Monday, October 17, 2011

Progress Reports went home October 7th. If you haven't seen one, please ask your child for it, sign it and send it back to school. Thanks!

Thursday, October 6, 2011

Have you seen the newsletter yet?

Humanities 8
Canada maps were due yesterday (Oct 5)
Latitude and Longitude activity was due today (Oct 6)
We had great fun playing Battleship today in class, using latitude and longitude skills!

Humanities 9
We are studying the 5 Themes of Geography right now, and it's going really well! Students worked on an assignment with the 5 Themes today, it's due Monday.

I sent a newsletter home with students on Monday, please make sure you see it and sign it!

Thursday, September 29, 2011

Humanities 9
Geographic Regions of Canada chart is due Monday, October 3rd...October? How did that happen?

Humanities 8
Comics are long overdue. World Maps are due Friday, September 30.

Monday, September 26, 2011

Toonies for Terry

Hey, bring a toonie for Terry on Tuesday! Let's beat last year's record of $5000.... Our goal this year is $6000!

Friday, September 23, 2011

Happy Weekend!

Humanities 8
Comics are due on Monday. We'll have a cartooning quiz on Monday as well. Please don't forget your writing handbook.

Humanities 9
There is no homework for the weekend! Overdue work includes:
- letter to/from your future self
- concept map, who do you think you are?
- memory map
- dinner story

Have a great weekend!

Monday, September 19, 2011

Happy Monday!

Humanities 8
Today we complete our rough drafts for our comics. Tomorrow we'll begin our good copies. I've seen some fantastic ideas so far and some great titles. It' going to be great to see these projects completed.

Humanities 9
We worked on our dinner stories today. The rough drafts were due today so that we could get some peer feedback on them. Tomorrow the good copies are due.

A great start to our week. I'm loving the positive energy of my classes!

Tuesday, September 13, 2011

Homework update

Humanities 8
Onomatopoeias were due today. Course outlines and discipline plans should have been signed days ago.

Humanities 9
Memory maps are due tomorrow. Course outlines and discipline plans should have been signed days ago.

So far it's been a great start. I'm very pleased with how great my classes are this year!