Tuesday, May 24, 2011

Weekly Update May 19

Happy Victoria Day! Enjoy your long weekend!!!


ELA—Four Reader Responses for May are due May 27. Final copies for the Creative Writing Story were due today and the students will be presenting them 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 are completing Ch. 10 on Patterns and Expressions and will have a test early next week. Grade 8s are working on Ch. 10, Solving Linear Equations with a test later next week.

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

Science—We have completed experiments on strengthening spaghetti bridges and continue to work on strengthening and stabilizing structures.

French--We started our French yearbook to review our year's work.

Dates to Remember:
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
June 6--Shops p.m.
June 14--Shops p.m.
June 22--Shops p.m.
June 24--Admin. Day, No School