This week in Learning:

Math: unit test tomorrow am. We will be starting our next unit on patterns and equality in equations. There are still some students struggling with multiplication and division skills. Today we had a mini pratice of Part A of the math PAT. 5 simple math equations using decimals and whole numbers. Students are asked to take these, switch up the numbers and practice, practice, practice.

FLA: We continue to work on our Fairy Tale forensic crime scenes. Quiz on expressions using "avoir" and "être" this Thursday. 

ELA: We will continue reading the novel "Chasing Vermeer". Personal letters will now be for homework due Friday the 12th.

Science: We are pretty much done our unit on forensics and the date for the test is October 16th. Permission slips for Youthlink have gone home today and should be returned asap. 

Social Studies: We are busy working on our debate topics and students are compiling lists of 5 pros and cons for each topic. Thursday they will be assigned their side and be asked to put together their arguments. 

Religion: Our symbol this year is a lantern and students are asked to think about how they can be a light to others. This week we look at the bible and some stories of how God is a light for us.

ART/Health: I will incoporate the two subjects and have students think about what they really want in life. They will then put together a collage on a silhouette to show their goals/dreams/desires.

Coming up: 
Sorting clothes for the "Pass it on clothing"  Wednesday a.m.  
School pictures Friday
SPARK/Brain breaks: we will have one student per week to set up a routine brain break and try to reach so many minutes per week. When we add the minutes we want to reach so many kms to reach a destination by a certain date. (1 min = 1km) If we achieve that goal, we will celebrate with a party/reward.