Monday, March 28th

Grade 7FLA: Today we did a book exchange and students are reminded that each day they should read for a minimum of 20-30 minutes. It can be any genre from graphic novels, magazines, novels, online articles, Science, Social Studies etc. The goal is to build fluency and to learn new things. *Wacky Webtales is a free, fun online story maker website. Students and parents could work together to build their own Wacky Webtale too. :O) Tomorrow non-fiction accounts are due, class time was given today to complete this work. A few need to take their work home to edit. Grade 7 French: Just finished Le grand voyage slide show presentations. Now we are writing in the present tense. www.françaisfacile.com is a free French website if students want a challenge. Grade 8 French: Sharing our French comics written in the present tense, but we will be also be writing in the past and future tense this term.

Thursday, March 17th!

Grade 8 French comics due Friday!
Grade 7 French presentations continue on Friday.
Grade 7 LA projects due on Tuesday, March 29th.

Wednesday, March 16th

Grade 7 LA unit on Non-Fiction completed today. Your due date is Tuesday, March 29th for your good copies. Good luck, do your best and pay attention to paragraphing please.
Grade 7 French presentations begin Friday, March 18th.
Grade 8 French Grammar review begins today.

Monday, March 14th, 2011

Grade Seven French Slide Shows/ projects on Le grand voyage due on Friday, March 18th!!! :)
Grade 8 French presentations will be completed Tuesday as I did not have you today, Day 4.
Grade 7 LA We completed a critcal literacy reading response this morning, followed by a think/pair/share. We examined the non-fiction text pattern today.
Please read for 20 -30 minutes each day, any subject that interests you. Can you find an interesting true interesting stories for our class?
Thank you,
Mrs. Thain

Wednesday, March 9th

Grade 7 LA: Share some of your new vocabulary with your family! Perhaps you can help them grow some new dendrites!!!
Grade 8 French presentations begin Friday!
Grade 7 French: Choose your continent, country, advice before the trip, transportation, cultural detail, and activities!!!!

Tuesday, March 8th

Grade 8 French presentations begin Friday, March 11th.
Grade 7 LA Read for at least 20 to 30 minutes. Can you find any interesting vocabulary words? Go ahead...baffle us with your brilliance! ;O)
Grade 7 French: Think about the countries you want to visit on our travel expedition. Bring in any interesting facts you can find on the internet, in magazines etc.
Thanks/ merci!
Madame Thain

Friday, March 4th

Grade 8 French presentations and projects due on Friday, March 11th

Thursday, March 3rd

Grade Seven LA: Excellent poetry entries thus far! If you were ill and missed this assignment, please see me for further instruction.
Completed reading two entries from Literacy Seven. There is also an enrichment activity, students are invited to enter a short story in a national writing contest. No more than 360 words and due by March 15th. Fiction and Non Fiction welcome.
Grade 8 French projects: Le scénario see page 23 of the workbook for more details. I look forward to seeing and hearing your creations.
Grade 7 French: Le grand voyage: talk with your family, ask them what places they would like to visit one day. Perhaps you could add their great ideas into your project too. :O)
Have a great night!
Mrs. Thain

March 1st, 2011

Grade Seven Language Arts: Finishing the "Dragon's Lament" poetry assignment. Presentations begin on Thursday!!!!!! Thanks! :)
Grade 7 French: Le grand voyage continued
Grade 8 French Phénomènes canadien continued.