Monday, December 12, 2011

Pushing and Pulling

7SS - Students discussed the reasons why people leave one country (push factors) for a different one (pull factors).  HOMEWORK:  INTERVIEW SOMEONE WHO HAS LEFT A COUNTRY FOR CANADA.  IDENTIFY 2 PUSH AND 2 PULL FACTORS FROM THIS INDIVIDUAL.  BE SURE TO INCLUDE WHEN THEY LEFT AND FROM WHERE.
8B ELA - Unit 14 Spelling.
8B SS - Started a unit on ancient Greece.  Reviewed the objectives, read about the ancient civilization of Mycenae, and constructed a timeline for the unit.

**Please bring in your toonie for our class Christmas present for the church hamper.  Please bring in your box of jello.
**If you have the time to make a list of things you want for Christmas, you have time to go to your wallet or piggy bank and find a toonie for the hamper or to the pantry for the jello.  HELP OUT!