Ms. B's blog

The grade 7 x-country ski trip scheduled for this Friday, Feb., 26 has been cancelled due to lack of sufficient snow. A note will go home with students tomorrow asking that parents acknowledge the cancellation and the fact that refund money will be coming home with students on Friday. 

There was no math homework tonight.  Homework will resume tomorrow:)

Watch for science and math tests and math survival guides coming home today and tomorrow for signatures.

Please note these changes:

Math end-of-unit geometry test: Wed., Feb. 17

Science end-of-term test:  Fri., Feb. 19

Please be sure to ask your child about what is involved in Acts of Kindness week.  The week culminates for the intermediate students with their Hearts for Haiti dance.  The dance will be DJd by one of our grade 8 students and all money raised will be donated to Partners in Health to help with their important work in Haiti. The students are bringing in contributions to a basket(s) that will be raffled off to further raise money for their cause. 

The end-of-unit tests are this week, Tuesday for 8A and Wednesday for 8B.  The classes were told about this three weeks ago. Students will also be making their own hydrometers and using them to compare the densities of salt water and tap water.  We may be starting the term 3 unit, Systems in Action.

We are continuing to learn about 2-D geometry.  We will be completing this unit the week after next with our end-of-unit test on Friday, Feb. 19th or Tuesday, Feb. 23 (I will let the students decide when they want the test as they will be having their end-of-unit science tests on Thursday, Feb. 18th. As usual, math homework will be given Mon. through Thursday. 

We will be continuing with our exploration of flight this week, looking at the forces involved in flight.  The END-OF-UNIT TEST will be on Thursday, Feb. 18th.

Welcome to my new adventure with blogging.  I'm pretty excited about this new (to me) communication tool.  I will be using it to communicate news about the subjects I teach (grades 6/7A, 7B, 8A, 8B science and grades 6/7A and 7B math). I will also use this blog to communicate about upcoming events that I want to be sure to remind my students of as well as to inform parents. I will try to write at the beginning of each week to give an idea of what is to come. All comments are welcome and may even be published!

The science project on hazardous wastes is due Monday, February 8th.

The grade 8 end of unit science tests are scheduled for next week as follows:

8A: Tuesday, Feb. 9

8B: Wednesday, Feb. 10

Students have been given a list of things they need to know for the test.  Basically, all notes from this term must be studied.  I will be available in my class during lunch recesses on Thursday and Friday of this week and on Monday and Tuesday of next week if students find they are missing notes or need help understanding the material.  

Students who have been away due to illness:  Come and see me for the notes you have missed:)

Special Treat!!!!!! Due to the fact that we were at the RiverRun Centre today during the time when we would have had math class, there is no math homework today.

Regarding the RiverRun concert, students, be sure to tell you parents about the concert. In my opinion, it was a good one.