Hello April!

First off I would like to thank each of you for coming to 3-way conferences, it was so very nice to meet you all!

Now that we are into the month of April we will be going full speed until the end of June. These next few months will fly by quicker than you know.. I myself, am mentally preparing for how quickly it will go, before you know it we will be attending the grade 8 Farewell and heading out camping.

Here is what's happening in our room over the coming weeks!

ELA-
In English we are wrapping up our novel study of "The Giver". The students have already presented their community group projects to the class and blew my expectations out of the water! Coming up they will have a few more assignments to complete before we move on to our next unit (Greek Mythology)

ELA due dates

April 16th- Giver Novel study booklet due
April 17th- Giver Individual Novel Study due
April 19th (PM)- we will be watching the most recent movie adaptation of the novel. I told the students they could bring in some snacks for the movie afternoon. There is also an assignment that goes along with this.

Science:

We are cruising through our Optics and Vision Unit and will be wrapping it up sometime at the end of April. We will be starting the prep work for our Cardboard Boat racing at the start of May.

Science important dates:
Optics and Vision exam tentative date: Thursday May 3,2018
Cardboard boat races: May 29th at Sask Polytechnic and Harry Bailey pool

Art:
We have been working on various aspects of digital photography over the last few weeks. The students have captured some pretty incredible images (it's crazy how well the iPhone cameras work)
We are in the starting phase of composing our digital photography portfolios.

Photography Portfolio assignment due April 24th


Other important dates for the month of April:

April 12th- Jersey Day in support of the Humboldt Broncos
April 16th- Student Retreat (in school/ all day) AND Giver Novel Package due
April 17th- The Giver Individual Assignments due
                 - Band Festival, loading bus at 12:25, performance at 1:45pm at the Cathedral of the Holy Family.

April 18th- Swimming with 7/8B at Lakewood Civic Center 12:25 departure
April 19th- PM movie afternoon for The Giver
April 24th and 25th- Teen Aid.


That is all for now!

-Mrs.Baron