Tuesday, May 22 to Friday, May 25th

Good Morning!!!

We had a great day yesterday, gradually easing into a work week.  Now we have an important day ahead.  Your final writing assignments are due today.   True to my word, I have your Greece Essays and Visual Presentations ready to hand back. So, if you are feeling like you have procrastinated this assignment, all is not lost.  You have 3 hours this morning to finish it!  Do it!

Ask the Lord for help.  Watch this video and get inspired!  DO HARD THINGS - REBEL AGAINST LOW EXPECTATIONS!!  You are meant to do great and wondrous things. 

If you have finished your Final Writing Assignment, then please feel like you can indulge in some time taking a look at the Harris boys' website:  the Rebelution.

Here are your choices for today:

*Please finish your Ancient Rome Questions (Chapter 7 - Matching and Completion Questions) today.  We will be marking them tomorrow morning.
*Review for your Flag Football Terminology Quiz this afternoon.
*Work on your lapbook.  It is due Monday, June 4th and because of our Field Trip next week, you really won't have much time school time to work on it anymore.
*Read over the information on our Field Trip next week! Here it is in full, amazing colour.  (Sorry, Sean, Mr. Kelly spelled your name wrong, but it's a great pic of you!!)
*Our last MATH unit is on INTEGERS.  Please do the following ixl math questions to get warmed up for this.  http://ca.ixl.com/math/grade-7/integers-on-number-lines   Good job! 
*If you seriously run out of things to do, here are some suggestions:
- help out a fellow classmate
- free read to complete your "Pyramid of Reading Success" requirements
- journal
- help Mrs. Robideau with a classroom duty :)

PLEASE - NO GAMING until a break time.  You know the penalty - NO computer for the rest of the morning!!
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Monday, May 14th to Thursday, May 17th

Announcements:  
Thank the Lord for a beautiful day for the Golfathon!!  It was a huge success with well behaved golfers, fun prizes and a delicious hot dog lunch!  Students will receive their pledge sheets back this week so they can collect the money and bring it in ASAP!  

How was your weekend?

Thank you to Mrs. Lee Rogers who has volunteered to come and help take all our bottles to recycling.  Any students that can join us Wednesday after school from 3:00 - 4:30 would be greatly appreciated.  Parents needing Parent Participation Hours can join us as well. Feel free to bring in a bag of your own bottles to add to our pile.

Pennies for Kitale Glue Boys - On Thursday, we had the pleasure of having Madame Lebel-Carruthers come and tell us about what is happening in the orphanage that our school sponsors.  We saw pictures of some wonderful children who would be so grateful for anything we could do for them.  Madame is going back to the orphanage at the end of June and we were hoping to send her with some money and some donations of Lego, beads and books for the children.  Please bring your pennies to fill a huge jar and bring in ziploc bags of Lego for the children.  Books in good condition are also much appreciated.  We are planning on staying in close contact with Madame through Skype and her blog even into the next school year.  We are partnering with the grade 6's on this project. 

There is NO SCHOOL this Friday (non-instructional day) or Monday (Victoria Day).

Wednesday is the Elementary Talent Chapel - Parents are welcome to attend.  Allison and Brenda will be singing and Corey and Jirah will be demonstrating some improvisational drama.  It is also the Medieval Festival and students are invited to dress in Medieval costumes on that day as well.

The Guitar Class will perform for the Secondary Chapel on Thursday, May 31st.  Chapel starts at 9:40 and ends at 10:45.  Parents are welcome to attend.

School Work:

Final Writing Projects:  See the Google Doc, handout or the attachment in the email sent to parents for more info on this.  The deadline is Wednesday, May 23rd. 

Science Lapbooks:  We will be working on these in class, but some extra work may be required outside of school time. The due date for this is Monday, June 4th.  I have also made this into a Google Doc that anyone can access.  Here is the Link.

Social Studies:  Today we are going to start our final unit in Social Studies - Ancient Rome!!  I wish we had time to do a major project on this subject too, but we are going to have to settle for reading the chapter and answering questions.  We will get to watch Drive Thru History though and the grade 7's in the Drama Elective are preparing 2 dramas based on this historical time.  Please finish the questions by 12:00 and hand them in to the blue box.  

Vocabulary Test Set # 9  - We will write the test after morning recess.

We have electives this afternoon.  

Monday, May 7th to Friday, May 11th

Good morning!  How was your weekend?  Did anyone see the Avengers?  I did!  It was awesome!!  Let's get in small groups and share one good thing and one bad thing about the weekend.  Then decide on the one good thing and the one bad thing that you can share with the whole group.  Before we get back as a whole class to share our information, pray for each other in your small group.

Announcements:
1.  The Golf-a-thon is this Friday!! All those students who have raised $10.00 or more are able to come and participate in the morning.  Then they will be treated to a hot dog lunch back at the school where school continues for the afternoon.  It is a regular school day for anyone not participating in the Golf-a-thon.  Pledge sheets need to be in on Thursday, May 10th!! If you raise more than $100, you are able to attend the banquet at 6:30 the next day (Saturday) at KCC. 

2. Long Weekend Ahead!  Friday, May 18th and Monday, May 21st are no school days! Enjoy your holiday!

3.  Our Grade 7/8 Overnight Field Trip is planned for Monday, May 28th and Tuesday, May 29th.  We are going to Pines Bible Camp in Grand Forks!!!  It's going to be fantastic!!!  Here is the link.   There will a parent letter with more information coming soon from Mr. Cox and Mr. Kelly.

4.  Please remember to bring in a ziploc bag of Lego for our school's orphans in Kitale, Kenya!  

5.  Congratulations to the Challenge Champions from last week!! You were able to eat 6 servings of fruit/veggies every day!  That's awesome!

6.  Students wishing to audition for one of the main roles in the School Lip Dub, need to come on Saturday, May 12^th at 10:00 a.m. to the fellowship room. 

7.  I am looking for another parent volunteer to help take in the bottles to recycling some day either this week or next week.  This counts for Parent Participation hours.  Please email me to let me know if you would like to take this on.  I so appreciate those who have helped out in the past. 

School Work for the Week
We are going to have a treat on Thursday.  Mrs. Francine Lebel-Carruthers, who is one of KCC's missionaries to Kitale, Kenya, is going to come and share with us and the grade 6 students about the work she and her husband Larry do. In order to be prepared for her visit, I have a little reading assignment for you from their blog.  Here is the link to their blog.  
Read the entry entitled "Bad Teeth, Good Team, Good Times" and answer the following questions in a  file document.  Print it out and hand it in.  (You should have a title and your name at the top and each question should be answered in a complete sentence.)

 1.  What are the dangers of kissing a baby giraffe?
 2.  Why was one lady sobbing after having her teeth worked on by missionary dentists?
 3.  Explain the picture of the boy with the cast and the wounded foot.
 4.  What does Mr. Carruthers think about the whole Kony 2012 Campaign?
 5.  Correct 2 mistakes in the blog by typing out the sentence that contains the error and then retyping it with the corrections.  You could also take any sentence and just edit it so that it is better.  

Please finish your dialogue with your partner and print it so I can post it on the bulletin board today.
Here is the assignment explanation again:  Go to your Folder and read the document that I have placed in there on writing dialogue.  When you have read through it, match up with a partner and write a dialogue together between your two characters that were created yesterday.  It does NOT have to be about them meeting each other.  You could assume they already know each other and the dialogue could be any random conversation that could take place at any point in their relationship.

Please work on your Final Writing Assignment which is due on Wednesday, May 23rd.

We have a Spelling and Vocabulary Test this week.  Those students not participating in the Golf-a-thon,will write their test on Friday.  Those who are participating will write their test on Monday, May 14th.
Here is the Google Doc where your Vocabulary Set #9 is found.  

Other acceptable activities: 

*10 -15 minutes of Mavis Beacon
*10-15 minutes of Journal Writing
*10-15 minutes of Free Reading
*Writing in Blessing Books

May God bless you today!!

Showing NOT Telling - Awesome Writing Practice!

Good morning everyone!

Isn't it beautiful outside today!  The sun is shining, the birds are singing and Jesus is on the throne!!

If you are like me, it seems that most of my prayer time is spent talking to God, rather than listening to God.  Why don't we all take 5 minutes this morning and just listen to God.  Start by inviting him to speak.  Open your heart to Him and expect Him to speak.  Ask Him a question like, "Do you love me?" and then wait as He answers you with some kind of confirmation that YES, He does!  It may not be words, but a feeling.  It may be a picture, or a song, or a memory or.........

"Jesus loves me, this I know. For the Bible tells me so."  - Very important, foundational truth!!!

Now that our foundation is in place, let's move on to do some of the work that God has placed before you today.  You are a student in an HCS classroom surrounded by people to serve and who can serve you.  You can love these people and they can love you back.  It's hard to love if we could only rely on our own ability, but we can love people with God's love.

Today Josiah is going to lead us in some military training exercises for DPA.  Thanks Josiah!

I've got a few different ideas this morning for times when we need a break.

Here is this morning's list (we have electives this afternoon):  The highlighted things are the items you MUST get done this morning so plan your time wisely. Sorry, the only time for free time gaming will be at recess.   

* 10-15 minutes of Mavis Beacon
* 10 -15 minutes of Journal
* 2 more sheets in the FRACTION BOOKLET to practice for the Chapter Test this Friday.
* Go to your Folder and read the document that I have placed in there on writing dialogue.  When you have read through it, match up with a partner and write a dialogue together between your two characters that were created yesterday.  It does NOT have to be about them meeting each other.  You could assume they already know each other and the dialogue could be any random conversation that could take place at any point in their relationship. When you are finished, print it off and put it up on the back bulletin board so we can all read it. 
* Keep writing blessings until you know you have written one for every person in the class.
* Work on your Final Writing Project

P.S.  God isn't the only one who loves you.  I DO TOO!!