Oct. 31

Coming up:

• Tuesday: CE test on Creation and Tales of Woe (see study guide: Study Guide: Creation and Tales of Woe)
• Due Tuesday: up to "penalties" on second page of China notes; up to question 13 in "Seeking Her Husband")
• Thursday: cross-grade paragraph - one paragraph on the topic: We learn the most from people closest to us.

Oct. 27

CE

• We chose one of the tales of woe and wrote a journal reflection on it then shared this with a neighbour.

SS

• map check
• note-taking on Ch 3 - guided Cornell notes (must have up to but not including Qin completed)

EN

• AR
• Zombies and Parts of Speech
• "Seeking Her Husband at the Great Wall" and questions
• must have questions 17, 1 and 2 compelte for next class.

Reminders:

• 8 AR points due by end of week
• have minimums complete in SS and EN for Wednesday (notes and questions)
• Wednesday and Friday are both early dismissals at 12:40.

Oct. 16, 2014

• Intro to China - worked on map
• Genesis - Creation 1&2, Fall of Man, Cain & Abel viewing and note-taking
• Presentations with self- and peer assessment

Homework:

• Read for AR - 8 points due by Hallowe'en
• Complete evidence of learning for grammar/coordinates re-testing if needed

Oct. 14

• STAR reading assessment
• Reading
• Returned English and SS tests, marking sheet for SS maps
• Students with less than 84% on English test are required to provide evidence of learning and take retest upon completion.
• Students with less than 5/6 on coordinates section of SS test are required to provide evidence of learning and complete a retest on coordinates.
• Project work

Next day: Presentations will take place in last block (in groups). I have folders in which you will place all your work (notes, script, Works Cited). Be prepared to self- and peer assess.

In B and C blocks, we'll look at adjectives/adverbs, Genesis, and SS textbook.

Oct. 9

• grammar test
• geography test
• reading
• adjectives and adverbs
• work on project

Presentations: Oct. 16

Oct. 7

• CE test
• worked on research project
• returned practice Geography tests
• reviewed nouns (common and proper), pronouns, and verbs
• reviewed identifying coordinates

Next day (Oct. 9):

• grammar test
• geography test
• reading (reading until others have finished their tests)
• a close look at Creation
• adjectives and adverbs
• last session in library

Oct. 1

CE

• testing each other 
• test coming up on Tuesday, Oct. 7 (see notes on side)

SS

• went over answers to comparing temperature maps and the equator
• played a fun latitude/longitude game

EN

• silent reading and AR records (zero for all but three students)
• went over the research project we are starting, did groupings, and chose our topics (see notes on side)

Homework:

• read for twenty minutes every day
• study for the CE test