Please don't forget to sign and return your child's Science Centre Field Trip permission slip as well as money for concession.

Deadline: MAY 1, 2015

Reminder!

Monday, April 27th, 2015 

Students are dismissed at 2:25pm, final bell at 2:30pm

At a glance...

Week of April 27th-May 1st

French Language Arts:

-We are going to be wrapping up our FLA unit about Poverty
-We covered learning outcomes such as: Viewing, Listening, Responding
-We also worked on the ability to express one's own opinion in french
-Next week, we will be moving on to some past tense verbs as well as some poetry in the form of tongue-twisters, acrostic poems and acronyms
-We will post some of our work on the blog for you to enjoy

English Language Arts:

-We will be continuing to work on learning activities form our ELA/Sc. Studies unit entitled “The Rights of a Child”. This is a cross-curricular unit, integrating English Language Arts and Social Studies.
-This week our focus will be on the main component of culture as well as what it means to lose one's cultural identity
**We will also be integrating some Treaty Education with this set of lessons.**

Science:

-We are continuing to study, "The Earth's Crust": Rocks and Minerals
-Working on the completion of one of their final projects
-We will start to explore our final project 

Math:

-gr 8's: Prisms & Cylinders

-gr. 7's: Circles & Area

**We will be moving on to Linear Equations next week**

Reminder!

Monday, April 13th, 2015 

Students are dismissed at 2:25pm, final bell at 2:30pm

Wishing everyone a Happy Easter!! Please remember that there is no school Friday April 3rd and that the first day back from the break is Early Dismissal.

Update on fieldtrip

Well, today was a long day for all. Although the organization of the event that we attended as a class was unsatisfactory, some enjoyed trying out a parkour relay race, face painting as well as some French music. We ended the day with a quick pit stop at Tim Hortons and some outdoor activity. 

We will brainstorm what we can do as a class next month in order to immersed ourselves even deeper into the French culture in Saskatchewan.

Rest well tonight :)

Mme R

No school!!

There is no school on Friday March 27th, 2015.

At a glance...

Week of March 23 - 27

French Language Arts:

Résultat d'apprentissage (learning outcome):

 8.VC.3 Démontrer une appréciation* pour les émissions radiophoniques, ou télévisées, ou pour le contenu d’autres moyens de communication audiovisuels d’expression française destinée aux adolescents et aux adolescentes.

-We are working on Summarizing and Paraphrasing in French

-We are currently viewing a French film "L'avion" with the goal of summarizing it.

-This will be used as a diagnostic assessment

-Over the next weeks, Mr Zagré (french language assistant) and I will be co-teaching the skill of Summarizing and Paraphrasing en français

English Language Arts:

-We are starting a new unit entitled “The Rights of a Child”. This is a cross-curricular unit, integrating English Language Arts and Social Studies.

Science:

-we are continuing to study, "The Earth's Crust"

Math:

-gr 8's: Prisms & Cylinders

-gr. 7's: Circles & Area

Student Led Conferences & Class Outing

Just a reminder that student led conferences will be held in the gym on Tuesday, March 24th from 5:00 pm - 8:00 pm and Wednesday, March 25th from 5:00 pm - 7:30 pm.

Should you and your child not be able to make it for a conference during these times, please contact me via email or phone to arrange for an appointment.

We will be leaving Palliser Heights School at 9:00 am on Wednesday, March 25th for a french cultural outing at the University of Regina.

Below are the details of the outing:

Francofièvre is the biggest Francophone youth cultural event in Saskatchewan.

On March 25, students will be able to enjoy the amazing musical talent of some of Canada’s Francophone artists showcased at the University of Regina. Mario Lepage, directly from Saint-Denis, Saskatchewan, will thrill the audience with his electric, psychedelic melodies, and students will also get to enjoy the musical explosions of Montreal hip hop group, Treizième Étage. Then prepare to be amazed by the incredible acrobatic talents of Cirque Nova Circus contortionists. To top it off, students will be able to let their inner artist shine as they participate in various visual arts activities throughout the day.

Organized by the Association jeunesse fransaskoise and partners, and emceed by Shawn Jobin, who has been nominated for two Trille Or awards this year, Francofièvre 2015 will be a day you won’t forget! 

General schedule for March 25, 2015:

10:00 - Schools start to arrive at the University of Regina.

          - Schools register at the entrance desk for the event.

10:30 - The workshops in gym #1 start. (Parkour and creative art)

11:30 - End of the workshops.

          - Announcements, lunch, move toward gym #2

11:55 - Show!

2:00   - End of show, announcement, schools prepare to leave.

2:30   - Buses leave.

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At a glance...

Week of February 23rd - 27th, 2015 

French Language Arts:
-We have started to study a classic french Canadian children's book
-We are targeting reading, writing and cultural appreciation outcomes
-We reviewed the narrative structure on Monday and the students have been asked to write a 1/2 page story using that structure (due Friday)

English Language Arts:
-students should finish reading Ch. 6 in "I am David"
-comprehension questions to be completed for tomorrow
-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 continuing to study, "The Earth's Crust"

-we learned about our final project for this unit today

-students and I are very excited about this unit!

Math:

-gr 8's: ratios and rates

-gr. 7's: percentages and decimals

-unit test next week