Read-a-thon Starts Tomorrow!

8ELA - Lit Circle meetings and reading classes.  8M corrected spelling unit 14 as well.
8BSS - Corrected the lesson on Minoans & Mycenaeans.  NO HOMEWORK.

**Grade 8s visited St. Boniface Diocesan High School for an information session.
**Our annual Read-a-thon kicked off today.  It is a major fundraiser for our school with money raised going to our new gym floor plus new books for our library.

**Grade 8 Reading Challenge:  If you are the first to see me tomorrow with the correct answer to this question, you'll win a prize.  What book/play has the following line and who is the author? 
                 To be, or not to be, that is the question

Just Another Day

8ELA - Students continued reading their novels and meeting with their group and myself.  Books must be finished by Feb 1st.  HOMEWORK:  READING SECTION--MEETINGS TOMORROW
8M - Correcting spelling unit 14 tomorrow...is your work done?
8SS - HOMEWORK:  MINOANS & MYCENAEANS DUE TOMORROW
7SS - Completed a group answer to the following question:  What is human development?  NO HOMEWORK.

Drumming Started Today

8M - ELA - Worked on Spelling Unit 14; will be corrected on Wednesday.  Lit Circle meetings and a reading class.  Come prepared for a meeting class tomorrow!
8B - ELA - Library and a reading class.  Come prepared for a meeting class tomorow.
8SS - Reviewed Minoans info and read, hilighted, made a timeline, and updated Who's Who for the Mycenaeans.  HOMEWORK:  MYCENAEANS HANDOUT
7SS - Worked, in groups, on the concept of Human Development.  NO HOMEWORK.

**SS TESTS WENT HOME ON FRIDAY.  THEY NEED TO BE SIGNED AND RETURNED.

**Grades 6 - 8 students started their week of Japanese Drumming with Fubuki Daiko.   School assembly to showcase theie learning will take place on Friday.  All welcome!

Tests Went Home Today - Check Them Out!

8SS - Received and reviewed their ancient Egypt tests.  Began the Greece unit with an overview of the Minoans.  HOMEWORK:  READ MINOAN HANDOUT, HILIGHT, UPDATE TIMELINE, GET TEST SIGNED.
8ELA - Literature Circle Meetings.
7SS - Received and reviewed their Climate tests.  Collected pink questions.  Read the text concerning The Good Life.  HOMEWORK:  GET TEST SIGNED.

Novels Started Today

8ELA - Literature Circles started today with students being put into groups and books were distributed.  Continuing our theme of War and Conflict, we'll be reading the following fiction and non-fiction books:
Number the Stars by Lois Lowry
Milkweed by Jerry Spinelli
Survivors by Allan Zullo and Mara Bovsun
Hiding Edith by Kathy Kacer
My Childhood Under Fire by Nadja Halilbegovich
Books must be read by February 2 and related projects will be due on February 4 but haven't been assigned yet.
8B ELA - Spelling Test tomorrow.
7SS - Reviewed our pink questions.  HOMEWORK:  PINK QUESTION DO-OVERS.

Projects Due Tomorrow!

8ELA - Students continued working on their book reports about children and conflict. HOMEWORK:  PRESENTATIONS TOMORROW.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S6i6JBIbuyc

Test Day!

8SS - Wrote the Ancient Egypt Test.  NO HOMEWORK.
8ELA - Wrote the Unit 13 Spelling Test.  Work time for the Book Review project which is due January 19 (Wednesday).  NO HOMEWORK.
7SS - Wrote the Climate, Vegetation, and Population Test.  NO HOMEWORK.

New Grade 8 Project

8ELA - Corrected Unit 13 Spelling.  Assigned a Book Review Project.  It focusses on children in conflict via picture books.  Students are working in groups of 3 to 4.  DUE JANUARY 19 WITH PRESENTATIONS.
8SS  - Corrected lesson on Egyptian Pyramids and Architecture.  Reviewed an outline of the test.  NO HOMEWORK.
7SS - Corrected Climate, Veg, and Geo questions.  NO HOMEWORK.

**GR 8 SS TEST ON FRIDAY.
**GR 7 SS TEST ON FRIDAY.

Hooray! Early Dismissal!

7SS - Corrected questions on climate, vegetation, and more and less developed nations.  NO HOMEWORK.
8B - SS - Read about Egyptian architecture.  HOMEWORK:  ROSETTA STONE PINK QUESTION AND PYRAMID QUESTIONS 1 - 5.
8M - SS - Corrected Egyptian Writing and Education.  HOMEWORK:  PYRAMID QUESTIONS 1 - 5.
8B  - ELA - Assigned Book Review groups and books.  NO HOMEWORK.

Off to a Busy Start

8B - SS - Corrected Egyptian Writing.  NO HOMEWORK.
8M - SS - Worked on Egyptian Writing.  HOMEWORK:  Q 1-7
8M - ELA - Precheck and lesson work for Spelling Unit 13.  Edited and revised our Fischl-style poems.  HOMEWORK:  CHILDREN IN CONFLICT POEM GOOD COPY DUE TOMORROW TYPED IN PROPER FORMAT.  SPELLING.
8B - ELA - Precheck and lesson work for Spelling Unit 13.  HOMEWORK:  SPELLING.

**DON'T FORGET THE SS TEST ON FRIDAY!

The Weekend Already?

8B - SS - Worked on Egyptian Education questions.  HOMEWORK:  EGYPTIAN EDUCATION & WRITING, Q. 1-7
8B - ELA - Reading class was followed by a period to assemble our Children in Conflict poems.  NO HOMEWORK.
7SS - Worked on climate/vegetation/geography/more and less developed countries questions.  HOMEWORK:  FIVE QUESTIONS

**8SS - EGYPT TEST JANUARY 14 (FRIDAY)
**7SS - POPULATION TEST JANUARY 14 (FRIDAY)

Welcome Back!

8SS - Read our text on the topic of Egyptian education, writing, and art.  Wrote notes and questions.  NO HOMEWORK.
8M-ELA - Corrected Fischl poem.  Reviewed children in conflict photos and brainstormed our reactions.  HOMEWORK:  FISCHL-STYLE POEM ROUGH DRAFT DUE TOMORROW.
8B - ELA - Peer conferenced with our Fischl-style poems, discussed titles and final copy format.  Library.  HOMEWORK:  CHILDREN IN CONFLICT POEM DUE TOMORROW.
7SS - Reviewed the more and less developed nations map and definitions.  Copied questions for tomorrow's class.  NO HOMEWORK.

**8SS - EGYPT TEST ON JANUARY 14TH.