| Date |
Assignment |
| Wed Sept 14 |
Students did a STAR reading test to see what book level
they are at and wrote a good copy of their
Hightlights
letter to their senior buddy. HW = artistic part of My
Highlights and good copy of My Highlights letter due Friday morning before
Sun-Oka trip |
| Thur Sept 15 |
Used class time to finish our Ideal Classroom vote and
work on either the artistic or written part of My Hightlights. HW
= My
Highlights letter and artistic poster due Friday. |
| Fri Sept 16 |
No English class today, Sun-Oka Team Building day. |
| Mon Sept 19 |
Students completed the Star Reading test to see their
reading level and find their ZPD level for AR books. Mrs. Colquhoun
did the book pass with 8-3's in the library so that students had a list of
books they wanted to read. HW = Read 20 minutes tonight |
| Tues Sept 20 |
Students picked their AR books from the library and set
their AR goal for first term. HW = 20 minutes tonight. |
| Wed Sept 21 |
Read AR books and completed the Science and Math textbook
form. HW = read 20 minutes tonight. |
| Thur Sept 22 |
Read AR book and used some of English block for Science.
Students matched scientific method terms and definitions. HW =
read 20 minutes tonight. |
| Fri Sept 23 |
Students watched the ESPN 30-for-30 episode, "Into The
Wind". A documentary about Terry Fox to get ready for the Terry Fox
run. HW = read 20 minutes over the weekend. |
| Mon Sept 26 |
Read the math story, "Grandfather Tang's Story" and used
tangrams to practice visualizing and inferring reading strategies.
HW = read 20 minutes tonight. |
| Tues Sept 27 |
Students silent read their AR books. Accelerated
Reading (AR) forms will be coming home this week. HW = read 20
minutes tonight. |
| Wed Sept 28 |
Today was Stop Drop and Read Day at SMS. Students
carried their AR book to every class so that they could read whenever
their was a stop, drop, and read announcement. No HW! |
| Thurs Sept 29 |
Silent read AR book and then read "Cyclists Have Big
Hearts" for Science. While reading the article, students practiced
their reading strategies (connection, questions, visualization, inferring,
and transforming). HW = read 20 minutes tonight. |
| Fri Sept 30 |
Students read an article for their exercise
experiment for Science and took notes. HW = have your 3x3 grid
notes completed for the first article you read, due Monday. |
| Date |
Assignment |
| Mon Oct 3 |
Students enjoyed the performance by Infinitus, check out
their website:
http://www.infinitusmusic.com/infinitusbio.html |
| Tues Oct 4 |
Students continued reading exercise/heart
rate articles for Science and continued with taking notes.
Students started writing their background information paragraph for their
exercise experiment. HW = Background Info paragraph for the
exercise experiment is due Friday. |
| Wed Oct 5 |
Used English block to investigate example
procedures for the exercise experiment for Science class. Students
corrected their exercise experiment procedure. HW = corrected
procedure is due during advisory tomorrow. |
| Thurs Oct 6 |
Students either read their AR book or
completed their background information paragraph for the exercise
experiment. See exercise experiment
criteria sheet for background information paragraph (information
gathering) expectations. HW = background info paragraph is due
tomorrow. |
| Fri Oct 7 |
Used English block to complete the exercise
experiment procedure. All groups should have completed their
exercises and have their own copy of the data to graph. HW = good
copy of exercise experiment due Thursday. |
| Tues Oct 11 |
Students returned their overdue library books
and used English block to complete their good copy of the exercise
experiment for Science. HW = read 20 minutes tonight and make
sure your good copy of your exercise experiment is done for Thursday. |
| Wed Oct 12 |
Students read their AR book and had a magazine
assembly. HW = read min 20 minutes tonight. You should be
close to writing at least one AR quiz by now to reach your AR goal. |
| Thurs Oct 13 |
Me to
We assembly! Make a change and be a hero. Start small and
watch how you can influence your community and ultimately the world. |
| Fri Oct 14 |
Students should now have completed an AR quiz
at this point so that they can reach their reading goal for first term.
On Monday I will be introducing literature circle books so students will
be part of a "book club" that they will be reading and talking about.
Tuesday will be the Whole Class Reading Assessment. HW = have you
finished at least one book and written and AR quiz? |
| Mon Oct 17 |
Class photos were taken today during English
block and the remainder of the block was spent silent reading. |
| Tues Oct 18 |
Students wrote the Whole Class Reading
Assessment today. This assessment is to see where your son/daughter
is at with respect to grade 8 level reading comprehension, reading
strategies, and understanding of words. HW = read AR book |
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