ENGLISH - Students are working on:
Writing: Thankful Poems; Publishing Terry Fox Poems for our classroom walls
Reading: Students are working in Guided Reading Groups. We have started the following stories:
The Sign of Four (Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
The Ghost in My Mirror (Marie Francine Hebert)
The Magic Finger (Roald Dahl)
Students will be answering questions, building vocabulary and discussing the literature in small groups.
Homework: Continue Reading each night. Continue Writing in the at-home Writer's Notebook.
MATH - Continuing with Patterning.
Homework: The students are experiencing challenges with remembering Math Facts. ALL students would benefit from the following practice:
HISTORY / GEOGRAPHY
Gr. 6 - What In the World - students will be starting a new selection this week.
Gr. 7`s - Reading about the first Explorers to Canada - looking at Champlain and Cartier and their contributions to exploring the NEW LAND.
Gr. 8`s - Reading about life in the 1850`s - discussing political and physical features of British North America
Homework: Please continue to watch the news / read the newspaper and discuss current events.
Gr. 8`s - Reading about life in the 1850`s - discussing political and physical features of British North America
Homework: Please continue to watch the news / read the newspaper and discuss current events.
