At a glance...

Week of February 2nd - 6th, 2015 

This week is French as a Second Language Week! The theme for this week is "How does French come alive in your school?" « Comment fais-tu vivre le français dans ton école? »

French Language Arts:
-first draft of the French short story is due Monday February 2nd-each student will meet with my this week to go through to corrections of their story-correct, revised and typed story is due Monday February 9th
**in addition to our regular Daily 3, we will be celebrating "French as a Second Language" week through various school-wide activities as well as classroom activities. Please encourage your child to read at least 15 minutes in French EVERY night.

English Language Arts:
-students should finish reading Ch. 5 in "I am David"
-we do a weekly writing assignment following the chapter that we all read together as a class
**We are all really enjoying this novel!

Science:

-we are starting a new unit this week, "The Earth's Crust"

-we will start on Thursday, by going through the outcomes and introducing the topics

Social Studies:

-we are wrapping up a mini-unit of geography with a quiz on Monday morning

Math:

-gr 8's: ratios and rates

-gr. 7's: percentages and decimals