What We Learned Today...November 13th

Getting set to play Quidditch!

ELA: We started out the day with the usual AR period from 9:00 to 9:30 before moving on to the "Mirror of Erised" Blog Post.  Students will get one more class period tomorrow to work on this post and then it will become homework.

Phys. Ed: Since we just finished Chapter 11, "Quidditch" in Harry Potter and the Philosophers Stone, we decided it would be kind of cool to actually play it ourselves.  Last week we spent some time creating our own version of the game (without flying broomsticks of course!) and today we headed to the gym to test it out.  I was so impressed with how well it went, and that really shows you how great of a class we have.  It took a bit of time to tweak some of our rules but by the end we had our version of "Quidditch" down to a science! Be sure to check out the pictures and video below of our game today!

Arts. Ed: Ms. Postma took the students to the Arts. Ed room and they worked on a contour line drawing activity.

Grade 8 Math: Over the hour students worked on their first Unit Four assignment from their textbook that dealt with representing percents.

Science: To start our class we quickly reviewed the Law of Reflection before students work on an assignment that tasked them with identifying the normal and mirror on a diagram as well as measuring the angle of incidence and reflection.

Here's some more pictures and video from Quidditch today:

Upcoming Due Dates & Homework

ELA: 

Harry Potter Chapter 11 and 12 Questions are due on Thursday, November 13th Friday, November 14th


Genius Hour:

Work on formulating your Essential Question

Reminders:

-No School on November 21st (TPD)

-Report Cards go home on November 26th

-Parent Teacher Interviews  - November 27th (Evening) and November 28th (Morning)

What We Learned Today...November 12th

Working on the Religion assignment!

ELA: Today we started out the class with the usual half hour period of AR.  We are offically up to 3.8 points per student, which means we have a little bit of work to do in order to reach our goal.  After AR we spent the rest of the class working on the Harry Potter Chapter 11 and 12 Guiding Questions as well as the third blog post assignment.

Religion: Students were given the entire period to work on their Human Rights Activist Assignments.  We will only have one more class to work on the this assignment before it will become homework. *The tentative due date is Nov. 20th

Extra Work Period: With report cards coming up, students were given a half hour period after lunch to catch up on any homework or late assignments they had.

Grade 8 Math: We took some time at the beginning of class to go over the Unit 3 Exams from last week before officially beginning Unit 4 by learning about "Representing Percents".

Upcoming Due Dates & Homework

ELA: 

Harry Potter Chapter 11 and 12 Questions are due on Thursday, November 13th Friday, November 14th


Genius Hour:

Work on formulating your Essential Question

Reminders:

-No School on November 21st (TPD)

-Report Cards go home on November 26th

-Parent Teacher Interviews  - November 27th (Evening) and November 28th (Morning)

What We Learned Today...November 7th

Remembrance Day Liturgy!

ELA: We started out the class today by fine tuning our rules to "Quidditch" that we developed yesterday.  Hopefully we'll be able to have our own Quidditch Cup in Phys. Ed next week!  During the second half of class students were given time to work on their guiding questions for Chapter 11 and 12.

Phys. Ed: Mr. Fuchs took the students to the gym and they worked on serving before playing a mini volleyball game at the end of class.

Extra Work Period: Students were given the period before lunch to work on any homework they have or to work on any assignments they wanted to get a head start on.  Some students also spent some time practicing Math skills on IXL.

Remembrance Day Liturgy: After lunch we headed straight to the gym for a special liturgy where we took time to reflect and pray for all those people who have sacrificed so much in order for our freedom.  A special thank you goes out to Mrs. Weafer, Ms. Fluter and Mrs. Wiley's classes for preparing such a wonderful liturgy.

Social Studies: We finally got back to our Resource and Wealth unit today by reviewing the terms "Public and Private Sector" as well as looking how those terms apply in a "Mixed Market Economy".


Upcoming Due Dates & Homework

ELA: 

Harry Potter Chapter 11 and 12 Questions are due on Thursday, November 13th


Genius Hour:Work on formulating your Essential Question

Reminders:

-No School on November 10th and 11th.

What We Learned Today...November 6th

Here's a snap shot of our day at school:

ELA: Today we started out the day by reading the rest of Chapter Twelve of Harry Potter and the Philosophers Stone.  After reading, we took a little time to decipher J.K.Rowling's hidden message about the "Mirror of Erised" before moving on to the chapter questions.  Near the end of class we all worked together to make some rules for our own version of "Quidditch" that we will play next week.

Phys. Ed: Mr. Fuchs took the students to gym and they worked on bumping and setting the volleyball over the period.

Religion: Students were given the entire period to work on their Human Rights Activist Presentations.

AR & Grade 8 Math: Since we got right into Harry Potter this morning, the students were given a half hour period of AR after lunch.  In Grade 8 Math the students wrote their Unit 3 Exams over the hour.

Religion: Students were given an extra Religion class today to help finish up their presentations.  I will most likely be giving 1-2 more classes for this assignment and then it will become homework.

Upcoming Due Dates & Homework

Math:

3.5 Handout is overdue


Genius Hour:
Work on formulating your Essential Question

Reminders:

-No School on November 10th and 11th.

What We Learned Today...November 5th

Working hard during Genius Hour

ELA: The students started out the class with a brief AR period before we got right back into our Harry Potter books and read through Chapter 11 and part of Chapter 12.  Since Chapter 11 was about Harry's first Quidditch game, we will be spending tomorrow constructing our own version of Quidditch so we can play an official game on Friday!

Arts. Ed: Students continued to work on the skits that they started yesterday with Ms. Postma.

Genius Hour: Unfortunately we weren't able to have our usual Genius Hour over the past two weeks so we finally got back to it today.  Over the period students used their topics and began formulating essential questions for their projects.  We were very fortunate to have Mrs. Folk join us today to help students in creating questions "with legs".

Afternoon: This afternoon we headed to LeBoldus to watch the drama production, "High School Stereotypes".  A special shout out to LeBoldus for the invite as well as the former Deshaye students who did an awesome job performing today!

Upcoming Due Dates & Homework
Math:

3.5 Handout is due on Tomorrow, November 6th

Unit 3 Exam is on Tomorrow, November 6th

ELA:
Harry Potter Chapter 9 and 10 Questions due Tomorrow, November 6th

Health:
Anorexia Questions are overdue

Social:
What in the World Assignment is overdue

Genius Hour:
Work on formulating your Essential Question

Reminders:

-No School on November 10th and 11th.

What We Learned Today...November 4th

Here is a snap shot of our day today:

ELA: The students had the first half hour of class today to silently read their AR books.  With only one week into our new session, we are already up to 2.3 AR points per student, which is right on track for our goal at the end of November! After AR the students had the rest of class to finish up their Harry Potter Chapter 9 and 10 questions.

Phys. Ed: At 10:35 Mr. Fuchs took the students to the gym and the participated in some serious circuit training!

Arts. Ed: Ms. Postma stopped by and had began their Drama unit by playing a few different Improv games.

Health: We continued right where we left off yesterday by looking at Anabolic Steroids and serious side effects they can have on your health.

Grade 8 Math: Students had the entire period to work on the chapter review and practice test from their textbooks. *Don't forget we have the Unit Exam on Thursday so be sure to study!

Social/Science: Today we used the last hour of the day for Social Studies and Science.  Over the first half hour students were given the opportunity to finish up their  "What in the World" assignments. While during the second half hour we had Science and reviewed the key light terms and concepts from October.

Upcoming Due Dates & Homework
Math:

3.5 Handout is due on Thursday, November 6th

Unit 3 Exam is on Thursday, November 6th

ELA:
Harry Potter Chapter 9 and 10 Questions due Thursday, November 6th

Health:
Anorexia Questions are overdue

Social:
What in the World Assignment is due Tomorrow, November 5th

Genius Hour:
Work on driving question if not yet approved.

Reminders:
-We will be at Leboldus Wednesday afternoon to view the play "High School Stereotypes"

-No School on November 10th and 11th.

What We Learned Today...November 3rd

ELA: To start our ELA this week, students were given the entire hour to work on the Harry Potter Chapter 9 and 10 response questions that were handed out at the end of Friday's class.  *These questions will be due on Thursday, November 6th

Health: Last week, we looked at a lot of different self-harming issues that are associated with Body Image such as Anorexia, Bulimia  and Binge Eating Disorder. To continue on with this, today we began looking at PED's (Performance Enhancing Drugs) with a emphasis on Anabolic Steroids and what they are.  We will be continuing to look at this in our next Health class as well as the harmful side effects that may occur from it's use.

Religion: Students finally got back to working on their Human Rights Activist assignments and spent the entire period preparing their presentations.  The due date we've selected for this assignment is November 17th.

Grade 8 Math: To start the class, we went through an overview of the Unit 3 Exam so students know exactly what to study.  For the remainder of the class students worked on their 3.5 handouts as well as the Unit Review and Practice Test.

Upcoming Due Dates & Homework
Math:
3.5 Handout is due on Thursday, November 6th

Unit 3 Exam is on Thursday, November 6th

ELA:
Harry Potter Chapter 9 and 10 Questions due Thursday, November 6th

Health:
Anorexia Questions due Tomorrow, November 4th

Social:
What in the World Assignment due on Wednesday, November 5th

Genius Hour:
Work on driving question if not yet approved.

Reminders:
-We will be at Leboldus Wednesday afternoon to view the play "High School Stereotypes"

-No School on November 10th and 11th.