Happy Tuesday everyone! I hope everyone had a great long weekend and filled up on lots of goodies, as we took the time to be grateful for all of life’s blessings.

We had a wonderful day last Thursday celebrating the legacy of Terry Fox. Just a reminder that pledge sheets are due back tomorrow. T-shirts are also available for purchase. They are $15. More detail is available on the school webpage.

Picture day is fast approaching. It will be on Tuesday, October 26th.

Now here is a quick snapshot of our learning during this four-day week….

French- This week we will continue focusing on giving good descriptions in French. Explorations of “la petite annonce” will also continue as we begin to write some as a class and in small groups. All this will lead up to our first small writing assignment. Students will create their own “want ad” “selling” a sibling or friend. Their goal will be to “sell” their person, highlighting all their special qualities and using the descriptive words we’ve been working on in our language warm ups as well as properly following the structure of this type of text. I can’t wait to see their creativity at work!

I will also start a read aloud novel this week entitled “Mamie Gangster.” This humorous story about a sweet old grandmother with a secret life will provide opportunities for discussions, as practice our reading strategies.

Science-There will be lots of fun in the lab this week, as we continue to explore physical changes, chemical reaction, and the law of conservation of matter through several experiments (Chapter 2).

Grade 9 Science- This week we will wrap up our exploration of the physical and chemical properties of matter; calculating density and spending some time in the lab identifying substances based on their properties and preparing for our assessment on Chapter 6.
Grade 7 Science- As we continue to explore the basics of matter, this week we will conclude our section on mass and weight. We will then shift our focus to further exploring how to calculate volume.

Grade 9 English Science-During our classes together these next few days we will finish up our look at bias and begin the final section of our current unit on pseudoscience.

Have a marvelous week!

Mme MacNevin