Brown Fountain!

Good evening everyone...we're just about done this week and feels like it's been dragging by with all of these indoor recesses and cold warnings!  Glad that tomorrow is Friday! Living-the-dream!

I'm sorry about not posting about yesterday but as promised everyone has an extension until tomorrow so I am hoping that you are staying on top of your work from this week!

In math we have been analyzing the Candygram data from the Valentine's sales.  So far the presentations have been good to excellent and most of you are getting the hang of being explicit about WHAT it is you're talking about.  A lot of the descriptive feedback that most groups have been getting is that their data is too little and isn't clear enough to the audience OR that graphs and information is not easy to read at a glance (missing labels on x and y axis, no appropriate titles or proper titles for the information you are giving).  Hopefully tomorrow we will finish the 3 outstanding groups and we can move on!

In Language we have been studying Media Literacy vocabulary.  Yesterday we talked about the concept of Questioning Popular Media and watched the clip below.  The journal entry question from yesterday will be posted below too.  We will have a work period tomorrow morning so any outstanding work (especially for the 8's, who have HUGE Science stuff due) will have some time tomorrow.

Today in Language we unpacked the idea of Voice, and I read you "The True Story of the 3 Little Pigs" by A.Wolf and you filled in a worksheet called the Freyer Model to show what you knew about the concept of Voice.  Tomorrow that is due...along with the other journals, and please add as much detail as possible!  Also just a reminder that the SOTM soft due date is tomorrow, so bring that to work on too as I will have the Netbooks for you to use.

This afternoon you had some time to do some research in our computer time for your Health Infographics, and some of you met with me to discuss your concepts for the project.  FYI- Soft due date for the Infographic is: March 5th  Hard due date is: March 21st.  NO EXTENSIONS!!!

You also had gym with Mrs. Nicholson and then French with Mrs. Wong where you got some evaluations back.  I saw that some of you did really well so I am happy to see that.

We ended the day with a quiet work period, some of you read and others worked on outstanding assignments.

AS A REMINDER: GRADE 8'S YOUR 3D CELL IS DUE TOMORROW AND YOU HAVE A SCIENCE SHOW WHERE ALL OF THE SCHOOL WILL BE COMING TO SEE YOUR WORK.  IF YOU DO NOT HAVE A PROJECT TO HAND IN...YOU WILL HAVE TO STAND THERE AND EXPLAIN TO THE SCHOOL WHY YOU ARE NOT DONE! SO PLEASE GET IT DONE!!

Grade 7's, if you have not handed in your BIOME projects to Mrs. Nicholson, then they are way past due.  Get them done and in ASAP!

That's all for now...have a great night! Here's something that makes Lucy and me laugh out loud...we even yell "Alan!" to get each other to smile...so watch and enjoy!