What We Learned Today...January 4th

Teaching us how to Break Dance!

I hope everyone had a wonderful Christmas and a great start to the new year! It's scary to think that we only have another 6 months of Grade 8 left, but we are definitely going to make the most of it as we have so many fun things planned for the rest of the year!
Genius Hour: Due to flu outbreak we had before the break, many students were unable to present their final projects with the class so we spent some time today to finish up all presentations. I am so impressed with how amazing of a job the students did with these presentations.  It was evident that a lot of time and effort went into these projects and I can't wait to see where their next project takes them over the next few months!

Religion: We took some time today to talk about the true meaning of Christmas by watching the short video, "The Other Christmas Gift".  After watching, students were tasked with writing a short response as to how they saw the true meaning of Christmas displayed in the video.

Check out the full video below:

Math: Since we completed our unit on Surface Area right before the break, we spent today's class reviewing all these concepts so students will be ready to go for their Unit Exam on Thursday.


Upcoming Due Dates & Homework

Religion:

Advent Calendars are now overdue

Math:

Unit Exam is on Thursday, January 7th

Watch 7.1 video for tomorrow.

Reminders:

-Girls Basketball practice is on Thursday from 3:30 - 5:00

What We Learned Today...December 18th

Just Dance Fun!

Classroom Olympics: Today we officially had our "2015 Pointless Classroom Olympics".  To start the day, students were split into four countries and were tasked with selecting their countries and creating their own flags.  Once we completed the opening ceremonies, the students began competing in some pretty intense events using materials from our classroom.  A special shout out to Japan who took home first place today!

Just Dance: During the last period of the day we took some time to relax and play some just dance.

*I hope everyone has a wonderful Christmas and a relaxing break.  We have such an amazing class and I can't wait to see everyone after the break!

Merry Christmas,

Mr. B

Upcoming Due Dates & Homework

Religion:

Please ensure Advent Calendars are handed in on the first day back if you were away this week.

Reminders:

-Classes resume on January 4th.  See you then!

What We Learned Today...December 17th

Working hard on their Math!

Genius Hour: This morning we started out our day with AR followed by another fantastic Genius Hour presentation.

Religion: After lunch the students continued to work on their Advent Calendar projects.

Math: Students were given the entire period to work on their Unit Review and Chapter Test from their textbooks.

Olympics: Since we had to cancel our special activity for today, we created our own special activity...Classroom Olympics!  For this activity, students were responsible for designing their own Olympic sport to take place within our classroom and tomorrow morning we will have an official Olympic Ceremony and participate in each of the events.

Upcoming Due Dates & Homework

Math:

5.4 Handout is overdue

Religion:

Advent Calendar Assignment is due tomorrow, December 18th

Reminders:

-December 18th is the last day of classes before the break.  (Students are out at 2:35)

What We Learned Today...December 16th

Another one of our fantastic presentations!

Genius Hour: For the majority of the morning we spent our time going through some more amazing Genius Hour presentations.  Some of the topics we learned about today were: "how to play the guitar", "mythical creatures", "how to play the piano", "how to make horror movie make-up" and "how to pen tap".

Religion: After lunch the students were given the entire period to work on their Advent Calendar assignments.

Math: Students continued to work on their 5.4 handouts as well as the unit review from their textbooks.  We also took some time to go over the quizzes that the students wrote on Monday.

*Please note that the Advent Liturgy at the Cathedral has been cancelled for tonight.  Please see the note that went home with your child today for all information regarding this.


Upcoming Due Dates & Homework

Math:

5.4 Handout is due on Thursday

Religion:

Advent Calendar Assignment is due on December 18th

Reminders:

-December 18th is the last day of classes before the break.  (Students are out at 2:35)

What We Learned Today...December 15th

Baking Fun!

Genius Hour: We started out our morning with more fantastic Genius Hour presentations today. Some of the projects we learned about were: Black Holes, Volcanoes and the Top Nine Poisonous Snakes.

Baking: Over the course of the morning the students took turns heading to the Staff Room to do some Christmas baking for our Advent Liturgy tomorrow night.

Christmas Craft: After lunch the students worked together to create some lovely "Hot Chocolate in a Bag" that we will also be selling at the Advent Liturgy.

Science: During the last hour of the day the students spent the period writing their Unit One Science Exam.

Upcoming Due Dates & Homework

Math:

5.4 Handout is due on Thursday

Pg. 186
a) 1-4, 5, 6, 8
b) 1-3, 5, 6, 8-10
c) 3, 4, 6a, 9, 11-13

Religion:

Advent Calendar Assignment is due on December 18th

Reminders:

-Deshaye Advent Liturgy is on December 16th at 7:00 @ The Cathedral.

-December 18th is the last day of classes before the break.  (Students are out at 2:35)

What We Learned Today...December 14th

Teaching us about card tricks!

Liturgy: Today we started our week with another wonderful Advent Liturgy in the gym following our weekly assembly.

Genius Hour: Once we got back to class, the students continued to present their amazing Genius Hour final presentations.  Today's presentations included: "how to play Bohemian Rhapsody on guitar", "how to perform magic tricks with cards", "how to play barre chords on guitar" and "how to create a comic book". I so impressed with how fantastic the presentations have been, and I can't wait to listen to more awesome presentations tomorrow morning!

Little Buddies: We headed down to the kindergarten room shortly after Arts. Ed to build Gingerbread Houses with our little buddies.

Religion: After lunch students were given the period to work on their Advent Calendar assignments.

Math: Students started the period out by writing their Unit Five Quiz, before working on the 5.4 handout on Surface Area of a Cylinder.

Upcoming Due Dates & Homework

Math:

5.3 Handout is overdue

5.4 Handout is due on Thursday

Pg. 186
a) 1-4, 5, 6, 8
b) 1-3, 5, 6, 8-10
c) 3, 4, 6a, 9, 11-13

ELA:

Hercules assignment is overdue

Science:

Unit Exam is tomorrow!

Link to Jeopardy Game

Genius Hour:

Projects are overdue 

Religion:

Advent Calendar Assignment is due on December 18th

Reminders:

-Deshaye Advent Liturgy is on December 16th at 7:00 @ The Cathedral.

-December 18th is the last day of classes before the break.  (Students are out at 2:35)

Space Station Links

Below are the links for the four stations for our space activity today:

Station One: Food in space

Why they don’t use bread: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AZx0RIV0wss

http://www.asc-csa.gc.ca/eng/astronauts/living-eating.asp

http://www.pbs.org/spacestation/station/living_eating.htm

Station Two: Sanitation and Hygiene

http://www.pbs.org/spacestation/station/living_sanitation.htm

http://www.asc-csa.gc.ca/eng/astronauts/living-hygiene.asp

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5JPuaRBTMKs

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fa3nuXxM8yk

Station Three: Space Suit

http://www.pbs.org/spacestation/station/living_spacesuit.htm

Station Four: Rest and Exercise

Exercising - http://www.asc-csa.gc.ca/eng/astronauts/living-exercising.asp

Sleeping - http://www.asc-csa.gc.ca/eng/astronauts/living-sleeping.asp