Welcome to my awesome new Social Studies 11 class! So far it's been great getting to know you all. It's looking like it's going to be a great semester.
Humanities 8
We are in the middle of some fabulous Religions presentations! The rest will be going on "stage" Feb 8-10.
X Block is now here on most Wednesdays! X-Block is a fantastic chance for students to get caught up on their work from 2:10-3:10 on most Wednesdays. The PASS program is now running on Wednesdays from 2:10-4:30.
Thursday, February 3, 2011
Friday, January 14, 2011
Parsons' availability for extra help
Here's a schedule of when I'm available to help students (in room 401) who have fallen behind, or who have I forms, or who just want to earn a better grade in Humanities 8 or First Nations 12.
Monday, January 17 at lunch
Wednesday, January 19 at lunch
Monday, January 24 at lunch
Tuesday, January 25 all day
Wednesday, January 26 at lunch
Thursday, January 27, 9am-12pm
I forms went home January 10 for my First Nations class and January 13th for my Humanities 8 classes. Please check with your child to see if they have an I form, sign it and return it to me asap.
Monday, January 17 at lunch
Wednesday, January 19 at lunch
Monday, January 24 at lunch
Tuesday, January 25 all day
Wednesday, January 26 at lunch
Thursday, January 27, 9am-12pm
I forms went home January 10 for my First Nations class and January 13th for my Humanities 8 classes. Please check with your child to see if they have an I form, sign it and return it to me asap.
Due Dates and stuff
Humanities 8
Here's some solid due dates that we've come up with this week...we've had to be flexible due to the snow day.
January 24, Religions test and notes are due...notes can be used for the test....these must be NOTES not paragraphs/sentences, this is a NOTE-MAKING assignment.
First week of February: Religions teaching presentations
Here's some solid due dates that we've come up with this week...we've had to be flexible due to the snow day.
January 24, Religions test and notes are due...notes can be used for the test....these must be NOTES not paragraphs/sentences, this is a NOTE-MAKING assignment.
First week of February: Religions teaching presentations
Monday, January 10, 2011
The Great Canadian Geography Challenge
Calling all grade 8s! The Great Canadian Geography Challenge is here. Meetings and practices take place in room 402 at lunch on Tuesdays, just show up and Mr Walker will help you with your geography skills.
You can get a chance to go to the Provincials and the Nationals! There's lots of fun prizes and even cash prizes.
Go for it!
You can get a chance to go to the Provincials and the Nationals! There's lots of fun prizes and even cash prizes.
Go for it!
Saturday, January 8, 2011
Welcome back!
Happy New Year everyone. I hope you all had a great holiday relaxing, having fun and eating good food.
The report card due date is coming up at the end of January, so I am busy marking and writing report cards at night and on weekends this month.
Here's where we're at in class:
Humanities 8
We have chosen our world beliefs to study and everyone seems to be very excited and engaged. By this Monday, all students should have 4 topics done on their note-making package. All students have their checklist in their binder. Please refer to this list for instructions.
We will finish our research this week, a due date for the note-making package will be set on Monday. Students will then have a test on the world belief they studied. After that, students will be working together in small groups to create a teaching presentation for the rest of the class. Students will be presenting their lesson during exam week at the end of January.
FNS12
Our provincial exam is RAPIDLY approaching! We are finishing chapter 6, our test will be Tuesday, then on to chapter 7. I will be available for study help at lunch January 11, 14, 21 and all day on the 25th. The Provincial exam is January 27 at 9am, you must be on time!
The report card due date is coming up at the end of January, so I am busy marking and writing report cards at night and on weekends this month.
Here's where we're at in class:
Humanities 8
We have chosen our world beliefs to study and everyone seems to be very excited and engaged. By this Monday, all students should have 4 topics done on their note-making package. All students have their checklist in their binder. Please refer to this list for instructions.
We will finish our research this week, a due date for the note-making package will be set on Monday. Students will then have a test on the world belief they studied. After that, students will be working together in small groups to create a teaching presentation for the rest of the class. Students will be presenting their lesson during exam week at the end of January.
FNS12
Our provincial exam is RAPIDLY approaching! We are finishing chapter 6, our test will be Tuesday, then on to chapter 7. I will be available for study help at lunch January 11, 14, 21 and all day on the 25th. The Provincial exam is January 27 at 9am, you must be on time!
Wednesday, December 22, 2010
Monday, December 6, 2010
Humanities 8
This has been a challenging term so far. I had hoped that students would have spent a good time researching and making notes during the 2 weeks we worked in the library. Unfortunately, many students did not use their time wisely and did not hand in their notes or handed them in incomplete.
So, I've had to move to plan B. Students who did work hard and researched and made notes continued on with their Heritage Fair Projects, which are now on display in the multi-purpose room during the Anne Frank play. These students will be considered to represent our school at the District Heritage Fair.
Students who did not do their notes or had very little done were assigned an alternate assignment on the Silk Road. I retaught notemaking, using the Magnet Note strategy and we went through the assignment step-by-step. It seems that most students now understand the Magnet note strategy, so hopefully we can move on to a different technique in the World Beliefs unit.
FNS12
We are finishing chapter 4, we've finally arrived at the History portion of the course, which will take us to the end and our Provincial Exam. Today we are looking at the devastation by disease, a theme which we will revisit as we go through the history of Aboriginal people in BC.
This has been a challenging term so far. I had hoped that students would have spent a good time researching and making notes during the 2 weeks we worked in the library. Unfortunately, many students did not use their time wisely and did not hand in their notes or handed them in incomplete.
So, I've had to move to plan B. Students who did work hard and researched and made notes continued on with their Heritage Fair Projects, which are now on display in the multi-purpose room during the Anne Frank play. These students will be considered to represent our school at the District Heritage Fair.
Students who did not do their notes or had very little done were assigned an alternate assignment on the Silk Road. I retaught notemaking, using the Magnet Note strategy and we went through the assignment step-by-step. It seems that most students now understand the Magnet note strategy, so hopefully we can move on to a different technique in the World Beliefs unit.
FNS12
We are finishing chapter 4, we've finally arrived at the History portion of the course, which will take us to the end and our Provincial Exam. Today we are looking at the devastation by disease, a theme which we will revisit as we go through the history of Aboriginal people in BC.
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