Mr. Bresciani's Blurbs: What We Learned Today...October 25th

Friday 25 October 2013

What We Learned Today...October 25th

Reading with our Little Buddies!

Well I think it's safe to say this week as well as the whole year seems to be flying by. We're now officially twenty percent through the school which is pretty crazy when you think about it!

This morning we began our day with the usual AR period before heading down to Ms. Sutherland's classroom to meet up with our little buddies. We spent the better part of the hour reading with our little buddies which was an excellent way to finish off education week. I have to say once again how impressed I am with the students in our Grade 7/8 class. They did such a wonderful job today reading with their little buddies as they truly demonstrated Christ like qualities through their kindness, caring and especially patience. Well done Grade 7/8's!

In Grade 8 Math we quickly reviewed the Pythagorean Relationship before moving on to to the next concept in our unit, "Estimating Square Roots". We spent the rest of the period working on this concept and will continue working on it on Monday. If you were having trouble with today's concept just check out the video I embedded below. It also goes over the steps to Estimating Square Roots as well as Square Numbers:

After lunch the students had Phys. Ed with Mr. Fuchs and they worked through some more circuit training. At 1:23 we had Science and spent a little bit of time discussing the Predator/Prey game that we played on Wednesday and the importance of balance in an Ecosystem. We also spent some time looking at Photosynthesis and why it is important for all living things. During the last hour of the day the students had Health with Ms. Zwingli and spent some time investigating the question, "What is Violence".

*A note was sent home about our field trip next week to the Rainbow Cinema's to watch Percy Jackson: Sea of Monsters. This movie aligns perfectly with our Greek Mythology Unit as we will be studying Heroes and Demigods next week.

Here are some more pictures from today: