What We Learned Today...December 19th

Having fun with our little buddies!

Assembly: We kicked off our day with the final Monday morning assembly of 2016.  During the assembly we took some time to acknowledge our SWPBIS winners and say farewell to Ms. Hopfauf and our three wonderful interns.

Math: Once we arrived back to class, the students were given the remainder of the period to work on their Unit 4 Math Exams.

Gingerbread Houses: We spent part of the morning and afternoon building gingerbread houses with our little buddies from the kindergarten room.

Band Concert: During the last hour of the day, we headed down to the gym for a special band concert performed by the amazing Grade 7/8's from Deshaye.

Upcoming Due Dates & Homework

Genius Hour:

-Presentations will wrap up tomorrow

Reminders:

-The last day of school is on Wednesday, December 21st

Space Station Links

Below are the links for the four stations for our space activity today:

Station One: Food in space

http://www.asc-csa.gc.ca/eng/astronauts/living-eating.asp

Why they don’t use bread: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AZx0RIV0wss

Station Two: Sanitation and Hygiene

http://www.asc-csa.gc.ca/eng/astronauts/living-hygiene.asp

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5JPuaRBTMKs

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fa3nuXxM8yk

Station Three: Space Suit

http://www.pbs.org/spacestation/station/living_spacesuit.htm

Station Four: Rest and Exercise

Exercising - http://www.asc-csa.gc.ca/eng/astronauts/living-exercising.asp

Sleeping - http://www.asc-csa.gc.ca/eng/astronauts/living-sleeping.asp

What We Learned Today...December 15th

ELA: We started out our day by finishing up the movie, "Harry Potter and the Philosophers Stone".  Now that students have read the novel and watched the movie, they will begin working on their three paragraph assignment tomorrow.

Genius Hour: The amazing presentations continued today!

Math: The students were given the entire period to write their Unit Four exam.

Staff vs. Student Volleyball Game: During the last hour of the day we headed down to the gym for our annual teacher vs. student volleyball game.  A special thanks to all the coaches and players for a great game!

Upcoming Due Dates & Homework

Genius Hour:

-Projects are overdue

ELA:

-Harry Potter Chapter 17 questions are overdue

Math:

-4.4 is overdue

Religion:

-Students for Good videos are overdue

Reminders:

-The last day of school is on Wednesday, December 21st

What We Learned Today...December 14th

Pixel Art

ELA: This morning we started our day by reviewing the key events from our Harry Potter novels before we watched the movie. While watching the movie, the students were tasked with finding numerous similarities and differences between the two.  At the conclusion of the movie, the students will be required to write a three paragraphs on their findings, as well as which version they feel tells the story better.  The full assignment can be found here or on the ELA tab.

Genius Hour: We picked up where we left off yesterday and continued with the amazing Genius Hour presentations.  Over the hour and a half we learned about: Pixel Art, Dancing to K-Pop, Guitar, Piano, Minecraft, and the answer to the age old question, "Does Practice Make Perfect?".  Looking forward to some more amazing presentations tomorrow!

Science: During the last hour of the day the students wrote their Optics and Vision Science Exam.

Upcoming Due Dates & Homework

Genius Hour:

-Projects are overdue

ELA:

-Harry Potter Chapter 17 questions are overdue

Math:

-4.4 is overdue

-Unit exam is on Tomorrow, December 15th

Religion:

-Students for Good videos are due on Thursday

Reminders:

-The last day of school is on Wednesday, December 21st

What We Learned Today...December 13th

Genius Hour: We officially kicked off our first round of Genius Hour presentations.  I've been so impressed with how awesome these presentations have been so far.  It's so cool have each student share their passions with the rest of the class and show us how they became a genius on their question that past three months.  I can't wait until tomorrow to experience some more amazing presentations.

*Check out our Twitter page to see pictures and videos from the Genius Hour presentations today!
https://twitter.com/brescianibunch

Religion/Science: After lunch a few groups were given fifteen minutes to finish up their Students for Good videos from last class.  At 1:00 we took some time to play a review game for the Science Exam tomorrow.  If students would like to play this game again, they can do so by using this link:

Math: With the Math Exam approaching fast, the students were given the entire period to work on the Unit Review and Practice Test from their textbooks.

Upcoming Due Dates & Homework

Genius Hour:

-Projects are overdue

ELA:

-Harry Potter Chapter 17 questions are due tomorrow

Math:

-4.4 is overdue

-Unit exam is on Thursday, December 15th

Religion:

-Students for Good videos are due on Thursday

Science:

-Unit exam is tomorrow.

Reminders:

-The last day of school is on Wednesday, December 21st

What We Learned Today...December 9th

Filming their Students for Good scenes

ELA: We started out our day with the usual AR period before students began working on the chapter questions for the last chapter in Harry Potter and the Philosophers Stone.

Religion: With most groups finished their storyboards, they got behind the camera today and began filming the video advertisement portion of the Students for Good project.

Math: Students were given the entire period to write their Unit 4 Quiz and finish up the unit review from yesterday.

Upcoming Due Dates & Homework

Genius Hour:

-Projects are due on December 12th

Math:

-4.4 is due on Monday.

-Unit exam is on Thursday, December 15th

Religion:

-Students for Good posters are overdue

Science:

-Unit exam is on Wednesday, December 14th

Reminders:

-The last day of school is on Wednesday, December 21st

More pictures from today:

What We Learned Today...December 8th

Extra Switch: We started out our day with an extra Arts. Ed class so Mrs. Postma could introduce her new Arts. Ed project, "Deshaye's Got Talent!"

Health: We continued our Body Image unit by learning about different performance enhancing drugs and how they can negatively affect our bodies.

Religion: After lunch the students were tasked with creating a short video advertisement promoting a good deed or action that could occur in our school.  These advertisements are the second part of our Students for Good project and I can't wait to see the finished products next week!

Math: Students were given the entire period to work on their 4.4 assignments as well as the Unit Review from their textbooks.

ELA: With only a few pages left, we took the last twenty minutes of the day to finish our Harry Potter and the Philosophers Stone novel.

Upcoming Due Dates & Homework

Genius Hour:

-Projects are due on December 12th

Math:

-Quiz Tomorrow

-4.4 is due on Monday.

-Unit exam is on Thursday, December 15th

Religion:

-Students for Good posters are due on Friday

Science:

-Unit exam is on Wednesday, December 14th

Reminders:

-The last day of school is on Wednesday, December 21st

What We Learned Today...December 6th

All smiles this morning!

Christmas Craft and Baking: We started off our day with a lots of fun as the Grade 8's spent the majority of the morning baking and creating Christmas crafts for the Cafe tomorrow evening.

Genius Hour: Students were given one final period to work on their final Genius Hour presentations. These presentations will begin on Monday, December 12th, so if students are not ready, they will need to put the finishing touches on their presentations in their own time.

Religion: After lunch we continued working on the digital "Good Deed" posters for our Students for Good campaign.

Math: We started the period off with a quick review of last nights lesson before the students began working on the 4.4 assignment.

Upcoming Due Dates & Homework

ELA:

-Chapter 13 + 14 questions are due tomorrow.

Genius Hour:

-Projects are due on December 12th

Health:

-Eating Disorders from the Inside Out questions are due tomorrow

Reminders:

-Christmas Cafe for Senior Students is on Wednesday, December 7th

-The last day of school is on Wednesday, December 21st

Here's a few more pictures from today:

What We Learned Today...December 5th

AR: This morning our assembly ran a little longer than usual, so by the time we got back to class we only had time for our daily AR period.

Homework Period: With many students away at Full Band, the remaining students were given the period to work on any homework they might have had.

Religion: After lunch we officially kicked off our Students for Good campaign by creating digital posters on Adobe Spark that promote good deeds around the school.  To view the full assignment, please click here or visit the Religion tab.

ELA: Unfortunately Ms. Bachiu had to cancel French this afternoon, so we had a bonus ELA class instead.  Over the hour we neared the end of our novel study as we read Chapters 15 and 16 of Harry Potter and the Philosophers Stone together.

Upcoming Due Dates & Homework

ELA:

-Chapter 13 + 14 questions are due on Wednesday

Genius Hour:

-Projects are due on December 12th

Health:

-Eating Disorders from the Inside Out questions are due on Wednesday

Math:

-4.3 assignment is due tomorrow

-Watch the 4.4 video for tomorrow

Reminders:

-Volleyball wind up is on Tuesday, December 6th from 3:30 - 5:00 (Supper will be provided)

-Christmas Cafe for Senior Students is on Wednesday, December 7th

What We Learned Today...December 2nd

Intense Quidditch Match

ELA:  Students were given the entire period to work on their Chapter 13 and 14 guiding questions.  No more class time will be allotted for this assignment so students will need to finish them on their own time if they are not done.

Quidditch: Since Mr. Sentes graciously donated his Phys. Ed time to me, we used this period to play our first game of Quidditch! We had a blast and will be continuing this tournament after Christmas.

Health: We continued learning about Eating Disorders by watching the short Ted Talk: Eating Disorders from the Inside Out.  As they watched the video, the students were tasked with completing a short listening activity that corresponded to the content from the Ted Talk.

Math: The students were given the hour to finish up their textbook assignments and work on the 4.3 handout.

Upcoming Due Dates & Homework

ELA:

-Chapter 13 + 14 questions are due on Tuesday.

Genius Hour:

-Projects are due on December 12th

Health:

-Eating Disorders from the Inside Out questions are due on Wednesday

Math:

-4.3 assignments are due on Tuesday

-Pg. 142 is due on Monday

a) 5, 7, 8, 10, 12
b) 5, 8-13
c) 5, 8-16

Reminders:

-Volleyball wind up is on Tuesday, December 6th from 3:30 - 5:00 (Supper will be provided)

-Christmas Cafe for Senior Students is on Wednesday, December 7th

What We Learned Today...December 1st

Our shocking experience at the Science Centre yesterday!

ELA: This morning we started our day on a particularily good note, as Mrs. Norris popped by with treats for everyone in our class.  She took some time to recognize all the students hard work this year as they have a school-leading 95.5% correct in AR! Well done everyone!
After AR, we discussed the different heroic character traits before the students began working on their guiding questions for Chapter 13 + 14..

Science: We picked up where we left off yesterday and learned how our eyes see colour as well as the different types of waves on the Electromagnetic Spectrum.

Math: We started out the period with a quick review of the lesson from last night before the students took their Socrative tests and began working on the textbook assignment from Pg. 142.  (Full assignment is listed below)

Upcoming Due Dates & Homework

Genius Hour:

-Projects are due on December 12th

Math:

-4.2 assignments are due tomorrow.

-Pg. 142 is due on Monday

a) 5, 7, 8, 10, 12
b) 5, 8-13
c) 5, 8-16

Reminders:

-Volleyball wind up is on Tuesday, December 6th from 3:30 - 5:00 (Supper will be provided)

-Christmas Cafe for Senior Students is on Wednesday, December 7th

Here are a few more pictures from yesterday:

What We Learned Today...November 29th

ELA: We started out the day by setting up our Classroom Onenote Notebooks on the laptops.  Once we had everything ready, we read Chapter 14 of our novels together.

Genius Hour: Students were given the entire period to work on their final presenations.

Religion: After lunch we officially lauched our Students For Good unit.  Over the next few weeks we will be creating an advertising campaign to help make the world a better place by motivating others to do good deeds and spread "goodness" around our school.

Math: We briefly reviewed how to convert between decimals, fractions and percents, before students began working on the 4.2 handout.

Upcoming Due Dates & Homework

Genius Hour:

-Projects are due on December 12th

Reminders:

-The girls volleyball game has been rescheduled for tomorrow.

-Science Centre Field Trip is tomorrow!

-Christmas Cafe for Senior Students is on Wednesday, December 7th

What We Learned Today...November 28th

Survey: Student's started out the day by completing the University survey on Alcohol and Tobacco.

Homework Period: With today being another full band day, the remaining students were given our Health class to work on their Genius Hour projects or any other homework they had.

Catapult Challenge: After lunch we headed to Mr. Rieger's class to finish up our challenge from last week.

ELA: We took the shortened period to read Chapter Thirteen of Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone together.

Upcoming Due Dates & Homework

ELA:

-Mirror of Erised blog post is overdue

Genius Hour:

-Projects are due on December 12th

Reminders:

-The girls volleyball game has been rescheduled again for Wednesday, November 30th

-Science Centre Field Trip is on Wednesday, November 30th.  

-Christmas Cafe for Senior Students is on Wednesday, December 7th

Have a Great Weekend!

Our visit with the Archbishop yesterday

Only one more night of interviews before the long weekend!

Since we don't have school tomorrow, I thought I'd make a quick post of any homework or upcoming due dates.

Upcoming Due Dates & Homework

ELA:

-Mirror of Erised blog post is due on Monday.

Genius Hour:

-Projects are due on December 12th

Reminders:

-The girls volleyball game has been rescheduled again for Wednesday, November 30th

-Science Centre Field Trip is on Wednesday, November 30th.  

-There is Full Band on Monday

A few pictures from our catapult challenge today:

What We Learned Today...November 22nd

ELA: We started out the day with a brief AR period before reading through Chapter Twelve of Harry Potter and the Philosophers Stone together.

Health: Students were given the entire period to finish up their Digital Portfolio's.  I'm very impressed with how amazing these have turned out, and I can't wait for the students to showcase them during our conferences this week.

Math: After a brief review of the lesson from last week, the students began working on their textbook assignment from Pg. 135.

Upcoming Due Dates & Homework

Health:
-Digital Portfolio's are due tomorrow.

Genius Hour:

-Projects are due on December 12th

Math: - Due on Thursday.

Pg. 135 

a) 1, 2, 4, 6, 8, 13
b) 2, 4, 6, 8, 13-18
c) 4, 6, 8, 10, 13, 15, 17, 21

Reminders:

-The girls volleyball game has been rescheduled for Tuesday, November 22nd.

-Sacraments afternoon is at Holy Cross tomorrow. - Remember to dress in your "Sunday Best"

-Science Centre Field Trip is on Wednesday, November 30th.  Notes will go home tomorrow.

-Parent Teacher conferences are Tomorrow and Thursday.

Note about Report Cards: 
I have attempted to pack them with as much detail as I could. Besides the report card you will also receive an email containing a spread-sheet of all of the assignments and tests that I gave to your daughter / son for every class that I taught to them.It is a useful method to start a discussion about what is working well and / or what improvements need to be under-taken in order to maximize their learning potential in each and every class. Please send me an email at m.j.bresciani.rcsd.ca if you have not received a copy of them electronically. I look forward to meeting with you to discuss each student’s progress and to help ensure that the academic plan that we have for each and every student is the right one for them. Please remember too that if you cannot meet with me on the scheduled dates or if you feel that you need more time I am always willing to make myself available before or after school on any given day.