Wednesday, 19 December 2012
Wednesday, 12 December 2012
Wednesday...Almost last day of Presentations!
Woo hoo! We are almost through the entire grade 7/8 class of presentations for History! So glad that they are almost done! Hopefully all of you are ready to get back into the swing of things with Mrs. Nicholson and the new Science building project.
This morning we spent pretty much getting through all of the History presentations. It was great to see so many of you organized and presenting with such confidence. We have a few stragglers on Friday to do a re-present and then we're on to a collector coin activity.
Please finish all math for tomorrow as we will revisit it. Also if you need extra help we will be working in class on translations for one more day.
A science work period will be given first thing tomorrow, so bring your plans and blueprints and get ready to WORK!
Okay that's all for now, see you tomorrow! :)
This morning we spent pretty much getting through all of the History presentations. It was great to see so many of you organized and presenting with such confidence. We have a few stragglers on Friday to do a re-present and then we're on to a collector coin activity.
Please finish all math for tomorrow as we will revisit it. Also if you need extra help we will be working in class on translations for one more day.
A science work period will be given first thing tomorrow, so bring your plans and blueprints and get ready to WORK!
Okay that's all for now, see you tomorrow! :)
Monday, 10 December 2012
It's a boy!
Good evening to some of you! Hopefully I will be able to blog at school so that updates can happen. Please check the blog on a regular basis to see if I have updated it seeing as the computers are slow and posting to FB is difficult.
This morning we started with "The Inner City Angels" project meet and greet with the artist. What was amazing to me was the quality and creativity that many of the projects displayed. I was so impressed with the quality of the artwork from students as young as kindergarten and the end projects were just amazing! I love it! So, now I can't wait to see what you all produce!
Next we covered the concept of tranlations (slides). Please see the video below for a quick review.
This morning we started with "The Inner City Angels" project meet and greet with the artist. What was amazing to me was the quality and creativity that many of the projects displayed. I was so impressed with the quality of the artwork from students as young as kindergarten and the end projects were just amazing! I love it! So, now I can't wait to see what you all produce!
Next we covered the concept of tranlations (slides). Please see the video below for a quick review.
Homework tonight is: 7 - p. 234 #3-8 8- p.226+227 A-F, #1-3 & p.228 #4-6
Practice! Practice! Practice!
After lunch you had computers, where many of you printed up last minute corrections for your powerpoints and got some extra images for your posters. Then you had gym with Mrs. N!
At the end of the day we had our first New France presentation, and congratulations to the only team that was ready in our class on Monday. Tomorrow we'll focus mostly on Confederation and the grade 8's but 7's be ready for anything!
Okay that's all, a short post! See you in the morning and I hope Lahmar (teehee J.H.!) doesn't kick me too much tonight so I at least get some good sleep.
<3 Ms. K
Monday, 3 December 2012
Monday...the day before my big needle day!
Evening all. Hope you are all enjoying this mild weather before it gets really cold again. I think I even saw people playing basketball with t-shirts on?!! You are crazy!
Today we started with coordinates and used the ELMO for the first time! I was so glad it worked out, and happy that it set up so easily. On another happy note, many of you got the idea behind the four quadrants and were able to start to comfortably plot points on a grid. I am looking forward to your artwork for Wednesday and the other pictures are super difficult, so we'll see if you are all pros in the end.
After that we started our bullying unit prompted by the Showdown 2.0 performance on Thursday. We read a story called "Dear Bully" and I cried while reading the recount of Laurie's bullying experience. I was glad to hear many of you sharing your ideas and thoughts about Laurie's experience and how she was at peace now with her bully now that she was an adult. You had a writing response assigned, however the way you wish to respond to the story is up to you. You may write a journal, a letter to the bully or to Laurie and you may choose write an apology in the voice of a bystander that witnessed Laurie's bullying. What is most important is that you get your ideas down on paper because your final assignment is going to reflect all of your feelings from the readings this week and your reflections will be a huge resource to you. The excerpt for tomorrow is a poem, and I know you will like it.
This afternoon, I didn't really see you other than health. I want you to think about your health journals and the food groups that you may be lacking in or eating too much of. This will inform how we may approach our PSAs for the younger kids...and if I had your attention you would know that we are going to make films based on our data.
To finish off the day you had gym and Science with Mrs. Nicholson. You finished off the film and you need to have your notes on machines done. You also have a project due in French coming up and hopefully you are staying on task for that.
For tomorrow:
Math- mouse coordinate worksheet
Language - Showdown 2.0 journal, Dear Bully written assignment & SOTM
History - Soft due date Thursday! Presentations start next week!
Science - Movie notes
Art - t-shirt design
Health - Ideas for PSAs
French - Research projects
Okay, won't see you tomorrow as I am at my appointment, be good and have a great day. See you Wednesday. :)
Today we started with coordinates and used the ELMO for the first time! I was so glad it worked out, and happy that it set up so easily. On another happy note, many of you got the idea behind the four quadrants and were able to start to comfortably plot points on a grid. I am looking forward to your artwork for Wednesday and the other pictures are super difficult, so we'll see if you are all pros in the end.
After that we started our bullying unit prompted by the Showdown 2.0 performance on Thursday. We read a story called "Dear Bully" and I cried while reading the recount of Laurie's bullying experience. I was glad to hear many of you sharing your ideas and thoughts about Laurie's experience and how she was at peace now with her bully now that she was an adult. You had a writing response assigned, however the way you wish to respond to the story is up to you. You may write a journal, a letter to the bully or to Laurie and you may choose write an apology in the voice of a bystander that witnessed Laurie's bullying. What is most important is that you get your ideas down on paper because your final assignment is going to reflect all of your feelings from the readings this week and your reflections will be a huge resource to you. The excerpt for tomorrow is a poem, and I know you will like it.
This afternoon, I didn't really see you other than health. I want you to think about your health journals and the food groups that you may be lacking in or eating too much of. This will inform how we may approach our PSAs for the younger kids...and if I had your attention you would know that we are going to make films based on our data.
To finish off the day you had gym and Science with Mrs. Nicholson. You finished off the film and you need to have your notes on machines done. You also have a project due in French coming up and hopefully you are staying on task for that.
For tomorrow:
Math- mouse coordinate worksheet
Language - Showdown 2.0 journal, Dear Bully written assignment & SOTM
History - Soft due date Thursday! Presentations start next week!
Science - Movie notes
Art - t-shirt design
Health - Ideas for PSAs
French - Research projects
Okay, won't see you tomorrow as I am at my appointment, be good and have a great day. See you Wednesday. :)
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| Lucy and her friend after they had their faces painted at the Police Christmas Party. She was a unicorn and her friend was a butterfly! |
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| Journal from today |
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| Lucy riding a crazy motorcycle at the party on the weekend! |
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