What We Learned Today...October 8th

Listening attentively to Mr. Meyers!

Today we started out our day with an AR period from from 9:00 to 9:30 and we getting close to our goal of 10 per student.  With 6.8 Points so far, we only need 3.2 more to go before October 20th!  Once we finished up our AR period, we were very fortunate to have a very special visitor this morning as Mr. Meyers joined us for a guest presentation.  Mr. Meyers is the Coordinator of Catholic Education for Regina Catholic Schools and he gave an amazing presentation that taught more about who we are as individuals and how there is truly no one else like us in the world. It was a great hour and we hope to have Mr. Meyers stop by again soon!

At 11:15 we switched gears and I finally unveiled the amazing project that we will be doing in our classroom over the next couple of months....Genius Hour!  This is a project I am extremely excited about as it allows the students to explore their own passions and it encourages creativity in the classroom. I will be sending some more information on this home next week and the students have been tasked with coming up with their question for the project by Tuesday.

After lunch we had ELA and the students were given the period to continue to work on their Diagon Alley assignments before switching for Math.   In Grade 8 Math the students who were unable to watch the 3.3 video last night, checked it out for the first 15 minutes of class while the others began to work on their textbook assignment.  During the last hour of the day we headed to the gym for another one of our epic AR assembly's where the students learned where exactly "Reading Can Take You".

*Remember there is no school tomorrow, Friday or Monday so I hope everyone has a wonderful long weekend and an amazing Thanksgiving! See you next Tuesday.

Upcoming Due Dates & Homework

Math:
3.2 handout is now overdue
Pg. 99 Due on Tuesday, October 15th
a) 1, 2, 4, 6, 10, 11
b) 5-8, 9, 11, 12, 13, 15, 16
c) 6-8, 11, 15, 16, 19, 21

Genius Hour:
Have your proposal question ready for Tuesday!

Reminders:

-Bring a small mirror if you have on at home for our Science Challenge!

-Go Riders Go!