Le Moine Blog 2019-2020

Housekeeping :  KUDOS:  to Huskies for winning the Snow Day double-period Kinball challenge! QOTD:  GOOD NEWS VIEWS:  English: - Read your novel 30 minutes / night - Reading Response #7 due Thursday at midnight. - Seedfolks vocab ch 7: due Thursday - Bring SSR book! Math: - All textbook and workbook questions are due tomorrow by the end of the day.  - Math test has been moved to Monday Geography : - grade 8 workbook activity 2 due Friday - grade 8: make a list of 8 settlement factors in your notes.  E.g. "weather" affects where people decide to live.  Find 7 more!  Due Friday French : -  Bring headphones or ear buds -  Science : - grade 8 test on Monday.  Practice test can be done by Wednesday night. Health/Phys-Ed : - Practice reading your PSA aloud.  Time it to ensure it is under 20 seconds.  Finally, make sure you add a call to action.  - Push-ups and flexibility testing is coming up.  Practice at home!  Next week is flexibili

Housekeeping :  KUDOS:  to Kate for helping partners with Math.  Also, Rumaisa for helping others with Math.  So to to Dorsa. QOTD:  GOOD NEWS VIEWS:  English: - Read your novel 30 minutes / night - Reading Response #7 due Thursday at midnight. - Seedfolks vocab ch 7: due Thursday - Bring SSR book! Math: - All textbook and workbook questions are due tomorrow by the end of the day.    Geography : - grade 8 workbook activity 2 due Thursday - grade 8: make a list of 8 settlement factors in your notes.  E.g. "weather" affects where people decide to live.  Find 7 more!  Due Thursday. French : -  Bring headphones or ear buds -  Science : - grade 8 test on Monday.  Practice test can be done by Wednesday night. Health/Phys-Ed : - Practice reading your PSA aloud.  Time it to ensure it is under 20 seconds.  Finally, make sure you add a call to action.  - Push-ups and flexibility testing is coming up.  Practice at home!  Next week is flexib

Housekeeping :  -   Grade 8 Course selections are now late! KUDOS:  to Nika, Dorsa, Milan, Emma, and Helia for winning the geography challenge today. QOTD:  GOOD NEWS VIEWS:  English: - Read your novel 30 minutes / night - Reading Response #7 due Thursday at midnight. - Seedfolks Chapter #7 due Wednesday at midnight.  Special focus on the "Opinion" question. - Seedfolks vocab ch 7: due Thursday - Bring SSR book! Math: -   - 6.5 is due tomorrow (Textbook) grade 8 only.  7: 6.4 workbook Geography : - grade 8 workbook activity 2 due Thursday - grade 8: make a list of 8 settlement factors in your notes.  E.g. "weather" affects where people decide to live.  Find 7 more!  Due Thursday. French : -  Bring headphones or ear buds -  Science : - grade 8 test on Monday.  Practice test can be done by Wednesday night. Health/Phys-Ed : - Practice reading your PSA aloud.  Time it to ensure it is under 20 seconds.  Finally, make sur

Housekeeping :  -   Grade 8 Course selections are now late! KUDOS:  to Paige and Milan for winning the "Best Ted Talk Analysis in the Universe" contest QOTD:  KYLE:  "Mr. Le Moine! I think I'm being bullied by Jordie" JORDIE: "What are you talking about, Kyle?! You don't understand bullying!  I have to do this every day to be bullying!" GOOD NEWS VIEWS:  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OlBsR1WIT0U .  After watching the video, read some of the comments below - they are extremely funny. English: - Read your novel 30 minutes / night - Reading Response #7 due Thursday at midnight. - Seedfolks Chapter #7 (and vocab) is due Wednesday - Bring SSR book! Math: -   - 6.4 is due tomorrow (textbook work) -  Respond to Emily's survey, please. Geography : -  -  French : -  Bring headphones or ear buds -  Science : -  Health/Phys-Ed : - Practice reading your PSA aloud.  Time it to ensure it is under 20 seconds.

Housekeeping :  -  Grade 8: Submit your course selection, print out the confirmation, then bring it to me to have it signed.  This is due Monday.   KUDOS:  to Sky, for his excellent thank-you to the officer who came to speak about Crime Stoppers QOTD:     " GOOD NEWS VIEWS:  English: - Read your novel 30 minutes / night - Ted Talks.  Be ready to rock.  Practice it many times (and in many different ways) this weekend.  Look at the rubric. - Reading Response #6 due Thursday at midnight. - Seedfolks "Sam" chapter is due Monday morning. - Seedfolks Chapter 5 and 6 Vocabulary is due Sunday night at midnight - Bring SSR book! Math: -  On Wednesday we will run our interviews for Data Management.  Students were given a pretty good idea of the questions today - ask your child if they remember any of them! - 6.3 is due tomorrow -    Geography : - Grade 8: Canadian Citizenship test - some kids didn't finish it -  French : -   -  Scie

Housekeeping :  -  Grade 8: Submit your course selection, print out the confirmation, then bring it to me to have it signed.   KUDOS:  to Mehrshad for always helping out with I.T.   QOTD:     " GOOD NEWS VIEWS:  English: - Read your novel 30 minutes / night - Ted Talks.  Be ready to rock.  Practice it many times (and in many different ways) this weekend.  Look at the rubric. - Reading Response #6 due Thursday at midnight. - Seedfolks "Sam" chapter will be finished in class Math: -  On Wednesday we will run our interviews for Data Management.  Students were given a pretty good idea of the questions today - ask your child if they remember any of them! - 6.3 is due tomorrow -    Geography : - Grade 8: Canadian Citizenship test - some kids didn't finish it -  French : -   -  Science : -  Grade 8 science sheet on buoyancy due Thursday  Health/Phys-Ed : - Practice reading your PSA aloud.  Time it to ensure it is under 20 sec

Housekeeping :  -  Grade 8: Submit your course selection, print out the confirmation, then bring it to me to have it signed.   KUDOS:  to Rumaisa, for figuring out the formula for the area of a circle.  As well, congrats to the Huskies for ensnaring first place in today's geography "Name that night time satellite image" challenge.  QOTD:     "What do we want?!"     "THE OFFICE"     "When do we want it?"    "NOW!!!!" -Jordie and Mehraeen GOOD NEWS VIEWS:  English: - Read your novel 30 minutes / night - Ted Talks.  Be ready to rock.  Practice it many times (and in many different ways) this weekend.  Look at the rubric. - Reading Response #6 due Thursday at midnight. -  Math: -  On Wednesday we will run our interviews for Data Management.  Students were given a pretty good idea of the questions today - ask your child if they remember any of them! - Dinnertime conversation: your child will explain to you

Housekeeping :  -  KUDOS:  to  QOTD: " GOOD NEWS VIEWS:  English: - Read your novel 30 minutes / night - Ted Talks.  Be ready to rock.  Practice it many times (and in many different ways) this weekend.  Look at the rubric. -  -  Math: -  On Wednesday we will run our interviews for Data Management.  Students were given a pretty good idea of the questions today - ask your child if they remember any of them! -  -    Geography : - Grade 8: Canadian Citizenship test - some kids didn't finish it - Grade 7 and 8: TUESDAY!   There will be a map of Canada test for our first geography class.  Students need to know all provinces, territories, and capital cities.  For a higher level, they have to be able to draw the provincial divisions on a blank map of Canada.  Here is are a few links for you to practice: 1.   link  (this one tests your ability to identify the province/territory by clicking) 2.  Link 2  (this one makes you type the names - excellent p

Housekeeping :  -  KUDOS:  to Mr. Le Moine for saving lives today during our practice lock down drill. QOTD: " GOOD NEWS VIEWS:  English: -  Seedfolks Vocabulary test chapters 1-4 on Friday.  I have added a review activity that mimics the style of the test you will see on Friday. - Chapter 5 of Seedfolks is due on Friday - Read your novel 30 minutes / night - Ted Talks.  Be ready to rock.  Practice it many times (and in many different ways) this weekend.  Look at the rubric. - Reading Response #5 is due Thursday at midnight.  Parents/Guardians: make sure your kids are reading EVERY night!. -  Math: -  Grade 7 and grade 8: Mid-Unit Review is due Friday (it's on the UTS) - We will soon be creating the graphs from the Data Management projects.  If you have a minute, take a look at the results of your survey.  Grade 7, you will be creating bar and line graphs and grade 8s, you will be creating a scatterplot. -    Geography : - Grade 8: Canadian C

Housekeeping :  -  KUDOS:  to QOTD: " GOOD NEWS VIEWS:  English: -  Seedfolks Vocabulary test chapters 1-4 on Friday.  I have added a review activity that mimics the style of the test you will see on Friday. - I have put chapter 5 of Seedfolks on the GC.  Read it! - Read your novel 30 minutes / night - Ted Talks.  Be ready to rock.  Practice it many times (and in many different ways) this weekend.  Look at the rubric. - Reading Response #5 is due Thursday at midnight.  Parents/Guardians: make sure your kids are reading EVERY night!. -  Math: -  Grade 7 and grade 8: 6.2 (homework is in the textbook AND the notebook).  This is due Wednesday morning. - We will soon be creating the graphs from the Data Management projects.  If you have a minute, take a look at the results of your survey.  Grade 7, you will be creating bar and line graphs and grade 8s, you will be creating a scatterplot. -   New UTS signed by Wednesday Geography : - Grade 8: Canadian

Housekeeping :  -  KUDOS:  to Paige for putting up the "Bell Let's Talk Display".  Kudos to MacKenna for reminding me to put the correct units in math.  BUT MOST OF ALL, thank you to the amazing grade 7s who took out the K/1 kids snowshoeing!   QOTD: " GOOD NEWS VIEWS:  English: -  Seedfolks Vocabulary test chapters 1-4 : Friday - Read your novel 30 minutes / night - Ted Talks.  Be ready to rock.  Practice it many times (and in many different ways) this weekend.  Look at the rubric. - Reading Response #5 is due Thursday at midnight.  Parents/Guardians: make sure your kids are reading EVERY night!. -  Math: -  Grade 7 and grade 8: 6.2 (homework is in the textbook AND the notebook).  This is due Wednesday morning. -   New UTS signed by Wednesday History : - Grade 8: Canadian Citizenship test - some kids didn't finish it - Grade 7 and 8: there will be a map of Canada test for our first geography class.  Students need to know all pr

Housekeeping :  -  KUDOS:  to Paige for her excellent notes - as usual! Kudos also to MacKenna for finding Waldo. QOTD: " GOOD NEWS VIEWS:  English: - Read your novel 30 minutes / night -  Redo any work requiring re-touching - Ted Talks start on Monday.  Be ready to rock.  Practice it many times (and in many different ways) this weekend.  Look at the rubric. - Reading Response #4 is due tonight at midnight -  Math: -  Grade 7 and grade 8: 6.1 both workbook and textbook -   New UTS signed by Tuesday History : - Grade 8: Canadian Citizenship test - some kids didn't finish it - Grade 7:  French : -  Finish the rough copy of the description (6 sentences).  Due Monday - Signed french tests due Tuesday Science : -   Health/Phys-Ed : - Practice reading your PSA aloud.  Time it to ensure it is under 20 seconds.  Finally, make sure you add a call to action.  Art :  -  MUSIC :  -  DRAMA :  -