What We Learned Today...September 29th

A snap of the video we watched today!

ELA: We started out the day with a brief silent reading period before finishing up the creation story we began on Monday.

Health: We picked up where we left off yesterday and discussed the consequences of positive and negative body image.  We also took some time to view the TED Talk, "Why Thinking You're Ugly is Bad for You" by Meaghan Ramsey, which covered this topic perfectly.

Math: After doing such an amazing job at Cross Country yesterday, students were exhausted after school and pleaded for me to move the Math test.  After some serious thinking, I gave in and bumped the Math Exam to Monday.  Instead of the test, students were given the entire period to work on their Mathletics assignments to help practice for Monday.

Genius Hour: Students continued pitching their topics/essential questions to me, before they could begin working on their projects.  Most students now have the green light to begin their projects and only a few students will need the weekend to tweak their questions.

Upcoming Due Dates & Homework

Math:

-Unit 2 Exam has been postponed until Monday, October 2nd.

-Watch the 3.1 video for Tuesday, October 3rd

ELA:

-Greek Mythology Sequence Assignment is overdue

Science:

-Bubble Investigation Part 1 & 2 are overdue

Health:

-Photoshopping Questions are due on Tuesday, October 3rd

Reminders:

-Grade 7/8 Retreat at Lebret has been rescheduled for October 11th!!

What We Learned Today...September 28th

Celebrating after the race!

Canoeing: This morning we boarded the buses and headed to the marina for some more canoeing and games!

Religion: With Orange Shirt Day coming up next week, we took some time to learn more about the history behind this day, as well as participating in an activity that shows our support for those affected by Residential Schools.

Cross Country Meet: At the end of the day, we boarded a bus and headed to Douglas Park to run the cross country race together as a class.  Each and every student gave it their all and I couldn't be more proud of everyone.  You guys rock!

A few more pictures from today:

Upcoming Due Dates & Homework

Math:

-2.3 Handout is overdue

-Unit 2 Exam is on Friday, September 29th

-Watch the 3.1 video for Monday, October 2nd

ELA:

-Greek Mythology Sequence Assignment is due on Friday, September 29th

Science:

-Bubble Investigation Part 1 & 2 are due on Friday, September 29th

Reminders:

-Grade 7/8 Retreat at Lebret has been rescheduled for October 11th!!

What We Learned Today...September 27th

ELA: Today we started our day our with our usual silent reading period, before switching back to our Greek Mythology Unit.  For the duration of the period, we continued learning about the creation of the universe as well as the mythology around the Titans".

Religion: We picked up where we left off yesterday and continued investigating the "Ten Commandments", and how they vary slightly depending on which Bible you read.

Math: Students were given the entire period to work on the Practice Test from their textbook and work on Mathletics to help them study for their exam on Friday.

Health: With the "All About Me" presentations officially over, we got back to our Body Image Unit by learning about the consequences of being satisfied and dissatisfied with how we look.

*Cross Country Meet is tomorrow! Please remember to bring back your form if you haven't done so already.  We will be back to the school by 5:00, so please arrange to be picked up then.

Upcoming Due Dates & Homework

Math:

-2.3 Handout is overdue

-Unit 2 Exam is on Friday, September 29th

-Watch the 3.1 video for Monday, October 2nd

ELA:

-Greek Mythology Sequence Assignment is due on Friday, September 29th

Science:

-Bubble Investigation Part 1 & 2 are due on Friday, September 29th

Reminders:

-Class Cross Country Meet on Thursday.  Please be sure to bring your permission form in.  We will depart the school at 3:00 and will be back to the school by 5:00.

--Grade 7/8 Retreat at Lebret has been cancelled.  Please check the blog daily for reschedule date.

What We Learned Today...September 26th

ELA: This morning we started out the day with a thirty minute reading period before the students continued working on the Greek Mythology Sequence Assignment from yesterday.

Health: We spent the period finishing up the "All About Me" presentations.

Math: After lunch we spent some time going through the quizzes from yesterday, before students began working on the Unit Review from Pg. 70 of the textbook.

French: We spent the period reviewing the conjugation of "ER" verbs before heading outside for a "verb conjugation relay"!

*Unfortunately we had to cancel our Lebret retreat this week due to some unforeseen circumstances at the Church.  We are working together with Mr. Meyers to book an alternate date in the coming weeks, and if not, in the Spring.  I will post on here the minute I hear back about the date of our retreat!

Upcoming Due Dates & Homework

Math:

-2.3 Handout is due on tomorrow, September 27th

-Unit 2 Exam is on Friday, September 29th

ELA:

-Greek Mythology Sequence Assignment is due on Friday, September 29th

Reminders:

-Class Cross Country Meet on Thursday.  Please be sure to bring your permission form in.  We will depart the school at 3:00 and will be back to the school by 5:00.

--Grade 7/8 Retreat at Lebret has been cancelled.  Please check the blog daily for reschedule date.

What We Learned Today...September 25th

Working on the Bubble Investigation!

Pictures/ELA: This morning we started our day by heading down to the gym for our class pictures.  Once we arrived back in our classroom, we learned what mythology is as well as the Greek mythology creation story.

Math: Students were given the entire class to write their Unit 2 quizzes.  If students finished early, they had a chance to finish up the 2.3 handout from last class.

ELA: After Math we continued our fantastic "All About Me" presentations.

Science: During the last hour of the day we finished up part one of the "Bubble Investigation" and had a chance to complete part two, which helped us discover the affect that temperature has on viscosity.

*Unfortunately we had to cancel our Lebret retreat this week due to some unforeseen circumstances at the Church.  We are working together with Mr. Meyers to book an alternate date in the coming weeks, and if not, in the Spring.  I will post on here the minute I hear back about the date of our retreat!

Upcoming Due Dates & Homework

Math:

-2.3 Handout is due on Wednesday, September 27th

-Unit 2 Exam is on Friday, September 29th

ELA:

-"All About Me" presentations are overdue

Reminders:

-Class Cross Country Meet on Thursday.  Please be sure to bring your permission form in.  We will depart the school at 3:00 and will be back to the school by 5:00.

--Grade 7/8 Retreat at Lebret has been cancelled.  Please check the blog daily for reschedule date.

Picture Day Tomorrow!

Just a reminder that we have picture day tomorrow.  Be sure to dress up and bring your best smile.
See everyone tomorrow!

What We Learned Today...September 21st

ELA: This morning we spent the entire period working on the Persuasive Writing Assessments.  We're almost finished these assessments and will spend one more shortened period tomorrow finishing them up.

French: We started the class out with our short quiz on the the numbers 1-100.  After the quiz, the students learned a few more regular "ER" verbs, and were tasked with completing a small assignment to conjugate each of the verbs.

Health: Students continued presenting their awesome "Tell Me About Yourself" presentations.

*Bresciani Bunch Voluntary Cross Country Meet:
This week I spoke with Ms. Roundell and she told me that the turn out for Grade 8 students at these events are pretty dismal.  After talking to the class about this, we decided it might be a nice idea to run this event as a team and support the few Grade 8's at Deshaye that are currently running these races. I'm so happy that so many students in our class are on board with this and I can't wait to see the mob of Deshaye Grade 8's crossing the finish line later this week! Please remember to bring back your permission forms ASAP so we're all set to go next week!

Upcoming Due Dates & Homework

Math:

-2.2 handout is due tomorrow

-Unit 2 Quiz is on Monday

-Unit 2 Exam is on Friday, September 29th

ELA:

-"All About Me" presentations are overdue

Reminders:

--Grade 7/8 Retreat at Lebret on September 27th.  Please bring back form and $5