What We Learned Today...March 22nd

The French & Algonquaian working hard!

Well that time of the year is finally back again....Report Card Day! 

To start our day we had a brief discussion about Battle of the Classes before moving on to AR.  Apparently our competitors have taken notice of our lead in this competition and are now putting in overtime reading to try and close the gap.  We are presently sitting at 7 AR points per student (which is very close to our goal of 10)  and we need to make sure we are all doing our part next week.  With only 6 days left in this competition I think we can easily make our goal as long as we keep up all our hard work!
In ELA we discussed the questions "What does it mean to be green?" and "How do our actions affect the natural world?".  Students then contemplated and wrote down a choice they could make in order to help build a better community.  We will be posting these choices on our class Truffula Tree next week!  During the second half of ELA we learned about literary conflict and conflict resolution.  To gain a better understanding of these concepts students got into groups and each read a different picture book and were tasked with documenting all the conflicts they read in each book.  Next week we will come together as a class and discuss the conflicts found in each book and note the similarities and differences between each.

In Grade 8 Math the students continued to learn about "Dividing Fractions and Mixed Numbers" and practiced this concept by working on Pg. 227-228.  (Full assignment is posted below).

After lunch we had French and students were asked to document all the various foods they have eaten yesterday and find the French word for each.  They then were tasked with grouping each food into the appropriate French food group. 
During the last hour of the day we had Social Studies and students got into their Colonization Simulation Groups.  However, today there was a bit of a twist as each First Nations group merged and became allies with one of the European groups.  These new groups will be extremely important in the coming week as we approach Stage 3 next week. 

*A quick note about report cards:


For the first report card, I also sent home a detailed progress report to supplement the report card. I felt that this would help clarify your child's marks and help you understand the style of assessments I used in class. I do not want to waste paper and create extra unwanted reading for you so I will not be automatically sending the progress report with this second report card. Should you want a copy of your child's progress report, however, please let me know and I can send one home every few weeks for you to look at with your child.

As always, should you have any questions about the report card or concerns about your child's progress please contact me at the school or by email at m.j.bresciani@rcsd.ca


Due Dates & Homework:

Math:
Handout 6.4 is due on Monday, March 25th
Assignment for tomorrow:
Pg. 227-228
a)5, 6, 7, 9, 11, 12
b)5, 6, 7, 9, 11, 12, 15, 16, 18, 19
c)5, 9, 11, 12, 15, 16, 18, 20, 22, 23

Science:

Cell Drawings are due on Monday, March 25th

Health:
Business Card is due Tuesday, March 26th

Overdue Assignments:

1) Lenten Booklet Plan & Service
2) Cinquain Poems

Reminders:

- Report Cards go out Friday, March 22nd