Daily Update--Sept.20/13

ELA--Review vocabulary for Tuesday's test. Your first IRP is due Wednesday. You are also working on your "Evidence of Learning" and Bio-poem. Due dates have not yet been set.

Science--If you do not have a lab scribbler, you need one for Monday as we will be dissecting the grasshopper that day. Collect more grasshoppers over the weekend if you can.

French--Prepare for Tuesday's dictee.

8R--Science--If you do not have a lab scribbler, you need one for Monday as we will be dissecting the grasshopper that day. Collect more grasshoppers over the weekend if you can.

Next week is the Terry Fox Run/Walk. Please use this weekend to collect as many pledges as you can. Thank you!

Have a great weekend!!!!

Daily Update--Sept.19/13

ELA--Review for Tuesday's vocabulary unit 1 test. Remember to practice spelling. First IRP is due next week. Work on you r"Evidence of Learning" illustration.

Math--Your POW will be corrected tomorrow.

Science--Make sure you have your lab book for Monday as we will dissecting the grasshopper on Monday.

French--Review for Dictee.

We had an inspirational speaker today--Kailee Rutherford, a girl who had the same cancer as Terry Fox--as a starting point for our Terry Fox Run which will be next Thursday. We encourage students to gather as many pledges as they can. There are prizes for the top fund raisers. There is also a raffle for a signed Jets hockey stick and the tickets can be purchased in the office.

Daily Update--Sept.18/13

ELA--The rough draft of the Bio-Poem needs to be completed for tomorrow. Continue working on your first IRP which is due next week. Review vocabulary words for Tuesday's test.

MAth--Assignment from yesterday will be corrected tomorrow due to the Early Dismissal.

Science--Collect grasshoppers please.

French--Review for Friday's Dictee.

Tomorrow we will be selling cancer bracelets with the sayings "Believe" and "No one stands alone" for $2 each if students are interested in purchasing any. Proceeds go to Terry Fox Foundation.

Daily Update--Sept.17/13

ELA--Review vocabulary as your unit test is next Tuesday, Sept.24. Have atleast 5 to 6 lines of your Bio-Poem rough draft done for tomorrow.  Work on your first IRP.

Math--3.1 Textbook pages 86-87, questions #21,23, and 25 due tomorrow.

Science--Collect grasshoppers please.

French--Review for Dictee on Friday.

8R Science--Collect grasshoppers please.

Early Dismissal is tomorrow so students will be dismissed at 2:10.

Daily Update--Sept.16/13

ELA--A few students did not hand in their friendly letters to me today. This must be handed in tomorrow before 9. We will be writing our first vocabulary test next Tuesday so students should start reviewing now. We talked about several different ways to review vocabulary. Hopefully they will start putting these strategies into practice. First IRP is due next week.

Math--3.1 in the textbook--page 85-87--work on questions #6,8,10,13,15,16,17,18, and in problem format #19 all for tomorrow.

Science--Please try to capture grasshoppers for our first dissection. They can be placed in a plastic container or a jar and brought to school.

French--Dictee on Friday.

8R--Please try to capture grasshoppers for our first dissection. They can be placed in a plastic container or a jar and brought to school.

Our Terry Fox Run/Walk will be held on Thursday, Sept.26 and pledge sheets have been handed out. Please try to get as many pledges as you can by the run date. Thank you very much!

Daily Update--Sept.13/13

ELA--The vocabulary booklet needs to be completed for Monday. The friendly letter is due Monday. Remember to have the rough draft as well as the good copy ready to hand in. Students should be working on their first IRP. Some are reading and using post-it-notes as bookmarks for vocabulary, etc. while others are working on the write up, following the detailed handout. The first IRP should be handed in approximately Sept.25th.

French--Prepare for your first dictee which will be Sept.20th.

Some students have not handed in the signed portion of the informational letter that was handed out on Tuesday. This needs to be handed in asap. Thank you!

Have a great weekend!!

Daily Update--Sept.12/13

ELA--The rest of the vocabulary booklet for Unit 1 will be due Monday. The good copy of the friendly letter to me is also due Monday. The students need to remember to have all processes of the writing ready to hand in. That would be the jot notes, edited rough draft, and the good copy.

Math--3.1 worksheet questions #1 to 9 are due tomorrow.

French--Have the bottom of the page due tomorrow. Dictee will be next Friday.

Please plan on attending our Open House tonight at 7pm followed by the Awards ceremony for grades 9 to 11.