Field hockey season...that's my excuse

Here's the rundown from this week:

Tuesday
Humanities 8
We had an Atlas race where students had to find random facts in their atlas. This helped me see who knows how to use an atlas efficiently, who can persist in difficult situations, and who my fierce competitors are! It was fun

FNS12
We reviewed different styles of houses that traditional Aboriginal people used in BC. We began chapter 3 vocabulary and notes (sort of).

Wednesday
Humanities 8
We reviewed our personal world maps, making sure we used the rules of cartography and followed the criteria. These should be done by now and handed in.

FNS12
I taught a new notemaking method called "Power Notes". It was a hit with some students and a disaster for others, but as long as everyone finds a notemaking method that works for them, that's all that counts. I just don't want you copying random sentences out of the textbook!

Thursday
Humanities 8
I got to see today what everyone knows about the map of Canada! We created a map using puzzle pieces of our great country. I heard some fantastic discussions and arguments between students, lots of learning and collaboration took place.

FNS12
I reviewed some material for the test we have today on chapter 2. We also continued with our notes on chapter 3.

Friday
Humanities 8
Today we are having our writers workshop! We are looking at our "Writing Territories", things, places, people, events that we like to write about. We are making a list of at least 20 things we could write about.

FNS12
Today is chapter 2 test...hope you studied. The rest of class time will be for going over chapter 3 stuff so there's no homework for the long weekend.

Happy Thanksgiving everyone!