IMPORTANT DATES
Participaction Sign-up 7 am – 9s – Nov. 24th
- 8s – Nov. 25th
- 7s – Nov 26th
Dec 1st – 8-8 + HOPE
members - volunteering at Christmas Cheer Board
Dec 4th - Report Card Writing Day -
no classes
Dec 7th – 8-6 + HOPE
members – volunteering at Christmas Cheer Board
Dec 14th-18th - Spirit Week
Dec 17th - Report cards go live -
on-line access
Dec 18th - Last day of school - am -
Grade 8 movie @ Grant Park
-
pm - Talent Show @ Acadia
Dec 19th - Jan 3rd - Winter Break
Jan 4th - Classes resume
Jan 11th-15th - Grade 8 Provincial
Reading/Writing Assessment - please don't make
appointments for this
week.
Feb 5th - Metro Common Day - no
classes
Feb 11th - Valentine's Day Dance -
7:00-9:30pm
Feb 15th - Louis Riel Day - no
school
Feb 19th - Participaction – school-wide
fieldtrips/activities
Welcome to Room 310!
Please feel free to contact me with
any questions/concerns. kfuerst@pembinatrails.ca or through REMIND.
Kelly Fuerst
GRADE 8 ENGLISH LANGUAGE ARTS
Expectations
- Students are expected to read for a minimum of 15 minutes every day (at home)
- Students and parents are expected to sign up for the Remind app. It's free and is a safe way for two way communication using cell phones/iPads in which phone numbers remain private.8-5@mason3218-6@cena3108-8@ponyboy88HOPE@hopeforall
- Students are expected to have an 8”x11” coil ring notebook for ELA. We will be using them for our interactive notebooks. These are overdue and should have been at school by the end of October.Students are in the middle of their Mystery/Suspense unit. They have done a variety of in-class activities to prepare them for writing their own original pieces. Students have the choice of writing a mystery or horror story. Please check on your child's progress on a regular basis. There are 6 stages for our writing piece. Deadlines TBA. There are homework checks for each of these stages.1) Pre-drafting2) Draft#13) Peer edit4) Draft #25) Conference with Mrs. Fuerst6) Revision7) Publishing - completion of third and final draftWe are now finished our Outsiders unit. All questions have been marked in class and students were given time to make corrections. They should be using those corrections to study for their final assessment on November 26th (unit test).We are starting our Random Acts of Kindness unit. Please ask your child about the expectations for this unit. There will be homework over the break. Students are expected to do a minimum of 10 RAKs and document the details in their logs.8-8 will be volunteering at the Christmas Cheer Board on Tues, Dec. 1st as part of this initiative.8-6 will be volunteering at the Christmas Cheer Board on Mon, Dec 7th as part of this initiative.Have you signed and returned your student’s permission form yet?GRADE 8 SOCIAL STUDIESWe have winding down our Early Peoples unit. Students should be reviewing their unit vocabulary (flashcards) on a regular basis and reading through the chapter in their textbooks.Vocabulary Quiz - Tues. Nov 10th –Tools and Technology Research Project - due Mon. Nov 16th – now over dueVocab/Big Ideas Quiz – Tues. Nov 24thUnit Test – Wed. Dec 8thHOPE - Helping Other People EverywhereHOPE is Acadia's student-run social advocacy club. Students are responsible for choosing causes/issues to raise awareness on, volunteering in the community, and fundraising for targeted charities/organizations. HOPE members are also responsible for planning and implementing the school dancesActivities to Date
- Bake sale
- Volunteering at the Walk for Muscular Dystrophy and Children's Hospital Book Market
- Phone interview with a reporter from Free the Children
- Halloween Dance
- “We Scare Hunger” campaign in support of Winnipeg Harvest
- WE DAY (did you see the article in the Free Press?)
- Upcoming Events
- Volunteering at the Christmas Cheer Board (Dec 1st and 7th)
- Volunteering at MDAC's Christmas Party
- Christmas Ornament workshop
- Operation Shovel Out - members choose someone in their neighborhood who coulduse assistance with shoveling the driveway/sidewalk and HOPEswoops in and surprises them.
- Hot Chocolate Sale
- January Bake Sale