Hope you had a nice weekend! I heard about some sports and dance events, Coachella watching and food truck festival eating this morning 🙂

In French, we began our study of le passé composé (the past tense). I have noticed that verb conjugation is an area of growth, and is something that is important in grade 8 so we will work on this term.

This afternoon, we officially began our Novel Analysis One-Pagers, I posted the outline on Friday. Students will have 2 full weeks of in class time to work on their one-pagers, and I am expecting very good demonstrations of understanding, thinking and connection related to the novel as a result.

Our class is up to $150 in Jump Rope for Heart donations, well done!

Things to note this week:

• jeudi- Treat Day- “Smencils”
• vendredi- Class/Group/Gr 7 photo

À demain!

Another busy day in the Chalet!

Did some timed laps in PE, a bit of French grammar work, the 6s wrote their quiz, the 7s got theirs back, some have the option to redo on Monday. After lunch, Mr Bonnar visited with us discussing some concerning discriminatory language that has been reported to them, being used by some students in our class, and other grade 6/7 classes. He reminded us of the script Code of Conduct and kind, safe and respectful behaviour expectations. And then we finished Insignificant Events in the Life of a Cactus! Exhale. Students were also shown how to log into the Sora app, so they can access to the text, and I quickly outlined the novel analysis one-pager that we will officially begin on Monday.

Bonne fin de semaine, à lundi!

Happy Sunny Wednesday! Sorry for not posting yesterday, a bit too much going on after school.

Today was very productive! We are SO close to finishing our novel, Friday is the day! Then we switched for Math, 7s wrote a quiz, 6s will write theirs on Friday. After recess we had our second Peace Circle with Ms Harnoor where we talked about the seen and unseen related to conflict, she and I were both very impressed with everything the class came up with, and again, great participation this week. After lunch, our little buddies came to play their math game with us and we finished the day having a Jazz Band from Ontario play for us.

Grade 7s- an email should have come through asking for baby photos for end of year things

Jump Rope 4 Heart is on! We will be jumping on April 23 and 24. Please click on the Fundraising Link to get started. As always, the class that raises the most wins an ice cream party. Div 3 has already raised $100, bravo!

Vendredi:

• Decades Day!
• Dîner Chaud
• 6s- Math Quiz: Division des Décimaux

À vendredi!

What a fun energy today :-), lots of fish on backs and general good natured humour.

After recess we had our first Peace Circle with Ms Harnoor. I really appreciate that everyone came willingly to the discussion and participated at their comfort level. I think some good things are going to come from these.

Just a reminder that Friday and Monday are holidays.

Les Devoirs:

• mardi- Cactus- 3rd and 4th blog compare and contrast due
  • 7mes- SH: Quiz- Les 6 Colonnes des Civilisations (BLOOKET) (notes below)

Happy Wednesday!

We had a bunch more students present their Speeches today, and 2/3 of the class have asked at least 1 question after someone else’s speech, love it!

Tomorrow is Identity Day, students are encouraged to wear something that represents a part of their identity- easy suggestions include JKE spirit wear, grade 7 hoodie, jersey/jacket/clothing from an activity they do.

Vendredi:

• Concours- 5 personnes de plus!
• Education Physique
• Dîner Chaud
• Anti-Racism Day

À vendredi!