New Science Unit!!

We are very excited to be starting a new science unit that will include a whole bunch of fun chemistry experiments!

Today we started with Safety and WHMIS.
























Please take some time to play this game with your child.

http://provincialcouncils.ca/whmisgame/game.html

Upcoming happenings and events

Week of February 23th-26th

Early dismissal - Monday, February 23rd

Day of PINK! - Wednesday, February 24th

Grade 8 Grad Pictures - Friday,  February 26th

We Day in Saskatoon (select students) - Wednesday, March 2nd

Report Cards - Monday, March 14th

Celebration of Learning - Tuesday, March 15th & Wednesday, March 16th

I'm baaaaack!

Well I am glad to say that I am back on the blog and that I will be trying really hard to update the blog more often with happenings and events in our classroom and around the school.

Please have a look at the homework page for weekly updates on projects, assignments or tests.

Thank you for your continued support and have a WONDERFUL and RESTFUL break.

Mme Rogers

WEEKLY ANNOUNCEMENTS

BOOK FAIR this week!

Monday, November 16 Day 1

New Math Unit

Tuesday, November 17 Day 2Skating 10:30-11:40am

Student Led Conferences – 5-8pm
Book Fair – 9am – 7pm

Wednesday, November 18 Day 3Student Led Conferences – 5-7:30pm
Book Fair 9am – 7pm

Skating 2:00-3:30 pm

ELA - Narratives are DUE!!

Thursday, November 19 Day 4Book Fair – 9am – noon

Friday, November 20 Day 5
NO SCHOOL

At a Glance Week of October 26th - 30th, 2015

This week in our classroom, we will be learning about the following:

French : Présentations (French Speaking Assessment) & Faire des liens (Reading Strategy #2)

-We are currently working on presenting “Projet Passion”

-Some students chose to present their research and findings to the class and other chose to video their presentations and submit them that way.

-We will be wrapping up presentations this week
-Dictée (French Spelling): Oct. 29th. Please see DICTÉE page for words

English: Greek Narratives and Jean Val Jean - Reading/Writing/Representing

-We have just started reading the classic as told by Soloman Cleaver "Jean Val Jean"
-We will be continuing on with identifying the elements of a narrative via Greek Mythology

Math: Integers

-Grade 7: Starting to represent, add and subtract INTEGERS 

-Grade 8: Reviewing how to represent, add and subtract INTEGERS as well as starting to learn how to multiply and divide INTEGERS

Science: Reviewing CELLS (organelles and functions)

-QUIZ: Nov. 10th
-Moving on to BODY SYSTEMS

Social Studies: Our new government

-We will be exploring canadian government
-Outcome: PA 7.2 Investigate the structures and processes of democratic government in Canada.

Health: Identity and Mind-UP!
-We have completed our Identity unit with the creation of a Bio-Poem.
-Students will present their poems in an artistic fashion
-They will posted in the classroom for your viewing at Student-Led Conference time

-We will be moving on to learning about the brain, how it works and decision-making

Thank you for your continued support. Should you have any questions, comments or concerns, please do not hesitate to email or call me.

Kindest Regards, 

What's happening this week??

We have a busy week ahead of us! I will be away Monday afternoon, learning about Assessing Reading at a workshop here in Moose Jaw. There will be a guest teacher in the classroom for that time, however my students will be in PAA all afternoon. They will only be checking in with the Guest Teacher for attendance after lunch on Monday.

RETAKES!!! On Tuesday, October 27th, our class will be retaking our class photo as I was ill on Picture Day in September.

Subway lunch is on Thursday, October 29th!

Halloween Dance: 6:30-8:00 pm

Halloween Festivities: Potluck (please email with what your child will be bringing), Halloween Scavenger Hunt, BYOD (bring your own devices), Spooky Movie and glow sticks! 

Throughout the course of the year, we have various school spirit days. Our first one will be a dress up day on Friday October 30. It will be for the entire day. We ask that no masks be worn and that any gory subject matter be avoided. We would also ask that no replica weapons be brought to school. Thank you for your participation in our first spirit day!

Building a Cell

Dear Parents and Guardians,

We are currently are finishing up a unit on Cells, chapter 1 in the Omniscience textbook.  We have studied all about microscopes, the differences between living and nonliving organisms as well as  the various organelles and parts of plant and animal cells and how each has a particular function.  Students have been assigned a project called, Building a Cell.  Students will create a three-dimensional model of a plant or animal cell.  We created a project rubric as a whole class. Students have the rubric in their science binders.   

Many creative ideas are available to students and some were discussed in class.  Students are encouraged to use recyclable materials and other inexpensive objects that represent by shape, size and color the various organelles that are found in the cell.  Shoe boxes work great as well as plastic containers.  In the past some cells were made out of cake or Jell-O and decorated with various types of candies each chosen carefully to represent the parts of a cell and some were made out of pizza.  Other cells have been made out of foam or Styrofoam.

This Cell project is due Thursday, November 5th.  On this day students will present and share their projects.  The classroom will be a virtual cell museum.  I call this day “Cell-a-Bration”.  We celebrate remarkable and amazing cells.  Students are allowed to eat the edible cells if they wish.  This is a really fun visual and kinesthetic activity that engages student learning of the cell as well as helping to reinforce concepts.

In addition to the Building A Cell Project, students will be writing a unit quiz on November 10^th, 2015.

 

Thank you for your continued support.

Regards,

Mme Tiffany L. Rogers

Here are a few examples of cell models:

At a Glance Week of Sept 21-25/15

Good morning! After a restful weekend, I am still not 100%, however I am on the mend. I was away ill on Friday and missed Picture Day, which I was very sad about. Photo retakes day is scheduled for October 27^th. Please remind your child that we will be retaking an class photo that day.

This week in our classroom, we will be learning about the following:

French : What is Informational Text? - Definition, Characteristics & Examples

-We are currently working on a project called “Projet Passion”

-Students chose a topic to write about and present, any topic that interests them

-Due date is Oct 14^th, after Thanksgiving long weekend

English: Living On One $ - Viewing/Representing/Writing

-Documentary about living on one dollar/day

-Students are learning to write an opinion text

Math: Patterning and Square Roots + Pythagorean Theorem

-Grade 7’s have learned about the rules of divisibility

-We will be moving on to algebraic equations

-Grade 8’s have learned square roots of numbers and perfect square numbers

-We will be moving on to determining the length of line segments

Science: Parts and Functions of the microscope

-We have learned the parts of a microscope along with their functions

-We will review what those parts and functions are this week

-We will have a quiz on Friday, September 25^th

Social Studies: Remembering 9/11

-Inquiry research project

-Students created 5-7 research questions and have been doing research on 9/11

-They are currently creating presentations to show their findings and answer their questions

Health: Who I am? Identity

-We have discovered who we are as learners

-We will move on to defining identity and talk about what shapes our identity

Thank you for your continued support. Should you have any questions, comments or concerns, please do not hesitate to email or call me.

Kindest Regards, 

Two Weeks for Terry Fox 35th Anniversary

Palliser Heights will again be participating in a school run/walk in support of the Terry Fox Foundation. The run/walk will take place on the afternoon of Monday, September 21st. We will begin with a brief assembly at 12:50 pm to discuss the significance of the event and will follow this with outdoor activities. All classes from K-8 will be participating by running/walking around the school yard or heading down the paths of Spring Creek Participark. It is early dismissal day, our walk/run will be finished at 2:20pm.

Please see the letter sent home with your child (youngest only) for details about donations.

**N.B. In case of rain or bad weather, the event will take place on Tuesday, September 22nd.

Cell Phones

Just a reminder that, turning off cell phones and placing them in the lockers is part of our Entry and Exit Routines at Palliser Heights School. There are moments in our school day that I will give the students access to their devices to use for listening to music. They are not to be using their cell phones at any semi-unsupervised or unsupervised times of the school day.

Thank you for your continued support.

Mme Rogers