CFOO!

In Français, it's time for another CFOO (Le Club Fabuleux des Orateurs et Oratrices)! 

This is a public speaking "club" that will help students improve their oral French skills through short speeches.
For this presentation, students must choose one of the five Research options: information about an animal, information about a country, facts about a person, information about a technological object or reporting on a sports event. They will then prepare their short oral presentation, fulfilling all of the criteria (listed on the page they have in their binder).
Students should also keep in mind eye contact, volume and expression during their presentation.

The CFOO Presentations will take place on Monday, January 22nd. 

Learning about the Holocaust

In English Language Arts, we have been discussing the Holocaust. As we know, this is a difficult topic to study. 
Each student has now chosen a novel to read, write about and discuss as we continue learning more about the Holocaust.

It's 2018!

In Français, students decided on four resolutions for the New Year!

Kindness!

To start 2018 off in a respectful manner, students each wrote a Top 10 Ways to be Kind poem.
Let's hope we can put those actions into practice!

Team Challenge!

Today's Team Challenge was to find any many words as possible with the letters SNOWFLAKES!
Groups did a fantastic job working together and came up with lengthy lists!

Well done!

Building our Community!

There's something new on our door: it's the Commonality Chart!

Students meet in partners and find something they have in common. Two of today's examples: "we love graphic novels" and "we've been to Minneapolis". These findings are recorded on the Commonality Chart.
By the end of the year, each student will have found something in common with each member of the class!

Missing School Supplies!

It's the time of year when students start running out of supplies (like pencils) or they realize they've lost supplies (like scissors). 
Students were asked to jot down in their agendas today any missing school supplies.

Thanks for your support!