I hope that everyone enjoyed another stormy weekend. The month of February is now in full swing as are the Olympic Winter Games. There will be lots of eyes on Team Canada I’m sure and I plan to find some ways to integrate this exciting and special time into our learning this week.

Here is a snapshot into what will be taking place during our classes together…

French-The time has arrived to start to put together our “Carnet de voyage” (Travel journals). We will spend some time revising and editing our steps from the last few weeks, paying special attention to the passé composé verb tense, as we pull the pieces together to retell the story of a special trip we’ve taken.

We will also spend some time working towards the last few chapters of our read aloud novel “Mamie Gangster.”

Finally, as I stated in earlier, many of our warm-ups this week and then will have an Olympic and sport theme as we cheer on Team Canada.

Science-As we learn about the rock cycle, this week in the lab, students will use starburst candies to “experiment” to show how rocks transform from one form of rock to another. We will also work in groups on creating a song to help others understand the key concepts of how rocks are formed. I look forward to sharing these selections with you in the coming days.

Grade 9 Science-This week, as we wrap up Chapter 8, students will finish up their look at waves. This includes exploring how light travels in waves as well as the concepts of reflection and refraction.

Grade 7 Science-Cells, cells and more cells! That will be our theme over the coming week. We will look at the characteristics of cells and then begin to study the part of both the plant and the animal cell as well as the differences between them.

Grade 9 English Science-In the lab this week, we will finish up our look at chemical and physical changes in matter and learn how to draw Bohr diagrams for ions, exploring how they differ from those we have previously drawn for atoms.

Have a fabulous week! Don’t forget to test today, Wednesday and Friday. Stay safe 🙂

Mme MacNevin