Tuesday, November 28, 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:  JZ, 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:     Shauna and Kaitlin: both of these girls completed their math homework - even though they were at the volleyball tournament!  Kudos also goes to Mikayla for supplying the image of the textbook to Shauna.  Finally, kudos to the following students for helping lead the jr. volleyball tryouts: Carter, Mikayla, Jamie, Aimee, and Gabby. 
 
HOMEWORK:

ENGLISH:


1. Students should have in their notebooks by now: 16 vocabulary words, 4 responses about the connection between freedom and security, and 4 8-box "boxes" complete.  Wednesday will be our last day to do our reading. 


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MATH:



1.  NONE!


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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. Test tomorrow for grade 7 and 8.


MUSIC: 

1. Add your name to google class


DRAMA: 

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