Cross Country

The first cross country meet is on Wednesday, Oct 5th at Earl Bales. EVERYONE must come to practice on Monday and Tuesday. There will be a very important meeting for all members on the team during morning recess on Monday.

6-8 Frisbee Workshop

The Frisbee workshops have been re-scheduled for next Tuesday, Oct 4th and Friday, Oct 7th.

8 Science

First Science Test of the year...."The Organ Systems"
-study pages 8-12 in textbook
-know the names of the systems, their structures, functions and factors that help their functioning.

8 Language

Reading Logs due: Oct 13th

Gr. 7 Math - Prime Factors

Write multiplication questions, using only prime numbers, that will give the following answers:
4, 6, 8, 9, 10, 12, 14, 15, 16, 18, 20, 21, 22, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 30, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36

The prime numbers you may use are: 2, 3, 5, 7, 11, 13, 17, 19, 23, 29, 31

examples: 4 = 2 x 2,   6 = 2 x 3

Gr. 8 Math - Prime Factorization

Write the prime factorization, in regular and exponent form, for the numbers 120 and 128.
example: 8 = 2 x 2 x 2 = 2 to the power of 3 (sorry, I can't do exponents on this program)

30 Days of September article for magazine

Your first article for our magazine unit is due Mon. Oct. 3rd.

Success Criteria: You have 30 pieces of advise written in proper sentence form, you have used the magazine example shown in class for ideas on page layout / style and you have edited your work

Toonies for Terry - Reminder!!

Wednesday, Sept. 28th is our Terry Fox Day. We will have a neighbourhood walk following our assembly at 2:15 PM. We are asking students and staff to bring $2.00 to donate to the Terry Fox Foundation.

PHOTO DAY TOMORROW!!

Don't forget to brush your teeth and brush your hair because tomorrow is photo day!!!

Information for Parents

Hello Parents! The 'Info & Links for Parents' page (second tab at the top of this page) has been updated as  we mentioned at Curriculum Night last week. We have added a link to the EQAO website where past tests are available for reading, writing and mathematics. There is also now a chart outlining the marking systems that you will be seeing throughout the year on your student's work.

Gr. 8 Math - Balloon Prices

Here is the question I asked in class:
Lola bought a balloon at the carnival. She paid with 6 coins.
What might Lola have paid for her balloon?

(We determined that $0.06 was the cheapest balloon and $12.00 was the most expensive.)

I asked you to find ALL the possible amounts for homework but I've realized that's too much.
So, I would like you to find at least 50 possible amounts.
You must also find several amounts, between six cents and twelve dollars, that are not possible.

8 Language

Tornado comic strip due Monday, Sept. 26th.

6 Science

Your transport classification tree is due Monday, Sept 26th

Grade 6 Mapping Assignment

Grade 6 mapping assignment of Canada due Monday, Sept. 26th
Success Criteria:
Followed instructions for labelling and colouring map
Very neatly done (writing small and easy to read, colouring lightly with pencil crayon)

Grade 6 Spelling Test

Grade 6 spelling test on Friday, Sept. 23rd

Curriculum Night - Meet the Teacher: Thursday, Sept. 22nd

Just a reminder to parents and students that we will be having our annual Meet the Teacher/Curriculum night tomorrow. There will be an informal gathering outside with staff from 6:15 to 6:30 in front of the school.
There will then be two information sessions per class. The presentation will be the same in each session but will allow families with more than one child to meet as many teachers as possible.

The first session will be from 6:30 to 6:55.
The second session will be from 7:00 to 7:25.

We hope that all of our grade 6, 7 and 8 parents will be able to attend.

8 Language

Reading Logs due tomorrow....no exceptions!!!

8 Language

This is just a reminder that your reading logs are due on Thursday!!!!

8 Visual Arts

Your shaded picture is due Monday, Sept 26th.

7 Science

You will be having a quiz on the readings assigned last week. We didn't get a chance to write the quiz last Friday due to the ultimate frisbee workshop.
Be prepared for tomorrow....read pages 10-13

8 Science

The Gluep Ball Challenge Lab report is due tomorrow: Wednesday, Sept 21st.

Class Presentation of "Award for my Classmate" Grade 6 and 7 language

Students will present from Wed. Sept. 21st - Fri. Sept. 23rd
Success Criteria: Voice Volume - everyone in class can hear, Voice Expression - excellent use of expression, Rehearsed and Easy to Follow - enjoyable for audience

Gr. 8 Math - Dividing the chocolate bar

Three friends are splitting a chocolate bar, equally, that has eight sections. How many different ways can you represent the answer? (We already named five ways in class. How many more can you think of?)

Ultimate Frisbee Friday!!!! (Gr. 6,7,8)

Get ready ladies and gents for a fun filled afternoon of ultimate frisbee!!! Those students who have signed up for the ultimate frisbee workshop on Friday should be prepared to run and sweat!! The workshop is taking place right here on our very own field! You will need to change in to gym clothes and have a water bottle with you.
What a great way to end the week!!! I'm looking forward to this opportunity....I hope you are too!
Schedule:
Friday, Sept 16 - 12:50-1:50pm - grade 7 and 8's
2:10-3:10pm - grade 6's

Friday, Sept 23 - 12:50-1:50pm - grade 7 and 8's
2:10-3:10pm - grade 6's

Friday, Sept 30 - 3:30-4:30pm the grade 6-8's will be playing in the ultimate ultimate frisbee game here at T.W.!!!!

7 Science

Read pages 10-13 in textbook. You may want to make a few jot notes. You will definitely be having a "pop" quiz on Friday.

8 Science

You will have the time tomorrow during periods 5-6 to work on Part D and Part E experiment worksheets. Parts B-E will be due on Friday.

8 Language

Good copy of paragraph will be due on Friday. You will have time in class tomorrow to work on it.

Grade 8 Science

The Gluep Challenge Lab
Part C: The Proposal - Due: Wednesday, Sept. 14

Cross Country Meets

Our first meet is approaching quickly!!! The more you practice, the better you'll do!!!
PRACTICE TIMES: Mon-Fri @ 8:00am (students are required to attend a minimum of 3 practices/week.
*** Please be aware that the competition is much more difficult in the older grades. If you would like to make it to the semi-finals, it would be in your best interest to attend all 5 practices each week.
MEETS:
Wednesday, Oct. 5th (Earl Bales Park) - Top 40 from this meet will move on to the next meet.
Thursday, Oct. 13th (Earl Bales Park) - Top 20 from this meet will move on to the next meet
Thursday, Oct. 20 (Centennial Park) - City Championships/Finals

8 Language

Complete your "Idea Organizer" worksheet to prepare for your perfect paragraph!!
Due: Wednesday, Sept 14th.

Reading Logs are due: Thursday, Sept. 22nd.

Grade 6 and 7 Language Arts

Award for my classmate writing assignment
Due: Monday, September 19th
Success Criteria:

***Don't forget your rough draft for editing on Friday the 16th***


• Creative title, 3 organized and well written paragraphs, effective supporting details and edited to check grammar and spelling

Grade 6 Art

Grade 6 Famous Painting Art Assignment Due: Friday, Sept. 16th
Success Criteria:

• Division of artwork into 3 fairly even sections using diagonal, horizontal or vertical lines, use pencil crayon to create 3 very distinct shading techniques – dark, medium and light, attention to detail and completed with care
  

7 and 8 French

Your quiz on Thursday is oral. Please review the following questions and sample answers. We will continue to review them at the beginning of each class.

Quel est ton nom? Mon nom est Laval.

Quel est ton prénom? Mon prénom est Anne.

Quel âge as-tu? J'ai 14 ans.

Quel est ton numéro de téléphone? Mon numéro de téléphone est (416) 555-3567.

Quel est la date de ton anniversaire? Ma date d'anniversaire est le 13 octobre.

Quel est ton adresse électronique? Mon adresse électronique est laval-anne5@yahoo.ca

6 French

Complete page 2 #1-5 from the worksheet you received in class today.

Study for your quiz on Thursday. It will be on your verb Être and will be fill in the blanks.

Grade 6 Math - What do you like?

Today in class I asked you to write a paragraph explaining what you like in math and what you have struggled with in the past. Tell me anything that previous math teachers did that helped you understand or any ideas you have that will help you be successful this year in math class.