Wednesday 17 December 2014

What We Learned Today...December 17th

Putting together our Hot Chocolate in a Bag!

Here's a snap shot of our day:

ELA: With the Harry Potter paragraphs due tomorrow, students were given the entire period to finish up their good copies and any other overdue assignments.

Phys. Ed: With the gym in use this morning for the Christmas Concert rehearsal, the students headed outside to play capture the flag with Mr. Bird.

Health: Now that we finished up our Body Image Unit Assignment, we spent Health class today creating our craft for the Christmas Cafe.  These crafts will be sold and all proceeds will be donated to charity.

Religion: We wrapped up our Human Rights Activist unit today by watching the final presentation which was focused on Blessed Mother Teresa.  

Science: Over the hour the students were split up into groups and competed in a game of Jeopardy to review key concepts for their exam tomorrow.

Here's a few more pictures from today:



Upcoming Due Dates & Homework


ELA:
Harry Potter Writing Assignment is due on Wednesday, December 17th  Thursday, December 18th.  (If students hand it in tomorrow they will get a bonus mark)

Science:
Unit Exam will be on Tomorrow, December 18th

Reminders:

-Christmas Concert is Tomorrow, December 18th

-Last day before Christmas Holidays is December 19th (School done at 11:55)

Tuesday 16 December 2014

What We Learned Today...December 16th

Working hard at the Ginger Bread Houses!

Here's a snap shot of our day today:

9:00 - 10:20 - This morning we started our day by welcoming the Kindergarten students into our classroom to make Gingerbread houses.  Once again, the students did a terrific job with the the Kindergarten students; they displayed such kindness and patience and were wonderful role models for the rest of Deshaye.

10: 35 - 11:15 - Mr. Fuchs took the students to the gym for Phys. Ed and they participated in some circuit training before working on various basketball drills.

12:45 - 2:10 - We were fortunate to welcome the afternoon Kindergarten students to our classroom and work on Gingerbread houses with them!

2:25 - 3:35 - During the last hour of the day we headed to the gym for our Month End (and Year End) assembly. We were treated to some amazing music by our band students and a breathtaking black light performance of the song "Christmas Shoes".

Here's some more pictures from today:




Upcoming Due Dates & Homework


ELA:
Harry Potter Writing Assignment is due on Wednesday, December 17th  Thursday, December 18th.  (If students hand it in tomorrow they will get a bonus mark)

Health:
Body Image Posters are now overdue


Science:
Unit Exam will be on Thursday, December 18th

Reminders:

-Christmas Concert is December 18th

-Last day before Christmas Holidays is December 19th (School done at 11:55)

Friday 12 December 2014

What We Learned Today....December 12th


Busy writing their Unit Exams!
Wow have we ever had a busy week this week! Between our Space Station all day Wednesday and being away yesterday, I wasn't able to update my blog as often as I would like.   But fear not, here I am just in time for the regular Friday blog post!

ELA: Today students were given the entire period to work on their Harry Potter writing assignment. Students should now have completed their first draft and started editing and revising process.  They will be given one more class on Monday to finish up their two paragraphs before it is due on Wednesday.

Phys. Ed: Mr. Fuchs took advantage of the nice weather today and led the students outside where they got their share of physical activity by playing a huge game of capture the flag!

Arts. Ed: Over this period the students continued to work on their drawings from last class and handed any Essay's that were not turned in on time.

Grade 8 Math: The day finally came...Students spent the entire hour writing their Unit 4 Exam, which as one student wisely pointed out that it was their final math test for the year!

Genius Hour: During the last hour of the day students were given the entire hour to work on their Genius Hour project as well as work on their Progress Blog Post.

*Sadly there will be no Blog Post update on Monday as I will be away in Seattle watching the Seattle Seahawks take on the San Francisco 49's! I hope everyone has a wonderful weekend, and I will see you on Tuesday!

Upcoming Due Dates & Homework


ELA:
Harry Potter Writing Assignment is due on Wednesday, December 17th

Health:
Body Image Posters are now overdue


Science:
Unit Exam will be on Thursday, December 18th

Reminders:

-Christmas Concert is December 18th

-Last day before Christmas Holidays is December 19th (School done at 11:55)

Monday 8 December 2014

What We Learned Today...December 8th

Wow! I can't believe we are already in the second week of December!! It's scary how fast this year is going by, but I guess it's true what they say, "Time flies by when your having fun".  And man have we ever had fun so far this year!

Here is a snap shot of our day today:

ELA: We started the morning out with a half hour of silent reading before looking at our unit end assignment for Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone.  This assignment (which can be found on the ELA page)  tasked the students with writing two paragraphs about similarities and differences between the novel and the theatrical version.  We will be working on these assignments in ELA all week and will be due next week.  (I will post an exact due date by the end of the week)

Arts. Ed: Ms. Postma stopped by and took the students to the Multi-Purpose room to work on their essays as well as a new drama assignment.

Health: Students were given the period to continue working on their Body Image posters.  Since we have already had 3 class periods to work on this assignment and most students seem to be near completion, I will only be giving one additional class period to work on this before it becomes homework.   Please see the due date below.

Religion: Today we learned about this year's Nobel Peace Prize winner, Malala Yousafzai and how she has helped to shape the world through her fight for education and women's rights.

Grade 8 Math: Over the hour we spent some time going through the 4.1 - 4.3 assignments before students began working on their Unit 4 quiz.  *Don't forget we have our Unit Exam on Friday, so be sure to start studying now!

Science: Today we started to wrap up our Science Unit by looking at how we see colour and how the addition and subtraction of colour works.

Upcoming Due Dates & Homework


Math:
4.4 Handout is due on overdue
Unit Exam on Friday, December 12th

ELA:
Harry Potter Chapter 17 Questions are overdue

Arts. Ed:
Essay's are due on Thursday, December 11th.

Reminders:

-Christmas Concert is December 18th

-Last day before Christmas Holidays is December 19th (School done at 11:55)

Friday 5 December 2014

What We Learned Today...December 5th

Hogwarts came to our class today!

ELA: This morning we started out the day by watching the end of Harry Potter and the Philosophers stone.  Students will now be tasked with writing about three similarities and three differences they noticed between the novel and the movie.  If you would like a sneak peak of this assignment click here!

Phys. Ed: The students headed down to the gym for some circuit training before working on a few different basketball skills

Arts. Ed: Ms. Postma stopped by and took the students to the Arts. Ed room where they continued to work on their essays as well as their travel pictures.

Religion: Students continued their Human Rights Activists presentations and today we learned about Rosa Parks and how they made a difference in our world.

Grade 8 Math: Students continued to work on their 4.4 assignments and were given an overview for their quiz on Monday.  *Don't forget to start studying this weekend for our unit end exam next Friday.

During the last hour of the day we headed down to the gym for the second installment of our Staff vs. Student sports game or better known as the "Staff vs. Student Smackdown".  Today the teachers took on the students in a game of volleyball. The students did an excellent job and made it a close game, but unfortunately the teachers came out with the win today. Hats off to the students for a well played game!

Upcoming Due Dates & Homework


Math:
Pg. 148-149 - overdue
a) 1-4, 5, 6, 8, 10
b) 1-4, 6, 8-12
c) 3, 4, 9, 11-13
4.4 Handout is due on Monday, December 8th
Quiz on Monday, December 8th
Unit Exam on Friday, December 12th

ELA:
Harry Potter Chapter 17 Questions are due on Friday, December 5th Monday, December 8th

Reminders:

Have a great weekend!

Thursday 4 December 2014

What We Learned Today...December 4th

Watching Harry Potter this morning!

Here's a snapshot of our day today:


ELA: Now that we have officially ended our Harry Potter and the Philosophers Stone novel and made our AR point club last month, we celebrated by watching the movie version of the book throughout the period as well as after Arts. Ed. Students were also pleased (well maybe not so much) to find out that they will be writing an essay on the similarities and differences between the novel and the movie next week as our unit end assignment.

Arts. Ed: Ms Postma took the students down to the Arts. Ed room and they continued working on their drawing assignments from last class.

Religion: We are getting so close to finishing up the Human Rights Activists presentations and today we learned about Ryan Hreljac and how he made a difference in the world.

Grade 8 Math:  Students were given the entire period to finish up their assignment from Pg. 148 then begin working on their 4.4 marked assignment. *Don't forget to study for our quiz on Monday next week and our Unit Exam on Friday, December 12th.


Upcoming Due Dates & Homework


Math:
Pg. 148-149 - Due Tomorrow
a) 1-4, 5, 6, 8, 10
b) 1-4, 6, 8-12
c) 3, 4, 9, 11-13
4.4 Handout is due on Monday, December 8th

ELA:
Harry Potter Chapter 17 Questions are due on Friday, December 5th Monday, December 8th

Reminders:

-Staff vs. Student Volleyball game, bring 

-DQ lunch orders went home today.  Be sure to return them by tomorrow if you would like to participate.





Wednesday 3 December 2014

What We Learned Today...December 3rd

Genius Hour assignment for today!
ELA: We kicked off our ELA period this morning with our usual half hour of silent reading.  I forgot to mention last week that the students did a great job meeting their point totals for the month of December, and as a result we will be celebrating tomorrow morning with a movie party.  For the second half of class, students worked on their Chapter 17 guiding questions for Harry Potter.  *Don't forget, that this assignment is due by the end of the day on Friday.

Phys. Ed: Mr. Fuchs took the students to the gym and they continued to work on Basketball by participating in different shooting drills.

Health: Students were given the period to continue working on their Body Image posters.

Science: Today we had an extra Science class right after lunch to finish up our lesson from yesterday about the human eye.
Genius Hour: During the last hour of the day, students worked on their first Genius Hour blog post, updating their progress so far.  Students wrote about what they've learned, things that have gone well or things they have had difficulty with and where they see their projects going.  


Upcoming Due Dates & Homework


Math:
4.3 is overdue.
Pg. 148-149
a) 1-4, 5, 6, 8, 10
b) 1-4, 6, 8-12
c) 3, 4, 9, 11-13

ELA:
Harry Potter Chapter 15+16 Questions are overdue
Harry Potter Chapter 17 Questions are due on Friday, December 5th

Reminders:

-DQ lunch orders went home today.  Be sure to return them by Friday if you would like to participate.

Tuesday 2 December 2014

What We Learned Today...December 2nd

Mr. Meyers speaking with the Bresciani Bunch!


Religion: Today we were very fortunate once again to have Mr. Meyers visit our class for another one of his wonderful presentations.  Over the hour we learned about Advent and the meaning behind the different colours priests wear, the origin of Santa Clause and St. Nicholas and the history of the Candy Cane.  A special thanks to Mr. Meyers once again for taking time out of his busy schedule to come visit us today!

Phys. Ed: Mr. Fuchs took the students to the gym and they began their unit on basketball by playing a few different games that worked on shooting.

Health: Students continued to work on their Body Image posters for the entire period.

AR: After lunch the students were given the half hour period to silently read as they missed their usual period first thing this morning.

Grade 8 Math: Students answered a brief quiz on Socrative on last nights lesson and then got right to work on their 4.4 textbook assignment.  (Full assignment details are posted below)

Science: During the last hour of the day we learned all about the human eye and how glasses help people with Myopia and Hypermetropia see clearly.

Upcoming Due Dates & Homework


Math:
4.4 is overdue.
Pg. 148-149
a) 1-4, 5, 6, 8, 10
b) 1-4, 6, 8-12
c) 3, 4, 9, 11-13

ELA:
Harry Potter Chapter 15+16 Questions are overdue
Harry Potter Chapter 17 Questions are due on Friday, December 5th

French:
Calendars are due tomorrow

Reminders:

-DQ lunch orders went home today.  Be sure to return them by Friday if you would like to participate.

Monday 1 December 2014

What We Learned Today...December 1st



ELA: After we arrived back from the assembly this morning, the students were given the first half of the class to silently read their AR books before working on their Harry Potter Chapter 15 and 16 questions for the second half of class.

Health: Now that we've finished up with our Goal Setting for term two, we got back to our Body Image Unit and the students were given their Unit End Assignment.  For this assignment, students will be tasked with researching one of the concepts we learned about in our unit and creating a poster, glog or presentation on it.

Religion: Today we continued the Human Rights Activist Presentations from last week and we learned about Martin Luther King as well as Frederick Douglass.

Grade 8 Math: Students were given the entire hour to finish up their 4.3 assignments and work on some extra Math on IXL.

Science: During the last hour of the day we reviewed the "Law of Reflection" and how it applied to our Mirror Challenge last week.  We then moved on to the term "Refraction" and how it affects the way we see things and how it applies to the speed of light.


Upcoming Due Dates & Homework


Math:
4.3 due Tomorrow
Watch 4.4 video for tomorrow (Still uploading)

ELA:
Harry Potter Chapter 15+16 Questions are due tomorrow

Reminders:

-DQ lunch orders went home today.  Be sure to return them by Friday if you would like to participate.