This morning we began our day with our usual AR period before moving on to ELA. In ELA we switched things up and tried out a version of the "Daily Five". Essentially for this activity, the students were split up into four groups and were each designated a specific ELA station to start at. After 15 minutes the students switched stations and started the activity at their new station. Since today was test run, we only ran four stations: Silent Reading, Word Work, Spelling and Grammar and Creative Writing. I think it ran quite smoothly and the students did an excellent job staying on task at each station.
In Grade 8 Math we quickly reviewed how to find the area of a circle before moving on to calculating the Surface Area of a Cylinder. I've posted a video below that also explains the same concept if you would like to review what we looked at today or were having some difficulty.
After the lunch the students had Arts. Ed with Ms. B, (no relation, just same letter) who was in for Ms. Norris today. During the half-hour the students continued to work on their Social Justice Drawing Assignments. After Arts. Ed Ms. B stuck around for Science and helped the review for their test and were given study sheets for Primary & Secondary Colours of Light.
In Social Studies the students continued to work in their Colonization Simulation groups before coming back to the class for the last 20 minutes to work on our new seating arrangement.
Here are some more pictures from today:
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| Tech & Talk Break |
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| At the Grammar/Spelling Station |
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| At the Word Work Station |
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| Playing some Just Dance during recess! |
Due Dates & Homework:
Math:
Handout 5.3 is Due Monday
Handout 5.3 is Due Monday
Science: Optics and Vision Unit test has been moved to the week of February 4th.
Social: Group Drawings are due on Tomorrow
Overdue Assignments:
1) French Poster Assignment
2) "What's in a Name?" Blog Post
3)Any of the 3 Advent Blog Posts
Reminders:-
- Hot Lunch forms will be due February 5th. - Grade 7's will be going Cross Country Skiing on January 29th.
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