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+ Grade 7/8 Teachers (Team 1)
Mme Heather Gordon (Sept.-February)
Mme Nichole Van Sickle (February-June)
Français/Socials/English/Hace
Mme Doris Theriault
Math/Science/English/Hace
Hace is taught by homeroom teacher with some doubling of classes/teaming activities
+Grade 8: First Year of Secondary School in British Columbia
Grade 8 is Secondary Curriculum
Expectations are slightly different than Grade 7
Maturity/Independence/Self-reliance/Work Completion
Leadership/Behaviour, etc.
Prep Year for next September
Secondary School Information in December
January Visit to New School
+Grade 8: An Important Year!
Stay involved
Working together to help your child be successful
Rested brain is an active brain
Bedtimes
Healthy eating/staying hydrated
+Grade 7’s in a 7/8: Expectations
Academically/Socialy/Emotionally ready to be in the class
Responsible/Self-Reliant/Independent/at times Patient
Academically able to follow what is being taught and at the speed of delivery
Socially/Emotionally able to work with students older than themselves
Demonstrate Leadership and Maturity
+Friday Block 6 – Team Time for Team 1
Grade 7’s go to Grade 6/7 classes to maintain contact with peers
Grade 8’s stay upstairs for same reason
Once a Month: Whole Team Activity (Grades 6/7/8)
+Potpourri – Friday Block 7
Time to complete assignments/homework
Get caught up with missing work
Ask for help from either teacher
Permission: Use PEDS listen to music with ear buds
+Success Club
Designated time daily
Provide time and space to receive extra help, tutorials, complete assignments
30 minutes maximum before/after school
Conflict between school work and extracurricular activity:
Expectation: school work be made priority
+Club Du Succès
Le français nous unit !
8h00 – 8h30 14h55 – 15h30
LUNDI Francescini Gordon
MARDI Poudre Francescini
MERCREDI Theriault GordonJEUDI Theriault Poudre
VENDREDI Francescini Bonne fin de semaine !
+GENERAL EXPECTATIONS
Speak French
Be organized/ready to learn
Cell phones/iPods kept in locker
Laptops/Ipads for classroom use
USB stick necessary
Ask for missing work after absence
Give best effort
+Parents are welcome…
Attend field trips, special activities, etc.
Contact us whenever concerns/questions arise
Drop by to say “Bonjour”
Contact us/touch base on how your child is doing between reporting periods
+Homework
Expect very little issues with homework completion
All questions assigned are completed
Ready for marking at assigned time
Work is at school
We understand if things come up – Communicate with us and we will work it out
+Seldom “No Homework”Check website postings
Review work/notes done that day
Links on websites complements concepts learned in class
Research websites related to learned concepts to help at getting deeper knowledge
Read in English/French
Radio-Canada/TV5
DVD add subtitles, etc.
+Assessment
Before, during, after lesson
In class (teacher observation)
On Going Process: Assessing submitted work/Themselves/ Evidence of knowledge obtained
Your child should be able to tell you what they are learning and why it is relevant
+Retakes For Failed Tests (very rare)
Expected that students try their best at all times
Fail Test: May have another opportunity
Must attend at least 1 tutorial after school if re-take is given
Cannot received greater than C grade after re-take
First Term only for Grade 8’s
+Français
Reading comprehension/making inferences
Verb conjugations (present/past/future/conditional/imperative tenses)
Analysis of parts of speech and grammatical structures (nouns/adjectives/verbs/pronouns/adverbs)
Oral presentations/book talk)
Cultural (poetry/music)
Projects (autobiography/lit. circles)
+Oral French Is Formally Evaluated
The Oral component of French is evaluated (speaking)
Comment and letter grade on Report Card: G/S/N
Evaluation: not only in classroom/informal settings/privately, etc.
Understand if students are shy/afraid to contribute during class
Student must make the effort to demonstrated their oral speaking skills
+English
Reading Comprehension
Grammar
Editing Process/Organizing ideas/Choice of words/Paragraphs, etc.
Poetry
Novel Study
+Math 8
Square Roots/Pythagorean Theorem
Integers
Operations with Fractions
Prisms/Cylinders
Percent/Ratios/Rate
Linear Equations/Graphing
Data Analysis/Probability
Geometry
+Math 7
Patterns and Relations
Integers
Fractions, Decimals, and Percents
Circles and Area
Operations with Fractions
Equations
Data Analysis
+Math expectations
Work done in pencil only
Must show all work not just answer (answers are in textbook)
Must come in for help when needed
Chapter tests announced one week ahead
Pre test tutorial schedule posted on website
+Sciences Humaines
Geography (Atlas/identifying major capitals/regions of the world)
Fall of the Roman Empire
Middle Ages in Europe (Medieval Traditions/Feudal System/Crusades)
Renaissance
World Religions
+Science
Cells and Systems/(Human Sexuality Unit)
Optics (Eye Dissection)
Water Systems on Earth
Rube Goldberg Project (June)
+Familly Life (Sex Education)
Second Term
Parents will be given advanced noticed (December)
Information will be posted on classroom website
Grade 7’s will be sent to 6/7 classes
Grade 8 topics demands a certain maturity
Grade 7’s will have Family Life course with Grade 6/7 classes
+H.A.C.E.
Healthy Living
Internet Basics (Email/Attachments/Critical look at contents, etc.)
Leadership Attributes/LEADS
Career Skills and Resume Building
Volunteer Hours (Grade 8’s only)
+Leadership Opportunitiesat Maple Creek
Encourage your child’s involvement in sports/clubs
Participation/involvement is key to success!
Volunteering/Participation can look good on letter of reference (Hawk Shop, etc.)
+Class Websites
http://teachers.sd43.bc.ca/DTheriault/default.aspx
http://teachers.sd43.bc.ca/hgordon/default.aspx
+You Are Cordially Invited…!
Meeting to talk about your child
To get to know you and your child
More knowledge means better Planning/Support
Bring Information Sheet