Technical Difficulties

Today is Pancake Tuesday! Kappa, Theta, and Zeta were pitted against each other in a contest to eat the most pancakes in the shortest amount of time. Well done to Kappa for coming in first place. Zeta almost came in second place, until Mr. Palumbo discovered a hidden pancake resulting in an excited showdown between the last pancake eaters in Theta and Zeta. Well done to Theta for taking second place, and to Zeta for almost making it.

In math class we finished working through the review work on transformational geometry. Students will write the unit test on Thursday.

The class then had music class with Mr. Andrei and later on they attended gym class with Mr. Slyk.

Our Canada’s exports projects have been fraught with technical difficulties. Despite these frustrations, Grade 6s say they have learned a lot through this process. We are hoping that this prepares them for Exhibition, where things will hopefully run smoothly. A couple of groups got to present their projects. The remaining groups have until Tuesday to iron out any issues they are having.

We used the time at the end of the day to practice speeches. We split into 2 groups in order to allow 2 students to present at the same time. Half the class got to practice presenting their speech to their classmates as well as receive feedback from the audience. We will do this again on Thursday, when students who did not get to present today will have a chance to present.

Look out for a letter about the SJA Parent Guild Fundraiser movie night and dance coming home today.

Tomorrow is our second skiing trip to Mansfield. Students are reminded to dress warmly, bring lunch and snacks and/or money to buy food. Don’t forget your gloves. Tomorrow is expected to much colder than last week. I will not be accompanying the class as I will be in an IB teacher’s workshop on the Exhibition tomorrow. Have fun everyone. I wish I was going skiing too.

  Homework & Reminders

·         MMS Transformational Geometry review -  unit test on Thursday, February 11

·         Persuasive speech:

o   Practice presenting your speech by memory.

o   Remember all the feedback you received on ways to improve your presentation

·         Tomorrow – Skiing, We will be departing at 6:45 am and returning around 4:30 - 5 pm

·         Thursday, February 11 – Math test, Reregistration packages are due, Valentines’ Spirit Day – wear red, white, pink

·         Friday, February 12 – PD Day, no school for students

·         Monday, February 15 – Family Day, no school

·         Tuesday, February 16 - UOI presentations, have your slideshow/movie on a USB

·         February 18 & 19: In-class Oral Competition

·         February 19 – hot lunch orders due

·         February 24 – Skiing, We will be departing at 6:45 am and returning around 4:30 - 5 pm

·         February 25: School-Wide Oral Competition, All welcome