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Tuesday, Feb. 4

Housekeeping :  -  KUDOS:  to Ariana, Samara, and MacKenna for taking some Math initiative today!   QOTD: " GOOD NEWS VIEWS:  English: - Read your novel 30 minutes / night -  Redo any work requiring re-touching - Ted Talks: finish the outline tonight. - Reading Response #4 is due Wednesday. -  Math: -  Grade 7 and grade 8: Finish answering all surveys tonight. -  History : - Grade 8: Canadian Citizenship test - some kids didn't finish it - Grade 7:  French : -  Finish the rough copy of the description (6 sentences) -  Science : -  Questions 1 and 2 (grade 8) 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 :  - 

Monday, Feb. 3, 2020

Housekeeping :  -  KUDOS:  to the whole class for helping out with the grade 1/2 snowshoe adventure!  Kudos also to Rumaisa for helping out a peer! QOTD: " GOOD NEWS VIEWS:  English: - Read your novel 30 minutes / night -  Soleimani article is due tomorrow - Ted Talk links should all be on the link found here .  As well, I have posted the graphic organizer - Reading Response #4 is due Wednesday. -  Math: -  Grade 7 and grade 8: Data Management tests came home.  Please have them signed and returned by WEDNESDAY. - Grade 7 + 8s are completing their survey projects and should be reviewing the rubric for the interview (it's on the GC). History : - Grade 8: Canadian Citizenship test - some kids didn't  - Grade 7:  French : -  -  Science : -   Health/Phys-Ed : - Practice reading your PSA aloud.  Time it to ensure it is under 20 seconds.  Finally, make sure...

Wednesday, January 29, 2020

Housekeeping :  - D&D characters - have them ready for tomorrow.  We can print them at school KUDOS:  to MacKenna for getting a bonus question in class today.    QOTD: " GOOD NEWS VIEWS:  English: - Read your novel 30 minutes / night - Good copy of the letter to our LBP buddies is due tomorrow.  Please have it ready to hand in. - Select Ted Talk that you will be "presenting" to the class.  Due Thursday.  Add your link to the class document found  here - Reading Response #3 is due Thursday (done on paper please) - Time in class will be given tomorrow to finish the Seedfolks Chapter 3 write-up. Math: -  Grade 7 and grade 8: Time in class will be given tomorrow to finish the survey questions History : - Grade 8: Canadian citizenship test on Monday, Feb. 3.  Must score over 80%.   Canadian Citizenship Test Practice  here  or  here  or even  here .  You wi...

Tuesday, January 28, 2020

Housekeeping :  - - White button up shirt for the graduation photos TOMORROW! KUDOS:  to the Huskies for winning the Kinball House challenge.  And to Rachel, for taking one for the team and crashing into the wall.   QOTD: " GOOD NEWS VIEWS:  English: - Read your novel 30 minutes / night - Chapter 2 Seedfolks (ANA) questions and vocabulary due Wednesday  - Select Ted Talk that you will be "presenting" to the class.  Due Thursday.  Add your link to the class document found  here - Reading Response #3 is due Thursday (done on paper please) - Math: -  Grade 7 and 8s have started a math project: grade 7s are marketing a product while the grade 8s are establishing a correlation between behaviour and outcomes.  Both will be creating a series of questions to tease out the desired data. - Grade 8: Correlation questions (3 situations) due tomorrow -Grade 7: Project work History : - Grade 8: Canadian citi...

Monday, January 27, 2020

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Housekeeping :  - - White button up shirt for the graduation photos on January 29th. KUDOS:  to Kyle, Paige, and MacKenna for getting their names on the board (in a good sense).  Finally, Jordie gets kudos for taking amazing initiative.  QOTD: " GOOD NEWS VIEWS:  English: - Read your novel 30 minutes / night - Chapter 2 questions and vocabulary due Wednesday  - Select Ted Talk that you will be "presenting" to the class.  Due Thursday.  Add your link to the class document found here -  - Math: -  Grade 7 and 8 unit test tomorrow! - Grade 8: Correlation questions (6 of them) for tomorrow -Grade 7:  History : - Grade 8:  - Grade 7: - Grade 8: Canadian Citizenship Test Practice  here  or  here  or even  here .  You will be tested on the first one from the list (20 questions).   French : -  -  Science : -  ...

Friday, January 24, 2020

Housekeeping :  - - White button up shirt for the graduation photos on January 29th. KUDOS:  to QOTD: " GOOD NEWS VIEWS:  English: - Read your novel 30 minutes / night -  - -  - Math: -  Grade 7 and 8 unit test will be Tuesday. - Grade 8: Page 230 #7,8,9 and page 233 #2,4 -Grade 7: page 209 #3a-d, 4, 6, 7 History : - Grade 8:  - Grade 7: - Grade 8: Canadian Citizenship Test Practice  here  or  here  or even  here .  You will be tested on the first one from the list (20 questions).   French : - Test on Monday.  Spend 30 minutes reviewing your blue page and ALL of the activities we have done with description. -  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 :  - Be done the trading card on Tuesday MUS...

Thursday, January 23, 2020

Housekeeping :  - Grade 8: Pink Registration/Transfer form due Friday, January 24th.  If your child has lost theirs, you can pick one up at Aurora High or G.W. Williams. - - White button up shirt for the graduation photos on January 29th. KUDOS:  to Team Blue, for winning today at intramural basketball.  As well, to Lynx, Orcas, and Grizzlies for tying at today's competition.   Kudos to the kids who ran 8 minutes in snowshoes: Emma, Mehraeen, Kyle, Rumaisa, Kate, Camilo, and Emily. Finally, Kudos to Courtney for being so awesome at co-op.   QOTD: " GOOD NEWS VIEWS:  English: - Complete the first page of the Chapter 1 Seedfolks on the double-sided paper. Due Friday.   -  - -  - Math: -  Grade 7 and 8 unit test will be Tuesday. History : - Grade 8: Residential Schools Vocab work is due Friday (it's on the GC) - Grade 7: - Grade 8: Canadian Citizenship Test Practice  here  o...