Weeks of February 17th-20th and February 23rd-27th
Has everyone had enough snow? I can’t believe how big the drifts are! I’m hoping that Mother Nature will give us a little reprieve over the next few weeks, as they are shaping up to be busy ones here at Gulf Shore 🙂
On Wednesday, February 25th we will celebrate Pink Shirt Day here at Gulf Shore. Students are encouraged to wear pink to stand up against bullying.
Here is what is happening inside our classroom over the next few weeks…
French-For our dictée, we continue our study of present tense verbs. Students should take a few minutes each evening to review their verb list and complete that night’s activity, in preparation for our dictée on Day 1 next cycle.
Reading- We are well into our book club activity. Students continue to read and respond to stories by Gilles Tibo and continue to discuss what they’ve read with their peers. They are reminded to make sure they have their activity prepared on time for each day in order to fully participate in their group’s discussion. We will also begin to prepare for our Student-Led conferences which will take place the first week in March, looking at our reading goals from last time and preparing new ones for the months ahead 🙂
Writing- Work continues this week on our story writing. We have explored lots of different stories together and are now starting to brainstorm ideas for our own writing which will start this week. As in reading, we will also look at our writing goals from last term and start to establish new ones
Math-Our study of long division is well underway. We have learned how to divide three digit numbers by one digit numbers and will continue to practice these strategies this week. We also continue to review those concepts we’ve previously studied earlier in the year, in preparation for our first “flashback” quiz at the end of the month and if time permits, we will start the study of our last foundational concept on calculating perimeter and area.
Social Studies-This week we will continue to examine different products and services available to us here on Prince Edward Island and we will start our rough drafts of our fictional communities.
Science-This week students should complete their experiments. In class, we will be typing out our procedure and will start to examine our results.
Grade 7 Science
This week, students should be wrapping up their experiments and starting to examine and assess their data for their Science Fair projects.
In class, we will finish up our discussions on hazardous materials and symbols and we will prepare for our quiz on these concepts. This will finish up our study of solutions and mixtures and we will soon be starting our unit on heat.
Grade 8 Science
We will finish up our review and final evaluation of our optics unit.
Students should be wrapping up their experiments and starting to examine and assess their data for their Science Fair projects.
Have a fantastic week!
Madame Walker