This Week:
- We learned about Orange Shirt Day from Ms. Martin.
- We used Skittles to conduct an investigation about colour frequency using the steps of the Scientific Method.
- We began our World Religions unit with a brief history of Abraham and how he was connected to the three major monotheistic religions: Judaism, Christianity, and Islam.
- We practiced finding more descriptive, vivid synonyms for bland words and looked at different examples of descriptive writing.
- We learned French vocabulary to talk about appearances and hobbies.
- We finished our class novel, "Flipped," and watched the movie version to solidify our learning.
- We had a fire drill. It was MUCH better than the last time! Well done!
- We practiced the Keep, Change, Change, Solve strategy for subtracting integers.
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| Record these notes and bring them to your Math test on Tuesday. It will be an "open notes" test. |
Next Week:
- I will be away on Monday afternoon and Thursday all day due to commitments with my role in the union.
- We will begin our Book of the Month reading program.
- We will look deeper at the origins, core beliefs, rituals, and practices of Judaism.
- We will begin our science unit on Evolution.
- We will begin to write our autobiographies in French.
- We will write descriptive paragraphs in English.
- We will have a test on adding and subtracting integers on Tuesday.
- Exploratories begin on Thursday!
Reminders:
- Scholastic book orders are due on Monday
- Please return the FSA Withdrawal letters to exempt your child from writing this 3-hour standardized test.
- Bring your book to read for Book of the Month on Monday!
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