Monday, March 14, 2011

Weekly Update March 14

Thank you to everyone for scheduling a Student-Led Conference. I look forward to seeing you this week. Please remember to return your signed report card envelopes and permission forms for MTYP this week. Also, Gr. 7 parents please return the green forms for Industrial Arts Registration this week.


ELA—Three Reader Responses for March are due Mar. 23. Students have been working on their Novel Study, Freak the Mighty, with 3 chapters left. We will complete the novel this week with a final project to complete next week.

Math--Grade 7s will complete Fractions in Chapter 7 this week and start Chapter 8 on Circles. Grade 8s will complete Ch. 7 on Volume and start Ch. 8 on Integers. Tests will come home this week for signatures.

Social Studies--Students worked on creative ways to present the culture students researched.

Science—We have been working on temperatures vs. heat and different types of thermometers.

French--We worked on sentence writing and grammar in French class.

Dates to Remember:
Mar. 14--Lunch Lady Lunch
Mar. 18--MTYP at 10:00
Mar. 19--Cheesecake Cafe
Mar. 21--Shops p.m.
Mar. 21-15--Country Week, Japan (Mrs. Bishop is away)
Mar. 24--Country Week Evening hosted by PIP @ 6:30
Mar. 25--Last Day
Mar. 26--Apr. 3--Spring Break
Apr. 4--Return to School
Apr. 5--MTYP at 10:00