'TIS THE SEASON...

IMPORTANT DATES

 

Participaction Sign-up  7 am – 9s – Nov. 24^th

                                               - 8s – Nov. 25^th

                                               - 7s – Nov 26^th

Dec 1^st – 8-8 + HOPE members - volunteering at Christmas Cheer Board

Dec 4th - Report Card Writing Day - no classes

Dec 7^th – 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@mason321
            8-6@cena310
            8-8@ponyboy88
            HOPE@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-drafting
  2) Draft#1
  3) Peer edit
  4) Draft #2
  5) Conference with Mrs. Fuerst
  6) Revision
  7) Publishing - completion of third and final draft
   
  We 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. 1^st as part of this initiative.
  8-6 will be volunteering at the Christmas Cheer Board on Mon, Dec 7^th as part of this initiative.
   
  Have you signed and returned your student’s permission form yet?
   
  GRADE 8 SOCIAL STUDIES
   
  We 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 10^th –
  Tools and Technology Research Project - due Mon. Nov 16^th – now over due
  Vocab/Big Ideas Quiz – Tues. Nov 24^th
  Unit Test – Wed. Dec 8^th
  
  
  
  
  HOPE - Helping Other People Everywhere
   
  HOPE 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 dances
  
  
  Activities 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?)
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• Upcoming Events 
• Volunteering at the Christmas Cheer Board (Dec 1^st and 7^th)

• Volunteering at MDAC's Christmas Party
•  Christmas Ornament workshop
• Operation Shovel Out - members choose someone in their neighborhood who could
                                    use assistance with shoveling the driveway/sidewalk and HOPE
                                    swoops in and surprises them.
• Hot Chocolate Sale
•  January Bake Sale