Mrs.Blackbourn

HDSB Teacher 🍎

[Mrs.Blackbourn @MsBlackbourn]

The grade 7s have been working extremely hard since February on this cross curicular project - a job well done in the end!

[Mrs.Blackbourn @MsBlackbourn]

7-2 is designing and building houses for our structures unit! We started with creating a model and calculating the surface area - can't wait for all the moving parts as we add insulation (science, heat), build our ecosystem (science, life systems) and even more exciting things!

[Mrs.Blackbourn @MsBlackbourn]

7-2 is recording their stop motion presentations today! They have been working so hard on their linkage characters and backgrounds. So excited to see the final products! 🎥

[Mrs.Blackbourn @MsBlackbourn]

Grade 7s learning about financial literacy and exchange rates. We are working towards planning our dream trip! 🛩

[Mrs.Blackbourn @MsBlackbourn]

7-2 has been working hard creating linkage characters and stories for their stop motion skits!

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Thinking outside the box. Each of the 8 images shown is not what it looks like - take a look at the creativity 7-2 turned these images into!

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Welcome back 7-2! A little afternoon minute to win it fun!

[Mrs.Blackbourn @MsBlackbourn]

Our class joined with 7/8-1 for some gingerbread house building fun! Can't wait to use these builds again during our intro to structures in the new year!

[Mrs.Blackbourn @MsBlackbourn]

We have been learning and teaching each other about Parts of Speech. Students researched a topic and created a lesson for the class!

[Mrs.Blackbourn @MsBlackbourn]

Working on our transformations with translation, reflection, and rotation practice 📐

[Mrs.Blackbourn @MsBlackbourn]

Collaborating with the 7s in 7/8-1 to take part in an afternoon of science experiments! Ss mixed different solutes into their solvent (water) and had to determine the type of mixture they created 🧪

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We have been discusing treaty relationships and relationships with the land. After reading Treaty Words, Ss discussed among their groups the messages within the story, and turned their findings into a 6 word summary

[Mrs.Blackbourn @MsBlackbourn]

During this week's @DesmondHDSB read alouds, we have focused on the power and impact of words. Ss were challenged to think of "One word to change the world". 7-2 did a KBC around this question and discussed the difference a word can make when thinking of impact and change

[Mrs.Blackbourn @MsBlackbourn]

Building our literacy skills with literary devices! Lots of learning to come!

[Mrs.Blackbourn @MsBlackbourn]

Experimenting with pastels and watercolour on a Friday morning 🎨

[Mrs.Blackbourn @MsBlackbourn]

Diving into our history unit with a Knowledge Building Circle around the words 'Contract', 'Relationship' and 'Agreement'. What do they mean? What do they look like? How are they connected to our understanding towards our indigenous history?

[Jessie Nieuwpoort @nieuwpoortj]

Thank you to the Grade 7’s for inviting us to see and explore their marble runs in the open space yesterday! @DesmondHDSB @MsBlackbourn

[Mrs.Blackbourn @MsBlackbourn]

Focusing on pyramids, prisms, and cylinders. How many edges, faces, and vertices do you see?

[Mrs.Blackbourn @MsBlackbourn]

Our grade 7s had a lot of fun showing their marble runs to the @DesmondHDSB community!

[Mrs.Blackbourn @MsBlackbourn]

Thank you to all those who contributed to make today's remembrance day assembly a success! @DesmondHDSB
7-2, you were amazing!