What We Learned Today...September 2nd

The scene during our Sorting Ceremony!

ELA: Now that we got the formal procedures and guidelines out of the way yesterday, we were able to focus most of our morning today on team building and getting to know each other.  Over the hour we learned more about each other through playing "People Bingo" as well as "Two Truths and a Lie". We also learned more about the importance of team work and working together through a small activity involving popsicle sticks.

Health: Since we will be utilizing a classroom Twitter account this year we spent the duration of the period working on a classroom twitter policy that we will follow over the year.  Tomorrow everyone will sign the document to make it official and you will be able to follow key events in our class using the Twitter Handle :@brescianibunch.

Sorting Ceremony: After lunch we held a special Sorting Ceremony where students were sorted into their proper Hogwarts Houses.  These teams will now work together to earn points for their houses through displaying positive behaviour in our classroom and school.  Points can also be deducted from their houses for displaying inappropriate behaviour , but I don't believe that will be a problem with our class!

Math: The students were introduced to a relatively new approach to teaching that we will be participating in this year.  This new approach is called a "Flipped Classroom" and it involves teaching in a way that sees the students learn new content online through the use of educational videos prepared by their teacher. This approach allows for more personalized interactions with the students during class time instead of lecturing.  More information about this can be found on our Flipped Math Blog.  (If the link isn't working see the link to it at the top of this blog under "Quick Links")


*Due to the large number of students in our class and the small number of Grade 8 students in Mr. Rieger's Math class, it was decided that some of our students would join Mr. Rieger's class for Math. While it is sad to see some of our class leave for Math, the reason behind this decision makes a lot of sense in regards to student success.  By lowering the number of students in our Math class, students in both rooms are now able to receive more individualized attention than they would have received in a larger class setting.

Upcoming Due Dates & Homework

ELA:

Tell Me About Yourself assignment is due on Friday, September 4th

Reminders:

-Bring your gym clothes and indoor shoes for Tomorrow

-Boys Football Try-outs Tomorrow at 3:35 - 4:35 (bring your notes back as well!)