Good Luck on your exams!

SOCIAL STUDIES
- reviewing

SCIENCE
- unit workbook due tomorrow

LA
- Film Conventions assessment due June 16th.

Exam review guides are available in the classroom.

Study hall permission forms are due Wednesday.

Yearbook forms due Friday.

SOCIAL STUDIES
- Critical Challenge "Rapid Change in the Meiji Period" posters due first thing tomorrow morning.

SCIENCE
- today we worked on the unit workbook

LA
- Final LA assessment, Film Conventions, will be due June 16th. An outline for the project is available on the wiki.

Exam review guides are available in the classroom.

SOCIAL STUDIES
- Critical Challenge "Rapid Change in the Meiji Period" posters due first thing in the morning on Thursday, June 10th.

SCIENCE
- projects are due NO LATER THAN JUNE 9th.

LA
- shot conventions television homework
- Dominant Impression assignments were returned today. Any 8C student who wants to improve their work needs to submit it again before 1st period tomorrow.

Students should begin studying for final exams if they have not already begun. Exam review guides have been available to students for more than a week.

SOCIAL STUDIES
- Critical Challenge "Rapid Change in the Meiji Period" reporter's log due Friday

SCIENCE
- projects are due NO LATER THAN JUNE 9th.

LA

SOCIAL STUDIES
- Chapter 16 review due Wednesday
- Critical Challenge "Rapid Change in the Meiji Period" reporter's log due Friday

SCIENCE
- projects are due NO LATER THAN JUNE 9th.

LA
- Final visual literacy assessment will be due June 3rd. If the planning sheet has not been finished, it should be completed before the next LA class.

-RSVPs for the Grade Eight Farewell should be returned tomorrow.
-WEM field trip forms should be returned by Friday.
-Progress reports were distributed yesterday. Please get them signed and returned by tomorrow.

SOCIAL STUDIES
- Chapter 14 and 15 reviews due Monday
- Beginning our last Critical Challenge, "Rapid Change in the Meiji Period" (due second week of June)

SCIENCE
- props should be finished.
- Tomorrow, we will have two periods for rehearsing and videotaping.
- projects are due NO LATER THAN JUNE 9th.

LA
- Final visual literacy assessment will be due June 3rd (no flexibility).

Last chance to hand in late assignments will be June 1st!

-RSVPs for the Grade Eight Farewell should be returned by Friday.
-WEM field trip forms should be returned by Friday.
-Progress reports were distributed today. Please get them signed and returned by Friday.

SOCIAL STUDIES
- working on Chapter 14 and 15 review
- will soon begin our last Critical Challenge, "Rapid Change in the Meiji Period"

SCIENCE
- scripts should be finished. Students should be creating props or any needed materials
- projects are due NO LATER THAN JUNE 9th.

LA
- looking at advertising strategies
- Final visual literacy assessment will be due June 1st.

Last chance to hand in late assignments will be June 1st!

RSVPs for the Grade Eight Farewell should be returned as soon as possible.

SOCIAL STUDIES
- working on "Opening of Japan" assignment

SCIENCE
- Students should be creating props or any needed materials
- projects are due NO LATER THAN JUNE 9th.

LA
- combining colour schemes, typography, principles of design, and word choice to create a dominant impression.
Assignment will be collected May 26th.

Last chance to hand in late assignments will be June 1st!

RSVPs for the Grade Eight Farewell should be returned as soon as possible.

SOCIAL STUDIES
- finish "Opening of Japan" graphic organizer

SCIENCE
- scripts should be finished. Students should be creating props or any needed materials
- projects are due NO LATER THAN JUNE 9th.

LA
- combining colour schemes, typography, principles of design, and word choice to create a dominant impression.

Last chance to hand in late assignments will be June 1st!

SOCIAL STUDIES

SCIENCE
- watched videos
- students should have scripts started

LA
- finish finding examples of colour schemes if it was not finished in class

SOCIAL STUDIES
- speeches were presented today

SCIENCE
- starting scripts

LA
- finish colour wheel

SOCIAL STUDIES
- role organizer should be completed

SCIENCE
- group questions should be completed

LA
- completed the written portion of their LA exam this morning
- Finish finding examples of the principles of design discussed in class this afternoon

SOCIAL STUDIES
- role organizer should be completed

SCIENCE
- group questions should be completed

LA
- written exam tomorrow.
Sleep well and eat breakfast!

SOCIAL STUDIES
- Working on "Looking Inward or Outward" critical challenge

SCIENCE
- Topics 1-4 vocab should be completed

LA
- Organizer to display the advantages and disadvantages of various visual media due tomorrow.

- GRADE 8 Class Picture is on Monday, May 10th.
- Juvenile Diabetes Bake Sale is on Monday, May 10th. Students who do not wish to purchase baked goods may purchase a paper running shoe for $2.00

SOCIAL STUDIES
- Working on "Looking Inward or Outward" critical challenge

SCIENCE
- Topics 1 and 2 vocab should be completed for Monday

LA
- Students are creating organizer to display the advantages and disadvantages of various visual media.

SOCIAL STUDIES
- Looking at Edo Japan
- Diagram of Edo society should be completed for tomorrow.
- Tomorrow, we will be beginning our first Critical Challenge for this unit.

SCIENCE
- Complete Unit Title Pages for tomorrow

LA
- Looking at Visual Literacy

SOCIAL STUDIES
Looking at Edo Japan

SCIENCE
- Unit Test Wednesday
- Some students still need to video tape their presentations.
Please do this so I do not have to organize a lunch date with your group...

LA
- I'm missing some reading logs...
- Completed essays due Wednesday (accompanied by a completed graphic organizer, peer editing comments, and a peer-marked rubric)

IMPORTANT
8C CLASS SCHEDULE WILL BE ALTERED TOMORROW TO FIT IN OUR SCI PRESENTATIONS
Period 1 - LA
Periods 4 and 5 - Sci
Periods 7 and 8 - Social (Interrupted by choir/speech arts performance)

SOCIAL STUDIES
Mapping assignment should be completed for Tuesday, April 20th.

SCIENCE
- We will videotape the Rube Goldberg machines on Wednesday, April 21st.
- Unit Test next week????

LA
- Reading Logs due Thursday

SOCIAL STUDIES
Mapping assignment should be completed for Tuesday, April 20th.

SCIENCE
- We will videotape the Rube Goldberg machines on Wednesday, April 21st.

LA
- Tripod response due tomorrow
- Reading Logs due Thursday

SOCIAL STUDIES
- Aztec Essential Questions collected today
- Japan: From Isolation to Adaptation is our next unit. Title pages due Monday, April 19th.
- First side (world map) of the mapping assignment should be completed for Monday, April 19th.
-CHECK THE SOCIAL STUDIES DISCUSSION WIKI FOR A CHANCE TO WIN A PRIZE!

SCIENCE
- Workbook will be marked on Monday, April 19th.
- Began Rube Goldberg activity. Please have materials ready on Monday. We will videotape the machines on Wednesday, April 21st.

LA
- Visual Presentations saved in common folder
- Graphic organizers printed and group assessments were completed and handed in.
- Presentations tomorrow

ENJOY YOUR WEEKEND!!!

SOCIAL STUDIES
- Aztec Unit test on Tues. April 13th
- Chaps 7 - 11 Review due April 13th
- Study Guide distributed today

SCIENCE
- Making Life Easier assignment due Monday, April 12th

LA
- Visual Presentation for 16-19 due on Wed. April 14th

SOCIAL STUDIES
- Decline of an Empire challenge is due Friday, April 9th.
-Aztec Unit test on Tues. April 13th

SCIENCE
- Making Life Easier assignment due Monday, April 12th

LA
- complete chaps 16-19 Reading Response Log
- Visual Presentation for 16-19 due on Wed. April 14th

SOCIAL STUDIES
- Decline of an Empire challenge is due Friday.

SCIENCE
- Making Life Easier assignment due Monday

LA
- complete chaps 14-15 Reading Response Log

SOCIAL STUDIES
- Decline of an Empire challenge is nearing completion.
- Graphic organizer should be fully completed.
- Students should have written two paragraphs describing most and least significant factors that affected the fall of the Aztec Empire.
- Pie charts will be due after the break.

SCIENCE
- finish writing up inclined plane lab

LA
- complete chaps 10-11 Venn Diagram
- complete chaps 12-13 Reading Response (Choose your own prompt)

SOCIAL STUDIES
- Preparing expert information for Decline of the Aztec Empire
SCIENCE
- finish inclined plane lab
LA
- complete chaps 4-5 Extended Response activity
- complete chaps 6-7 Purposeful Word Choice activity
- complete chaps 8-9 Theme assignment and Reading Log of your choice

IMPORTANT:
- Report cards were distributed. Please return signed envelopes as soon as possible.
- Parent/Teacher Meeting forms were sent home with students. Please have these forms returned as soon as possible. Meetings are scheduled in the order that these forms are received.
- School clothing order forms were also distributed. If interested, please see the information on the form.

SOCIAL STUDIES
- Looking at the reasons for the decline of the Aztec empire
SCIENCE
-Workbook Topic 2 due
- students designed labs to test the effect of the effort arm on the required effort load
LA
- complete chaps 4-5 Extended Response activity
- complete chaps 6-7 Purposeful Word Choice activity
- complete chaps 8-9 Theme assignment and Reading Log of your choice

IMPORTANT:
- Report cards were distributed today. Please return signed envelopes as soon as possible.
- Parent/Teacher Meeting forms were sent home with students. Please have these forms returned as soon as possible. Meetings are scheduled in the order that these forms are received.
- School clothing order forms were also distributed. If interested, please see the information on the form.
-March 19 - Return Grade 9 Course Planner (Green Sheet). Students who do not rturn forms will be responsible for delivering them to the highschool.

SOCIAL STUDIES
- Looking at the reasons for the decline of the Aztec empire
SCIENCE
-Workbook Topic 2 due
- students designed labs to test the effect of the effort arm on the required effort load
LA
- complete chaps 4-5 Extended Response activity (8A and 8C)
- complete chaps 6-7 Purposeful Word Choice activity (8A)

IMPORTANT:
- Parent/Teacher Meeting forms were sent home with students. Please have these forms returned as soon as possible. Meetings are scheduled in the order that these forms are received. - School clothing order forms were also distributed. If interested, please see the information on the form.
March 16 - High School Open House (7 - 8:30 p.m.)
March 19 - Return Grade 9 Course Planner (Green Sheet). Students who do not rturn forms will be responsible for delivering them to the highschool.

SOCIAL STUDIES
- Began historical letter writing and researching specific details.
- Letters due Monday.
SCIENCE
-Workbook Topic 2 due
LA
-Finish 1st reading log if you did not finish in class

IMPORTANT:
- Parent/Teacher Meeting forms were sent home with students. Please have these forms returned as soon as possible. Meetings are scheduled in the order that these forms are received.
- School clothing order forms were also distributed. If interested, please see the information on the form.
March 16 - High School Open House (7 - 8:30 p.m.)
March 19 - Return Grade 9 Course Planner (Green Sheet)

SOCIAL STUDIES
- Began historical letter writing and researching specific details.
- Letters due Monday.
SCIENCE
-Workbook Topic 2 due Friday
LA
-Beginning to read The Giver. Students should each have a duotang and loose leaf for reading logs

IMPORTANT:
- Parent/Teacher Meeting forms were sent home with students. Please have these forms returned as soon as possible. Meetings are scheduled in the order that these forms are received.
- School clothing order forms were also distributed. If interested, please see the information on the form.
March 16 - High School Open House (7 - 8:30 p.m.)
March 19 - Return Grade 9 Course Planner (Green Sheet)

SOCIAL STUDIES
- Began historical letter writing and researching specific details.
- Letters due Monday.
SCIENCE
-Workbook Topic 1 due Thursday
LA
-Beginning to read The Giver. Students should each have a duotang and loose leaf for reading logs

IMPORTANT:
- Parent/Teacher Meeting forms were sent home with students today. Please have these forms returned as soon as possible. Meetings are scheduled in the order that these forms are received.
- School clothing order forms were also distributed today. If interested, please see the information on the form.

SOCIAL STUDIES
- Began historical letter writing and researching specific details.
SCIENCE
-Workbook Topic 1 due Thursday
LA
- Finished The Giver vocabulary

SOCIAL STUDIES
-Began "Preparing for the Voyage" graphic organizer
-Should have first three columns completed for tomorrow, as well as a written explanation for the order of the motivations in the first column.
- Began letter writing and researching specific details.
SCIENCE
-Vocab poster due Monday
LA
- Finished The Giver vocabulary

ALL TERM 2 ASSIGNMENTS MUST BE SUBMITTED BY MARCH 4TH TO BE INCLUDED ON REPORT CARD.
SOCIAL STUDIES
-Began "Preparing for the Voyage" graphic organizer
-Should have first three columns completed for tomorrow, as well as a written explanation for the order of the motivations in the first column.
- Began letter writing and researching specific details.
SCIENCE
-Vocab dueThursday
LA
- Students have until Thursday to make any changes to their Short Story Unit tests
- Nonconformity posters due tomorrow
- Began The Giver vocabulary

ALL TERM 2 ASSIGNMENTS MUST BE SUBMITTED BY MARCH 4TH TO BE INCLUDED ON REPORT CARD.
SOCIAL STUDIES
-Began "Preparing for the Voyage" graphic organizer
-Should have first two columns completed for tomorrow, as well as a written explanation for the order of the motivations in the first column.
SCIENCE
Unit 4 Title Page due Wednesday
vocab will be dueThursday
LA
Lottery Letter due Tuesday (with rubric)
Students have until Thursday to make any changes to their Short Story Unit tests

ALL TERM 2 ASSIGNMENTS MUST BE SUBMITTED BY MARCH 4TH TO BE INCLUDED ON REPORT CARD.
SOCIAL STUDIES
-Take a look at "Preparing for the Voyage" on the wiki.
-We will be working on this next week.
SCIENCE
Unit 4 Title Page due Wednesday
vocab will be dueThursday
LA
Lottery Letter due Tuesday (with rubric)

ALL TERM 2 ASSIGNMENTS MUST BE SUBMITTED BY MARCH 4TH TO BE INCLUDED ON REPORT CARD.

SOCIAL STUDIES
-Take a look at "Preparing for the Voyage" on the wiki.
-We will begin this activity tomorrow.
SCIENCE
Due tomorrow:
Vision worksheet
Web activity
Essential Questions
LA
Lottery Letter due Tuesday
Tomorrow will be the last class period for this assignment

TOMORROW IS OUR ACTIVITY DAY! WE WILL BE OUTSIDE FOR ABOUT AN HOUR. PLEASE DRESS APPROPRIATELY!

SOCIAL STUDIES
- working on Aztec Worldview Project(due Feb. 19)

SCIENCE

LA
- looked at topic, main idea, and theme

Ski forms due Feb. 17

SOCIAL STUDIES
- working on Aztec Worldview Project(due Feb. 19)
- students should be working toward completing their Information Gathering Organizer
- set up accounts for Google Docs. Students can work on the same document as their group and access it from home.

SCIENCE
- Lab duotang will be collected soon. Make sure you are caught up!
- Workbooks will be corrected soon! (Thursday, February 11th)
- Unit 3 test coming up (Wednesday, Feb. 17)
LA
- Non-conformist assignment (due February 18th)
- talked about plagiarism and bibliographies today.

Ski forms due Feb. 17

SOCIAL STUDIES
- working on Aztec Worldview Project(due Feb. 19)
- students should be working toward completing their Information Gathering Organizer
- set up accounts for Google Docs. Students can work on the same document as their group and access it from home.

SCIENCE
- Lab duotang will be collected soon. Make sure you are caught up!
- Workbooks will be corrected soon! (Thursday, February 12th)
- Unit 3 test coming up (Wednesday, Feb. 17)
LA
- Non-conformist assignment (due February 18th)

SOCIAL STUDIES
- Aztec Worldview Project

SCIENCE
- Lab duotang will be collected soon. Make sure you are caught up!
- Unit 3 test coming up. (Thursday?)

LA
- Non-conformist assignment due February 18th

Ski forms due Feb 17

8C and 8A Progress Reports were handed out last week. Please get them returned as soon as possible!

SOCIAL STUDIES
- Aztec Worldview Project
SCIENCE
- Workbook Topic 4 due Tuesday
- Lab duotang will be collected soon. Make sure you are caught up!
- Unit 3 test coming up. (Thursday)
LA
- grammar pages 8 and 29 will be corrected tomorrow.
- Good copies of stories due on February 8th.
- Short Story quiz coming up VERY soon! (Monday)
EXTRA
- Check out prezi.com! See if there are any ways you can imagine using it for a future presentation!
- Collecting Toonies for Haiti tomorrow! :)
Ski forms due Feb 17 (ABSOLUTELY NO LATER)

8C and 8A Progress Reports were handed out last week. Please get them returned as soon as possible!

SOCIAL STUDIES
- Aztec Worldview Project
SCIENCE
- Looking at refraction and how lenses work
- Workbook Topic 3 due tomorrow
- Lab duotang will be collected soon. Make sure you are caught up!
- Unit test coming up. (Tuesday-ish)
LA
- grammar pages 8 and 29 will be corrected tomorrow.
- Figures of Speech worksheets due tomorrow.
- Edited stories for figurative language.
- Good copies due on February 8th.
- Short Story quiz coming up VERY soon! (Monday - ish)
EXTRA
- Check out prezi.com! See if there are any ways you can imagine using it for a future presentation!
- Collecting Toonies for Haiti tomorrow! :)

8C and 8A Progress Reports have been handed out. Please have them returned, signed, on Monday.

SOCIAL STUDIES
- began looking at Aztec websites
SCIENCE
- Looking at Refraction
LA
- grammar pages 8 and 29 should be completed for Monday.
- edited stories. Good copies due on February 8th.
- I printed the brochures that were saved in the common folder. There are some GREAT looking brochures!

8C PROGRESS REPORTS WERE DISTRIBUTED TODAY.

SOCIAL STUDIES
- beginning Aztec Worldview Critical Challenge tomorrow

SCIENCE
- Reflection lab should be written up if it was not finished in class
LA
- Equality Brochures due tomorrow.

SOCIAL STUDIES
- worked on mapping assignment in class. Due tomorrow.
SCIENCE
- Reflection worksheet was collected today
- Reflection lab should be written up if it was not finished in class
LA
- working on Equality brochures. Due Thursday.
- students who did not have graphic organizers completed should make sure they are completed before tomorrow

SOCIAL STUDIES
- working on mapping assignment in class
- Renaissance tests returned to students

SCIENCE
- Unit 2 Test returned
- microscope quiz returned
- lab write-up due Friday

LA
- discussed whether or not everyone should be equal in every way
- we read Harrison Bergeron

SOCIAL STUDIES
- Unit Title Page due tomorrow
- Essential questions due tomorrow
SCIENCE
- please print question posters before Thursday
- workbook topics 1 and 2 should be completed for Thursday
- completed activity for Topic 1. Lab write-up will be due Friday
LA
- edited our stories for tone (characters, setting, word choice)
8A
- discussed the idea that everyone should be equal in every way
- Read Harrison Bergeron

SOCIAL STUDIES
- Reviewed Essential Questions today
- Students worked on a study guide
- Unit test tomorrow

SCIENCE
- please print question posters before Thursday
- workbook topics 1 and 2 should be completed for Thursday
- completed activity for Topic 1. Lab write-up will be due Friday.

LA
- Dictionary Debacle due tomorrow.

SOCIAL STUDIES
- Reviewed Essential Questions today
- Unit test on Tuesday

SCIENCE
- Unit 3 Topics 1 - 3 Vocabulary was due today

LA
- If you did not finish your paragraph response, make sure it is finished for tomorrow.

On Friday, January 15th, our school is hoping to have each grade level wear a colour from the Olympic rings so that we may have a uniform show of support from our students as the relay goes past our school. The grade eights are being asked to wear as much blue as they can on this day.

SOCIAL STUDIES
- Witness to Yesterday assignment Due Thursday, Jan. 14

SCIENCE
- finish Unit 3 Topics 1 - 3 Vocabulary for Jan. 14th

LA
- Ending for All Summer in a Day using a consistent point of view and tense was due today.
- Today we read Ray Bradbury's, The Veldt

On January 15th, our school is hoping to have each grade level wear a colour from the Olympic rings so that we may have a uniform show of support from our students as the relay goes past our school. The grade eights are being asked to wear as much blue as they can on this day.

HOT LUNCH FORMS - Due on January 12th. Please try to return them earlier.

SOCIAL STUDIES
- working on Witness to Yesterday assignment. 4 periods remaining. Due Wed. Jan. 13


SCIENCE
- finish creating science title pages (due Monday)
(white paper, fully coloured, 5 images, must have unit title, and 7 topic-related words)

LA
- Punctuation / Quotation Mark Paragraph was due today.
- Writing a new ending for "All Summer in a Day" using a consistent point of view and tense. Due Tuesday.

On January 15th, our school is hoping to have each grade level wear a colour from the Olympic rings so that we may have a uniform show of support from our students as the relay goes past our school. The grade eights are being asked to wear as much blue as they can on this day.

HOT LUNCH FORMS - Due on January 12th. Please try to return them earlier.

SOCIAL STUDIES
- page 5 of handout due
- started working on Witness to Yesterday assignment. 4 periods remianing. Due Wed. Jan. 13


SCIENCE

LA
- Punctuation / Quotation Mark Paragraph due Friday
- Writing a new ending for "All Summer in a Day" using a consistent point of view and tense.