It is hard to believe that we are into the last week of May! This last week will definitely be a busy one here at Gulf Shore!
On Wednesday, we will have a visit from local author Jamie Lee Mann. I know the students have been reading some of her work in English class with Mme Lavoie and we are all looking forward to getting the chance to meet her 🙂
On Thursday, our school musical will take place. There will be two performances. The first performance will start at 1:00pm and the second performance will start at 7:00pm. There are a great number of students in our class who have been working hard practicing after school for this musical, and I am very anxious to see the final result of all that practice 🙂
Finally, on Friday morning we will participate in our annual Children’s Wish Foundation Wishmaker Walk. This is one of two major fundraisers here at Gulf Shore. Pledge forms went home last Friday, and if students could send them back into me (regardless of if they raised any money) at the end of the week, it would be greatly appreciated.
Let’s take a look at what else is happening inside our classroom this week…
Dictée-For our dictée this week we will be looking at correcting mistakes in our sentences. This is great practice for when we edit our writing. This will be our last new dictée of the school year, as next week we will begin to review the concepts we’ve studied all year.
Reading- We are now more than halfway done of the novel “Sophie Lance et Compte.” As we read through this book, we are beginning to see a lot of similarities between Sophie and the character “Noémie” from the series by the same name. We also continue to work on our own independent reading goals.
Writing- This week in writer’s workshop, we will finish up our biographies and if time permits, we start to explore the persuasive text form.
Math-This week in math, we will continue our unit on geometry. We are also busy reviewing our foundational outcomes in preparation for our fourth and final flashback quiz, which will take place next week.
Science- In our unit on Space this week, we will look at the rotation of the earth around the sun and the moon around the earth. We will discuss how these rotations impact our seasons and we will study the different phases of the moon.
Grade 7 Science
As we begin our unit on ecosystems, we will discover what an ecosystem is, as we look at different biotic and abiotic factors.
Grade 8 Science
This week we will start to explore different water systems, as we will look at the distribution of water on earth and at the differences between salt and fresh water.
Have a wonderful week!
Madame Walker