Friday 8 September 2017

What We Learned Today...September 8th


Taking a second to pose during the Egg Drop prep!


ELA: This morning we started out the day by learning about how the students will be assessed this year, as  our division has shifted to Outcome Based Reporting.  We took some to go through what Curricular Outcomes are, as well as the "I Can" statements that align with each outcome.

Health:In Health we kicked off our Body Image unit by discussing what exactly Body Image is, and investigated the three different body types as well as stereotypes that males and females face.

Math: The students were introduced to a relatively new approach to teaching that we will be participating in this year. This new approach is called a "Flipped Classroom" and it involves teaching in a way that sees the students learn new content online through the use of educational videos prepared by their teacher. This approach allows for more personalized interactions with the students during class time instead of lecturing. More information about this can be found on our Flipped Math Blog. (If the link isn't working see the link to it at the top of this blog under "Quick Links")
Egg Drop: During the last hour of the day we headed outside for a special egg drop competition with our fellow Grade 7/8's students from Mr. Rieger's room. Students tested out their creations from earlier this afternoon to see if they could protect their egg from a drop off of the roof.

*As I mentioned on Tuesday, I am so lucky to have such an amazing group of young people to work with this year. I'm positive we are going to have an amazing year together and look forward to all the fun to come. Have a wonderful weekend everyone!
Upcoming Due Dates & Homework

Math:
-Watch 2.1 video for Monday - Students please remind your fellow classmates about this!
ELA:
-"All About Me" presentations are due on Wednesday, September 13th
-RAD Testing begins on Monday.

Religion:
-Multiple Intelligence charts are due on Tuesday, September 12th

Social:
-KWL charts are due on Wednesday

Reminders:

-Girls football practice is on Monday morning at 8:00.
-The girls football plays their first game on Monday at St. Kateri 


Some more pictures from today:



























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