What We Learned Today...February 2nd

The French Group for Social Studies!

ELA: This morning we started out the day with a shortened AR period due to our Monday assembly.  Just a reminder for all students: You need to have met your point club total by next Friday, February 13th in order to attend our afternoon dance.  If you are unsure of your total, please see me tomorrow!
After AR, students had the rest of the period to work on their Oak Island paragraph.  These paragraphs are due on Thursday, February 5th.

Phys. Ed: The students headed down to the gym with Mr. Fuchs and they started to wrap up their Basketball unit by playing a game of Basketball Golf.

Arts. Ed: Ms. Postma stopped by and the students began their new music unit by exploring movie soundtracks and why the selection process is so important.

Religion: We continued where we left off last class and briefly reviewed the different parts of a prayer and explored the rubric for prayer writing.  Students then got the opportunity to begin writing a prayer of their own.

Grade 8 Math: Students were given the entire period to work on the Unit Review and Practice Test as well as IXl to help them prepare for their Unit 5 Exam tomorrow.

Social Studies: During the last hour of the day we officially began our unit on the Colonization of Canada.  This unit will not be taught in the classic "teacher lecture" style lessons, but rather the students will learn the content through participating in a student centred colonization simulation where they will actually become characters in history.  Over today's class we set the stage by talking about life around the world in the early 1400's and why the people from Europe began to leave in the first place.  Stay tuned for the first official simulation lesson tomorrow!

Here's pictures of the Algonquian and Plains Tribes:




Upcoming Due Dates & Homework

Math:

Unit 5 Exam is tomorrow, February 3rd

Science:

Science Centre Blog post is due on February 5th

ELA:

Oak Island Paragraph is due on Thursday February 5th

Reminders:

-Girls Basketball practice Wednesday @ 3:30 and our final game is Thursday, 3:30 at Deshaye.

-Grade 7's, please return your cross country skiing permission slip.