Hi everyone.  We had a great afternoon at the Career Pathways, we enjoyed a great motivational speaker who spoke about viewing the glass half full and making the most of your opportunities.  Students were also able to visit with a variety of representatives from businesses all over Dufferin County who provided them with a really great snapshot of what it takes to get a position in their type of industry.  I was very proud of our group, they were focused and professional and took a deep interest in what the professionals had to say.

Tonight, students don't have any assigned homework, they did have a unit test in history and geography- a night off will do some good.  Hey!  Have a discussiona about careers tonight!  A great opportunity to begin our transition planning into grade nine and beyond.

Have a great night!

Good afternoon all,

Tomorrow students will be participating in the annual career pathways career fair at Orangeville Fairgrounds. This is late in coming home, I realize this and apologize.  I was extremely ill after the soccer tournament and with the PD day, there was little time to get the information out.  So, going forward, I 've sent home a detailed package outlining the event, which for us, is in the afternoon.  Students will go on a bus to and from the fairgrounds and will be back for buses at 3pm.  The cost of the event is free but our bus cost is $7 per student.  Please help me out by ensuring this comes into school tomorrow, I would hate for one of our students to have to miss it because they forgot their sheet.

Also, this week, as you may or may not know, is our Halloween Dance night.  This thursday our room will be turned into a very spooky haunted house.  Tomorrow I will be sending home a small note outlining a few items we will need.  Please help us out if you can, this is a great evening for our students and community.

Tonight students should be finishing chapter 2.3 in the text and they have a history/geography test which they will be working on tomorrow morning.

Thanks! Have a great night!

Good afternoon everyone,  I hope you all are having a great week!  Just a reminder the soccer tournament is a go for tomorrow.  We play in rain, or snow, whichever comes...  Please remind your son/daugter to prepare for the elements.  It will be cold, it will be rainy, and there will be tears if students come unprepared..

I'm sure I'll get over it but I just feel so darn bad for those students who can't feel their toes anymore!  I didn't assign homework tonight as I was out of the class for the afternoon.  Math tests are marked but they didn't go home today- likely Thursday.  Please review, sign and return for Monday. 

Thanks again for all of your support!  Go Raiders!

Good afternoon all.  Today students have a bit of homework.  In math, students should finish questions 1-8 in chapter 2.2 and Language, students should be STARTING their rough draft of their headline news story of a popular fable or fairy tale.

Have a great night!

Good afternoon all!  Today, students received their picture portraits and class pictures.  Please ask to see them so they aren't getting crumpled in his or her backpack for too long.  Tonight, students have some language to do, they are to find a fable or fairy tale they might be interested in and summarize that fable in their scrapbooks.  Starting tomorrow, they are going to research their fable using the five w's and then write a headline story about the main character and the events in their fable.  In math, we've started the Pythagorean Theroe- chapter 2.1 q1-9.  Please take a moment to talk about this concept with your child, it's a difficult one to understand but with time and application, students will soon realize that the concept is really not that difficult to understand or apply in a variety of situations.

Have a great night!

Good afternoon everyone,  tonight students have some language to finish for tomorrow.  We are currently working on how bi lines in the newspaper can be effective in garnering attention.  Students are to gather 6 different bi lines and put them on a sheet of paper- 3 on the front and 3 on the back.  Tomorrow, students are going to share them with others in the room and they will each take turns writing a paragraph that they think goes with the bi lines.  When we are done, we hope to have 6 unique stories to go with 6 unique bi lines for each student.

Have a great night!

Hope everyone is well.  We had a fantastic Cross Country day today!  East Garafraxa represented very well, and congratulations to all my students who placed and showed throughout the day!  Your efforts are truly appreciated!  Way to go!  Tonight students should be review for their first math culminating math test. We'll be writing it during periods 2 and 3 tomorrow.  Have a wonderful night!

MM

Good evening all,  student have a couple of items to finish tonight.  They have math, chapter 1.6 to the end and a supplement sheet.  We have a unit test this Thursday, students should be looking at the chapter review and practice test at the back of chapter 1.  Students also have some language.  They are using the hamburger model to break down a story from the newspaper.  The idea is that if they can see that reporters use the hamburger style as an effective way to answer the 5w's, then they can do it as well.  This week we'll be writing stories using the 5 w's and the hamburger organizer.  Students also have some french to complete, I believe the activity is called, La Carte du monde francophone which is due tomorrow.

Have a great night!