Thursday, October 28, 2010

8ELA - Students began working on the Nature Unit Writing Package.  This large project has the student reading an article or story, reading poetry, writing poetry, presenting to the class and compiling all the work into a covered booklet.  DUE NOVEMBER 5TH.

8SS - Worked on the interactive whiteboard today with the British Museum website.  Our focus was Egyptian geography and resources.  HOMEWORK:  BRITISH MUSEUM CHALLENGE (AN ONLINE ACTIVITY) DUE TOMORROW.  Address:  http://www.ancientegypt.co.uk/
7SS - Corrected the Europe and Africa maps.  HOMEWORK:  ASIA AND AUSTRALIA MAPS DUE TOMORROW.

We will be doing more online activities, some of which will be assigned for homework.  There will also be times when homework will be emailed in rather than printed.  Please make sure that students have access to the internet and a working printer on a regular basis.

Wednesday, October 27, 2010

8M-ELA - Reading Class was followed by a short book talk.  We then moved to correcting Spelling Unit 7.
8B-ELA - Corrected Spelling Unit 7.

This afternoon, both grade 8 classes saw the play Jake's Gift; this was about a veteran Canadian soldier returning to Juno Beach and his contact with a young French girl who tends the graves of the Canadian soldiers.  HOMEWORK:  PLAY REFLECTION due tomorrow.

Please remember your Kraft Dinner donation for the House Cup Challenge!

Thursday, October 21, 2010

8SS - Reviewed the Sort and Predict.  Read p. 70 and 71 from the text and began the Who's Who page.  NO HOMEWORK.
8ELA - Spelling Review Units 1 - 5 Test.  Reviewed the instructions for the environmental poem and spent time reviewing relevant books and starting SQ3R/idea webs.  NO HOMEWORK.
7SS - Learned and made notes on Basic Geography Vocabulary (peninsula, strait, isthmus, mountain). Applied knowledge to world wall map.  HOMEWORK:  NORTH AND SOUTH AMERICA MAPS DUE MONDAY.

Have a great long weekend.  Next week's House Challenge:  Kraft Dinner.

Wednesday, October 20, 2010

8SS - Reviewed homework from last class about important places in early civilizations.  Worked on a Sort and Predict:  Stone Age and Bronze Age.  NO HOMEWORK.
8B - ELA - Corrected spelling review unit.  Goup poetry activity.  HOMEWORK:  IDENTIFY 3 HUMAN MADE ENVIRONMENTAL PROBLEMS, EXPLAIN EACH, AND COME TO CLASS WITH SOME RESEARCH ON YOUR TOPIC.  SPELLING TEST TOMORROW FOR THOSE NOT EXEMPT.
8M - ELA - Corrected spelling review unit.   SPELLING TEST TOMORROW FOR THOSE NOT EXEMPT.
7SS - Collected signed tests.  Worked on creating a mental map then checked our work.  NO HOMEWORK.

Tuesday, October 19, 2010

8SS-Geography lesson on early civilizations.  HOMEWORK TODAY DUE TOMORROW:  IMPORTANT PLACES WORKSHEET.
8M-ELA-Reading class.  Group work on nature poems.  HOMEWORK TODAY DUE TOMORROW:  RESEARCH 3 ENVIRONMENTAL PROBLEMS AND PRINT OUT INFORMATION ON ONE SPECIFIC PROBLEM.  SPELLING REVIEW UNIT DUE TOMORROW.
8B-ELA-Corrected "Operation Survival".

Please bring in your canned fruit/vegetables for our House Cup Challenge.

Monday, October 18, 2010

8SS - Tests from Friday were returned today.  PARENTS MUST SIGN THE TEST AND STUDENTS MUST RETURN THEM TOMORROW.  No homework assigned.
8ELA - Unit 5 Spelling Tests from Friday were returned today.  Pink questions from Friday were returned today.  Spelling Review Unit was assigned today and will be corrected on Wednesday.  Congratulations to those students who scored 20/20 on the first five units; they are exempt from this week's spelling work and test!
7SS - Tests from Friday were returned today.  PARENTS MUST SIGN THE TEST AND STUDENTS MUST RETURN THEM TOMORROW.  We started our geography unit with a quick map quiz, checking to see what we already know.  No homework assigned.

Parents and Families - A letter was sent home today with grade 8 students regarding SS/ELA class routines.  Please review this information.  Pink questions scoring 2.5/5 or less and re-do questions are always due the next day.

Please remember to bring in your canned fruit or vegetables for our House Challenge (go get it right now and put it in your backpack!). 

Friday, October 15, 2010

8SS - TESTS.  No homework assigned.
8ELA - 8M - Did Unit 5 Spelling Test and corrected "Operation Survival" story.  No homework assigned.  READING NOTEBOOKS DUE MONDAY.
8B - Library. Did Unit 5 Spelling Test. Work class for Operation Survival Q 1-6 and assigned as HOMEWORK.  READING NOTEBOOKS DUE MONDAY.
7SS - TESTS.  No homework assigned.

Thanks to all who brought in canned meat for the week's house challenge.  Next week's donation item is canned fruit and vegetables.  Please find an item to bring in ...especially if you're in St. Francis House.  Have a nice weekend, go outside, and enjoy the sunshine and beautiful fall colours!

Thursday, October 14, 2010

8SS - No work assigned today.  TEST TOMORROW - EARLY PEOPLE
8ELA - "Operation Survival" Q 1-6 due tomorrow.  SPELLING TEST TOMORROW UNIT 5.  8B does not have "Operation Survival" for homework today, 8M only.
7SS - In class studying and making index cards.  TEST TOMORROW - THE GLOBE

Please remember to bring in your tin of canned meat (tuna, salmon, ham, chicken, etc.) for the house challenge.

Wednesday, October 13, 2010

8SS - Corrected Early Towns (Q 1- 4) and collected Pink Question (Would you rather be a farmer or a hunter/gatherer?).  TEST:  FRIDAY, OCTOBER 15 (EARLY PEOPLE)
8ELA - 8B - Collected poems, handed back marked Pink Questions (Grandpa's Death), reviewed common errors and exemplary work, correcting spelling unit 5 tomorrow.  RE-WRITES DUE TOMORROW.
8ELA - 8M - Assigned mood/creature poem (due tomorrow), handed back marked Pink Questions (Grandpa's Death), reviewed common errors and exemplary work, correcting spelling unit 5 tomorrow.  RE-WRITES DUE TOMORROW.
7SS - Reviewed concepts relating to map projections, studies unit one ideas and practiced latitude and longitude.  TEST:  FRIDAY, OCTOBER 15 (THE GLOBE)

Please remember to bring in canned meat for our house challenge.  Go St. Francis House!