Classroom Update

Hello
Just a quick note about what the next couple of busy weeks before Christmas is going to hold for our grade 8 classroom. Tomorrow is our last Design and Technology day at Nationview Public School. The students are putting the "finishing" touches on their cranes and mousetrap cars while working on their wood working projects. The students will have a class or two back at South Branch to finish their designs before having to present them to the class in January. They will be expected to create a presentation of the project as well that covers the design process and their solution to the problem.
In Math we have started our unit on Circles and have begun to look at our new project which will be for Math, English, and Art. The Board Game project is now posted on my website on the assignments page. Students will begin working on their project designs on Wednesday.
We are almost finished the Outsiders novel and will begin to look at some of the bigger themes and issues covered in the book before we watch the movie next week. (All those famous actors as Greasers).
In English we had the locker project due today for which less than half the class had completed. The students have been reminded that rewards are earned and as a class we need to make sure we use our time wisely and be responsible for finishing our work.
We have wrapped up our watercolour project in Art class and will now be focusing on graphic design as part of our board game project. Stay tuned for our virtual art gallery...coming soon.
Next week we have a carolling session, a Christmas dance, a visit by the NGDHS band, a grade 7&8 outdoor activity morning (Predator vs Prey), a character assembly, a teacher vs student volleyball game, our Merry Melodies Christmas celebration (Tues night), and maybe even a class party (if homework gets done - 1 strike already...).
Hope everyone is having fun getting ready for that guy in the red suit...if only there was just a little bit of snow out there - not much, just a little...

Thanks
Mr.Brooks