Tomorrow's assembly and agenda items.

Happy Thursday everyone!

Tomorrow (Friday) morning, all students will be attending a presentation by the Canadian charity LiveDifferent. The presentation will take place in the school gym and will feature the Ontario band FM Reset. The band typically has merchandise for sale after the presentation and students will have a chance to purchase items, if they would like. (Please click on the above links for more information).

I have had the chance to see the LiveDifferent group twice in the past and they deliver a wonderfully powerful, positive message in a way that really connects with the middle school age group.
I know the students will have a great morning!

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Agenda items:
1. Section A Calcul mental "Arrondis et ajuste" - Monday, Dec 4.
2. We will be missing our library period tomorrow due to the assembly.
Library has been rescheduled for Monday, December 4, period 4.
3. CFOO presentations - Wednesday, December 6.
4. Report cards going home - Wednesday, December 6.
5. December Scholastic orders - due Friday, December 8.

Wednesday!

Hello friends of learning!

We started our day at the white board this morning, working in randomized groups to solve a tricky task. If you had a 3x3 cube and painted the exterior, then once dry, you separated the cube into its individual blocks, how many blocks would be painted on: 3 sides, 2 sides, 1 side, 0 sides? How would this change with a 4x4 cube?

Also in Math, we continued our work with coordinates, learning how to properly plot coordinate points on a Cartesian plane. Coordinate points are written (x,y) which means we travel horizontally first and vertically second. We will continue working on plotting coordinate points over the coming week. This skill will be a great help to us once we start graphing in Science.

In Français today, we worked with Mme Champagne on a text entitled, "Tout sur les tomates." We are using the reading strategy "les 4 fantastiques" to guide our reading. This is the first time we are using this strategy with a non-fiction text. The steps are the same, but our questions and the way we structure our summary 

will change slightly.

We are also happy to report that we have one more germinated tomato seed in Group G, which brings the total up to 8. Group H is still holding strong at 7, with the promise of more seeds germinating soon!

Group G (left) and Group H (right).

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Agenda items:

1. CFOO - Wednesday, Dec 6.

2. December Scholastics - Friday, Dec 8.

A great Tuesday!

Happy Tuesday, everyone!

We started our day with a story in Math. We listened to Mme Careen read, "Sir Cumference and the Viking's Map" and then, using our own white board with coordinate grids, learned all about the Cartesian Plane 

and how to plot coordinates.

In Français, we had our first of three writing sessions for our fall school-wide writing assessment. Using all that we know about being good writers, we had twenty minutes to start our writing piece, 

"What is your favourite season. Justify your choice."

We will come back to these texts tomorrow and Friday before handing them in to Mme Careen to read.

In Science, we were excited to see that more our tomato seeds have germinated! 

We are now at 7 germinated seeds for each group.

Group G

Group H

After completing our tomato observations, we watched a short video about plants and their unique characteristics. This links perfectly with our continued learning about tomatoes.

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Agenda items:

1. CFOO - We are back to our first theme, "On recherche." Presentations are next Wednesday, December 6.

2. December Scholastic orders - due Friday, December 8.

Have a great evening! :)

Happy Monday!

Hello friends of learning and welcome to Term 2!
We had a great morning of learning together.
Here are some highlights from the morning:

In Math, Mme handed back our multiples and factors assessments. We celebrated the fact that we are already showing many great problem-solving skills and will be able to further develop our problem-solving abilities over the coming months.

In Français, we watched our first episode of Oniva. Oniva is a fun french show produced by Radio-Canada that explores interesting topics for kids. Watching these episodes will expose us to different French accents and will help us further our oral comprehension abilities.

Also in Français, we read the book, "What Does Peace Feel Like" and started brain-storming ideas for our peace poems that will have us connecting to our five senses in order to describe what peace is to us.

In Science, we got caught up on our Tomatosphere observations. While we were off having a three-day weekend, our tomatoes continued to grow! Each group now has 5 germinated seeds, with many more promising 

to pop up soon!

Group G 

Group H

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Agenda Items:

1. December Scholastic orders - due Friday, December 8.

We have tomatoes (almost)!

It's an exciting Science day in Room 208! 3 of our tomato seeds have germinated! Hooray!

2 from Group G

1 from Group H

Based on these early observations, Mme Careen asked us to make a prediction as to 

what group we think is experimental and which one could be the control group. 

Hmmm. We'll find out if we were right in about 30 days!

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Agenda items:

1. No school tomorrow!

2. Scholastic orders due Friday, December 8.

3. Overdue library books: Ms. Hines has printed an overdue list and students are encouraged to return their books as soon as possible. I will start posting a library reminder on the blog the day before so that students can remember to bring in their books on library day! Thanks for your help with this!

Have a great weekend! :)

Wednesday!

Hello families!
We had a short but productive morning of learning today!

We completed an evaluation of multiples, factors, and prime and composite numbers in Math. We worked very well and were focused for the entire period. Some of us did not have a chance to finish our assessments and will have a chance tomorrow at 12:10 to do so.

In Français, we listened to the 5 more CFOO presentations. We are certainly a talented bunch! Our next CFOO will be assigned in class next week. Stay tuned!

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Agenda items:
1. Incomplete Math assessments - to be completed tomorrow (Thursday) at 12:10.
2. Last chance for goals, inspiration boards and Suresh questions - Thursday at 12:10.
3. Inservice (no school) - Friday.

Have a great afternoon!

A great night of learning!

It was so wonderful to see so many families out at our student-led conferences this evening!
A truly terrific celebration of all the learning we do here at school! :)
Bravo les élèves!

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Agenda items:

1. Math assessment - tomorrow (Wednesday)
2. Last chance for goals and "tableaux!"
3. Last day of Term 1 - Thursday.

Have a great evening!