​We have been busy here in Grade 7/8! We have just finished up our Canadian Politics/ Federal Election unit in Social Studies. We were lucky enough to be apart of the CIVIX Program and were able to have a student vote here at Arborg Early Middle School. In order to prepare ourselves for election day students researched the main five political parties and presented their platforms to the Grade 5/6 classes. The 7/8's also participated in Take Me Outside Day on October 23 rd . We committed to spend time outside during the school day. We were able to read one of our class novels in our Outdoor Classroom, as well as have sometime to play together as a class. We have been busy here at AEMS and there are no plans of slowing down! 

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October has come and gone in the blink of an eye!  We have been very busy in Room 7 over the last few months.  We have gotten to know each other and are finally settling into the new routines of our classroom.  We've been working hard on number sense and have been practicing what good writing looks like.  We learned about the different levels of government in Canada and we even got to participate in an election to nominate a new classroom mascot!  November in now here and with it comes colder weather.  Please make sure you send warm clothing for the outdoor breaks.  We look forward to some new and exciting learning over the next few months in grade three and four!

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It is amazing how fast the time is going and we are now into our third month of school!  October was a busy, but fun filled month as we completed our Bear theme and concluded the unit with making bear dens in class.  Then we moved on to investigating some of the wonders of nature in Autumn.  We worked with the colourful leaves and different size /shape pumpkins.  We explored many concepts in our activities from sorting, estimating and counting seeds, measuring mass and perimeter.  We enjoyed making and reading many leaf and pumpkin books.  The carved pumpkins were the best!  .

We have been learning and talking about the Seven Teachings which include the following:  Respect, Humility, Honesty, Courage, Truth, Wisdom and Love.  We included these words in our classrooms rules and refer to them daily.  We continue to review playground safety and are learning about the importance of being a contributing citizen in our classroom, community and world.