Tuesday, October 9, 2012

I must apologize for the delay from the last post a week ago.  I have been busy preparing the drafts of the IEPs (Individual Education Plans).  They will be going home next week.

A few important points:

1. Picture Money is due tomorrow

2. Money for the snack program is still be accepted.

3.  There are only a few students using the agendas on a regular basis to keep track of their work!  I strongly encourage you to ask your son or daughter to use it.  Check it on a regular basis to make sure they are writing down assignments.  There are a number of students who have NOT been completing homework on a regular basis.

4.  Coming Soon:  A curriculum information sheet will be coming home with details about the work happening in Room 52.  This will be sent home in the absence of Curriculum Night at AMG.

5.  The Spelling is due tomorrow along with the final dictation.  This was assigned last Thursday.  The assignment was reviewed, question by question, in class.

I am pleased to see that all of the students in Room 52 have made an attempt at some Grade 8 Math.  It concerns taking large numbers and putting them in a form of Expanded Form that is known as Exponential Form.  This is taken from one of the specific expectations from the Number Sense strand in Math.  Here is a sample question:

Each student has to show a teacher that they could correctly do one of these type of questions.

A study sheet has been assigned (due on Thursday) for a Math test.  The page numbers for the type of questions being evaluated was put on the homework board and should have been copied into the agenda.

The Drama performances happened last Friday.  We spent some time reviewing what would make a successful performance -- SUCCESS CRITERIA -- and had a dress rehearsal.  The marks for the performers will be returned by Thursday, for the latest.  Here are the photos of the different groups who performed.