Busy Day

8M SS - Started the unit on ancient Egypt.  Learned about geography.  Learned about Who's Who and Date Chart.  HOMEWORK:  GEOGRAPHY Q 1-4, INCLUDING A PINK QUESTION.
8B SS - Continued learning about Egyptian geography, specifically natural resources.  HOMEWORK:  INTERNET ACTIVITY VIA THE BRITISH MUSEUM PLUS TWO QUESTIONS.  WWW.ANCIENTEGYPT.CO.UK/GEOGRAPHY.
8 ELA - Did the Unit 8 Spelling Precheck and worksheets on Skills focussing on punctuation and capitalization.  HOMEWORK:  SPELLING AND SKILLS DUE WEDNESDAY.
7SS - Used Health to create a double SS.  Health will occur on Wednesday instead.  Corrected Asia maps.  HOMEWORK:  AUSTRALIA AND ANTARCTICA MAPS.

**Be safe tonight and travel in pairs.  Don't eat any unwrapped or opened candy.
**Early dismissal tomorrow at 2:00 p.m.
**Picture money is due on Thursday.

Have a Good Weekend!

8B SS - Learned about Egyptian geography.  HOMEWORK:  EGYPTIAN GEO Q 1-4
8M ELA - Did the unit 7 Spelling Test then it was used as a SS class.  Finished working on Early Civilization posters.  HOMEWORK:  PINK QUESTION.
8B ELA - Did the unit 7 Spelling Test.  Worked on Every Day is Earth Day questions. 
HOMEWORK:  Q 1-6.
7REL - Corrected our worksheet on books of the Bible.  Read from our text about the Christian story from the time of Abraham.
7SS - Corrected our Africa maps.  HOMEWORK:  ASIA MAP AND ISLANDS OF ASIA.

**PICTURE MONEY IS DUE ON NOVEMBER 3RD. 
**WE DAY PERMISSION PACKAGES SHOULD COME IN BY NOVEMBER 3RD.
**ST. PAUL'S RAFFLE TICKETS ARE NOW DUE.
**PIZZA MONEY IS DUE ON MONDAY.

Long Time No Talk

8B SS - Began our unit on Egypt.  Reviewed the atlas and familiarized ourselves with geography and climate.  Learned how to make a Who's Who and Date Chart.  These are excellent study aids.  NO HOMEWORK.
8M ELA - Finished correcting Skills Lesson 60.  Worked on our drama unit via a short play titled Every Day is Earth Day.  NO HOMEWORK.
8M SS - Worked on our Early Civ posters.  NO HOMEWORK.
7SS - Corrected our maps on South America and Europe.  HOMEWORK:  AFRICA MAPS
7REL - Worked on a Books of the Bible worksheet which helps us become familiar with all the names.  NO HOMEWORK.

**SPELLING TEST FOR UNIT 7--LETS GET 100%!
**WE DAY PARTICIPANTS NEED TO RETURN THEIR PERMISSION FORMS AND $10 AS SOON AS POSSIBLE.

Yay! The Weekend!

7HEA-In groups, we corrected 3 questions on Conflict Resolution.  NO HOMEWORK
7SS - Worked on mental mapping.  Geo Game.
8B ELA-Corrected Cranes Fly South, reviewed Pink Questions, did our multi-unit spelling test, introduced Characterization & Setting assignment.  HOMEWORK:  PINK QUESTION RE-DOS, NON-FICTION PARAS, FICTION WEBS.
8M ELA - Corrected Cranes Fly South, collected Pink Questions, did our multi-unit spelling test, introduced Characterization & Setting assignment.  HOMEWORK:  NON-FICTION PARAS, FICTION WEBS.

Pink Questions Have Arrived

8ELA - Worked on the short story Cranes Fly South by Edward McCourt.  Pink Question assigned and format was discussed.  Pink Questions are expository (non-fiction) writing.  HOMEWORK:  STORY QUESTIONS #1-7 WITH A PINK QUESTION. 
8B - Worked on/finished our early civilization posters.  NO HOMEWORK.
7REL - Worked on questions about being part of a community.  Group Work.  NO HOMEWORK.
7SS - Students got their Globe Test back today.  Started work on the mapping unit:  mental map drawing and diagnostic mapping skills.  NO HOMEWORK.

**8M - Bring back you Science permission forms.  Field Trip on Wednesday for 8M and Tuesday for 8B.

Hardly any Homework! So Sad!

8B SS - Started working on group projects focussing on the earliest civilizations:  China, Mesopotamia, and the Indus Valley.  NO HOMEWORK.
8M SS - Reviewed Important Places of Ancient Civilizations and worked on and corrected a Sort and Predict of Stone Age versus Bronze Age.  NO HOMEWORK.
8B ELA - Did our Unit 5 Spelling Test, had work time, then corrected "All Summer in a Day".  NO HOMEWORK.
8M ELA - Did our Unit 5 Spelling Test, copied the questions for "All Summer in a Day".  HOMEWORK:  ALL SUMMER IN A DAY Q 1-6.
7SS - Reviewed information about map projections, had study time for next week's test.  NO HOMEWORK.  UNIT 1 TEST OCT 19.

Social Studies Project Introduced

8B SS - Worked on a Sort & Predict of Stone Age versus Bronze Age.  Introduced a project on three early ancient civilizations.  NO HOMEWORK.
8M SS - Worked on Important Places of the Ancient World.  NO HOMEWORK.
8B - ELA - Corrected Spelling Unit 5, finished reading All Summer in a Day by Ray Bradbury, writing conferences.  HOMEWORK:  ALL SUMMER IN A DAY Q 1-6.
8M - ELA - Corrected Operation Survival, completed notes on Fiction.  NO HOMEWORK.
7SS - Worked on Map Projections worksheet.  NO HOMEWORK.
7HEALTH - Continued working on Conflict Resolution content.  HOMEWORK:  CONFLICT RESOLUTION REFLECTION Q 1-3.

Hooray! A Short Week!

8SS - Both classes wrote the Early Peoples Test today.  NO HOMEWORK.

8M ELA - Spelling Unit 5 precheck and questions were given today.  HOMEWORK:  SPELLING

7SS - Students wrote the Time Test today.  Reviewed basic world geography.  Finished the GEO game.  NO  HOMEWORK.

7REL - Worked on our Normal Grade 7 Student posters.  HOMEWORK:  POSTER WORK TO BE SHARED AMONG GROUP MEMBERS.  POSTER DUE THURSDAY.

**Picture Day on Friday.  Get a haircut.  Wash your uniform.  Look nice!

KD, KD---WHERE ARE YOU?

We only have one more day to bring in the KD for the church's harvest hampers.  Please share what you have!

8SS - TEST ON TUESDAY.  PROJECTS DUE FOR 8B STUDENTS.

8B ELA - Did our spelling tests today.  Corrected Operation Survival by Cicely Veighey.  Played the Geo Game so congratulations go to John.  NO HOMEWORK.
8M ELA - Did our spelling tests today.  Read Operation Survival by Cicely Veighey.  HOMEWORK:  OPERATION SURVIVAL Q 1-6.

7SS - Reviewed the Practice Time Test.  Reviewed basic geography and played the Geo Game.

Have a happy Thanksgiving!  Play outside.  Rake the leaves.  Eat lots of good things.  Thank your parents for all that you have.

KD Count Continues

Have you brought in your KD for the October House Challenge?  We want to remember that Hunger is a huge problem in our world and we all have lots to eat.  Let's share a little of what we have!

8M ELA - Corrected Unit 4 Spelling.  Made notes on "plot" and discussed the topic.  NO HOMEWORK.  SPELLING TEST TOMORROW.
8B ELA - Corrected Unit 4 Spelling.  Made notes on "plot" and discussed the topic.  Read "Operation Survival" by Cicely Veighey.  HOMEWORK:  OPERATION SURVIVAL Q 1-6.  SPELLING TEST TOMORROW.

8M SS - Worked on our facebook projects.  HOMEWORK:  FACEBOOK PROJECTS DUE TOMORROW.  TEST ON TUESDAY FOR UNIT 1 WORK.
8B SS - Collected Compare and Contrast Chart.  Introduced and worked on facebook project.  TEST ON TUESDAY.  PROJECT DUE TUESDAY.

7SS - Corrected Time Around the World.  Assigned a practice time test.  NO HOMEWORK.
**WHAT IS AN ISTHMUS?