Dec. 8/08

Only math homework tonight- p. 189 - 191 # 1-8

Autobiographies are past due.

Mrs. Martin

Dec. 5/08

Autobiographies are due Monday.
Arts- music lyrics due as well as stage diagram and evaluation, both by Dec. 19th.

Mrs. Martin

Dec. 2/08

Next week on Dec. 10th, Ms. Williams will be in to talk about McKinnon Park Secondary School and on Dec. 11th, Ms. Martin will be in to talk about Hagersville Secondary School.

Dec. 9th- Tollgate Tech Parent and Student tours during the day. Call Ms. Laing at JC for further information.

Homework
Math p. 170 and 171 # 1-4

Some Life maps are incomplete.

See you at Homework Support tonight.

Mrs. Martin

Dec. 1/08

Homework, HOmework, Homework.....
1. Life Maps due tomorrow for autobiographies

2/ Math p. 167-168 all except #8

3. History- title page and quiz tomorrow.

see you in the a.m.

Mrs. Martin

Nov. 24/08

homework tonight: Oral Reading- christmas newsletter
Study for Science

Hagersville Secondary School Parent Information Night Nov. 26th

See you in the morning.

Mrs. Martin

Nov. 20/08

Reminder that there is homework today- Math p. 154 # 5,7,8,9,10
Literacy Power p. 44-47

See you Monday morning.

Mrs. Martin

Tues., Nov.18, 2008

The only homework we have today is our oral reading selections. Make sure these are signed and brought back as they are for literacy marks.

See you in the a.m.
Mrs. Martin

November 17/08

Homework for this evening:

Math p 146- #6-12

Literacy Power p. 146-147 #6-12

See you in the a.m.

Mrs. Martin

Nov. 7, 2008

Math p. 141 # 1-5- adding fractions
Writing- We started to work on Remembrance Day writings

Reading- final Crash test
Silent Reading- Veterans Week newspaper minutes for MS Readathon
Grammar- homographs

Have a safe weekend and I will see you Monday a.m.
Mrs. Martin

Tues., Nov. 4, 2008

Students in Mohawk Language have a project due on Nov. 7- Please be prompt.

Post Secondary School Trip- Some permissions need to be brought in Wed for the trip tomorrow. (Wed., November 6)

Oral Reading tonight is about Native Soldiers.

Report Card Parent Info. and Sign up letters sent home today.

Crash novel study- final assignment due on Thursday November 5.

See you in the a.m.

Mrs. Martin

Oct. 30/08

Today we started our fractions unit. Homework is p. 137 # 1-5.

I still need the oral reading on Cyberbullying and the Post Secondary permission letter.

Some terrific Hallowe'en Books were handed in today. About 6 books are incomplete.

All work has been assessed for this term. Work completed after today is assessed for the second term.

Don't forget Hallowe'en fun night at JC Hill is Thurs., Oct. 30th at 5 pm.

See you in the a.m.

Mrs. Martin

Tues., October 28/08

AARGH! Too many students with incomplete work today. Please check agendas and also check that work is being done in the evenings.

Today we worked on ology word lists for our word study.

I continued to read the Roald Dahl book "The Witches" to the class. We then finished up our percent unit with simple interest activities. Tomorrow in math we start fractions.

Students also worked in their Book Club groups, discussing plots, characters, etc.

Permission letters were sent home for the Post Secondary trip to polytech next week.
Reminder that Monday is a PD day- no school.

November 6th - McKinnon Park evening parent info. session.
See you in the a.m.

Mrs. Martin

Monday, October 27, 2008

Math- Worked on assessment of sales tax, discount and commission. No homework.

Crash- I.S.U. due tomorrow, Oct. 28th.

Writing- Hallowe'en children's book due Oct. 29th.

Nov. 6 is McKinnon Park's parent orientation event in the evening.

Oct. 30th- JC Hill Hallowe'en Fun Night- 6 pm

Oct. 31st- Hallowe'en Dance at JC Hill in the afternoon for those in costume.

We continue to work on cyberbullying activities in the classroom. Parents need to be aware that this is a growing concern.

See you in the morning.
Mrs. Martin

Fri., Oct. 24/08

It's Friday! And it's cold! Students really need to dress for this chilly weather.

PALS forms are due today.



Yesterday we had an awesome presentation about cyber bullying and will continue to work on this topic in the classroom. It is becoming an increasing concern for our students.



Today in math- Continuing to work with percents for sales tax, discounts and commission.
Work on P. 79 and 80 up to # 7.



Crash novel study- ISU for up to chapter 43 is due on Tues., Oct. 28.



Hallowe'en Children's Book writing- Cereal boxes still needed to make the hard covers. Completed project is due Wed., Oct. 29th.



Hallowe'en Fun night is Thurs., Oct. 30th- volunteers and donations still needed.
Have a safe weekend .
Mrs. Martin

October 23, 2008.

Finally, Mrs. Martin is up and running a blog again. Let's keep our fingers crossed!

Math- We have finished rates, ratio, algebra, 3-d geometry and number theory. We are currently finishing up percents.

Novel Study- Students are continuing with Crash novel- This will mainly be finished through ISU (independent study units) that are completed at home.

MS Readathon- All students in the 8-2 class are in a book club. Reading minutes will be put toward the MS Readathon. Hopefully students will get a few or a lot or sponsors. REMEMBER: $20 or more and you get a special dance, prizes and perhaps a pizza party for our class and BLONDE HAIR for Mr. R.G. ( probably a secret wish of his?) Do blondes have more fun?

Writing- Hallowe'en story boards for our Children's Book is being worked on. Bring in a CEREAL BOX for the hard cover. Thanks to Dwight for the extras.

Book orders due to Mr. Hickey.

Please have a look at the school blog for more special activities.

Mrs. L. Martin