Friday HW
1. Today I handed out a test pack containing some language and math assessments, as well as Science and Social Studies unit marks. Please review and correct where possible. Have a parent sign the top page. Return the package next Friday.
Wednesday HW
1. Unit 4 Test on Decimals tomorrow. I checked to ensure that students had the MMS duo-tangs in their bags to study tonight.
2. Friday is pajama day.
Tuesday HW
1. Unit 4 Unit test in Math on Decimals is this Thursday, January 30 during periods one and two. Please do your best to arrive on time for class that day.
2. Find out some things on the internet about the Scientific Improvement you chose today in Science. This will complement the computer we had in class today and will have in the coming days. At a point in the research process the computers will be withdrawn and passed on, so please ensure you are ready for that moment by doing some web surfing tonight.
3. MMS pages 76-77. New duo-tangs we passed out today. Students should hang on to the previous ones until Thursday's test is done.
4. Friday is pajama day!
Monday HW
1. Unit 4 Unit test in Math on Decimals is this Thursday, January 30 during periods one and two. Please do your best to arrive on time for class that day.
2. Find out some things on the internet about the Scientific Improvement you chose today in Science. This will complement the computer we had in class today and will have in the coming days. At a point in the research process the computers will be withdrawn and passed on, so please ensure you are ready for that moment by doing some web surfing tonight when you have very little homework.
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We started a cycle of Science experiments and short reports today. Parents who want to know the specifics should take a look at the back of the Human Body booklet for the specific outlines, starting on page 15. The procedures are in the text books we use and generally have photos to illustrate some steps.
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Monday, January 27, 2014
Monday, January 20, 2014
Week of January 20 - 24, 2014
Thursday HW
Sorry for the gap in blog posts this week. I was ill on Tuesday and did not update on Wednesday afternoon. We did spend time writing the agenda in the student books and 26 of 27 students completed Wednesday's MMS homework on page 62-63.
Today's post serves as a reminder that there is no school tomorrow, Friday, January 24. See you on Monday.
Monday HW
1. MMS pages 58-59.
2. Social Studies Create A Country assignment is due in good copy format on Wednesday. We spent 2 periods today working towards that goal. Most students are on track to finish fully and on time.
3. Chess Club starts on Wednesday at lunch in my class.
Homework club time was available this afternoon once more after a pair of weeks when I had after school appointments.
Sorry for the gap in blog posts this week. I was ill on Tuesday and did not update on Wednesday afternoon. We did spend time writing the agenda in the student books and 26 of 27 students completed Wednesday's MMS homework on page 62-63.
Today's post serves as a reminder that there is no school tomorrow, Friday, January 24. See you on Monday.
Monday HW
1. MMS pages 58-59.
2. Social Studies Create A Country assignment is due in good copy format on Wednesday. We spent 2 periods today working towards that goal. Most students are on track to finish fully and on time.
3. Chess Club starts on Wednesday at lunch in my class.
Homework club time was available this afternoon once more after a pair of weeks when I had after school appointments.
Monday, January 13, 2014
Week of January 13 - 17, 2014
Friday HW
I do not usually assign weekend homework. A substantial number of students will have little or none this weekend. However I want to assure that all of the class have reached a minimum level of being "caught up" for Monday. The Create-a-Country assignment is targeted for a Wednesday 3 PM due date. We will use a few more periods on Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday next week to wrap it up.
1. PSA poster due Monday in good copy form on the 9 X 12 manila paper I provided. We worked on it in class today for one period in rough form. 6 of 24 students creating it finished the good copy as well in class today.
2. Students should have 4 rough draft pages done in the Social Studies booklet for Monday. I've previously assigned three to be done. We had 2 periods today to work toward that goal. Students should not leave this booklet at home on Monday morning. We will be working it in that day.
Thursday HW
1. Finish rough draft page for Social Studies that was started in class today. Be sure to bring the Social Studies booklet back to school tomorrow since we will be working on it again.
2. Unit 4 Decimals quiz on Lessons 1,2,3,4, and 5 on Friday January 17.
3. Chess Club starts next Wednesday, January 22 at lunch time in my class. Students who are interested can sign up and pick up an information sheet this week.
4. Do some simple research about the basic facts of an issue so that you can create a poster advertising for a change. We brainstormed several issue possibilities today after reading about Craig Kielburger's Free the Children movement today in class. Some possibilities the class generated included Child Poverty, Girls rights, Education Equality (i.e., Malala's Story), Forms of Pollution (exhaust, water, oil sands), Road Safety (speeding, seat belts, road age, distracted driving), Streetproofing, Consumerism and waste, Anti-smoking, Anti-drugs. The knowledge about the issue doesn't have to be University level, but more of a basic understanding of the parties involved, the issue at stake, and a suggested change.
Wednesday HW
1. MMS pages 56-57. Try to play the game if possible. it is not necessary if you do not possess dice at home. All homework practice has been corrected in class up to page 55.
2. Finish at least one rough draft page in class. Be sure to bring the Social Studies booklet back to school tomorrow since we will be working on it again. One student is completely done and several have completed more than one good copy page so far.
3. Unit 4 Decimals quiz on Lessons 1,2,3,4, and 5 on Friday January 17.
4. Chess Club starts next Wednesday, January 22 at lunch time in my class. Students who are interested can sign up and pick up an information sheet this week.
Tuesday HW
1. MMS pages 54-55. Almost all students are completing this homework regularly at this point . Well done!
2. Unit 4 Decimals quiz on Lessons 1,2,3,4, and 5 on Friday January 17.
3. Social Studies organizers for the Create a Country assignment should be complete for tomorrow so we can all be working on rough drafts. In my conferences with students today only a couple were significantly behind, meaning that the majority of the class is in good shape for this assignment's timelines.
4. Chess Club starts next Wednesday, January 22 at lunch time in my class. Students who are interested can sign up and pick up an information sheet this week.
Monday HW
1. MMS pages 52-53.
2. We are working on finishing up the "Create a Country" Social Studies activity we began several weeks ago. This was not a home project. We used organizers to gather ideas on three general topics about our invented country (geography, political system and social features) as well as some background on a pair of invented citizens and the Olympics in the nation. Many students have fully completed organizers and have started rough drafts of the final copies. These rough draft pages are in the back of the Social Studies Government booklet. I will provide good copy paper at school when the drafts are done.
There are a few students who have used their time poorly or been absent, and are faced with partially complete organizers. These students will have to apply themselves consistently in the coming days to finish by early next week.
I do not usually assign weekend homework. A substantial number of students will have little or none this weekend. However I want to assure that all of the class have reached a minimum level of being "caught up" for Monday. The Create-a-Country assignment is targeted for a Wednesday 3 PM due date. We will use a few more periods on Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday next week to wrap it up.
1. PSA poster due Monday in good copy form on the 9 X 12 manila paper I provided. We worked on it in class today for one period in rough form. 6 of 24 students creating it finished the good copy as well in class today.
2. Students should have 4 rough draft pages done in the Social Studies booklet for Monday. I've previously assigned three to be done. We had 2 periods today to work toward that goal. Students should not leave this booklet at home on Monday morning. We will be working it in that day.
Thursday HW
1. Finish rough draft page for Social Studies that was started in class today. Be sure to bring the Social Studies booklet back to school tomorrow since we will be working on it again.
2. Unit 4 Decimals quiz on Lessons 1,2,3,4, and 5 on Friday January 17.
3. Chess Club starts next Wednesday, January 22 at lunch time in my class. Students who are interested can sign up and pick up an information sheet this week.
4. Do some simple research about the basic facts of an issue so that you can create a poster advertising for a change. We brainstormed several issue possibilities today after reading about Craig Kielburger's Free the Children movement today in class. Some possibilities the class generated included Child Poverty, Girls rights, Education Equality (i.e., Malala's Story), Forms of Pollution (exhaust, water, oil sands), Road Safety (speeding, seat belts, road age, distracted driving), Streetproofing, Consumerism and waste, Anti-smoking, Anti-drugs. The knowledge about the issue doesn't have to be University level, but more of a basic understanding of the parties involved, the issue at stake, and a suggested change.
Wednesday HW
1. MMS pages 56-57. Try to play the game if possible. it is not necessary if you do not possess dice at home. All homework practice has been corrected in class up to page 55.
2. Finish at least one rough draft page in class. Be sure to bring the Social Studies booklet back to school tomorrow since we will be working on it again. One student is completely done and several have completed more than one good copy page so far.
3. Unit 4 Decimals quiz on Lessons 1,2,3,4, and 5 on Friday January 17.
4. Chess Club starts next Wednesday, January 22 at lunch time in my class. Students who are interested can sign up and pick up an information sheet this week.
Tuesday HW
1. MMS pages 54-55. Almost all students are completing this homework regularly at this point . Well done!
2. Unit 4 Decimals quiz on Lessons 1,2,3,4, and 5 on Friday January 17.
3. Social Studies organizers for the Create a Country assignment should be complete for tomorrow so we can all be working on rough drafts. In my conferences with students today only a couple were significantly behind, meaning that the majority of the class is in good shape for this assignment's timelines.
4. Chess Club starts next Wednesday, January 22 at lunch time in my class. Students who are interested can sign up and pick up an information sheet this week.
Monday HW
1. MMS pages 52-53.
2. We are working on finishing up the "Create a Country" Social Studies activity we began several weeks ago. This was not a home project. We used organizers to gather ideas on three general topics about our invented country (geography, political system and social features) as well as some background on a pair of invented citizens and the Olympics in the nation. Many students have fully completed organizers and have started rough drafts of the final copies. These rough draft pages are in the back of the Social Studies Government booklet. I will provide good copy paper at school when the drafts are done.
There are a few students who have used their time poorly or been absent, and are faced with partially complete organizers. These students will have to apply themselves consistently in the coming days to finish by early next week.
Tuesday, January 7, 2014
January 6 - 10, 2014
Thursday HW
1. Find out 3 to 5 facts about your Book Club book author from the Internet to use in composing a short author biography for the flyleaf on our book jacket assignment. We discussed the book jacket assignment today and generated success criteria together as a class. I have a typed out version of the requirements and the success criteria for each student that is ready for tomorrow.
2. Gym is tomorrow during period three rather than period four, owing to an assembly in the senior gym in the afternoon for grade 7/8 students.
3. Bring your library books to school Monday for our book exchange period.
4. French poems -- Friday.
5. Two more book club sessions happened today. Discussion is a big part of it. Our afternoon group was a somewhat reserved and reluctant to "mix it up" a bit with ideas and opinions. I am encouraging the students to venture more talk that is purposeful and focused. Two more groups remain.
Wednesday HW
1. Book Club presentations today were terrific. I listened to plenty of enthusiastic responses to the books the students chose and some fine discussions unrolled in each of the two sessions today. Hot chocolate, marsh mellows and cupcakes didn't hurt either ; ). We'll continue tomorrow and in the following days until we are done.
2. MMS pages 48-49. We circled the shaded parts that the photocopier did not reproduce on page 48 so that the students could finish their work.
3. The human illness report is due in good copy form in class tomorrow. This is a culminating task that our class has been working on since late November. It should be single-spaced and in blue or black ink.
4. French - poems - Friday.
Tuesday HW
1. All book club reading should be done. Students worked in generating the Success Criteria today for their oral presentations which begin in groups tomorrow. Each student received a topic sheet and a copy of the success criteria today. We have read this novel since early December in class and as homework. The assignment is meant to play to the strengths of students who have strong oral skills and who may have some writing weakness. No script is required.
2. MMS pages 46-47. We have introduced the topic for two classes over two days. Some students are really struggling with the idea of tenths and hundredths in the place value chart as they relate to fraction writing. I have modeled several responses and explicitly taught vocabulary such as "numerator", "denominator", and "mixed number". More examples are shown in the quick review section on page 46.
3. The human illness report is due in good copy form in class on Thursday. This is a culminating task that our class has been working on since late November (see blog post from Thursday November 29). The students were given a detailed topic sheet on page 22 of the Human Organ Systems booklet and space to write a rough draft for it on pages 23, 24 and 25 of that same booklet.
Our unit study of human body systems (as outlined in the table of contents) should give students the understanding they need to tackle the five bulleted questions on page 22. To organize their rough note taking, students worked in small groups and had an organizer chart for jot notes. Each student must produce his/her own report. They worked in groups for support but not as a group making just one report in total.
Monday HW
Welcome back from the holidays! I hope everyone is rested and healthy for the remainder of winter. The days are getting brighter and longer...
1. Finish all Book Club reading. We start book club oral presentations on Wednesday.
2. French Poems on Friday.
3. Human illness report (up to 2 pages) is due in good copy form on Thursday this week.
1. Find out 3 to 5 facts about your Book Club book author from the Internet to use in composing a short author biography for the flyleaf on our book jacket assignment. We discussed the book jacket assignment today and generated success criteria together as a class. I have a typed out version of the requirements and the success criteria for each student that is ready for tomorrow.
2. Gym is tomorrow during period three rather than period four, owing to an assembly in the senior gym in the afternoon for grade 7/8 students.
3. Bring your library books to school Monday for our book exchange period.
4. French poems -- Friday.
5. Two more book club sessions happened today. Discussion is a big part of it. Our afternoon group was a somewhat reserved and reluctant to "mix it up" a bit with ideas and opinions. I am encouraging the students to venture more talk that is purposeful and focused. Two more groups remain.
Wednesday HW
1. Book Club presentations today were terrific. I listened to plenty of enthusiastic responses to the books the students chose and some fine discussions unrolled in each of the two sessions today. Hot chocolate, marsh mellows and cupcakes didn't hurt either ; ). We'll continue tomorrow and in the following days until we are done.
2. MMS pages 48-49. We circled the shaded parts that the photocopier did not reproduce on page 48 so that the students could finish their work.
3. The human illness report is due in good copy form in class tomorrow. This is a culminating task that our class has been working on since late November. It should be single-spaced and in blue or black ink.
4. French - poems - Friday.
Tuesday HW
1. All book club reading should be done. Students worked in generating the Success Criteria today for their oral presentations which begin in groups tomorrow. Each student received a topic sheet and a copy of the success criteria today. We have read this novel since early December in class and as homework. The assignment is meant to play to the strengths of students who have strong oral skills and who may have some writing weakness. No script is required.
2. MMS pages 46-47. We have introduced the topic for two classes over two days. Some students are really struggling with the idea of tenths and hundredths in the place value chart as they relate to fraction writing. I have modeled several responses and explicitly taught vocabulary such as "numerator", "denominator", and "mixed number". More examples are shown in the quick review section on page 46.
3. The human illness report is due in good copy form in class on Thursday. This is a culminating task that our class has been working on since late November (see blog post from Thursday November 29). The students were given a detailed topic sheet on page 22 of the Human Organ Systems booklet and space to write a rough draft for it on pages 23, 24 and 25 of that same booklet.
Our unit study of human body systems (as outlined in the table of contents) should give students the understanding they need to tackle the five bulleted questions on page 22. To organize their rough note taking, students worked in small groups and had an organizer chart for jot notes. Each student must produce his/her own report. They worked in groups for support but not as a group making just one report in total.
Monday HW
Welcome back from the holidays! I hope everyone is rested and healthy for the remainder of winter. The days are getting brighter and longer...
1. Finish all Book Club reading. We start book club oral presentations on Wednesday.
2. French Poems on Friday.
3. Human illness report (up to 2 pages) is due in good copy form on Thursday this week.