What We Learned Today...November 12th

Working on their Twin Portraits!

This morning we headed to the gym as soon as the students arrived for our usual beginning of the week assembly. However, today was a quite different from previous assembly's because the focus for today was on Remembrance Day.  I would like to thank Ms. Steranko, her students and our two Grade 8's who played the "Last Post" on their trumpets for doing such a wonderful job today. 

Once we got back to the classroom the students had a brief AR period before beginning ELA.  In ELA the students learned about the myth of Theseus and the Minotaur through the amazing (and not at all corny) animated short.  Students were also given a few response questions following the cartoon that will help them with our lesson tomorrow about heroes. 

In Grade 8 Math the students were given the entire hour to complete their 3.5 assignments as well as work on their unit review and practice test from the text book.  *Students, don't forget that the 3.5 assignment is due on Thursday, November 14th as is our Unit 3 Exam.  Make sure that you fill out your Unit 3 study chart as you will be able to bring this into the test with you. 

After lunch the students had Arts. Ed and they spent the hour painting their Twin Portrait Assignments.  At 1:38 the students had Science and wrote their Ecosystems quiz for the period.  During the last hour of the day they had Phys. Ed with Mr. Fuchs and they worked on various volleyball skills. 

Upcoming Due Dates & Homework:

ELA:
Percy vs. Perseus Paragraphs are now overdue

Math:
3.5 Handout is due on Thursday, November 14th
Unit test is on Thursday, November 14th

Reminders:
-Cookie Dough sales are now over and any orders that were not turned in today need to be in first thing tomorrow.