Nov 17-18th

It was wonderful meeting with so many parents and learning more about the students I teach.

8-5 Students should be reading 1/5th of their book for Lit. circles next Friday and completing their "job". Please have your work done so that you don't let your group down.

8-8 should be finishing up the grammaire sheets we were working on in class on Friday.

Please ensure that you are doing some sort of French enrichment outside of class time daily. This can include reading, watching tv in French, listening to French radio or watching a favourite dvd in French (no subtitles please). We are going to pick up the pace so please keep reviewing what we learn in class.

Geography Project

There will be a Geography mark assigned as well as Art and French. You will be presenting your community to the class in French. (oral)
Please label your buildings and streets etc in French.
Don't get too carried away or stressed out about this. It is meant to be a bit fun and for you to be creative.

The break down of land use is as follows:
40% of your community should be residential
30% transportation
10% public buildings
8% parks/green space
6% industrial
5% commercial

*You make choose a different break down but you must be able to explain and justify this. Please don't get too caught up on exact numbers.

Is anyone interested in learning cursive writing?

High School

Grade 8 students needn't become stressed about high school. You will all make good choices and I have complete confidence in the high schools in the TDSB.
You will learn a lot wherever you go. I hope that once the choice is made and the papers are in that we can get back to enjoying Grade 8!

We will be visiting Oakwood this Wednesday, the 23rd, in the afternoon and parents are invited to attend the open house there in the evening.

My door is always open for whatever students may need.

I will posting some study tips in a separate post.

Have a great weekend.