Grade 7 and 8

DIVING DEEP

"So then, just as you received Christ Jesus as Lord, continue to live your lives in him, rooted and built up in him, strengthened in the faith as you were taught, and overflowing with thankfulness."

Colossians 2: 6-7

Grade 7A - Mrs. Van Pelt and Mr. Kooy's homeroom (updated Sept. 26)

Welcome to 7A! Coming up...

PD Day on Monday. No school! On Tuesday, be prepared for NO PARKING LOT.

Grade 7A, great job running for Terry Fox Day and the Marathon of Hope. Students ran up to 22 laps in one hour!

Orange Shirt Day this Tuesday, Sept. 30; Pizza Day on Wednesday, Oct. 1 ($2.00/slice, handed in that morning by 9:00am) and MAP testing (Math); MAP testing (Reading) this Friday, Oct. 3. Grade 7A was hoping to lead Chapel this Wednesday; however, in order to be better prepared, the new date of our Chapel, Diving Deep into the Word is Wednesday, Oct. 8.

Memory Work is weekly. A link has been posted below for a digital copy of Memory Work.

Grade 7A Bible memory work 2025-26

Mrs. Van Pelt:

Reading: We are currently reading our class novel, Run, by Eric Walters. We are working in class together, but on occasion, there may be finish up homework. Chapters 7 & 8 reading (not questions) due Tuesday, Sept. 23. Please bring your novels back to school!

Writing: "The Danger of a Single Story" one-pagers good copies are overdue.

WWW/Vocab: Students have an exercise book with all of their words and definitions. To find flashcards or other games/quizzes online, look for the root words, "spec" words on quizlet.com. Quiz: Thursday, Oct. 2. Homework due Wed. Oct. 1.

Art: Self Portraits are overdue. We have started our next project, Zentangles. See Classroom Art for more details.

Geography: We finished presenting our projects, "Where in the World Am I From?" and started a new lesson about Physical Landforms. It was great to find out a little bit about everyone's background history & geography. Well done, Grade 7A!

Science: We have begun our first unit, Interactions in the Environment (Ecosystems). Students are currently designing and creating a poster of a food chain web in a particular ecosystem. Food webs are due next week, Friday, Oct. 3.

Mr. Kooy:

Bible: Our first Bible unit is an introduction to the Gospels- the books of Matthew, Mark, Luke and John.

Math: Our first math unit is a "number sense" unit- place value, factors, multiples, order of operations and exponents. Students need to complete daily practice assignments. We will have a number of check in quizzes to monitor understanding. The date of a chapter test will be announced.

Mrs. Eelkema:

Music Theory Test: Tuesday, October 7

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Grade 7B: Mr. Mischuk
Updated Sept 26

Welcome to 7B!

This week we have an eventful week:

PD Day Monday - No School
Tuesday: Orange Shirt day
Wednesday: Pizza Lunch and MAP TESTING - Language
Thursday: Cross Country meet
Friday: Spirit Day: Career Day and Math Chapter 1 test

What 7B is up to...

Reading: We are continuing a short story unit all about the choices and decisions we make in our day to day lives. This week we read a story about a man who wishes to bring a his family to space. We are learning about rejoicing for others in their successes.

Writing: We have been working on a historical-fiction newspaper article about Terry Fox's visit to our city.

Math: We are reviewing multiples, factors, powers, square roots, and order of operations in preparation for our first math test on Friday.

Geography: We are kicking off geography with identifying what geography is, and why it is important for us as believers to study and understand the places, spaces, and people around us.

Science: We are learning about ecosystems and the transfer of energy in ecosystems through food chains, food webs, and food pyramids. This week we also learned about symbiotic relationships. We are now learning about the transformation of matter in our world.

Bible: We wrapped up our overviews and purpose of the four Gospels. We will now be doing a deep dive into the Gospel of Matthew.

Art: We have (or are close to) finished making out mixed media self collages and they will be up on the wall shortly.

Vocab: We are learning about the root word "man" or "manu" meaning hand.

Music Theory Test: Tuesday, October 7

Due dates:

Regular Due Dates:

Bible Memory Work: Psalms 24 - Due Oct 2

Vocabulary Quiz:

French Quiz:

Grade 8A -Mrs. Eelkema (updated Sept 26)

Math: Over the first few weeks, we will study number relationships such as multiples, factors, scientific notation, powers of numbers, and square roots.

Reading: Our class will be studying Inside Out and Back Again by Thanhhà Lai. This beautifully written novel, told in verse, follows a young girl named Hà as she and her family flee Vietnam after the war and begin a new life in Alabama. Through Hà’s journey, we will explore themes of resilience, family, and hope.

Writing: Our first Article of the Week will focus on why cities develop or naturalize waterfronts. Responses are due Friday, September 26.

Geography: Our first unit will focus on human settlement patterns and sustainability. We will examine the relationships between the human and physical environments and the impact each has upon the other. Why should we care about changing populations? How can we create more sustainable communities?

Mrs. Hunse

Health: Our first assignment is to explore and celebrate our uniqueness as children of God. We will complete fingerprint artwork based on who we are.

Art: We have started basic sketching and will begin gesture drawing

Bible: We have started a project about our own church communities. Students are expected to research a faith community and write a report or create a slideshow. Keep an eye out for due dates.

Mrs. Van Pelt

Science: We started our first unit about Water and wrote our first quiz. Ch. 1 & 2 quiz: Tuesday, Sept. 23. Students are reminded to take home notes to study in order to do their best work. Gr. 8A will be beginning their first project, making water filters, and will need to complete some of this at home. Stay tuned for details! As well, we continue our unit with lessons and labs about water quality, watersheds, wastewater, investigating where our water goes, and changes in water.

Due Dates

Tuesday, Sept. 30: Geography Test

Wed., Oct. 1: September Practice Sheets are due.

Fri., Oct. 3: MAP test 10:45 am

Mon., Oct. 6: MAP test 1:15 pm

Weekly:

Monday: Band

Tuesday: Library, Phys Ed

Wednesday: Vocabulary Quiz, Phys Ed

Thursday: Band, Memory Work

8A Schedule

Parent Letter

8A Memory Work

Grade 8B 2025/2026 - Ms. Miedema (updated Sept. 26th)

Reading: We have started studying a variety of short stories from the anthology Choices and Decisions with the theme of Responding to Injustice.

Math: We will start our next math unit on proportional relationships next week.

Science: We begin our year learning about Water. We will have a quiz on lessons 1 and 2 on Tuesday, Sept. 30th.

Mrs. Hunse:

Writing: This week we are working on our very own 'Awesome' entries based on the Book of Awesome. Our first draft is due on Wednesday, Oct 1.

Health: Our first assignment is to explore and celebrate our uniqueness as children of God. We will complete fingerprint artwork based on who we are.

Art: Our first project is behind us, and we will begin sketching basics this week

Bible: We have started a project about our own church communities. Students are expected to research a faith community and write a report or create a slideshow. Keep an eye out for due dates.

Mrs. Huinink:

Vocabulary: Here is a document with all the vocabulary lists for the year.

Due Dates

Remember to bring your instrument to school on Monday!

Tuesday, Sept 23 - bring collected research for Bible church project

Tuesday, Sept. 30 - Science Quiz

Wed., Oct. 1: September Practice Sheets are due.

Wed. Oct 1: Draft of Awesome entry due

Thurs. Oct. 2: Geography Unit 1 Test

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