Ms. Love's Blog

 Announcements: Halloween - Mon, Oct. 31 - You may dress up in costume, here are some guidelines: Someone’s Culture is not a Costume Anything inappropriate (needs to be school appropriate)  Your face has to visible (if you have a costume mask wear it on the back/top of your head) Gore, fake weapons are not permitted  This week... Humanities: We will continue learning about the Charter with some focus on writing opinion paragraphs. We will also continue with our read-aloud on Thirst, applying our inferencing skills and comprehension questions. Charter Practice & Review Worksheet:  Due Mon, Oct. 31 Halloween - Would You Rather Paragraphs:  Due Tues, Nov. 1 (should be done in class) First Supreme Court Judge Article : Due Thurs, Nov. 3 Should the voting age be lowered? Opinion Paragraph Plan (first page):  Due Mon, Nov. 7 French: Students will present their monsters to small groups and engage in peer feedback.  Monster Assignment (Drawing,13 sentences): 62: Due Tues, Nov. 1 | 65: Du

 Announcements: Casual Day - Monday, October 24 This provides an opportunity for students who are celebrating Diwali to dress in cultural attire The Lightning Thief field trip - Wednesday, October 26 No School - Friday, October 28 This week... Humanities: We will continue with part 3 of our novel, Thirst . Students will work on inferencing and predicting strategies. In Social, we will continue to look at the Charter of Rights and Freedoms . Students will be tasked with communicating one right to the rest of the class. Thirst Part 2 Comprehension Questions : Due Mon, Oct. 24 Social Ch1 Quiz Rewrite : Wed, Oct. 26 @ Lunch Inferences Worksheet 1 & 2 : Due Thurs, Oct. 27 French: Students will work to describe their monster using the verb avoir (to have) along with the proper noun-adjective agreement. Monster Description Sentences : 65 - Due Mon, Oct. 31 | 62: Due Thurs, Oct. 27 Phys Ed & Wellness: We will finish off healthy relationship characteristics and begin to look at types

 Announcements: This year SWL will be partaking in Secret Path Week , a national movement that occurs annually from Oct 17-22. The week was inspired by Chanie Wenjack, a victim of the residential school system. From October 17-21, students at SWL will be partaking in cross-curricular activities to further understand residential schooling in Canada, the many forms of resistance that Indigenous children exercised against residential schools, and how to imagine and enact reconciliation.  Return field trip forms and $$ for  The Lightning Thief We NEED volunteers for the field trip , on October 26 from 8:45am-12pm. Please contact Ms. Love if available - ralove@cbe.ab.ca This week... Humanities: We will continue with our real aloud, Thirst. Students will connect with another class from the US who is also reading our novel. For social, we will complete some activities related to Secret Path week and begin looking at the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms. 5 Read Theory Quizzes: Due Mon

 Announcements: No School - Mon, Oct. 10 (Happy Thanksgiving!) Return field trip forms and $$ for The Lightning Thief We NEED volunteers for the field trip , on October 26 from 8:45am-12pm. Please contact Ms. Love if available - ralove@cbe.ab.ca This week... Humanities: We will wrap up our review unit on figurative language by describing a fictional character. We will also continue with our read-aloud, Thirst and participate in Kahoots, competing with classes around the world. In social, we will wrap up Chapter 1 with review and a quiz. Figurative Language Character Assignment: Due Fri, Oct. 16 Chapter 1 Quiz: Fri, Oct. 16 French: We will create monsters using our new body part vocabulary and begin to describe them with adjectives. Phys Ed: We will continue with our volleyball unit.

 Announcements: School Council Virtual Meeting, 6-7pm - Mon, Oct. 3 (Please email Ms. Petroni @ ampetroni@cbe.ab.ca if interested in participating) No School - Fri, Oct. 7 No School - Mon, Oct. 10 This week... Humanities: We will wrap up figurative language review with idioms and begin our Global Read Aloud. We are reading the novel Thirst. Take a look at the information on Global Read Aloud here. For social, we will look more closely at the difference between equity and equality as part of the Pillars of Democracy. Hyperbole Worksheet - Due Mon, Oct 3 French: We will play board games to practice and review our body part vocabulary. We will look at describing with adjectives and how to properly write complete sentences for body parts + descriptions. Phys Ed & Health: We will begin our volleyball unit by reviewing passing and setting skills. For health, we will discuss the characteristics of healthy relationships and brainstorm the dos and don'ts of friendship.