Welcome to Grade 7!

Communication between home and school is key to ensure student progress and achievement.

The purpose of this website is to help students and parents stay informed about what is happening in grade 7 at Henry G. Izatt Middle School. It provides important information on activities, dates, lessons, homework, curriculum outlines, and assignment guidelines. It is updated regularly. 

Class Update (Updated Jan. 27)

In Language Arts class, students are working on an expository reading unit. Students are reviewing the skills required to read an information text and developing new methods of note-taking such as mapping and the SQR3 method.

Students have also begun literature circle novel studies. Over the next three weeks students will be reading a novel of their choice and then meeting once a week to discuss it with their fellow group members. Here are a list of the meeting dates for each class:
7Erb: Feb. 1, 8, 15
7Peterson: Feb. 2, 9, 16

The focus of our upcoming writer's workshops will be reflective writing. Students will be writing a reflective essay about their biggest pet peeve (the one thing in their lives that bug them the most). Students have brainstormed ideas and are in the process of storyboarding and drafting their ideas. Open the following link to view the assignment guidelines.

Students have received their marked short story assignments. If students are interested the Lake Winnipeg Writer's Group is currently running a short fiction contest for young writers. Deadline for the contest is Feb. 15th. Open the following link to see full contest details.

Congratulations to Adrian Dano of 7Erb and Mathew Arnold of 7Peterson. Adrian won the 2012 Henry G. Izatt spelling bee! Good luck at the regional competition. Mathew has been shortlisted for the 2012 Polar Expressions national short fiction contest. Top prizes will be awarded in June. Mathew will also have his story Iced published in this year's Polar Expressions writing anthology. 
  
In Social Studies, students have started Cluster 2: Global Quality of Life. The focus of our upcoming lessons will be world hunger. Students will be learning about the causes and effects of hunger in the developing world. Students will be using the Central American country of Honduras as the focus country for this topic.

Project ALERT

HGI guidance counsellor Mrs. McDevitt has started a program called Project ALERT in all grade 7 homerooms. Project ALERT is a substance abuse prevention curriculum proven effective in reducing experimentation among teens, and in reducing usage among teens who experiment. 

Project ALERT contains eleven lessons in grade 7 that focus on alcohol, tobacco, marijuana and inhalants – those substances that are the first and most widely used by young people today. Parent information letters for Project ALERT have been sent home. Click here to view a copy of the parent letter. 

Vow of Silence

Congratulations to the students who organized and participated in the Vow of Silence to raise awareness and funds for human rights initiatives around the world. HGI students raised over $2,000.


Fort Whyte Photography

Check out this slideshow of student photographs from our field trip to Fort Whyte!

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