Tea Tickets

We are days away from our Spring is Sprung Tea!  If you still want to order tickets they are $5 for adults and $1 for children.  Older students may come to the tea without a parent but they must have a ticket.  Tomato plants are also available for order at $2 for a plant.

8B SS - Corrected Roman Society and Entertainment.  NO HOMEWORK.

8M SS - HOMEWORK:  ROMAN SOCIETY AND ENTERTAINMENT.

8B ELA - HOMEWORK:  THE HIGHWAYMAN POEM BY ALFRED NOYES (INCLUDES A PINK QUESTION).

8M ELA - Started correcting The Highwayman poem.  Pink questions were collected.  NO HOMEWORK.

7SS - Collected Children's Rights posters.

Happy Easter To All!

7SS - Students were working on their Children's Rights posters.  We have another class period to work on them then they are due on Thursday.
8SS - Work time for Roman Law and Military.  Handed back several pieces of work.  Check the scores.  HOMEWORK:  ROMAN LAW AND MILITARY.
8ELA - Learned about ballads and read "The Highwayman" by Alfred Noyes.  Handed back the spelling test from Thursday.  NO HOMEWORK.

**We wore our Take Pride! t-shirts today and cleaned up our school yard and neighbourhood. 
**Tea tickets on sale until Thursday.

Greece Tests Home Today for Signing

8SS - We reviewed our Greece tests and they were sent home for parent signatures.  Corrected our work on Roman Governance and Julius Caesar.  NO HOMEWORK.

**Tomorrow is Litterless Lunch; please bring a lunch tomorrow that doesn't make any garbage.  Reuseable containers are best!

**One week left for Tea Tickets!

Lots of Homework Today

8SS - Learned about Julius Caesar and the significance of 44 BCE.  HOMEWORK:  CAESAR Q. 1-5.

8ELA - Reviewed work on I am David - Memorable Quotes.  HOMEWORK:  MEMORABLE QUPTE ROUGH DRAFT POEM.

7G SS - Corrected the Doing My Part chart.  Reviewed guidelines for Children's Rights Poster.

**Tea Tickets are now on sale.  All students will be participating; they'll be performing, making decorations, and serving.  Hope to see you there!

**Litterless Lunch on Thursday.  Put your lunch in reusable containers.  Win house points--don't make garbage!

Tea Tickets Now on Sale

8SS - Corrected Roman geography and collected Rome Maps.  Learned about Roman Government.  HOMEWORK:  ROMAN GOVERNMENT Q, 1-4.

7G SS - Discussed the video from last class:  Jane's Practical Guide to Human Rights.  HOMEWORK:  DOING MY PART CHART.
7C SS - Finished watching a video:  Jane's Practical Guide to Human Rights.  HOMEWORK:  VIDEO VIEWING SHEET.

**An Assembly was held on Tuesday to kick-off our Spring Tea.  All students, K to 8, will be involved; they will be performing, serving, decorating, and entertaining you for the afternoon.  Tomato plants are available for pre-order and pick-up at the tea.  We'll be looking for dainties from all families.  Come and see what we've planned for you.  More information is available on the school website and on the yellow sheet sent home on Tuesday.  See you at the tea on May 5th.

New Unit in SS

8SS - Students wrote the Ancient Greece Test today.  8M - Also began the new unit on Ancient Rome. HOMEWORK:  PERMISSION FORM FOR THE MOVIE GLADIATOR WITH RUSSELL CROWE.
8M - ELA - Discussed how dialogue can create mood.  HOMEWORK:  MEMORABLE QUOTATIONS ASSIGNMENT.

**Permission forms still need to be returned for the field trip on Monday.  Grade 8 grammar tests went home for signing yesterday and need to be returned.  Please bring in Canadian Tire money or other donations of pet supplies for the St. Francis Challenge.

Ancient Greece Test Tomorrow

8ELA - Corrected I am David (Inferences and Memory).  Discussed a writing assignment on Character for I am David.  Reviewed the grammar test.  HOMEWORK:  GET GRAMMAR TEST SIGNED.  DO CHARACTER ASSIGNMENT.
8SS - TEST TOMORROW.
7C SS - Read about apartheid in South Africa.  HOMEWORK:  HUMAN RIGHTS IN SOUTH AFRICA Q. 1-6.

Grade 8 SS Test Postponed

8SS - Corrected End of the Greek Empie.  NO HOMEWORK.  NOTE THAT MONDAY'S TEST HAS BEEN POSTPONED BY ONE DAY.  TEST ON TUESDAY.
7G SS - Corrected Human Rights in South Africa.  NO HOMEWORK.
7C SS - Corrected Universal Declaration of Human Rights.  NO HOMEWORK.
8ELA - Completed a grammar test on sentences, capitalization and punctuation.  NO HOMEWORK.

Grade 8 Grammar Test Tomorrow

8SS - Learned about the fall of the Greek empire.  HOMEWORK:  END OF THE GREEK
EMPIRE Q. 1-5.  TEST:  MONDAY
7G SS - Learned about human rights abuses and apartheid in South Africa.  HOMEWORK:  HR IN SOUTH AFRICA Q. 1-7.

Tests Went Home for Signing Today

8ELA - Finished corrected a grammar booklet.  TEST FRIDAY:  CAPS AND PUNCTUATION.
8M SS - Reviewed notes on the Peloponnesian Wars.  Learned about Alexander the Great.  NO HOMEWORK.  TEST MONDAY:  ANCIENT GREECE
8B SS - Reviewed notes on the Peloponnesian Wars.  Learned about Alexander the Great.  NO HOMEWORK.  TEST MONDAY:  ANCIENT GREECE.
7G SS - Learned about apartheid and discrimination in South Africa.  NO HOMEWORK.
7C SS - Reviewed our learning of the UDHR.  NO HOMEWORK.

**GRADE 8 STUDENTS HAVE A TEST THIS FRIDAY AND ON MONDAY.  GRADE 7 STUDENTS WERE SENT HOME WITH THE "GOOD LIFE" TEST WHICH NEEDS TO GET SIGNED.  GRADE 8 STUDENTS WERE SENT HOME WITH A GRAMMAR TEST WHICH NEEDS TO GET SIGNED.

Grade 8 Units Ending

8SS - Corrected the Persian Empire with 8M.  Corrected the Pelopponesian Wars with both classes.  NO HOMEWORK.
8ELA - Worked on the Review of the Grammar Booklet.  Worked on I am David assignments.  8B HOMEWORK:  GRAMMAR REVIEW, I AM DAVID-MAKING INFERENCES (P.11) AND MEMORY (P.13)
7G SS - Corrected the lesson on the Universal Declaration of Human Rights.  NO HOMEWORK.
7C SS - Worked on the lesson on the Universal Declaration of Human Rights.  HOMEWORK:  UDHR QUESTION.

Back to Work!

8B SS - Corrected the Persian Empire.  HOMEWORK:  PELOPONNESIAN WARS Q 1 - 5.
8M SS - Worked on the Persian Empire and Peloponnesian Wars.  HOMEWORK:  PELOPONNESIAN WARS Q 1 - 5.