Friday 22 January 2016

January 22nd 2016 Day 1

Here are some important dates for January and February:
January 27th 2016 - FLA Midterms 
January 28th 2016 - Math and LA Midterms
January 29th 2016 - No School for Students ( PD Day) 
February 1st 2016 - Social and Science Midterms 

*** Every Lunch hour (12:30-1:00) from Monday January 18th till January 27th Room 7 will be open as a study room. Students may come in for help with Social or French, or just come to study any subject.  I will also be able to help with making some study calendars if requested *****


Études Sociales 9F
Today students finished off the chapter 4 quiz. Marks are in PowerSchool. Students then had the rest of the time to study in partners. Monday we will be studying for midterms and I will be handing out sticky notes for students to ask questions.

FLA 7F
Today we worked on some practice midterm questions. Most students were able to get done booklet 1. We have 4 more booklets to work with next week!

Film 8
Today we stared watching the Smurfs as our fun last film of the course. We will finish this on our last class on Tuesday February 2nd 2016.

Social Studies 7H
Today we started our evaluation of the Chapter 5 games. We will do our next round of evaluation next week! Games looked great!


Have a great weekend!

Thursday 21 January 2016

January 21st 2016 Day 6

Here are some important dates for January and February:
January 27th 2016 - FLA Midterms 
January 28th 2016 - Math and LA Midterms
January 29th 2016 - No School for Students ( PD Day) 
February 1st 2016 - Social and Science Midterms 

*** Every Lunch hour (12:30-1:00) from Monday January 18th till January 27th Room 7 will be open as a study room. Students may come in for help with Social or French, or just come to study any subject.  I will also be able to help with making some study calendars if requested *****


Social Studies 7H
  Today students practiced their games to make sure that their rules, instructions and the game itself worked! We will start the evaluation process tomorrow!  Make sure all pieces are here.

Études Sociales 7F
Today was GAME DAY!! We took our two morning blocks to play each others games. They looked great and the kids were having a lot of fun playing!

FSL 8
As our second last class, students were working on completing their final projects. Tuesday the 26th will be our last class. Any assignments that are not handed in by that day will be subject to 0s.

Études Sociales 9F
Today we had our chapter 4 quiz. Those that did not finish it will have the opportunity to complete it tomorrow.

FLA 7F
Today we continued with  reading comprehension practice.  We will be continuing this tomorrow as well.

Wednesday 20 January 2016

Januray 20th 2016 Day 5

Here are some important dates for January and February:
January 27th 2016 - FLA Midterms 
January 28th 2016 - Math and LA Midterms
January 29th 2016 - No School for Students ( PD Day) 
February 1st 2016 - Social and Science Midterms 

*** Every Lunch hour (12:30-1:00) from Monday January 18th till January 27th Room 7 will be open as a study room. Students may come in for help with Social or French, or just come to study any subject.  I will also be able to help with making some study calendars if requested *****

Health 7E
Today students were given both our health periods to study for their midterms. Students were encouraged to make cue cards and to follow the study guides given to them by their teachers. Student were also encouraged to ask questions if they needed help.  First period was an individual study period and our second block students were allowed to study in partners. Our next health classes is on the day of the Math and LA midterms so we will not be having regular classes that Day 5. We will resume activities on February 10th 2016. 
Good Luck to all students on their Midterms! 

Social Studies 7H
 Today was the last day to finalize the chapter 5 games.  Groups will be testing out their games tomorrow and the evaluation will commence on Friday January 22nd 2016! 

Études Sociales 7F
Today each group practiced their games to work out any problems that may arrive. Tomorrow is the evaluation of the games! Looking forward to it!

Film 8 
Today we finished watching Charlie and the Chocolate factory. Students then had time to work on their final project that is due on Friday January 22nd 2016. Friday is our last class and we will be watching a special movie! Students can bring popcorn if they so wish! 


Monday 18 January 2016

January 18th 2016 Day 3

Here are some important dates for January and February:
January 27th 2016 - FLA Midterms 
January 28th 2016 - Math and LA Midterms
January 29th 2016 - No School for Students ( PD Day) 
February 1st 2016 - Social and Science Midterms 

*** Every Lunch hour (12:30-1:00) from Monday January 18th till January 27th Room 7 will be open as a study room. Students may come in for help with Social or French, or just come to study any subject.  I will also be able to help with making some study calendars if requested *****

Études Sociales 9F 
Today we review chapter 4. There will be a quiz on Thursday. During our second block students started studying for their midterm. A hard copy of the midterm review was handed out and the electronic copy is still available on Google Classroom. 

Social Studies 7H
Today students had a double period of work on their chapter 5 projects. The projects are looking awesome can't wait to see the final results on Thursday! 

FSL 8
Today we worked on our grammar booklets. These booklets are due on our last class that of January 26th 2016. Students were also given their guide for their Final Conversation. This conversation will take place on the 26th as well.

FLA 7
Today was our reading period. I took in the poems that students wrote on Friday. Any student that forgot them is to hand them in tomorrow morning first thing. 

Friday 15 January 2016

January 15th 2016 Day 2

Here are some important dates for January and February:
January 27th 2016 - FLA Midterms 
January 28th 2016 - Math and LA Midterms
January 29th 2016 - No School for Students ( PD Day) 
February 1st 2016 - Social and Science Midterms 

*** Every Lunch hour (12:30-1:00) from Monday January 18th till January 27th Room 7 will be open as a study room. Students may come in for help with Social or French, or just come to study any subject.  I will also be able to help with making some study calendars if requested *****

Social Studies 7H 
Groups started working on creating their game broads for their projects. Students are asked to make sure their background information is finished by Monday!  This was probably one of the most productive classes i have seen for each group! Keep it up 7H! I am looking forward to seeing the end results.

** Electronic copy of Midterm review has been posted on the Google Classroom** Here is the link to the document:  Grade 7 Social Studies Midterm Review

Études Sociales 7F
Groups continued to work on their Game projects. Some of them are starting to take shape and they look awesome! I can wait to see the end results in a week!  Keep it up 7F!

**** Electronic copy of Midterm review has been posted on the Google Classroom** Here is the link to the document: Études Sociales 7 Guide d'études midterm

FSL 7
Student worked on their grammar booklets as well as their final projects. Grammar books are due Jan 25th, Final Project due Jan 27th

FLA 7F
Today it was the students turn to write a poem. This poem will evaluate how students  use figurative language while writing poetry. This mini- project is due on Monday January 18th 2016.

Études Sociales 9F  
Today we finished off chapter 4 we will review it on Monday, and then we will have a little quiz next Thursday. I will also be handing out a midterm review package on Monday. Students can access this on google classroom tonight in case they would like to start studying this weekend.


HAVE A WONDERFUL WEEKEND!!


Thursday 14 January 2016

January 14th 2016 Day 1

Here are some important dates for January and February:
January 27th 2016 - FLA Midterms 
January 28th 2016 - Math and LA Midterms
January 29th 2016 - No School for Students ( PD Day) 
February 1st 2016 - Social and Science Midterms 

*** Every Lunch hour (12:30-1:00) from Monday January 18th till January 27th Room 7 will be open as a study room. Students may come in for help with Social or French, or just come to study any subject.  I will also be able to help with making some study calendars if requested *****

Études Sociales 9F
  Today we  looked at the collective rights of the Francophones in Quebec as well as in areas across Canada where they are the minority. We also stared looking at the collective rights of the Métis people and how they have changed through out the years. We will be finishing this tomorrow.

FLA 7F
 Today we looked at figures of style.  Students have also been learning this in English, so for our class it was more of a review. Students were then asked to write a poem in groups of 2  for practice. Students were ask to hand this in at the end of our double period. Tomorrow we will be starting to write our own individual poems.

Film Studies 8
  Today we finished watching Willy Wonka and the Chocolate factory. We then started watching its remake.... Charlie and the Chocolate Factory. Students will be asked next class to make a comparison chart comparing the two movies.

Social Studies 7H
 Students continued working on the Chapter 5 projects. They should be finished the background information and should be starting to work on step 1 & 2 of the project.

Tuesday 12 January 2016

January 12th 2016 Day 5

Here are some important dates for January and February:
January 27th 2016 - FLA Midterms 
January 28th 2016 - Math and LA Midterms
January 29th 2016 - No School for Students ( PD Day) 
February 1st 2016 - Social and Science Midterms 


Health 7E
  Block 1 - Today students reflected back on their lives and looked at what obstacles they have had to overcome in order to be who they are today. Students were asked to write a 1 page (double spaced) personal response on this topic.
   
   Block 4 - During our second block we made study calendars. We divided up our evenings between extra curricular activities and homework. Then we added in study time for their midterms.

Social Studies 7H
Today we started Chapter 5. Students are working on their background information in order to proceed on Thursday with starting work in their Board Games! Students were send home with a STEP by STEP instructions with a timeline for when this project needs to be completed by.  

Études Sociales 7F
Today we started Chapter 5. Students are working on their background information in order to proceed on Thursday with starting work in their Board Games! Students were send home with a STEP by STEP instructions with a timeline for when this project needs to be completed by.    

Film Studies 8
 Today we started our last unit.....Remakes. We will be watching Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory - then its remake - Charlie and the Chocolate Factory. Students will be asked to note the differences and similarities of the two films, one made in 1971 and the other 2005.
 

Thursday 7 January 2016

January 7th 2015 Day 2

Here are some important dates for January and February:
January 8th 2016 PM - FI Students will be attending a French concert at the Maclab Theater.
January 11th 2016 - Social 7 English and French Projects Due 
January 27th 2016 - FLA Midterms 
January 28th 2016 - Math and LA Midterms
January 29th 2016 - No School for Students ( PD Day) 
February 1st 2016 - Social and Science Midterms 


Social Studies 7H 
  Today we review the work we have been doing for the last few weeks. Tomorrow students will finish Chapter 4 and will complete and a worksheet that will be taken in as a sommative assessment.

Études Sociales  7F
    Today we finished off Chapter 4. We reviewed together and then students were given a worksheet to complete using their textbooks, This was taken in as a sommative assessment.

FSL 7 
  Today I outlines our last 6 classes of FSL. We will be finishing up our Grammar Booklets that will be due on January 25th, Students will be allowed to take them home starting on the 19th to finish them at home if they need to. They will be returned on the 27th. We also started working on their Final Exam/Project. Students are creating their own french Conversation that will the be used with me individually on the final day of Class!.

FLA 7F
   Today we used old PATs to Practice our reading comprehension.

Études Sociales 9F 
Today we looked at the numbered treaties from the point of view of the First Nations. Tomorrow we will look at the Government of Canada perspective.

Wednesday 6 January 2016

January 6th 2016 Day 1

Here are some important dates for January and February:
January 8th 2016 PM - FI Students will be attending a French concert at the Maclab Theater.
January 11th 2016 - Social 7 English and French Projects Due 
January 27th 2016 - FLA Midterms 
January 28th 2016 - Math and LA Midterms
January 29th 2016 - No School for Students ( PD Day) 
February 1st 2016 - Social and Science Midterms 

Études Sociales 9F 
  Today we continued our work from yesterday. We looked at the numbered treaties that affected the First Nations.

FLA 7F 
 Today we corrected and discussed a Monde en March, and worked on how to properly analyse inferences.

Études Sociales 7F
 Today I flipped a FLA class for a ES class in order to get things moving forward. We review the work together that the students did individually yesterday.


Tuesday 5 January 2016

January 5th 2016 Day 6

Here are some important dates for January and February:
January 8th 2016 PM - FI Students will be attending a French concert at the Maclab Theater.
January 11th 2016 - Social 7 English and French Projects Due 
January 27th 2016 - FLA Midterms 
January 28th 2016 - Math and LA Midterms
January 29th 2016 - No School for Students ( PD Day) 
February 1st 2016 - Social and Science Midterms 


Social Studies 7H 
 Today we continued with chapter 4. Students worked in their texts to pull out the information needed to answer certain questions about the Trading Posts around the Great Lakes and into Western Canada. 

Études Sociales 7F
 Today we continued with chapter 4. Students worked in their texts to pull out the information needed to answer certain questions about the Trading Posts around the Great Lakes and into Western Canada. 

FLA 7F
 Today we continued working on some reading comprehension as practice for the upcoming Midterm. If this was not completed in class students were asked to complete it for homework. 

FSL 8
Today we started our Final Project. Students are creating a new soda pop for a Company in Quebec. This project is partly a Research project as students need to find all the expressions themselves. Project is due the 13th of January. 

Études Sociales 9F
Today we started Chapter 4. We are looking at the Collectives Rights and Freedoms that are stated in the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms, specifically the Numbered Treaties. 




Monday 4 January 2016

January 4th 2016 Day 5

Welcome Back! I hope everyone had an awesome Christmas/Winter Break!


Here are some important dates for January and February:
January 8th 2016 PM - FI Students will be attending a French concert at the Maclab Theater. 
January 27th 2016 - FLA Midterms 
January 28th 2016 - Math and LA Midterms
January 29th 2016 - No School for Students ( PD Day) 
February 1st 2016 - Social and Science Midterms 


Classes:

Health 7E
Today we finished watching Narnia. during our next class we will be having a discussion about the personal obstacles that each Character had to over come to become who they are. Student will then be asked to complete a short personal response explaining what obstacles they have had to overcome to become who they are today.

Social Studies 7H
Today we started Chapter 4.  We talked about First Impressions and different perspectives on the First Contacts. We discussed how the barter system worked and how there were 3 Key players in the Fur Trade in order to make the system work.

Études Sociales 7F
Today we started Chapter 4.  We talked about First Impressions and different perspectives on the First Contacts. We discussed how the barter system worked. Tomorrow we will continue by looking into who were the 3 Key players that made the Fur Trade work.

Film Studies 8
Today we finished Back to the Future and continued with our SciFy unit by watching The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy. We will continue this film next class.

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