Thursday, 24 October 2024

Thursday, October 24th, 2024

 Math - We had short practice assignments on mental-math or prime numbers today. Hand this in tomorrow so I can check for your understanding.

ELA - Keep practising your prepared oral readings! We present on Wednesday.

Social Studies - We will get 1 more class on computers tomorrow to finish your Party Platforms research, which is due at the end of the school day tomorrow. Our student vote is Monday morning! If you'll be away Monday, come see me tomorrow to request an early-voting ballot.

Science - We had a short activity to help visualise the huge size of our digestive system today. We'll get time to respond to the analysis questions for this activity tomorrow.

A note on Halloween next week: Students are welcome to wear their costumes to school on Thursday, or choose to change into a costume over lunch. We will have a regular academic day in the morning, and a Halloween celebration in the afternoon including a costume parade and school dance. Reminder that costumes brought to school should not include any weapons, blood, or violent references. Also, students who don't choose to wear a costume that day are invited to wear orange+black to earn house league points.

Thursday, 3 October 2024

Thursday, Oct 3, 2024

 Math - Our Unit 1 test is on Wednesday. Tomorrow we will start our Unit Review. Today, students completed their "Pre-Test Check-In", where they look over our Learning Targets, share their successes, and identify the one skill they need the most practice in. This will include showing an example of the skill, as well as finding the Textbook pages where they can practice this skill more. By tomorrow, all students will have posted their Pre-Test Check-In to their Learning Story on Edsby. Take some time to review yours with a parent/guardian, and make a plan for how best to practice this challenging skill over the next week and set yourself up for success on your test.

ELA - Students had one more class to finish, edit, and revise their Dialogue Task rough copies. Tomorrow we will be typing our good copies.

Social Studies - We took time to review our activity from yesterday, and complete our list of the responsibilities of each Level of Government in Canada.

Tomorrow is the last day for Terry Fox donations. Thanks to everyone who donated!