What We Learned Today...November 29th

ELA: We started out the day by setting up our Classroom Onenote Notebooks on the laptops.  Once we had everything ready, we read Chapter 14 of our novels together.

Genius Hour: Students were given the entire period to work on their final presenations.

Religion: After lunch we officially lauched our Students For Good unit.  Over the next few weeks we will be creating an advertising campaign to help make the world a better place by motivating others to do good deeds and spread "goodness" around our school.

Math: We briefly reviewed how to convert between decimals, fractions and percents, before students began working on the 4.2 handout.

Upcoming Due Dates & Homework

Genius Hour:

-Projects are due on December 12th

Reminders:

-The girls volleyball game has been rescheduled for tomorrow.

-Science Centre Field Trip is tomorrow!

-Christmas Cafe for Senior Students is on Wednesday, December 7th

What We Learned Today...November 28th

Survey: Student's started out the day by completing the University survey on Alcohol and Tobacco.

Homework Period: With today being another full band day, the remaining students were given our Health class to work on their Genius Hour projects or any other homework they had.

Catapult Challenge: After lunch we headed to Mr. Rieger's class to finish up our challenge from last week.

ELA: We took the shortened period to read Chapter Thirteen of Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone together.

Upcoming Due Dates & Homework

ELA:

-Mirror of Erised blog post is overdue

Genius Hour:

-Projects are due on December 12th

Reminders:

-The girls volleyball game has been rescheduled again for Wednesday, November 30th

-Science Centre Field Trip is on Wednesday, November 30th.  

-Christmas Cafe for Senior Students is on Wednesday, December 7th

Have a Great Weekend!

Our visit with the Archbishop yesterday

Only one more night of interviews before the long weekend!

Since we don't have school tomorrow, I thought I'd make a quick post of any homework or upcoming due dates.

Upcoming Due Dates & Homework

ELA:

-Mirror of Erised blog post is due on Monday.

Genius Hour:

-Projects are due on December 12th

Reminders:

-The girls volleyball game has been rescheduled again for Wednesday, November 30th

-Science Centre Field Trip is on Wednesday, November 30th.  

-There is Full Band on Monday

A few pictures from our catapult challenge today:

What We Learned Today...November 22nd

ELA: We started out the day with a brief AR period before reading through Chapter Twelve of Harry Potter and the Philosophers Stone together.

Health: Students were given the entire period to finish up their Digital Portfolio's.  I'm very impressed with how amazing these have turned out, and I can't wait for the students to showcase them during our conferences this week.

Math: After a brief review of the lesson from last week, the students began working on their textbook assignment from Pg. 135.

Upcoming Due Dates & Homework

Health:
-Digital Portfolio's are due tomorrow.

Genius Hour:

-Projects are due on December 12th

Math: - Due on Thursday.

Pg. 135 

a) 1, 2, 4, 6, 8, 13
b) 2, 4, 6, 8, 13-18
c) 4, 6, 8, 10, 13, 15, 17, 21

Reminders:

-The girls volleyball game has been rescheduled for Tuesday, November 22nd.

-Sacraments afternoon is at Holy Cross tomorrow. - Remember to dress in your "Sunday Best"

-Science Centre Field Trip is on Wednesday, November 30th.  Notes will go home tomorrow.

-Parent Teacher conferences are Tomorrow and Thursday.

Note about Report Cards: 
I have attempted to pack them with as much detail as I could. Besides the report card you will also receive an email containing a spread-sheet of all of the assignments and tests that I gave to your daughter / son for every class that I taught to them.It is a useful method to start a discussion about what is working well and / or what improvements need to be under-taken in order to maximize their learning potential in each and every class. Please send me an email at m.j.bresciani.rcsd.ca if you have not received a copy of them electronically. I look forward to meeting with you to discuss each student’s progress and to help ensure that the academic plan that we have for each and every student is the right one for them. Please remember too that if you cannot meet with me on the scheduled dates or if you feel that you need more time I am always willing to make myself available before or after school on any given day.

What We Learned Today...November 18th

Health: We switched things up a bit and started out our day with Health.  Over the period, students continued working on their Goal Setting Documents from yesterday and began migrating everything over to their Digital Portfolios.  

Genius Hour: Students were given the entire hour to work on their Genius Hour projects. With the end of this project less than a month a way (December 12th), students need to start thinking about what their final product will look like.

Math: Since the 4.2 video wasn't working properly last night, we did things the old fashioned way and had an in-class Math lesson on Fractions, Decimals and Percents.

Upcoming Due Dates & Homework

ELA:
-Harry Potter Chapter 9+10 questions are due on Monday

Health:
-Goal Setting Documents are due on Monday.

Genius Hour:

-Projects are due on December 12th

Reminders:

-The girls volleyball game has been rescheduled for Tuesday, November 22nd.

-Sacraments afternoon is at Holy Cross on November 23rd (Note went home today)

-Please bring back the Canadian Student Survey permission forms by Monday.

What We Learned Today...November 17th

Working hard on their Goal Setting!

ELA: This morning we kicked off our day with our usual AR period before the students began working on their Chapter Nine and Ten assignment for Harry Potter.

Health: The students were tasked with setting goals from themselves in term two in the following areas: English Language Arts, Math, Quality Work Habits and Christ Like Behaviour.   In addition  to setting goals, they also needed to create an effective plan to help them achieve their goals.  (This document can be found under the Health tab)

Math: Students were given the entire period to work on the 4.1 assignment that they began yesterday.

Science: During our shortened period, we learned about the Primary Colours of Light and how the combine to make all the colours our eyes see.

Upcoming Due Dates & Homework

ELA:
-Harry Potter Chapter 9+10 questions are due on Monday

Health:
-"WOW Work" and "Under Construction" reflections are due tomorrow.

Genius Hour:

-Projects are due on December 12th

Reminders:

-The girls volleyball game has been rescheduled for Tuesday, November 22nd.

-Sacraments afternoon is at Holy Cross on November 23rd (Note went home today)

-Please bring back the Canadian Student Survey permission forms.

What We Learned Today...November 16th

Religion: We were very fortunate to have a very special guest join us this morning. The "Catholic Education Guru", better known as Mr. Meyers, stopped by and taught us all about Saints. He focused on the steps to becoming a Saint as well as some of the different Patron Saints. The students even got the opportunity to play compete for some candy by playing Saint Bingo. It was such a treat to have Mr. Meyers stop by our classroom and teach us something new about our faith. We hope he comes back and visits soon!

Health: Students continued working building their digital portfolios by completing the reflection questions for the artifacts they selected.  

ELA: After lunch we caught up in our Harry Potter unit by reading Chapter Nine together. 

Math: We took some time to go through the unit exams from yesterday before beginning our next unit, which deals with percents, fractions and decimals.  

Upcoming Due Dates & Homework

Health:
-Photoshopping questions are overdue

Genius Hour:

-Projects are due on December 12th

-All late or redo assignments need to be handed in by tomorrow in order for them to be included on report cards.

Reminders:

-Unfortunately the girls volleyball game scheduled for tomorrow has been cancelled.  Rescheduled date will be announced shortly.

-Please bring back the Canadian Student Survey permission forms.

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