Friday, May 13, 2011

Weekly Update May 13

Congratulations to the Grades 6—8 band for their great performance on Thursday with MBCI Grade 9 Band. Well done!


ELA—Four Reader Responses for May are due May 27. The students have been conferencing with me on another Creative Writing Story this week. Final copies will be due next week. We have been working on our Poetry Unit and the students are currently writing their Poetry Anthology. It will be due May 27.

Math--Grade 7s have started Ch. 10 on Patterns and Expressions. They are bringing home math tests for signing over the weekend. Grade 8s are working on Ch. 10, Solving Linear Equations. They are bringing home tests for signing over the weekend.

Social Studies—The students are looking at societies within Europe and the Americas and at the history of their cultures.

Science—We have finished looking at forced exerted on structures and have moved on to strengthening and stabilizing structures. We will be conducting an experiment on Monday.

French--We worked on various French vocabulary and grammar.

Dates to Remember:
May 16--Lunch Lady Lunch
May 18--Shops p.m.
May 19—Volunteer Appreciation Lunch at 12:00, Hot Dog Orders Due
May 20--Admin. Day, No School
May 23--Victoria Day, No School
May 25--Hot Dog Lunch
May 25--Evening of the Arts, Jump Rope for Heart Envelopes Due
May 27--Shops p.m., Four Reader Responses Due, Poetry Anthology Due