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Thursday, October 22, 2009

Div. 7 Culture Project (includes .pdf link for handout)

Note: The due date written on the assignment handout given to the student reads Oct. 27--this has been extended to next Tuesday, Nov. 3.

As a part of their studies in culture, each child in Division 7 is going to do some basic research on their own family’s cultural background. Obviously, many families have diverse cultural backgrounds with different nationalities represented, so there are different options:

1) Choose the country and culture that is most significant in your family. For example, my ancestry is primarily Norwegian (with a sprinkling of French and German), so I would research Norwegian cultural traditions.

2) Choose the family culture that is most interesting to the student.

3) Do research on more than one culture---extra credit but also extra work!

It is not important that your family actually practices any or all of the cultural traditions...the purpose is to present an overall picture. Parents and other family members are asked and encouraged to help guide their child through this process! :-)

The following websites are quite good:

http://www.everyculture.com/
http://www.kwintessential.co.uk/index.php.

These sites are meant for older readers but contain tons of great info on different cultures. Just use the search window on the main page. On the Kwintessential page, if, for example, you search "Norway", this site will do a Google search for Norway's culture, traditions, manners, etc..

Please help guide your children through this process, but have them them do the writing and have them make decisions on what they should include. Also, simply googling "French culture", "Irish cultural traditions", "Italian houses", etc.. will produce lots of information.

** If there is a lot of info for a certain category, just write a couple of examples.
** Please do not worry if you cannot find extensive information for some categories!

The children have already been given the handout to work with, but if you need another copy, just click the link below to go to my Div.7 download page. You will need legal-size paper in your printer.

Again, the completed handout is due on Friday, Oct. 30. The due date written on the handout reads Oct. 27--this has been extended. Have fun!

**NOTE: If the internet is not available to you, please let me know by email. The library is also a great resource!

Culture Project handout

Thanks!
Mr. W

Tuesday, October 20, 2009

Homework due Tuesday, Oct. 27

Art - final copy of straight-line drawing.

Sunday, October 18, 2009

Homework due Tuesday, Oct. 20

Art - rough draft of straight-line drawing.

Tuesday, October 13, 2009

Homework due Friday, Oct. 16

Math
- p. 127 #5-6 (a-g)
- make sure your work is neatly organized in your notebook
- check your answers for correctness.

Art
- Joan Miro Art (Mr. Martin)

ALL WORK DUE FRIDAY, OCT 16

Remember, Friday is GREEN DAY. Wear green and help school spirit!

Saturday, October 10, 2009

If I Had A Hammer - video

Division 7 is performing two songs with Mrs. Wightman's class for our school Remembrance Day concert (date TBA). The songs are "We'll Meet Again", a WW2-era standard, and "If I Had A Hammer", popularized in the early 60's by Peter, Paul and Mary.

"If I Had A Hammer" was introduced to the students yesterday. Below is a video of PP&M performing it in 1963--students can learn the song from watching.

The song begins at about the :38 mark.

Friday, October 9, 2009

Mr. W. homework for weekend of Oct 9-12

Have a great holiday weekend everyone!

Math Makes Sense
- p. 127 #1-4
- make sure your work is neatly organized in your notebook
- check your answers for correctness.
- DUE TUESDAY, OCT 13

Monday, October 5, 2009

Fun, Educational Websites!

Bang-On Time - practice telling time to the minute by beating the clock.

Geospies - Identify continents/provinces/countries, etc. You pick the difficulty level.

Blobs - Fun strategy game, similar to checkers.

Wordle - Create beautiful 'Word Clouds' using your own text!

Uncross The Lines - highly challenging puzzle site. The object is as the title suggests--to make sure that no lines cross. But it's not as simple as it sounds!