November 14 - 16

ELA 7: We finished working on our character sketches and they are due Friday.  I'm excited to start our new unit "Mystery, Uncanny Incidents, and Unusual Occurrences".  The students read "Seven Not So Well-Known Wonders of the World" independently and began a chart to record key points from each wonder.  The chart is due tomorrow.  Tomorrow we will do some research on the seven ancient wonders, modern wonders, and Canadian wonders.
CE 7: We are finishing up our "Love Is..." booklet using the family and friends pictures the girls brought.  I am looking forward to starting our Advent projects.
Foods 8: The worksheets are due.  We will correct in class and have a short quiz next week on safety, sanitation, and storage.
Science 8: We finished testing our heart rate yesterday and had a lot of fun doing jumping jacks and running the stairs.  The conclusions are due Friday.  Due to some serious internet problems, our jigsaw learning on cells and tissues has been pushed back.  We will use Fridays class to work on our cell and tissue projects.
CE 9: We have started our 10 minute student led meditation.  These will continue into the middle of next week.  I am impressed with the level of reverence and respect the students are showing.  Keep it up grade 9s.

 

We finished up "Birthday Week" at my house with my birthday yesterday.  I have a brother, two brother-in-laws, a sister, and soon to be sister-in-law all born at the start of November.  I'm coming down from my two week sugar high and it is not pretty.