What We Learned Today...June 5th

Inntertube Water Polo @ the U of R!

We had quite the exciting morning as today was our field trip to the University of Regina.  After boarding the buses we got to the U of R shortly after 9:15 and our class headed straight to the pool.  Instead of just swimming, the students got the opportunity to try out a relatively new sport called "Innertube Water Polo".  This sport is played following all rules of Water Polo except with one small adjustment...players are placed in large Innertbes and forced to paddle around instead of swimming. It was definitely a sight to see this morning watching our class try to stay upright in those tubes without flipping themselves upside down!

Once the students finished in the pool they headed to the gym and played some basketball with Mr. Csada until 10:00  when they headed to their next station.  The final station the students participated in today was with Mr. McCulloch where students learned how to play Ultimate Frisbee.  We ended up having a little bit of extra time before the bus came today so students had the option to either head outside to the grass field with Mr. McCulloch or stay in the gym and play basketball and dodge ball.  All in all it was quite the fun filled morning and the students were excellent ambassadors for our school. 

In the afternoon we switched things up a little and had Social Studies right after lunch.  Students were given an hour to write their Colonization Unit Test.  They also had the opportunity to write a bonus question that I really enjoyed reading, you'll have to ask your children about their answers!  From 1:45 - 2:15 we had French and praticed the vocabular by playing a game of French Food Bingo until recess.

During the last hour of the day we had ELA and students were given the hour to work through their practice RAD test.  We will be writing the official RAD test during ELA tomorrow so be sure to get a good sleep tonight and a good breakfast tomorrow!

Due Dates & Homework:

Math:

Grade 8

9.1 is due tomorrow

Social:

Colonization Simulation Duotang- Due Thursday, June 6th

Overdue Assignments:
1) 8.2, 8.4, 8.5

2) North Korea Booklet

3) Solar Oven Paragraph

Reminders:

-U of R Field Trip June 5th (All morning)

-Grade 8 Canoeing is on June 6th (12:45 - 3:00)

-Grade 8 Farewell June 12