TUMBLEBOOKS

Our board subscribes to a website called Tumblebooks.  This is a great resource for students to read online!  It's not just for primary students, as there are several chapter books and videos online for everyone to enjoy.
The username is scdsb123 and the password is books.  Please check it out!
Tumblebooks website

Boys Volleyball Team Games

Please check out the Tay Shores Boys Volleyball Team games.
Tuesday, October 27^th, 2015 – Mini Tournament @ HURON PARK ride needed from Tay Shores at 3:40 PM

Thursday, November 5^th, 2015 - @ MUNDY’S BAY (Midland) ride needed at 3:40 PM

Monday, November 9^th, 2015 - @ WYEVALE ride needed at 3:40 PM

Thursday, November 12^th, 2015 - @ Tay Shores playing St. Antoine end time 5:00 PM

Tuesday, November 24^th, 2015 – Mini tournament @ BAYVIEW (Midland) ride needed from Tay Shores at 3:40 PM

Please note our Thursday, October 29th game has been canceled. we will have a practice after school instead until 4:45 PM.

Multiply by Powers of Ten

We are working on Multiplying and dividing by powers of ten.  Check out this video:  Powers of Ten

Reading - How to help

Reading is a very important part of all areas of the everyday school day.  Please encourage your son/daughter to read daily for at least 20 minutes.  They can read anything!  Graphic novels are an excellent reading tool to help develop inference skills that are an important part of daily life.  Reading the driver’s handbook early, or studying for a boaters exam is an excellent real world reading skill.  Just read!  Better readers make better writers and so much of the world requires good inference skills that we can all work together to help each other improve.

You too can help with inference skills.  While out and about just ask the simple question of why do you think there’s a gas station right here?  Don’t just accept the standard answer of “because.”  Expect a reason with evidence/proof from the real world.  Also, while in the grocery store ask your son/daughter to locate the peanut butter by using the signs posted.  Ask your child to empty the dishwasher!  Yes I know a challenge in and of itself, but this allows the student to use their powers of inferencing for good and not evil (as I always say).  By unloading the dishwasher your student has to figure out a lot of unwritten rules and infer where plates go versus cups.  This is a simple skill that we adults sometimes forget to actively teach our children and yet we use inferences every day!

Marks Change in Grade 7 to Percent

You will also notice that in Grade 7 the marks have changed to a percent and are no longer a letter grade.  Please refer to the chart below for assistance.

OVERALL GRADE : 

Level	1-	1	1+	2-	2	2+	3-	3	3+	4-	4	4+
Letter Grade	D-	D	D+	C-	C	C+	B-	B	B+	A-	A	A+
Percent	50-52%	53 -56%	57-59%	60-62%	63-66%	67-69%	70-72%	73-76%	77-79%	80-84%	85-89%	90-100%

Math

In math we are working on Factoring and Multiples to solve many different problems.  If you are looking or more work on multiples please check out some of the math websites on the side of this Blog!