This week, as we prepare for learning conferences on Thursday and Friday, students will reflect on their progress these past few months. I look forward to discussing that progress with you later on this week. If you have not yet signed up for a time for your child’s conference, please do so as soon as possible. Due to these conferences, there will be no classes for students on Friday, March 4th.
French-Our main focus this week will be preparing our learning portfolios. This work will include some short assessments in reading, writing, speaking and listening and goal setting for the term ahead.
We will also wrap up our novel “Mamie Gangster” with some final discussions and reflections and prepare to move into a new unit on conducting interviews.
Science-As we move along throughout geology unit, we will spend time this week finishing our look into minerals, using a key to identify them, and begin exploring soil and its layers.
Grade 9 Science-Our focus these next few days will be on cell division, as we explore the reasons cells divide and the steps they take when dividing. This will lead up to our discovery to the two cell division processes of mitosis and meiosis. Students are reminded of the importance of frequently reviewing biology terms and new concepts, so that they are not cramming before an assessment.
Grade 7 Science-We will continue our discussions this week of ways living things reproduce, both asexually and sexually, beginning with a look at plant cells.
Grade 9 English Science-Students will write their assessment on compounds on Day 5. With that completed, we will spend some time working through a case study on salt and sand used on Island roads, before finally preparing our final unit test on the chemistry concepts studied this term.
Have a wonderful week! I look forward to speaking with you all on Thursday and Friday.
Mme MacNevin