What We Learned Today...May 13th

Doing some creative writing

We kicked off our day today with a half hour period of AR before moving to ELA.  Since we have completed our mini unit on Essay Writing and (most) students have handed in their Persuasive Essays, we moved on to our next mini unit which will focus on Creative Writing.  To kick off this unit, we did a quick creative writing activity where the students started a story then passed it to the person behind them tand switched every 30 seconds until the stories were complete.  We then discussed the four important parts of a story as well as the different areas on the plot diagram.  In Grade 8 Math the students continued to work on the assignment for 9.3, which is the final assignment for this unit.  Since this unit has come to a close this means our Unit Exam isn't very far away and we've selected Wednesday, May 21st as the day to write it.

After lunch Ms. Postma stopped by for Arts. Ed and they spent the class watching the iPad movies of their Jai Ho dances.  At 1:38 we had Science and we quickly talked about Temperature and Viscosity before looking Density and how to find it.  During the last period of the day the students headed to the gym with Mr. Fuchs and they worked on a few Track and Field events.

Upcoming Due Dates & Homework

ELA:

Dystopian Persuasive Essays are due now overdue

Religion:

Symbols of Hope Assignment is due on Wednesday, May 13th  Thursday, May 14th

Reminders:

Track Quad Meet is tomorrow morning.

Important!!!

Students please check your house tonight for any of the brand new Deshaye Catholic Jerseys as we are missing three after our Track Meet yesterday.  If you have one at home please bring it to school tomorrow and let Mr. Fuchs know