Monday, 25 February

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First, here is a reference guide for tomorrow's quick oral quiz in French.  We don't do lots of French, so I understand that you will not be fluent in all we've learned. But I will expect higher performance in the things we've spent more time on.  My focus will be colours, numbers and the "to be" verb conjugation (hint, hint, hint).

We started the day with the Garbology assembly.  It was very well organized and the speakers quickly got the students' attention.  We had guests from Gibsons Recycling and from the wider community.  We had environmental educators and community volunteers speaking/facilitating as well.

After the assembly we had band and after recess we had math.  The Math 7 students did the instruction for Lesson 5.2 and that included some group problem solving and some "cut and paste." Please have your fraction strips ready for use tomorrow if you didn't get done this morning.

After lunch it was our turn to do the Garbology Day activity stations.  I thought they were very engaging and creative.  At one station, for example, we saw how two lunches that were in essence the same, could result in two very different amounts of garbage.  The demonstrations were very visual and very hands-on.  Bravo to Seona Dalgeish for organizing such a successful day!  Thank you to all of the other guests who gave up their days to make us more aware of ways we might start to think about lessening our environmental footprints.

Oh, don't forget to review for your French quiz tomorrow. AND, if you have time, please try to get some work done on your science summaries (I'll be able to give some time tomorrow while we are doing our oral quizzes in French).

Wednesday is PINK DAY and ART - don't forget your recording devices and your footage.

Hey, here's a treat for those who read the blog: a copy of the French Quiz!