Monday, November 27, 2017

HOUSEKEEPING:


1.  Please  sign the report card envelope and return it with your child.


2.  Complete the Skilled Trades Quiz on Google Classroom (the following people are late: LB, CG, EP, CC, JZ, JP, and KC).


3.  Holiday Heroes initiative is underway: please send any new hats/mitts/coats or unwrapped toys to school and we will place them under the tree.  As well, if you wish to donate gift cards to teens in need you can also do that (we will give them to the office to hold for safekeeping). 

KUDOS TO:     Aidan, Julia, Alexandra, Luke, and Ethan for setting up the Christmas Tree in the front foyer.  As well, these kids decorated boxes for the Holiday Heroes Initiative.
 
HOMEWORK:

ENGLISH:


1. Students should have in their notebooks by now: 12 vocabulary words, 3 responses about the connection between freedom and security, and 3 8-box "boxes" complete.  Wednesday will be our last day to do our reading. 


2.




MATH:



1.  Grade 8: page 287 #2-13


2. Grade 7: 7.3 page 264 #1, 2, 3, 5, 7


FRENCH:


1. Finish off the body paragraphs.  This will be due Wednesday.


HISTORY:
1.  A test on Residential schools is Wednesday (it will be a one-paragraph response to 1 question).  Look at your notes, the timeline in the class, watch the Chanie Wenjack video, and even visit this site: http://wherearethechildren.ca/en/exhibition.  Here are some questions that came up from today's discussion: Where are the First Nations people now (in the context of Residential Schools) 2. Why is there still not enough action to rectify the problem?  3. What can Canadians do to help First Nations peoples deal with the aftermath of the residential school system?  4. What impact did the residential schools have on the First Nations community? 5. What was the purpose of the residential schools?




ART:




SCIENCE: 


1. Presentations start on Tuesday
2. Bring quizzes signed back to Mrs. Smith
3. Add your name to Google Class


MUSIC: 

1. Add your name to google class


DRAMA: 

1.