Thanks to everyone who was able to make it last week to our parent-teacher meetings. It is important to be able to have discussions around student achievement and especially to work together to achieve goals that students have set.  I am contacting families who were not able to attend a time last week to have these discussions at a later time, or over the phone.

Students are bringing home Social Studies tests for signatures this week.  Overall, results were very positive.  Hopefully students are well on their way to finishing their home portions of their First Nations projects which include a 3 d model showing some aspect(s) of their tribe's life and a duotang or poster showing several aspects of their researched information, including a map.  These are due Monday Dec. 5th. We are continuing to work on their multi-paragraph reports in class.

We will be having a data management test next Tuesday, Nov 29th. This will cover collecting, organizing, displaying and interpreting data using a variety of graph types and finding the median and mean of a set of numbers.

It is also time for a word wall test, which is a review test of the weekly words sent home in the agenda each Monday. This will take place this Friday, Nov. 25th.

Students are very excited about our first Grade 6 7 8 dance of the year.  The theme is hat day, so if students wear a hat, they will get into the dance for $1, no hat, $2. Refreshments will be available for purchase.  Students not wishing to go to the dance can go to the games room as an option.

Please ensure your child has both indoor and outdoor footwear at school.  It is expected they do not wear the same shoes outside and in the class.  As the weather is turning colder, students should also have proper coats, hats and mitts.  A set of clothes for phys ed class could be kept at school as students should not be wearing jeans to gym class on days 1 and 4.

C.H.

I apologize for not posting a blog sooner...hopefully the agenda notes have been enough to keep you up to date on happenings in room 7.  On that note, please check your child's agenda frequently for important reminders, homework expectations and due dates. Even though a signature is not required on a daily basis, I have noticed that a few students are not taking the opportunity provided each day to write down what is on the classroom agenda board. Consequently, some students have not had assignments completed in a timely manner, or have needed extra time to return tests, rubrics, etc.  These skills are part of the learning skills on the provincial report card and are part of my overall evaluation.

Thanks to those of you who have signed and returned the several items making the backpack trek these last few weeks....science and math tests, DARE and Go Girls permission forms, social studies project outlines, parent interview requests.... If these items don't sound familiar, or you have not seen them yet, please ask your child why not.

I am attempting to integrate our social studies unit as much as possible, therefore not only are we learning about Canada's First Nations through research, we are reading and summarizing myths related to aboriginal cultures, writing First Nations reports and creating a variety of First Nations style art and artifacts.

Progress report cards come home this Thursday.  Please return the envelope and tear off portion of the report as soon as possible. I look forward to discussing your child's progress and next steps with each of you next week during our interview times.

 Until next week,

 CH