MERRY CHRISTMAS

Today we performed our Christmas play for different classes. The kids were wonderful. I will post  the entire performance for those parents who were unable to attend.

The Christmas season is here. As part of the celebrations as well as our religion, art and drama curricula, our class has been preparing for a school performance of a play called “The Not So Silent Night”. It is a comical contemporary re-telling of the Christmas story. Students have been hard at work, creating sets and costumes, rehearsing lines and preparing for all aspects of the production.  We have a dress rehearsal tomorrow at 8:00 am.
  If you can make it, you are invited to come see the fruits of their labours, in front and behind the scenes. We have three shows in Thursday afternoon:

12:55-1:15 PM

1:15-1:35 PM

2:30:2:50 PM

What to Wear: Students should bring their costumes.

Thank you for your support of this endeavor. Public performances of this type are an important part of a child’s musical, artistic and social education.

 Sincerely,

M. Babb

LANGUAGE: Read the next three chapters of the novel

DRAMA: Practise with props. Bring in costumes.

DANCE: Practise dance steps


Reminders

- Monday's field trip permission forms have been sent home.

LANGUAGE :Test has been returned. Parents please sign

MATH: Grade Seven test has been returned. Please sign.

DRAMA: Learn lines for part.

DANCE: Work on choreography

MUSIC: Learn words for song

Reminders

Every Christmas, Leger sells candy canes to raise money for needy families in our parish. Today we began selling them and sales were excellent.  We need candy cane donations. Please bring them in. 

HOMEWORK

Art: Finish your art folder. It is due Monday.

Drama: Read play. If you are interested in a particular part, practice playing that character.


Important Notices

Candy Cane sales start next week Wednesday! Money goes to Charity. Please bring in donations of candy for us to sell.

HOMEWORK

LANGUAGE: Novel Study Vocabulary Test tomorrow

ART: Art folder is due tomorrow

JEOPARDY

METAPHORS

SIMILES

HOMEWORK

Language

 Complete handout. Reread chapter 14. Try to find examples of figurative language.
Those who want to check out this week's language lessons, please liken the link below
THIS WEEK'S LANGUAGE LESSONS

Math
Complete chapter 3 review handout.


Reminders
-Spirit Wear order is due tomorrow.
- Indoor shoes are needed.
-

HOMEWORK

MATH

Grade 7

Page 97 #3-8

Grade 8

Complete Handout

HOMEWORK

MATH

Grade 7

Page 94 #4-7

Grade 8

Page 110 #4-9

A few parents indicated that they were interested in the Edge Program.  Here is a link to our of our neighbourhood parish youth groups
http://stbarnabascatholicchurch.ca/youth/

Please check it out !

HOMEWORK

LANGUAGE: Complete Idioms handout

MATH:
Grade 7 Page 94 #6-10
Grade 8 Page 103 1-4

Reminders
-Spirit Wear order has been sent home. Due Dec. 12th
-Spirit Week is next week.
-Indoor shoes are needed.

HOMEWORK

MATH: Complete today's math assignment.

Reminders

-Grade 8 Ottawa trip parent information meeting is tonight at 6:30 p.m.

Discussion Question 2

Describe a character from the novel. What do you think of him/her? Give evidence from the novel.

HUNGER GAMES

Discussion Question 1 ( Remember our blogging rules)

How does Katniss feel about the country of Panem?

GRADE SEVEN FIELD TRIP

Next week is our field trip:

Students are reminded to bring
-Pillow and bedding (sleeping bag )
-Boots and indoor shoes ( slippers)
- Outdoor clothing ( Warm coat, hat, mitts, gloves)
-Comfortable indoor clothing
-PJs to sleep in
- Socks (2 pairs per day)
- Toiletries ( toothpaste, toothbrush, etc)
-Epipens or puffers (as required)
-Medication in original packaging


Dvds for movie night
Board Games for Board Game Night

Remembrance Day Assembly tomorrow

Remember your costumes....black or camouflage . bring your money for poppies. 

HOMEWORK

MATH: Complete handouts

LANGUAGE: Type up your essay entitled All About Me.
                          Rehearse poem. Bring camouflage or a dark shirt for a dress rehearsal.


Reminders

-Parent- teacher interviews are this Thursday and Friday. Thursday night is filled but I do have available time Friday morning.

- Book Fair this week

- Lake St. George forms and money are due tomorrow. Please contact me if you have any questions or issues about this. 

TRENCH WARFARE

Trench War

LAKE ST. GEORGE

GRADE SEVEN FIELD TRIP

Parent Information meeting will take place tomorrow at 6:30 pm. in the atrium. 

Great Day at St. John Paul

Our grade 8s got the opportunity to experience a day in the life of a high school student. Remember those application forms are due on Friday.

HOMEWORK

LANGUAGE: Rehearse and learn poem

 Science and math tests have been returned.Parents, please sign and return


Reminders

Lake St. George packages have gone home today. Parent Information meeting is Thursday night at 6:30 at the school.

High school forms are due  Nov 6th, 2015.

Photo order due November 9th, 2015.

MATH

We are onto Chapter 3 this week.

HOMEWORK

MATH:
Review decimal multiplication  and division

SCIENCE
Grade 7s should get their chapter 1 science test signed.

Reminders
-  Haunted House and Halloween party tomorrow. Bring in your $2 entrance fee
- Bring in your party treats

MATH
Grade 7
Multiplying Decimals

HOMEWORK

SCIENCE
 Test on Wednesday.

MATH-
Grade 7
Pages 58  #7-11

LANGUAGE

Let's cheer on the Jays. Miyu brought this to my attention

HOMEWORK

LAN: Complete novel study chapter 4 questions and vocabulary sheet.

SCIENCE: Chapter 1  Test is next week Wednesday


Reminders

Pizza money is due tomorrow.

Terry Fox money is due

HOMEWORK

MATH

Page 48 # 5-8

LANGUAGE


Reminders
- Terry Fox pledges due.
- Cross country on Wednesday

Math

Tomorrow we will begin studying rates



For a review of last week's lesson, check out these videos on ratios and proportions

THE WEEK AHEAD

Last week was a hectic week. There was the Thanksgiving holiday  on Monday, our field trip to downtown Toronto, the divisional cross country meet , the Cardinal Newman visit for our grade 8s and of course our immunisation for the grade 7s and the grade 8s girls. There was also picture day on Friday.

Reminders for this week

- Bring in your Terry Fox pledges.
-Regional Cross country on Wednesday

Happy Thanksgiving!!!

GRADE SEVEN SCIENCE

Drama

Field trip on Thursday. Bring in permission form and money

Confirmation Enrolment Form was due on Friday. Bring them in!

Cross country runoffs are Wednesday of this week. 

No Homework tonight!!!

Get Geography test signed by parents.

HOMEWORK

MATH:

GRADE 7
Page 28-29. # 12-16


Reminders

-Boys Flag football tournament on Wednesday
-Girls Flag football on Friday
-Terry Fox Run is on Friday afternoon. Bring in your pledges
-WE Day  on Thursday.

I want to thank everyone who submitted an essay for WE Day. It was a tough decision. I'm so proud of your hard work. I know that there will be other opportunities. Good job!

Today we began watching a documentary called Blue Gold. We will continue watching and discussing this week.





Today we talked about whether water should be a public right. 
Should water rights be sold to private companies or should they be kept available for free for everyone?
What do you think?

Science

Grade 8s, next week we will begin to look at the Water Cycle in Science

HOMEWORK

Geography: Latitude and Longitude Test on Friday. Get quiz signed.

Math: 

Grade 7

 Unit test next week Thursday. Get yesterday's quiz signed. 

We start BEDMAS on Friday

GEOGRAPHY

Canada was settled by European explorers and traders.

Traders traded with the Aboriginal peoples They wanted things like fur and lumber to sell back in Europe.

They settled close to rivers or lakes because

- they wanted fresh water sources

-They wanted to be close to transportation routes (ships) to Europe

Canada was settled in 3 stages

- Forts

-Farms

-Towns

Some  towns became ghost towns when the single product disappeared. Single economy towns are towns where people made their money from one product

Towns with diversified economy are towns where money is made from many different businesses or industries. 

Multicultural towns are towns where people from many different cultural backgrounds live together. 

Toronto is one of the most multicultural cities in the world.  

There are 3 different patterns of settlement. 

Linear

Scattered

Clustered

HOMEWORK

MATH

Grade 7
Pages 24  #5-10

LANGUAGE

Find the synonyms of the undermined words in the poem we have been studying.
Identify the part of speech.

GEOGRAPHY

Grade 7
Use your atlas to complete the handout on the North American countries.

Grade 8
Reread the today's lesson  on Patterns on Canadian Settlement. Complete the table. Be sure you understand the difference between linear, scattered and clustered settlement patterns.


Reminders

-Terry Fox pledges

-Curriculum Night tonight. I look forward to seeing you there.
-Grade 8 Ottawa trip letter has gone home. $25 deposit is due by September 28th, 2015.

GRADE 8

Water is the universal solvent- most substances dissolve in it.  

We need water to live. It helps carry substances around our bodies.

SCIENCE

MATTER-  anything that takes up space and has mass

CHEMISTRY- the study of matter and its changes

SCIENCE

Today, the grade seven began their study on Substances.
We learned about the particle theory of matter. 

 Particle Theory states that:
 1. All matter is made up of tiny particles.
 2. All particles of one substance are the same.
 3. Different substances are made of different particles.
 4. Particles are always moving. (The more energy, the faster they move) 
5. There are attractive forces between particles. (Forces are stronger when particles are closer together) 

 We watched the video below

MATH

This week, we are looking at squares and square roots. Check out the vid below

HOMEWORK

LANGUAGE/RELIGION

Read one of  the three bible stories Susanna 13: 1-  . ,   Acts 8:26-38 or   Acts 5:17-39

Retell the story in 5-11 sentences. remember to use our own words. Explain who shows right judgement in the story

MATH

Grade 7 page 13 #12-14

Grade 8 Pages 22-23 #5,7,8,10-13

Page 1.5

Reminders

Bring in Terry Fox pledges.

Curriculum  Night is  next week Tuesday, September 22nd at 6;15 p.m

Volleyball tryouts are next week. 

Monday and Wednesday - Girls

Tuesday and Thursday- Boys

Cross country practice is Monday, Wednesday and Thursday mornings..

School Mass is on Wednesday.

HOMEWORK

RELIGION
Write about Understanding


MATH
Grade 7: Pages 12-13. # 6-8

ART
Complete artwork


Reminders
- Cross-country practice tomorrow morning. See you at 8:15! No sleeping late!
- Vaccination forms are due  tomorrow.

HOMEWORK

MATH:
Grade 7
Page 6-7 #9-14

RELIGION
Write about the gift of Wisdom. Draw a picture that shows Wisdom to you.

GEOGRAPHY
Complete handout.

ART
Work on your artwork

Reminders
- Flag Football tomorrow.
-Cross country meeting tomorrow. Practice Friday morning at 8:15 am.See you there!
- Vaccination forms for grade 8 girls and all grade 7 students are due Friday.
-Terry Fox pledge forms. Bring them in! Let's kick cancer!
- Meet the teacher next week.

OPEN HOUSES

All Toronto Catholic District School Board secondary schools welcome grade 8 students and their families to open houses each fall.

This is an opportunity to meet some of the staff, check out school facilities and learn more about the various programs, services and activities

Unless otherwise noted, all open houses begin at 7:00 p.m. 

October 21

Cardinal Carter Academy for the Arts
36 Greenfield Avenue, North York

October 22

Blessed Cardinal Newman Catholic Secondary School
100 Brimley Road South, Scarborough

Blessed Mother Teresa Catholic Secondary School
40 Sewells Road, Scarborough

October 27

Francis Libermann Catholic Secondary School
4640 Finch Avenue East, Scarborough

Jean Vanier Catholic Secondary School
959 Midland Avenue, Scarborough
6:30 p.m. 

October 28

Neil McNeil High School
127 Victoria Park Avenue, Scarborough
(Boys only)

Notre Dame High School
14 Malvern Avenue, Scarborough (Toronto)
(Girls only)

St. John Paul II Catholic Secondary School
685 Military Trail, Scarborough

November 3

Loretto Abbey Catholic Secondary School
101 Mason Boulevard, North York
Please call the school 416-393-5510 for details
(Girls only)

Senator O'Connor College School
60 Rowena Drive, North York 

November 5

Brebeuf College School
211 Steeles Avenue East, North York
(Boys only)

Mary Ward Catholic Secondary School
3200 Kennedy Road, Scarborough

St. Joseph's Morrow Park Catholic Secondary Schoo​l
3379 Bayview Avenue, North York
(Girls only)