Day Two of Catholic Schools Week - Happy St. Valentine's Day

8ELA-We read a little of I am David then used the time to go over an upcoming activity for Social Studies called Mythology Monday.  HOMEWORK:  SPELLING UNIT 15.

8SS-We corrected Greek geography, including a map.  NO HOMEWORK.

7SS-We corrected the Global Goals assignment q 1-6.  NO HOMEWORK.

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CONGRATULATIONS TO CHIZZY IN 7C.  SHE WON OUR VALENTINE'S BASKET OF TREATS.  STAY TUNED TO FIND OUT HOW MUCH WE RAISED.

TOMORROW IS SPORTS DAY.  COME PREPARED (8M!)

First Day of Catholic Schools Week - Pajama Day

It was great to see so many students in the fuzzy, warm pajamas scoring points for their class!

8ELA-We started a new unit in spelling today; it focussed on the suffix -ion.  8B corrected the I am David questions 10-15. I handed out the corrected adverb test and preposition/conjunction test for review.  HOMEWORK:  RETURN SIGNED TESTS, INCLUDING THE ULTRA SPELLING TEST TOMORROW, SPELLING DUE WEDNESDAY.  JOURNALS DUE TOMORROW.

8SS-No class due to special activities.

7SS-Not scheduled today.

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To my grade 8 students

I'm so glad you've checked out my blog today.  

As you know, we'll be starting a special learning activity in Social Studies which will help us learn Greek mythology.  We'll be doing this in teams.  So, to get you started, since you followed instructions and checked out this page, I have a bonus activity.  

The question is based on the Geography lesson we did in class last week and 

we'll be correcting tomorrow.  

Write your answer on looseleaf and hand it in BEFORE 8:40.  

If your answer is correct, your team will be awarded an extra three points next week 

when we start the game.  

Question:  Identify the three brothers who live on Mount Olympus.

8ELA-We corrected unit 15 spelling and the rest of our preposition booklet.  This was followed by Library and Reading class.  HOMEWORK:  SPELLING TEST FRIDAY, PREP/CONJ TEST FRIDAY, I AM DAVID CHARACTER TRAITS AND DAVID'S WORLD IN RUINS-PART THREE DUE TOMORROW.

8SS-We worked on a civilization web.  This takes what we've learned about five ancient civilization and apply categories to the enduring characteristics.  NO HOMEWORK.

7SS-We began our work with the Global Goals today by watching Malala introduce a video on the topic and starting reading about them.  NO HOMEWORK.

8ELA-  Today we did our unit 10 spelling test and lots of us got Santa stickers for a perfect score.  We then did our skills test on sentence types and structure.  The 8B class helped Student Council with Candy Cane messages so they'd be delivered on time.  During 8M's second class, they enjoyed the treats.  NO HOMEWORK TODAY.

Raffle tickets are due Tuesday.  PLEASE be sure to have them in on time!

8ELA-We did our precheck and the work for spelling unit 10 and continued our skills work in sentence structure.  HOMEWORK:  SPELLING #10 AND SKILLS BOOKLET TO COMPLETION--DUE WEDNESDAY.

8SS-No SS for 8B but 8M corrected the work for Egyptian Architecture and Egyptian Art.  NO HOMEWORK.

7SS-We corrected our homework on Population then did some brainstorming on why people leave their home countries.  NO HOMEWORK.

Recovered from Shovelling?

Many students were missing yesterday so it wasn't possible to move forward or start the planned new material.  However, mostly everyone was back today so school returned to normal.

8ELA-We corrected spelling #9 and skills (which focussed on correct sentence structure).  We had library and Reading Class.  NO HOMEWORK

7SS-I collected our paragraph assignments on climate change and met with students who were away.  We made predictions of population based on what we've learned so far, specifically climate, land cover, and land use. We learned the top ten most populated countries in the world and noted that 7 of them come from Asia.  We also learned that Nigeria is experiencing rapid population growth while other populous countries are experiencing population slow down.  NO HOMEWORK.

8SS-I collected pink questions on the Rosetta Stone.  We corrected the questions on Development of Writing and had a quasi-debate.  NO HOMEWORK.

A Busy Monday
We celebrated our second Advent service this morning.
8ELA-We did a new spelling using and a skills unit focussing on complete sentences.  This was followed by Library and Reading class.  8M missed their Reading due to the Advent service.  HOMEWORK:  SPELLING #9 AND SKILLS-SENTENCES (4 PAGES).

8SS - We learned about hieroglyphs today and the Rosetta Stone.  We have a decision to make about it too.  HOMEWORK:  DEVELOPMENT OF WRITING Q 1-4 (INCLUDING THE PINK QUESTION)

7SS-We reviewed our notes on Land Cover and Land Use from last week.  We worked on our Land Cover worksheet and made predictions as to whether a country will be densely populated or not based on Land Use.  HOMEWORK:  LAND COVER WORKSHEET.