Dear Parents,
I hope you aren’t getting stuck driving on the wonderful
streets of Regina! I know I say this in
every email but I can’t believe how fast the this year is flying!
Upcoming Events:
Just a reminder that the grade eights have their farewell
pictures tomorrow. There is no need to
dress up, as they will be wearing a gown provided by the photographers. They just need to ensure they have no food on
their face and that their hair is just the way they like it. The pictures will be in the morning and will
be done by lunch time.
The grade eights will be going to the Do It With Class
presentation of The Wiz next Thursday, March 15th. There is no cost to this performance as our
class was sponsored with free tickets.
This is a great opportunity for the grade eights to attend and fits in
with our Arts Ed curriculum: CR8.1
Respond to a professional dance, drama, music and visual art work through the
creation of own arts expressions.
Students will need to bring a lunch for this day as we will be eating
around 11:15 am at school and boarding the bus at 11:45 am to attend the
performance. We will be back at school
around 3:00 pm. Mrs. Lutz will be
joining us for this play and I have one more ticket if a parent would like to
attend. First person who responds will
get to join us!
On Friday, March 16th we will be going downhill
skiing. Although we thought there might
not be enough snow on the hill, this dump of snow will help! If you child was originally unable to go last
time but is able to attend now, we can make sure that they get another form to
fill out.
Curriculum Update:
ELA
We are right into our No Limits Digital Book Club unit with
the other schools. The students have
completed their first week assignment and received a mark for this
assignment. The students have had two
live chats with their book clubs and they have proven to be successful. I have heard many positive comments from the
students on how they are enjoying blogging about the novels they are reading. The blogging really focuses on student writing
and representing the main ideas from the novel.
The live chats focus on current events and making connections back to their
novels.
Math
We are in the middle of learning about multiplying and
dividing fractions. We will be finishing
this unit up next week. Students will be
writing their test either Wednesday March 14th or Thursday March 15th.
Students will have the opportunity to
practice with IXL at school but also are welcome to practice at home too.
Science
We are learning about viscosity, density, mass and
volume. Students are learning how to
find the density of an object, how to measure volume and how to measure mass.
Progress Reports
Progress reports will be going home on Tuesday March 20th. We will be having round two of student/parent/teacher
conferences on March 21st and 22nd from 4:00 – 7:30 pm. Conference Manager is now open for you to
book in for your conference. It is my
hope that students have been staying on top of handing in their
assignments. I will have a good idea of
what I am missing from students after next Monday and will be reminding them
all next to week to get things in. If
students have an excessive amount of late assignments, I will make sure to call
you and let you know as well.
Grade Eight Farewell
I would like to start gathering a baby picture and
kindergarten picture of your child for the PowerPoint for the Farewell
Celebration. If you could email that to
me that would be great. If you have hard
copies that you would like me to scan, just send them in and I will make sure
to scan them and return them.
Jodi Carignan-Olson will be sending out an email this week about
the Farewell Party. If you have not
given her your email yet, unfortunately you won’t be receiving those updates so
please make sure to give her your email address to stay in the loop.
I think that sums up what I needed to say. WOW, this is one of my shorter emails:)
Take care and safe travels on the roads.
