Tuesday, September 21st

Reminders:

September 23: Meet the Teacher - 6:00 - 6:45pm / 7:00 - 7:45pm sessions.  There will be a school messenger

September 28^th: Terry Fox Run - FUNDRAISER FORMS SENT HOME --- if the Class can raise $150 for the foundation they can dress me up, hair dye, make up, etc.  It's a dear cause to me as I have lost many friends from my hometown to Cancer

September 29^th: Orange Shirt Day

September 30^th: Truth and Reconciliation Day

October 1^st: Pillars of Care Assembly - Virtual 

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1. Get your forms in please! Lots of them!  We need them soon! 

2. Spelling test sent home to be signed and returned. 

Homework:

Lit term poster - missing 1 

Watch an inning or 2 of MLB to understand the rules that we apply to kickball, like a fly out with runners on base / running when it's caught ... before Thursday's match!

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Today we started off by reading and doing some reading assessments. 

We then counted the school vote of the student vote. 

Student vote across the whole country:

• Liberals: 117 seats, 24% of the vote
• NDP: 107 seats, 29% of the vote
• Conservatives: 91 seats, 25% of the vote
• Bloc Québecois: 20 seats, 2% of the vote
• Green Party: 3 seats, 10% of the vote

BHS Results:

Liberals              19%

Conservatives      9%

NDP                    42%

Green Party        17%

PPoC                   6%

Bloc                      1%

Other                    7%

Actual Real Citizen Vote:

Liberals               32%

Conservatives     34%

Bloc.                     8%

NDP                     18%

Green                    2%

PPoC                     5%

Other                     1%

We then looked at how a minority Liberal government could impact Alberta and Calgary.

We had music and gym and a fire drill.  Our class was amazing during the fire drill!

In LA we explored Sound in poems: rhyme scheme, rhythm, repetition, and onomatopoeia. 

In science we started learning about the roles of leaves in forests, and the different types of leaves. 

In math we worked on decimal place value and will be for the rest of the week. 

We hope everyone has a terrific Tuesday!