What We Learned Today...February 6th

The French observing the Algonquain's mourning ceremony

This morning we started out the day with our usual AR period from 9:00 - 9:30.  Students are doing very well in AR and most students are already over 20 points which is great!  We are well on our way to our school-wide goal of 17,000 points.  In ELA we continued to learn about Edgar Allan Poe by doing a cyber scavenger hunt about his life.  Up next in our Mystery unit is one of his most recognised literary works, The Raven, which we will look at on Friday. 
In Grade 8 Math we went through their quizzes from Monday together before moving on to the Chapter Review and the Practice Test.  Remember we still have IXL for another 20 days so please continue to use it as extra practice! So far our class has spent over 20 hours practicing math on the website! Keep up the good work! 

After lunch we had French and continued to learn about the various themes in music before moving on to the different moods/emotions in music.  At 1:15 Mr. McCulloch came in to teach the students Health and they reviewed the movie Super Size Me.
During the last hour of the day the students had Social Studies and we got back into our Colonization Simulation Groups.  Today the Algonquian and Plains tribes were mourning the loss of their deceased members from Friday while the French observed their unique mourning ceremony.  Also during this time the newly formed British group arrived on the shores of North America and began to learn about themselves and their surroundings. 
Here are some more pictures from our Social class today:



The British's reaction to the Plains Ceremony

The Plains begin their ceremony.



The British need to do push-ups for supplies.

Due Dates & Homework:

Math:
Handout 5.4 is overdue

Unit test in on Tuesday, February 12th

Science: Optics and Vision Unit Test Part 2 is tomorrow

Overdue Assignments:

1) French Poster Assignment
2) "What's in a Name?" Blog Post
3) Social Group Drawings

Reminders:

- Ski Forms need to be in asap.