This Week, October 10th to 13th....Friday the 13th...

This was what was sent in an email to families in my classes:

We have a student teacher, Ms B, who will be teaching Math, English, and Foods to my classes as a part of her PDP practicum. She is a mother of 4 and a reading enthusiast. I will continue to teach my S.S. classes.

English Div 4 and 5: Ms B will be continuing with our Lord of the Flies Grade 8 Book Study (Grade 7s will continue to read the Island series as a contrasting study).

Math Div 4: Ms B will be continuing to explore squares and square roots as they apply to Pythagorus. You have a POP quiz on Tuesday to make sure that you can see the relationships between area models, square numbers, and square root.

S.S. Div 3 and 4: Students should have come home with questions about personal or family history around an Personal History Assignment. This sharing of family history is as important, if not more important, than texts written about the late and greats. The student have been given the task of telling a story about themselves or their family using both primary and secondary sources of information. There will be a showcase of these stories on the afternoon of Tuesday, September 17th. Presenting the story can be oral, visual or textual; some kids thrive in front of an audience, others would prefer to present in other ways. There is flexibility around format. At the very least, I am hoping this has sparked a conversation in your home about those stories that make us who we are. We are also beginning to look into the Vikings this week. Human migration and intermingling is a bigger concept that we will be tackling through this topic. It has extensions into what is going on currently in the world. 

Please note that both Ms Abell and I are acting as teachers in charge while Ms S is away sick. This means that we will be away from the classroom periodically and a teacher teaching on call will be there in our place. We are on site and so can monitor the class, but will be in the office to support the staff there too.​

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