What We Learned Today...May 31st

Our Mother Teresa Award Winners!

This morning we began our day with a breif AR period from 9:00 -  9:30 before moving on to ELA.  Student were given the entire hour of ELA to finish up their storyboards for the Fake Movie Trailer Assignment.  Most groups finished this up within the first 15 minutes of the period and began to rehearse their trailers so they will be ready to film on Monday using iPads courtesy of Miller Comprehensive High School.  Instead of Phys. Ed today we had our school wide month end assembly in the gym and students were recognized for accomplishments in AR,and Track as well as Mother Teresa Awards.  I would like to congratulate Khadeeja, Matt and Althea for winning the award this month!

After lunch we had a brief Social Studies period and students spent time completing their Colonization Simulation duotangs.  At 1:00 we headed down to the gym to watch the Eagle Claw Dancers perform for the entire school.  We were very fortunate to have them come out today as it really ties in perfectly with what we learned about First Nations culture during our Social Studies Unit.  During the last hour of the day the students were given the opportunity to either work on their "Clouds" Blog Post or spend the hour working on some extra math using IXL. 

*The three grade 7/8 classes will be going to the University of Regina on Wednesday June 5th for a wellness morning.  The students will need to bring a bathing suit and towel for this trip as they will also be going in the pool. 

Due Dates & Homework:

Math:

Grade 8

8.2, 8.4 and 8.5 are overdue

 

Social:

Social Unit Test-Thursday, June 6th

Colonization Simulation Duotang- Due Thursday, June 6th

Overdue Assignments:
1) French Picture Dictionary

2) North Korea Booklet

3) Solar Oven Paragraph

Reminders:

-U of R Field Trip June 5th (All morning)

-Grade 8 Canoeing is on June 6th (12:45 - 3:00)

-Grade 8 Farewell June 12

What We Learned Today...May 30th

The vote for the Offical Flag of Canada in Social.

AR update: With 9 AR Points Per Student, we are now officially 3/4 of the way to our goal of 12 Points.  If each student can get at least 3 AR Points by next Friday, the students will be celebrating another AR Party during the week of June 10th. 

We began our morning with an AR period from 9:00 to 9:30 before moving on to ELA.  In ELA students continued to work on their Broadcast Studio Trailer assignments for the entire hour.  However, there has been a slight change of plans for this assignment because due to some extenuating circumstances the broadcast studio will no longer be available for the duration of the year.  While it is a little unfortunate that we will not be able to go next week, we will still be moving on with this assignment and rather than filming at the studio, we will be filming here at deshaye using iPads.  This should actually work out quite nicely because the movie editing program on our iPads (iMovie) was tailored for creating Movie Trailers. 

In Grade 8 math the students wrote their Unit 8 Exam for the hour.  *Remember to hand in 8.2, 8.4, 8.5 if you have not done so already. 

After lunch the students had Arts. Ed with Ms. Norris and they spent the period putting the finishing touches on their Broadcast Radio Plays.  At 1:15 the students had Science with Mr. Csada and they continued to work on their Flying Monsters Kite assignment for the hour.  I've had the chance to look at some of the different designs the students have created and they look awesome.  I can't wait to see what they look like when they are outside flying!

During the last hour of the day we had a few students from Mr. Csada's class stop by to show us a really cool Water Filter Science Experiment before we had Social Studies.  In Social, we finished up our Colonization Simulation Unit with one last slide show presentation.  Right before the end of the day we had a class vote on the official flag for the newly formed country of "Canada".  We will be having a test next week that covers what they students have learned through this unit.  It will be comprised of questions from previous quizzes from this unit. 

Due Dates & Homework:

Math:

Grade 8

8.2, 8.4 and 8.5 are overdue

Overdue Assignments:
1) French Picture Dictionary

2) North Korea Booklet

3) Solar Oven Paragraph

Reminders:

- Grade 8 Canoeing is on  June 6th (12:45 - 3:00)

-U of R Field Trip June 5th
-Grade 8 Farewell June 12

What We Learned Today...May 29th

We're up to 8.2 AR Points per student!

With track officially over, (We finished 6th! Congratulations track athletes) our day finally got back to normal again.  We began the morning with an AR period from 9:00 - 9:30.  Our class is now up to 8.2 AR Points Per Student, and with just over a week left, we only have 3.8 points to go! At 9:30 we headed down to the gym for the Grade 6 band concert.  They did an excellent job and put on an excellent show for the entire school. 

In Grade 8 math the students spent the hour working on their Chapter 8 Review as well as their Practice test.  We have our Unit 8 Exam tomorrow, so students remember to make up a study sheet for the test if you would like to use it tomorrow. 

After lunch we had Religion and the students continued to work on their "Clouds" Blog Post from yesterday. Here are the response questions again just in case: 1. How does Zach respond to death? 2. How do those around him respond to death? 3. How can you see hope present in his story? 4. Where/How can you see God in Zach's story? At 1:15 the students had Health with Mr. McCulloch and continued to work through their Fully Alive unit. *The "Stewards of the Body" assignment is now overdue so be sure to hand it in if you haven't already.

During the last hour of the day the Grade 8's headed to the gym for the hour with Mr. McCulloch to go over what they need to know for their Canoe trip tomorrow afternoon.  While the Grade 8's were away the Grade 7's had a party worked on their Science projects as well as any other homework they had. 

*Grade 8's: Remember to dress appropriately for your canoeing tomorrow afternoon.


Due Dates & Homework:

Math:

Grade 8

Unit exam is on Tomorrow, May 30th

Overdue Assignments:
1) French Picture Dictionary

2) North Korea Booklet

3) Solar Oven Paragraph

4)8.5 Math Assignment (Grade 8)

 

Reminders:

- Grade 8 Canoeing is on May 30th and June 6th (12:45 - 3:00)

-U of R Field Trip June 5th
-Grade 8 Farewell June 12

What We Learned Today...May 28th

Some of the Flying Monsters from Science.

This morning we began our day with an AR period from 9:00 - 9:30.  We are now up to 7.1 AR Points Per Student with a week and a half to go. Keep up the good work!  At 9:30 we had ELA and students had the hour to work on any homework they had while we watched a movie. We will continue to work on our Broadcast Studio assignments tomorrow when everyone is back to class. After recess the Grade 8's had math and they spent the hour working on the chapter review as well as helping Ms. Norris with a few odd jobs around the school. 

After lunch I had to be at Douglas Park for the Track Meet so the students had a substitute teacher for the afternoon.  In Religion the students began working on their "Clouds" blogging assignment about Zach Sobiech. Due to the fact that we had so many students missing for track today, we will continue to work on this assignment in class tomorrow.  At 1:15 the students had Science with Mr. Csada and continued to work on their "Flying Monsters" kite assignment.  During the last hour of the day the students had a free period because Ms. Norris was also away at Track, so most students spent the hour working on their Science assignments.

Due Dates & Homework:

Math:

Unit exam is on Thursday, May 30th

Health:

Stewards of the Body - due on May 29th

Overdue Assignments:
1) French Picture Dictionary

2) North Korea Booklet

3) Solar Oven Paragraph

4)8.5 Math Assignment (Grade 8)

Reminders:

- Grade 8 Canoeing is on May 30th (12:45 - 3:00)

- U of R Field Trip June 5th
-Grade 8 Farewell June 12

What We Learned Today...May 27th

Today was the first day of the City Track Finals and our track athletes headed to Douglas Park first thing this morning.  As they were leaving the rain was pouring down and it seemed like it was going to be a miserable day to be outside.  However, the rain stopped this morning and the athletes were able to participate in all their events today.  Track will continue all day tomorrow at Douglas Park so hopefully the weather holds out for us. 

To begin our morning here at Deshaye, we had a quick school wide assembly in the gym and Ms. Norris and Ms. Grad aknowledged all those students who performed in the band concert on the weekend as well as the students who participated in the "Moving to Faith" marathon.  Good job guys!
Once we got back to the class we spent the hour that would usually be ELA, working on any homework the students may have.  Due to the fact that we have so many students away at Track, we will continue to work on our Broadcast Studio Trailer assignments on Wedndesday. 

At 10:45 we had even less students for Grade 8 Math so rather than start the next concept in our unit, the Grade 8's spent the hour working on their assignment from Friday.  *Reminder, we have our Unit exam on Thursday, May 30th.

After lunch the students had Arts. Ed and spent the half hour putting the finishing touches on their Radio Broadcast Plays. At 1:15 we had French and students had the hour to catch up on their French Reviews and any other assignments they needed to hand in.  During the last hour of the day the students had Phys. Ed and worked on a short assignment in their duotangs before heading to the gym to play a few games.

Due Dates & Homework:

Math:

8.5 is due on Tuesday, May 28th

Unit exam is on Thursday, May 30th

Health:

Stewards of the Body - due on May 29th

Overdue Assignments:
1) French Picture Dictionary

2) North Korea Booklet

3) Solar Oven Paragraph

Reminders:

- Grade 8 Canoeing is on May 30th (12:45 - 3:00)

- City Track Meets are May 27th and May 28th

- U of R Field Trip June 5th
-Grade 8 Farewell June 12

What We Learned Today...May 24th

The British welcoming the Immigrants to their "British Land"

This morning we began the day with our usual AR period from 9:00 - 9:30 before moving on to ELA.  In ELA the students got back into their groups from last class and continued to work on their Fake Movie Trailer assignment.  Most groups have completed the first part of this assignment and have moved on to planning their camera angles and shots using the storyboards they were given yesterday.  I hope to have the written portion of this assignment completed by next Wednesday so the students have a full week to rehearse their trailers before we film on June 6th. 
At 10:45 the students had Phys. Ed with Mr. Nui (Ms. Norris was away this morning) and played a few different games that worked on the Sending and Receiving Movement Patterns.

After lunch we had Religion and continued our lesson from yesterday by watching the short documentary about Zach Sobiech entitled, "My Last Days: Meet Zach Sobiech" It was quite a powerful documentary and students have been tasked with writing a blog post response after viewing.  The response questions for the blog are: 1. How does Zach respond to death? 2. How do those around him respond to death? 3. How can you see hope present in his story?  4. Where/How can you see God in Zach's story? *This assignment is not for homework as we will have class time to work on it next week.

In Health the students spent the hour working on their "Stewards of the Body" assignment as well as another assignment from their Fully Alive books.  During the last hour of the day we had Social Studies and students got into their Colonization Simulation Groups.  At this point in our simulation we are about to see Canada become a country and each group has spent some time designing a flag for this "new country".  Next class we will vote on a flag and officially see Canada become a country. 

Due Dates & Homework:

Math:

Grade 8

Pg. 307 (Due on Monday)

a)4, 6, 7, 8, 12

b)6, 8, 11, 12, 14, 16, 19, 21

c)6, 8, 11, 12, 14, 16, 19, 21, 22

8.5 is due on Tuesday, May 28th

Unit exam is on Thursday, May 30th

Health:

Stewards of the Body - due on May 29th

Overdue Assignments:
1) French Picture Dictionary

2) North Korea Booklet

3) Solar Oven Paragraph

Reminders:

- Grade 8 Canoeing is on May 30th (12:45 - 3:00)

- City Track Meets are May 27th and May 28th

What We Learned Today...May 23rd

Zach Sobiech was the focus of our Religion lesson today.

We started out our morning today with AR from 9:00 - 9:20.  AR update: We are currently sitting at 5.7 AR Points Per Student after the two week mark, which is awesome! We still have two weeks to reach our goal of 12 points and I believe if everyone continues to do their part, we will have no problem reaching our goal. 

After AR we had a brief Religion period and continued to look at the concepts of Death and Hope as well as how Jesus shows himself to the world through others.  To begin the class, students listened to the song "Clouds" by Zach Sobiech and were asked to write down what they thought the message of the song was.  Then after listening to it once, the students watched the music video which really gave the students a concrete understanding of what message Zach was expressing through his song.  The song and video are quite powerful because it details Zach's response after finding out he had been diagnosed with osteosarcoma (a terminal form of bone cancer) and only had months to live.  What is really amazing about Zach, was his response to this news. His outlook was to embrace every day with Hope and Joy.  Unfortunately Zach passed away this week on May 20th, but has seen his message spread globally with "Clouds" hitting Number One on iTunes last night.  We will look a little more at Zach and his story during tomorrow's Religion class and look at how we can see Jesus present in within it.

At 10:00 we had ELA and the students got into their groups from yesterday and began working on their Movie Trailer assignments.  Each group was given a different blank storyboard outline depending on the genre of trailer they wanted to create.  At the end of the class most groups were still brainstorming and writing their Movie synopsis's for their trailer.

In Grade 8 Math the students continued to work on their "Applying the Order of Operations to Integers" Textbook assignment as well as the 8.5 handout.  *Remember we will have our Unit Exam next Thursday, May 30th.

After lunch the students had Arts. Ed with Ms. Norris and they continued to edit their Broadcast Radio Plays on the iPads.  At 1:15 the students had Science and they learned more about cells as well as various human organs.  During the last hour of the day the students had an extra ELA period and they continued to work on their Fake Movie Trailer assignments. 


Due Dates & Homework:

Math:

Grade 8

Pg. 307 (Due on Monday)

a)4, 6, 7, 8, 12

b)6, 8, 11, 12, 14, 16, 19, 21

c)6, 8, 11, 12, 14, 16, 19, 21, 22

8.5 is due on Tuesday, May 28th

Unit exam is on Thursday, May 30th

 

Health:

Stewards of the Body - due on May 29th

Overdue Assignments:
1) French Picture Dictionary

2) North Korea Booklet

3) Solar Oven Paragraph

Reminders:

-Tomorrow is Sports Day, wear your favourites teams colours!

- Grade 8 Canoeing is on May 30th (12:45 - 3:00)

- City Track Meets are May 27th and May 28th