Happy Soggy Tuesday! We had 7 friends away today. There is definitely something nasty going around, my daughter is also home sick. Please remind your child about proper hand hygiene!
Double inside recess today, thankfully our class is pretty chill and able to find something quiet and appropriate to occupy their time.
Grade 7s started their Lascaux inspired art project today, I love this project so much!
Grade 6s continued working on their Evaluation Finale for Math.
Grade 7s have their last volleyball of the season, a home game finally, against Dorothy Peacock.
I had a great weekend and we spent some time this morning talking about. I’m a huge ancient civilization nut and I was treated to the Beyond Tut exhibit at the Convention Centre downtown. I showed the class some of the photos I took and the swag I got.
Then we went to watch the Langley Children’s Choir perform for us, it was very well done! They same some very entertaining songs. Div 3 was very well behaved.
We had quite a bit of French to do today (it is report card season), some Math and some English at the end of the day.
We are really coming along in volleyball. I assessed their ball control (volley and bump) for the first time today. I will assess again in a couple weeks to see if any further progress has been made.
After recess we heard the last Dictee for the week. The examen will be on Monday. We will also have a quiz on the rule- ces/ses/c’est. The Dictee 4 Blooket will be available all weekend for review.
In Math, the 7s continue working towards mastery of decimal multiplication and the 6s continue working with prime and composite numbers (numbers premiers et composés).
I forgot to mention yesterday that we started our On Partage activity in French. One day per week students will be given a random topic and time to prepare their thoughts before sharing out in front of the class. It’s a really easy and low stakes way for students to practice speaking in French in front of others. Typically Term 2 is when Concours d’Arts Oratoire happens, which is a much. more formal (and stressful) public speaking opportunity, and On Partage is my way of easing students into it. Our subject this week was “the best season and why” Ask your child what they chose and why!
Have a great day with Mme Shak demain! Reminder that Friday is a Jour de Congé for students.
Les Devoirs:
lundi- Examen de Dictée 4 et Quiz: Ses/Ces/C’est
6mes- Math: Labyrinthe des Nombres Premiers et Composés
Our Dictée this week is one of my favourites! Lots of new and interesting vocabulary (menuisier? clouer? raboter? atelier?). Reminder that our Examen de Dictée 4 and our Quiz: Ces/Ses/C’est will both occur on Monday as there is no school on Friday.
Attention Young Entrepreneurs (Enrichment)! You will be receiving an information package during Band on Thursday which will contain all the info you need to be ready and successful for the YE Fair on December 7.
Les Devoirs:
demain: 7mes- Vball Prac 8h00
Education Physique
6mes- Math: “Cross It Out” feuille
7mes: 3 pages of Decimal Multiplication and 1 page of word problems
It’s definitely cooling down, and it seems like everyone is coming dressed prepared to spend time outside, thank you. Just keep reminding your child to be prepared!
Just a reminder that Friday is a day off for students (Design and Assessment Day).
Les Devoirs:
demain: Orchestre
6mes- SH: Good Copy of letter to Town Counsellor DUE DEMAIN (neatly written on lined paper)
7mes- Math: 1st and 2nd sheet of Decimal Multiplication due demain
We had a productive Monday. Despite it being a short week, we have a lot lined up to accomplish!
I had the grade 7s sign their names to the Hoodie document. Hopefully everyone has ordered or will order theirs. They will probably arrive after Winter Break but we’ll cross our fingers that they arrive sooner than that!
We will be doing some Remembrance Day activities this week in preparation for our Assembly on Thursday.
Les Devoirs:
demain: Orchestre
6mes Math- Feuille PGFC (pas #9)
7mes Math- Decimal Addition and Subtraction
7mes Vball Game @ Dorothy Peacock
mercredi- 7mes Vball Practice 8h00, Education Physique
Thankfully we didn’t have too much on the schedule today, plus hot lunch and double inside recess… it could have been a day.
We did some English in the morning, students are getting really good at identifying text features. After recess we split off for Enrichment. Unfortunately we don’t have it again for a few weeks since the next 2 Fridays are no school for students.
This afternoon we had our class party, a very chill afternoon of socializing, which everyone enjoyed.
Next week is a short week as Friday is Remembrance Day (Jour du Souvenir). We have a lot to fit into 3 days (with me), including finishing the FSAs, a school-wide write, and honouring Remembrance Day, something that is particularly important to me.
Les Devoirs:
lundi- 7mes Math- one sheet of A and one sheet of B
Beaver Math Computing Challenge
7mes- Vball practice @2h45
Mardi- Orchestre
Gr 6 and 7 volleyball games (7s @ Dorothy Peacock)
We continued our skill development in volleyball this morning. I am seeing some decent improvement! Hopefully we can do some game play next week!
We have started our examination of Non-fiction text features and in pairs today the students created a non-fiction text about bats which also had them label different parts of their text. You should ask them what they learned about bats today!
Les Devoirs:
7mes- Math: for Monday -complete one of sheet of A and one sheet of B
We wrote our third Examen de Dictee this morning, our longest one yet. Hopefully the students are catching on to the system and will start to see some good progression in their results.
We have a verb quiz on Monday, the Blooket is available for practice.
We had Enrichment this morning, sounds like the different groups are starting to make some good progress in their respective areas. We have 4 more meetings this term.
This afternoon I tried something I’ve never done before. Students were given free range to create an art piece, using whatever medium they wanted, inspired by our current season, Halloween or how they were feeling today. I am so happy to report that the 40 minutes they had were really used well, and the art pieces that were/are being completed are amazing. Students used a variety of mediums and were inspired by different things, and had some really good conversations about what they were making and doing and seeing etc. I am honestly not surprised with this group, but I am so happy that it went well. The students will be completing a self-reflection on their art piece next week, which will be used to decide a proficiency for this task. Once all the pieces are installed in our ‘gallery’, I will share a pic. But I did snap one of everyone engaged in their work for you.
Spooktacular is this evening! For everyone attending, have a wonderful time!
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