8C @ W Erskine Johnston PS

Good morning!
It is time to revisit our learning skills and set some goals for term 3.  Before you continue working on your history research, please take a few minutes to complete the Learning Skills Self Evaluation.  Make sure that you set a realistic and achievable goal for our final term!
Once you are finished the survey, [...]

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Good morning!
Today we are using our Computer Lab time to begin a history research project.  You will work in groups (see the group list below) to research several topics related the the development of the Canadian west.  Please open the The_Development_of_Western_Canada_Assignment and save it to your own documents.  Each group may print 1 copy of [...]

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Twitter is a social networking tool used by millions of folks all over the world.  People use twitter for a variety of reasons – keeping in touch with friends, following celebrities, finding information and connecting with people across the globe.  Something very interesting about twitter is that it has the ability to mobilize people behind [...]

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Good Morning!
During our lab time today you must complete two activities:
1.  An online activity on the “Causes and Effects of the Red River Resistance”.   You will find this activity in the Ontario Educational Resource Bank.  You must log in to use the resources.  Once you have logged in, perform a search for “Causes and Effects [...]

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Hello!  Grade 8 students in 8C and 7/8 are responsible for organizing the upcoming Valentine’s Dance.  Our DJ has asked for a list of song requests.  You may request up to 20 songs.  Use the form found here to make your requests!  Have fun, but keep in mind that the DJ screens all music requests and [...]

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Good morning!  I hope that you all enjoyed a fun and restful holiday!  Today during lab time we will be exploring Canada’s population Density.  All of your instructions will be found on the google form. 
Population density is a measure of how many people occupy an area of land.
Population density is calculated by dividing the population [...]

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Hey!  Guess what?  Only 5 more sleeps ’til the holidays!  Woohoo!
For today’s lab time, you will be given an opportunity to post at least 1 rapid write to your blog.  For those who have posted rapid writes to your blog, please log in and approve the comments I left.  Those comments have your targets for [...]

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Good Morning!

Well, today is report card day.  I thought that since all the students in 8C are getting report cards today, it would only be fair to ask them to provide some feedback “a report card” for Mrs. Smith.  As your first task in the lab today, please complete the Report Card For Mrs. Smith. [...]

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Good Morning!
I am out all day today, so please have fun with Mr. Rose-Radunsky. I know that you all have loads of fun with him, so you will probably be a bit sad to hear that he has accepted a full time teaching position at another school. Please make sure you have a great day [...]

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As term 1 draws to a close, it is time to reflect on our learning skills and to set some goals for term 2. Please take 10 minutes to complete the following form:
Learning Skills Self-Evaluation
Please complete this by Tuesday, November 17th.  Mrs. Smith will be conferencing with you next week to review your self-evaluation and [...]

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