Friday 27 October 2017

October 27

This Week:
  • Students who were not exempted began to write the Foundation Skills Assessment tests.
  • Students wrote a Multiplying and Dividing Integers quiz and reviewed the steps to create bar graphs.
  • We used a Venn Diagram to compare and contrast the three Abrahamic religions we've studied in class.
  •  We completed a lab to demonstrate how bird beaks are adapted to the food that they eat.
  • We read a new short story, "If Cornered, Scream" by Patricia Thurmond and answered comprehension questions based on the plot.
  • We reviewed Halloween vocabulary words in French.
  • We began to write postcards to exchange with our Canadian pen pal classrooms.

Next Week: 
  • Students will begin their November novels for our "Book of the Month" reading program.
  • We will use our established skills and strategies to add, subtract, multiply, and divide decimals.
  • We will learn about archaeology and explore some artifacts.
  • We will learn about camouflage as an evolutionary adaptation.
  • We will begin our "La Nourriture" (food-themed) unit in French. 
  • We will practice penmanship
  • We will have a visit from veterans with their service animals on Friday.

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