What We Learned Today...September 25th

"You're a wizard Harry!"

This morning we started out our day quite similar to yesterday as we got right into ELA first thing.  We had a bit of a Harry Potter marathon as we spent the hour reading chapter 5 + 6 together, only taking breaks to examine different Harry Potter props like wands, chocolate frogs and robes.  This week we really tried to get as far into the book as we could because next week will be taking another break from our unit to do a system wide writing assignment on persuasive and expository writing.  At 10:35 the students headed to the gym with Mr. Fuchs and they worked on some football drills. Once they got back to class Ms. Postma stopped by for Arts. Ed and they discussed different kinds of paintings and narration.  

After lunch we had Religion and the students were introduced to their final assignment for our first unit of the year which deals with "Gods Image".  We also had an engaging discussion on what Jesus probably would have looked like when he was on earth and how that differs from the traditional European version.  In Grade 8 Math the students spent the entire period writing their Unit 2 Math exam. During the last hour of the day we continued our Science lesson from Tuesday by looking at the different key terms for Optics and Vision. 

*Unfortunately I will be away tomorrow so there will not be a blog update.  However, I need to say that I can't believe how fast this first month has gone by! I guess it's true what they say, time really does fly when you're having fun.  As I've said before, we have such an absolutely amazing class and I can't believe we only have 9 months left!  

Have a great weekend!

Some more pictures from today:

Upcoming Due Dates & Homework

Math:

Pg. 85 due on Tuesday, September 30th

a) 4, 5, 7, 9, 11, 15, 17

b) 5, 7, 9, 11, 15, 17, 18, 23, 24

c) 5, 19, 21, 22, 24-27

ELA:

Chapter 4 + 5 questions due Tuesday, September 30th

Science:

Egg Drop Reflection Due Monday

Reminders:

-Grade 7/8 Retreat in Lebret is on September 30th.  Students will need to bring $2 to help cover the cost of the trip and their form back by Thursday. As soon as possible.