What a beautiful day we were gifted with on Friday for our annual Terry Fox Day. A huge thank you to our Home and School for the delicious hot dogs and for all their help. We raised almost $4000.00 in Terry’s name! Way to go Sharks!!!

A reminder that picture day will be on Thursday, October 20th.

There are no classes for students on Friday, October 21st, as teachers and staff will attend professional development sessions on that day.

Here is a look into what will be taking place during our classes together these next few days….

French-During our writer’s workshop this week, students will continue to explore the want ad (adjectives and descriptions). We will work on some shared and paired writing, before beginning to create a want ad of our own. Our read aloud novel discussions and our oral language warm-up activities will also continue.

Science-There will be lots of fun in the lab this week, as we continue to explore physical changes, chemical reactions, and the law of conservation of matter through several experiments (Chapter 2). Students will write a mini-quiz on the differences between chemical and physical reactions on Thursday, October 20th (Day 1)

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 and begin preparing for our assessment on these concepts which will take place on Thursday, October 20th (Day 1)

Grade 9 English Science-This week we will finish up our look at bias and begin the final section of our current unit on pseudoscience.

Have an amazing week!

Mme MacNevin