What We Learned Today...October 24th

Having a blast carving pumpkins......

We had a shortened AR period this morning because we had a very special visiter stop by our class again.  The "Catholic Education Guru", better known as Mr. Meyers stopped by this morning and taught us all about Saints.  He focused on the steps to becoming a Saint as well as the Patron Saints.  The students even got the opportunity to play some Saint "Tic Tac Toe" as well as work in their groups to answer some trivia-like questions for candy.  It's always a treat to have Mr. Meyers stop by our classroom and teach us something new about our faith! We hope he comes back and visits soon!
In Grae 8 Math we continued to work through the CAT 4 tests and started the Mathematics section today.

After lunch the students had Arts. Ed with Ms. Norris followed by Science with Mr. Csada.  For the last hour of the day we paired up with our little buddies in Ms. Wileys class and carved pumpkins.  The little buddies created designs for their pumpkins and the big buddies did an awesome job of helping them clean their pumpkins out and cut out the designs.  I was really impressed with how smoothly everything went and I'm sure Ms. Wiley was as well.  Everyone in our class (like always) acted in a responsible and mature manner and helped make the last hour of the day amazing for our little buddies.  Great Job Grade 7/8's!
Here's some more pictures from the day:

Fresh Pumpkin Seeds

Nothing tastes better than raw pumpkin seeds!

New best friends?

Pumpkin seed ball

Upcoming Due Dates & Homework:

Math
Grade 8

Math Quiz 3.1-3.3 -Friday, October 26

Grade 7
McCulloch:
Weber: Pg 66. 10-17 and there is a quiz tomorrow
French

Unit Test-Monday, October 29th
Unit Review also due on Monday, October 29th

Overdue Assignments:

1) Grade 8 Math Handout 3.4

2) Talent Blog Post
3) Science Centre Blog Post

*Reminders:

-Grade 8 CAT Testing will continue tomorrow, Thursday October 25th. (Please see student note)
-Picture money needs to be in by tomorrow!