Spring has officially arrived, and with it will hopefully come more of the beautiful weather we had last week.
This is a short week with the long Easter weekend quickly upon us, but as usual it will be busy and lots of learning will take place 🙂

Learning reports will come home with your child on Thursday, April 1st. Please take the time to review these reports, celebrate your child’s success, and help them to set goals to help move their learning forward. You may keep the report itself, but please return the signed envelope with your child on Tuesday, April 6 as recognition that you have received their report card.

Now let’s take a look at what will be taking place over our next few classes together…..

French-Students should have now created their list of questions and conducted their interviews. This week we will be transcribing those interviews into a cohesive text and writing an accompanying introductory paragraph to present to our readers the subject of the interview that took place.

As part of practicing our listening outcomes, and to celebrate French week, students will have the exciting opportunity to watch a feature film en français. We will be viewing “Le coq de St-Victor.” Before, during and following the movie, students will discuss and show their understanding of the film’s key messages, ideas and themes.

Science-Our goal this week is to wrap up our unit on Space. Students will have the chance to finish any loose ends for any centers they may have not had a chance to complete. They will film their oral presentation on a space mission and its discoveries, and they will use their completed duo-tang from their center work to write an open book assessment on the outcomes of this unit of study.

Grade 9 Science-Today we will complete our review of Chapter 1 (DNA, cell division and genetic diversity) and students will write their final assessment on these outcomes on Wednesday. Following their evaluation, we will kick off our look into the first of many body systems that we will explore over the coming months as we begin our study of the reproductive system.

Grade 7 Science-This week, we will wrap up our look at asexual and sexual reproduction in plants and begin to explore these processes in animals. We are nearing the end of Chapter 4. That being said, students should prepare for an assessment on these concepts later this week.

Grade 5-9 Core French-In Grades 5-6, students will begin their final project for our unit “Suivez-moi.” Working in groups, they will create their ideal school, either digitally or on paper and they will present their school to the class, giving directions to several rooms in their school and highlighting the new vocabulary they have been working on these past few months.

In Grades 7-9, students will continue their study of prepositions in French, so they can work to help a friend find a lost object, giving suggestions as to where the object may be.

Have a fantastic long weekend! I hope the Easter Bunny finds you 😉

Mme MacNevin