Just a reminder that Pizza Day will be held on Wednesday instead of Thursday, this week.
Business Fair
On Thursday, Grade 8's are hosting a business fair. If you wish to purchase hot dogs for lunch on Thursday, orders and payment must be received by tomorrow - Wednesday, April 24.
Please click on the attachment to learn more about the business fair.
Science Project
Science projects are due to Mr. Kemsley on April 29th.
Correction Notice
Our trip to Rogers TV is on May 30th, not April 30th as I had earlier indicated. Unfortunately, I had advised students not to order pitas for April 30th because I thought we would be away. They now must bring themselves a lunch for Tuesday, April 30th. However, lunch will be provided when we visit Rogers TV on May 30th. I apologize for the inconvenience this cause.
Our Earth Day Billboard
Earth collage and Earth Day Report Card - how we can keep our school and class Green.
We began the day with our new Guided Reading cycle. Our guided group is focusing on predicting, synthesizing and main idea, our A.P.E. group is analyzing the features of non-fiction text, our silent read group is continuing to read The Egypt Game on their own so we can squeeze in more of our novel, and finally the Word Study group is working on a mixture of words from our lessons and readings.
In Sciences sociales, we shared our ideas from yesterday's lesson pertaining to ideas on health, illness, treatments of illness and life expectancy - comparing Ancient Greek times and Modern Day Canada.
Today, we had our BRAVO draw, to encourage students to speak French. Today's prize was a tarte au sucre. The winner was Bridget. Congratulations Bridge - bon appétit!
In maths, we have begun our unit on fractions (our summative evaluation of decimal computations will be on Tuesday). As always, we began the unit with a problem solving challenge. Students worked diligently to solve the Submarine Sandwich problem. (Click on the link to work on the problem at home if you were away today). Unfortunately, we did not have enough time to Bansho our solutions today because I had to leave before the end of math for a workshop in Barrie. Here are your little angels working their little hearts out:
Students spent the afternoon with Mme Somborac. Mme Bosse invited them over to pratise our song for Music Monday, then Mme Somborac taught them two new verbs: pouvoir et vouloir! They ended the day with a visit to Mrs. Campbell-Sheen in the library for a story and a book exchange. What a fun afternoon!
As requested, here is a translation for the sugar pie recipe:
4 cups of brown sugar
3 tbs. of flour
2 cups of evaporated milk
10 tbs. of melted butter
1 tsp. vanilla
2 eggs, beaten
Mix dry ingredients together, then add the remainder of the the ingredients. Mix well. Pour filling into 4 unbaked pie crusts. Bake at 350 degrees F. for 30-35 minutes. I usually end up baking them for about 40 minutes (once the filling shows little bubbles all over). Let the pie cool to room temperature before cutting or the filling will leak. Refrigerate the leftovers.
Note: If you are using deep dish pie crust, you will only need two crusts. The pies will probably cook for almost an hour...I would check every five minutes once you have baked for 40 min. just to be on the safe side.
En français, nous avons présenté nos pièces. Voici quelques photos de mes jeunes vedettes.
Mmm! Un bon gâteau! Merci Kaitlin!
Merci Maija pour les délicieux petit gâteaux au chocolat!
J'ai l'impression que j'ai manqué de photographier quelques groupes...désolée.
En art, nous avons commencé une aquarelle de poissni tropical. Voici mes artistes à l'oeuvre. La leçon vient du site web Deep Space Sparkle. J'ai hâte de voir le produit fini!
In Math, students worked on a decimal computation challenge. If you are on holidays or working from home because you are sick, click on the following link for today's math. Math Work : For a Minds-On warm up, we solved the problem at the bottom of page 62. Then we moved on to practice our problem solving skills, using decimal computation on pgs. 72-73. You parents may have to discuss the problem with you if you missed school today to help you select strategies. Students who have not completed the questions 1-4 on page 73, should continue to work on this problem as homework tonight.
Minds On:
One of our Math support teachers, Mrs. Barr
You may want to try out the following link to reinforce your decimal computations: Hotel Decimalfornia
I AM SO SORRY. OUR TRIP TO ROGERS TV IS ACTUALLY ON MAY 30TH, NOT APRIL 30TH AS I HAD MISTAKENLY INDICATED. I KNOW THAT STUDENTS DID NOT ORDER PITAS FOR APRIL 30TH BECAUSE OF THIS TRIP AND I APOLOGIZE FOR THE INCONVENIENCE. PLEASE PACK A LUNCH FOR THAT DAY, AS WE WILL BE REMAINING AT SCHOOL AND LUNCH WILL NOT BE PROVIDED. HOWEVER, LUNCH IS PROVIDED ON MAY 3OTH. SORRY.
We are halfway through The Egypt Game, but I am so excited about our next read aloud that I had to share the first three chapters with the class, and now I think they are looking forward to reading Wonder as much as I am.
You can also read the first few chapters at Amazon.ca. Just click here.
***Just a reminder: Next week, pizza day will be on Wednesday for us because the Grade 8 classes are hosting a business fair on Thursday and we will be able to purchase lunch from them.
I am quickly posting the Sciences sociales text that students need for homework. I will complete this blog entry later tonight to keep you abreast of the ongoings in class 205. For now, here are the readings so students can complete their work, from home, without having to carry a textbook in their backpack.
Later....
Today, we completed our Guided Reading rotation, in English. All Guided Reading activities are due tomorrow, except for today's Reading Response Journal group - they may have another couple of days to complete their letter if they need it.
Ensure that you have completed your Word Study and that you are prepared for your spelling test tomorrow. Also make sure that you have completed your A.P.E. response and have handed it in for evaluation.
In Math today, we had Gap Closing. My group completed a diagnostic for Decimal Computations. Adding and subtracting decimals to the hundredth position, as well as multiplying and dividing decimals by 10, 100 and 1000 were our focus.
In French, students had their Monday morning dictée, included were last week's spelling words, the verbs faire and explorer, as well as the following paragraph:
Students who had difficulty with this paragraph should study it tonight and be prepared to try again tomorrow. We also continued our study of the use of the verb faire through a camping unit, that will help us determine when to employ the verb with activities (expressions avec faire). Some students may have so homework in this area.
Friday's Art
Here are a few of the paintings completed on Friday (the others were taken home before I could photograph them).
Les lignes de temps personnelle
Finally, I have photographed everyone's timeline project to share - sorry it has taken me three weeks to post these. Mia culpa.
Sorry Kai! I don't have a picture of your timeline yet! I will add ASAP! Ethan's will join the blog soon, as he was away and just handed it in today. Bria (I am sure you took yours home to add picture - look for and let me know...Nate...soon please....
Preparing for Earth Day 2013
Here are a few more Earth Day Report Cards that were handed in today. Once your billboard is complete I will post a photo. Earth Day 2013 is on April 22.
Music Monday - Is Somebody Singing
We are preparing for Music Monday on May 6th. Across Canada, we will all sing the same song, at the same time. Click out the link for more details. This year, we will be singing I.S.S., Is Somebody's Singing partnered with the Commander Hadfield in the International Space Station.
Is Somebody Singing:
Lyrics:
Art Contest
Congratulations to Nadine!
Well, that's our day! We were so busy, we forgot to go to the library for a book exchange and a story, so I rescheduled for Friday afternoon.
