Hello parents/caretakers and students, I hope you’ve all had a wonderful September, and positive start to October. The grade 7s have been quite busy. Here’s a glance at what we’ve been up to: MATH Divisibility rule - We have reviewed the divisibility rules for different numbers such as 2, 4, 5, 6, 8, 9 and 10. Students were engaged in activities such as creating a “divisibility rap/song/poem” that supported their understanding of what it means when a number is divisible by another number and to easily analyze if a number is divisible or not divisible by another number by applying a set of rules to it. Long Division and Multiplication - Students established an understanding for long division and multiplication to help them in circumstances where they do not have a calculator handy and have to rely on their brains to do the work. To further develop their number sense, students are working with powers of ten with the goal of being able to look at an equation and deter...