Daily Update--Sept.30/10

ELA--Our September reading contract is due tomorrow. I hope you have reached your goal along with our class goal of 18001 pages. Work on your rough draft of the biopoem. Reading response #1 is due tomorrow.

SS-Personal timelines are due tomorrow. Do not forget them at home.

8V-Personal timelines need to be handed in to me by 3:40 tomorrow. Do not forget!

8C--Timelines due Oct.6.

Health--Triangle poster is due Tuesday.

Thank you to everyone who collected pledges for the Terry Fox Run!

Daily Update--Sept. 29/10

ELA--Daily reading. Reading response due the end of the week. Work on the rough draft of your bio-poem. Reading contract due Friday.

SS--Timeline due Friday.

Health--Triangle poster due Oct.5.

Science--Collect grasshoppers for your dissection.

8V--Timeline due Friday.

8C--Timeline due Oct.6.

Remember to bring in your Terry Fox pledge sheet and money; and if you would like to wear your hat tomorrow in school, bring in a toonie. Proceeds go to The Terry Fox Foundation.

Daily Update--Sept. 28/10

ELA--We wrote our first vocab test today. Hopefully everyone was prepared. Students should be working on their reading response--due Friday.

Math--Textbook 3.3--# 4,5,6,10,12,15, and 17 for tomorrow. Mid-unit test will be early next week. We had extra help today at noon, and will have it again on Friday (or any time someone requests it).

SS--Timeline due Friday.

Science--Try to catch those grasshoppers.

Health--Work on your triangle.

8C--Timeline due Oct. 6.

8V--Timeline due Friday.

Collect pledges for the Terry Fox Run.

Daily Update--Sept.27/10

ELA--Daily reading. Vocabulary test is tomorrow. Review all the words--definitions, synonyms, and how to use them in a sentence. Reading response #1 is due by the end of the week.

Math--Worksheet #3.3--questions# 1,2,3,5,7,and 8 are due tomorrow.

SS--Work on your timeline. We will have a class to work on them tomorrow.

Science--Try to catch some grasshoppers for your dissection.

Health--Triangle poster is due Oct.5.

8C SS--Timeline due Oct.6. We will work on it in class tomorrow.

8V--Timeline due Friday. You will have one class to work on it tomorrow.

Daily Update--Sept. 24/10

ELA--Daily reading as the September contract is up Friday, Oct.1. First reading response is due Friday, October 1. You can hand it in early! "Evidence of Learning" word illustration is due Monday at the beginning of ELA class. Review for Unit 1 vocabulary test which will be written on Tuesday.

SS--Personal timeline is due Friday, Oct.1. We will use some class time, but not all periods from now until Friday.

Health--Triangle poster is due Tuesday, Oct.5.

8C SS--Personal timeline is due Oct.6.

8V--Personal timeline is due Oct. 1.

Use the weekend to collect Terry Fox pledges. You have until Thursday.

Have a great weekend!

Daily Update--Sept. 23/10

ELA--Daily reading. Work on your first reading response. Review 5 vocabulary words tonight, (test on Tuesday). Complete the 2 worksheets on adjectives for tomorrow. "Evidence of Learning",(your illustration word), is due Monday.

SS--Personal timeline is due Friday, Oct.1st.

Health--Triangle poster is due Tuesday, Oct.5.

8C and 8V--Work on your personal timeline.

Daily Update--Sept. 22/10

ELA--Daily reading. Vocabulary test for unit 1 will be Tuesday, Sept. 28. Your "Evidence of Learning" is due next Monday. Review vocab words every night. First reading response should be in by end of next week.

Math--Page 86 and 87--#19, 21, 23, 25, and 26 for tomorrow.

SS--Duedate for Personal Timeline will be Friday, Oct.1.

Health-- Collect pictures for the Health Triangle.

8V--Collect info and details for personal timeline.

8C--Begin collecting details for personal timeline.

Daily Update--Sept.21/10

ELA--Daily reading. Choose 5 of your favorite vocab words for tomorrow, then we will start "Evidence of Learning" tomorrow. Start reviewing for the vocabulary unit test which will be early next week. Review the definitions and synonyms of the words, and be able to use them correctly in sentences. Review about 5 words a night.

SS--Continue collecting information and pictures for your personal timeline. We will be discussing and setting a deadline tomorrow.

Health--Collect pictures and, if possible, begin your "Health Triangle" poster. A due date will be discussed and determined next Health class.

8V SS--Collect pictures and details for your personal timeline. We will be discussing and setting a deadline tomorrow.

Daily Update--Sept. 20/10

ELA--Daily reading. Vocabulary booklet is due tomorrow. You should be starting to write your first IRP.

Math--Textbook pages 85 and 86--#6,8,10,12,15,17, and 18 for tomorrow.

SS--Start collecting details for your personal timeline.

8VSS--"First day account of grade 8" is due tomorrow. Start collecting details for your personal timeline.

Daily Update--Sept.17/10

ELA--Daily reading. Try to reach your goal before the end of the month. The rest of the vocabulary booklet is due Tuesday. You can now begin your first Reading Response. It should be handed in by October 1st.

SS-Make sure your worksheet "Measuring Time" is completed for Monday.

A few students have not handed in their signed informational letter. Get it handed in. Use the weekend to collect more pledges for the Terry Fox Run. Kleenex boxes should have been handed in as well.

Have a great weekend!

Daily Update--Sept.16/10

ELA--Daily reading. The good copy of your letter is due tomorrow. Have it ready to hand in with the rough draft. The Synonym/Antonym page in the vocabulary booklet is due tomorrow.

Math--Worksheet #3.1 #1 to 7, #8 a and c for tomorrow.

Science--Title page is due tomorrow.

Please hand in your signed parent letter tomorrow if you have not done so yet.

SS 8C-Index/Gossary worksheet is due tomorrow.

SS 8V--"Measuring Time" worksheet is due tomorrow.

I hope to see parents at our Open House tonight starting at 7:00.

Daily Update--Sept. 15/10

ELA--Daily reading. Rough draft of personal letter with all editting and revisions should be completed for tomorrow. Final good copy is due Friday. We started unit 1 of vocabulary today. The synonym/antonym page is due Friday.

Math--The "Show You KNow" questions are due tomorrow.

Please remember to bring in the sign informational letter to school.

8C--The Scavenger Hunt page 1 is due tomorrow.

Daily Update--Sept.14/10

ELA--Daily reading for 20 minutes. The students are writing their rough draft of a friendly letter to me. A handout/explanation should be in their binder. The rough draft should be completed for tomorrow.

SS--The Index/Glossary worksheet should be completed for tomorrow. Most of the students completed it in class.

An informational letter should be arriving home tonight. Please read through it, and I asked the students to have their parents sign it and return it to school tomorrow.

8C SS--Page 1 of the Scavenger Hunt is due tomorrow.

Daily Update-Sept. 13/10

ELA--Students need to read tonight. With not much homework assigned today, they should try to read as much as they can.

Math--Students need to complete the multiplication table for tomorrow. Do not use a calculator.

SS--Have the Scavenger Hunt worksheets completed for tomorrow. We will be correcting it in class.

8V SS--Students need to complete the Scavenger Hunt worksheets for tomorrow. We will be correcting it tomorrow in class.

Remember to bring in your registration forms and paper fee to the office. Please start collecting pledges for the Terry Fox Run.

Friday, Sept.10/10

Hello! Welcome to a new school year!

I must say that I have had a wondeful first week with 8T students, as well as with all grade 8 students. I hope the students feel the same way. We have had an fantastic beginning to the new school year, and I hope the enthusiasm will continue.

For homework this weekend, students are to read for atleast 20 minutes ( but hopefully more than that) as part of their endeavour to reach their September reading goal by Sept. 30.

In Social Studies, they are to complete the first page of the Scavenger Hunt. Most of the students completed it in class.

Students are reminded to bring in their registration forms and $5.00 paper fee into the office. Pledge sheets for the Terry Fox Run (Sept. 30) were handed out today, so hopefully students can begin collecting pledges.

Students have my home number if you need to call or have any questions.
Have an enjoyable weekend!
The next entry/update will be on Monday.