract integers.

We will continue to model integer addition and subtraction next week using integer tiles, number lines, and other models.

Science:

We are painting Alberta Rocky Mountain landscapes in water colour tomorrow. To prepare for this students learned how mountains are formed and why the Rocky Mountains are so far inland from the Pacific Plate and North American Plate. Watch the National Geographic video to learn more.

For Mountain Landscape ideas visit the Alberta Mountain Landscapes slideshow or Google Alberta Rocky Mountains and view images.