Jeudi, gris.

This morning, it was 87's turn to start the perspective drawing unit. Students had a double period to practice drawing rectangles, cylinders, and cubes in perspective and making the shapes into buildings and such...

83 came to class and got a heads-up on the exercises for tomorrow as well as writing some "detecteur de mensonge" sentences.

Later in the day, both 86 and 87 noted the keywords and questions for "Geographie, chapitre 3" and began working on the chapter in small groups.

Tomorrow, Monsieur Wanie will be absent. A day plane was discussed with all classes and written on the white-board for students information. Hopefully all students will work hard and act appropriately for the supply.

Mercredi, le beau temps de retour!

Today, 86 started their art unit. It's a pencil drawing unit focusing on the design element of "forced perspective". Students worked to produce rectangles, squares, pie shapes and cylinders.

In the afternoon, 83 worked with Monsieur Wanie to produce a paragraph for a short oral presentation. The class also worked on a short "true/false/possible" exercise.

86 and 87 both had their class discussions on the novel "Sonson et le volcan". It was also 87s turn to hand in their "Geographie" collages.

Tomorrow, 87 starts the art unit!

Mardi, pluie

A quick reminder: Students who need to hand in a late assignment, meet with Monsieur Wanie for whatever reason, or want to come in to hang out or mess with the classroom train, must come in BY OR BEFORE 8:30. Students should not be wandering the halls between 8:30 and the bell.

In class today, 86 and 87 continued the reading of their first French novel, "Sonson et le volcan". Both classes had a double period to read and answer the comprehension questions in preparation for the class discussion tomorrow.

Oh, and tomorrow, 86 starts an art/drawing unit. 87 starts Thursday.

And tomorrow, the "Geographie" collage is due for 87! Thursday for 86!

And 87 has pool tomorrow, bring your swim stuff!

Lundi gris...

Before school this morning, a few students came in early to ask for extensions for the "Revolution Industrielle" assignment that's due today. Students remember: it's BEFORE 8:30 that you need to come in for such things...Anyway, during the school day, Monsieur Wanie went over the "Geographie, Chapitre 2" questions again with both classes to clarify what is necessary to fully answer the questions. Then, both classes had an opportunity to start reading the first French novel of the year, "Sonson et le volcan". Students will be reading several novels this year, as well as a few comic books, presenting related projects and doing reading comprehension quizzes. Of course, as much as the class has time to read independently, Monsieur Wanie will also go over the novels with the class before assignments and quizzes are due.

83 worked on their "Etienne paragraph" and prepared for the "Test de vocabulaire" that's coming up soon.

Vendredi, la pluie ou le beau temps?

Well, this morning was fun, students did their Terry Fox run!

Not wanting to miss the opportunity to teach a lesson (LOL), students in 86 and 87 followed Monsieur Wanie and Mr. Rowinsky through Wychwood Park past the visible parts of Taddle Creek, along the old shoreline of Lake Iroquois to the Roycroft Wetland at the base of Winston Churchill park/reservoir. Rosanna, Michelle, Spiro and Ethan won the commemorative 30th Anniversary Terry Fox shoelaces for today's best runners of classes 86 and 87. And Rocky was kind enough to provide every student with freezies just before lunch! Thanks Rocky!

In the afternoon, students participated in a dance! Good times at Winona, good times!

Jeudi, le soleil resort. Une belle journee!

Today, students in 87 had two periods in homeroom, one to work on the "Revolution Industrielle" assignment, the other during which Monsieur Wanie went over the "Chapitre 2 Geographie" questions and students worked on them.

86 only had one period of homeroom today and it was taken up by Mr Rowinsky's math test.

Just to clear up some due-date confusion in 86 and 87: the "Revolution Industrielle" assignment good copy is due on Monday, September 27th for both 86 and 87. The question #4 collage from "Geo, Chapitre 2" is due on Wednesday, September 29th for 87 and Thursday, September 30th for 86.

Today, 83 missed working on the "Etienne" paragraph in their notebooks because of the Terry Fox assembly at the end of the day. On Monday, students will start gathering ideas for a similar "Etienne" paragraph for themselves. Monsieur Wanie will read the paragraph with the class to make sure everyone understands...

If you were anywhere near Queen's Park last Sunday, you'd have seen two of Monsieur Wanie's favourite cyclists: Michael Barry and Ryder Hesjedal.

Mercredi, la pluie et la tempete!

Wow, today was a busy day for students!

Classes 86 and 87 had discussions with Monsieur Wanie on the "Gepgraphie, Chapitre 2" key words. Students took down class-notes for the definitions. 86 had their chance to "shoot the breeze" at the end of the day...

83 worked on their "Qui est ton prof?" sentences with Monsieur Wanie.

Mardi, du vent mais il fait beau.

So, today was photo day, students in 83, 86, and 87 went down to the cafeteria to get their individual and class pictures taken...

Both 86 and 87 finished their rough drafts and started working on the good copies of the industrial revolution 4-picture assignment.

Monsieur Wanie worked with 83 on the "La fin des vacances" dialogue and students started on the two-part "Qui est ton prof?" exercise.

It looks like a beautiful afternoon. Students, after school, hang out outside for a while... then go home and get your homework done!

Lundi, le soleil brille et if fait beau!

Another beautiful day out!

Students are back from the weekend and working hard.

Today 86 and 87 worked on their keywords, chapter 2 "Geographie" questions and their 4 picture industrial revolution assignment.

83 was assigned their "Collage d'articles scolaires" collage due on Monday, September 27th. A few students still need to present their "Premier projet orale"! Students who have not yet finished their "vocabulaire" lists need to come in early to get extra help and get it done.

Vendredi, il refait soleil!

It was great to meet all the parents and guardians of students in 83, 86, and 87 yesterday evening at Curriculum Night, thanks all for coming out! If you missed the opportunity to come in and meet Monsieur Wanie and check out the resources and classroom, a short outline was sent home with your son or daughter today.

For students, today was all about the "Geographie" keywords. Students worked in groups to read and research the 2nd chapter.

A reminder for students to check and read the links from yesterday's blog post over the weekend.

Meet Spike:

Jeudi, le gris et la pluie.

Wow, it's a really rainy day! Hopefully the culverted Taddle and Garrison Creeks don't back up in neighbourhood basements! Students, read up on these links! Class discussion to follow!
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taddle_Creek
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Garrison_Creek
http://www.lostrivers.ca/GarrisonCreek.htm

This morning, Monsieur Wanie continued yesterday's discussion with 86 on the first "Geographie" chapter questions. Then, students took down all the second chapter keywords and got started on the chapter reading... 87 came in and did some changing around of the desks, did a short peer evaluation of the "Premier Projet Oral" posters and in the afternoon continued work on the keywords. 86 had their opportunity in the afternoon to do the peer evaluation of the posters and worked with Monsieur Wanie to finish off the first chapter keyword definitions, then went right on to work on the second chapter keywords in groups.

Don't forget, it's curriculum night tonight!

Mercredi, encore une journee de soleil!

Today, students in 87 worked with Monsieur Wanie to come up with class answers for the first "Geographie" chapter. Students participated well and made sure their notebooks were neat and complete. The class noted the keywords for the second chapter just before lunchtime. Great work, kids!

A large portion of students in 83 did their "Premier projet oral" in front of the class, some students needed a lesson in how or how much clapping is required or polite between presentations! Anyway, most were well done. Good stuff, kids!

In the afternoon, students in 86 took down the classroom answers for the first "Geographie" chapter and Monsieur Wanie and the class had a discussion to sum up some of the questions in the unit.

Mardi, il fait tres beau dehors!

What a nice day out! Anyone know Mint Sauce the Mountainbiking sheep?In class, students in both 86 and 87 who had not presented their "Projet Oral" yesterday came up to present in front of the class.

86 had their research period on the "Geographie" questions. In the afternoon, Monsieur Wanie worked with students to build class answers for the notebooks.

83 worked on the doodle/rough draft of their rectangle project for the "premier presentation oral" due tomorrow.

A quick reminder about Curriculum night. Students, please remind your parents or guardians that it will take place this Thursday evening, starting in the Winona gym at 6:30pm... This is a great opportunity for parents to come in and find out about the programme that their children will be following this year...

Lundi, la deuxieme semaine d'ecole!

Today, students in both 86 and 87 presented the "Premier Projet Orale". A few students came in early to explain why they couldn't do the presentation today, a few others forgot, and everyone else did really well and came up with some terrific presentations and posters!

87 had a "research period" to work in groups on the first of the "Geographie" chapter questions. 86 only had part of a period to work... there will be more time for both classes with the textbook.
83 worked on their first "Liste de vocabulaire", hopefully tomorrow students will be able to work on the "Premiere presentation Orale" due to be presented on Wednesday.

Vendredi, if fait soleil aujourd'hui!

Hey, yay! It's Friday of the first week of school!

Today, students in 86 and 87 worked on their keywords and definitions in Geographie. Monsieur Wanie worked with students to come up with some class definitions for students' notebooks.

83 working on their first chapter definitions in the French textbook.

Jeudi gris et frais!

Today, Monsieur Wanie's classes handed-in some paperwork relating to the start of the year. Students in 83, 86 and 87 all received new notebooks and started on a sentence-building exercise.

87 began their "Geographie" programme and worked in groups, taking notes and writing up definitions for some of the first chapter keywords... 86 starts tomorrow.

Congrats Sophie for being the first student from 86 to comment on the blog!

Mercredi, le temps variable.

Today, Monsieur Wanie did some collecting of money for school fees and handed out some locks so students could pick their lockers.

Students continued working on their rectangle project, now officially called: Le premier projet orale. Monsieur Wanie assigned the end product of the project which is an oral presentation due on Monday, September 13th. Students must present their project on a bristol board in front of the class.

In class, Isaiah from 83, Spiro from 86 and Shea from 87 had an opportunity to do a quick demonstration of the classroom railroad... Hopefully there will be a few students to run it for parents on curriculum night next week!

86 also received their new notebooks and began working on a short ten sentence assignment. 87 and 83 will get their notebooks and assignment tomorrow.

Le 7 septembre, premiere journee de l'annee 2010/2011.

Whoo hoo, it's the first day of the new school year! Hopefully everyone had a great summer and is ready to get down to the business of grade 8!

Monsieur Wanie (Pronounced: wah-nee) introduced himself to all his new students and distributed all the beginning-of-the-year paperwork. Students need to remember to bring all the required cash and forms back to school as soon as possible.

Students started on an introductory assignment, a few rectangles of text and pictures...