ELL Reading: We finished viewing a film that focused on listening and comprehension skills. 

ELL Social Studies: We went over the American Revolution Tests that students took for our previous unit. I gave some tips to students on how to successfully write a test – multiple choice, True/False, Short and Long Answers. Students were to fill in the correct answers and create goals for the next test coming up. 

2-1 S.S 8: We worked on writing a full set of notes based off of the textbook. Students learned how to properly format notes in order to keep organized, how to find the main idea(s) in a piece of writing, as well as how to find supporting details in order to prove that the main idea is true. This style of note taking is a great skill to have as a young person as it keeps students much more organized, makes it much easier to study for tests, and is a good method to use when they someday may attend post-secondary school. The set of notes that we worked on today, Pg.221-223, are due next class, Friday the 6th. 

1-3 S.S 9: We did a review of our mock trial that we conducted on the last day of class before spring break. Then, students worked on their final unit assessment that asks students to demonstrate their knowledge as well as their primary source analysis skills. The unit assessment is due at the beginning of class on Thursday, April 5. 

1-1 S.S 8: The school nurse came in to do a health session with the students. Next class we will be jumping into our new unit, Arrival in Canada! 

1-2 S.S 8: We completed our movie viewing. Next class we will be jumping in to our new unit, Arrival in Canada!

Hello all, and welcome back from Spring Break! I hope you were able to spend some quality time with you family and friends. We have three more months left of the school year, and in this time we have some very exciting things coming your way. Here is an outlook for what the rest of the year is looking like for each grade:

Grade 8 Social Studies:

• Arrival to Canada Unit: The Vikings are the first Europeans to make contact with the First Nations Peoples in North America. Then, Cabot and Cartier are next. We will investigate how the arrival of Europeans affected First Nations people. Then, we will be learning about New France and completing an introductory inquiry project on it. 
• The Fur Trade: The Hudsons Bay Company and the Northwest Company battle each other for the vast land and resources of Canada! We’ll end this unit with a quiz so students can practice their test writing skills
• Geography of Canada: This will be a project based unit. 
• Final Inquiry Project: Students will be investigating a topic that they were most interested in this year. They will be in charge! 

Grade 9 Social Studies

• Canadian Northwest to the Late 19th Century: We will learn about the Red River Rebellion, Louis Riel, John MacDonald, and the Northwest Rebellion. Then, we will have a MOCK TRIAL where we must figure out if Louis Riel is guilty or innocent. Should be very exciting! 
• The Laurier Boom and BC Human Rights in the 20th century: How did colonization effect the First Nations Peoples of British Columbia? The CPR comes to BC, but the Chinese pay for it with their lives – as well as the Chinese Head Tax. Laurier closes the door of Canada to immigrants – we will be investigating several human rights issues. 
• Final Inquiry Project: Students will be investigating a topic that they were most interested in this year. They will be in charge! 

ELL Reading

• Fatty Legs: We will be reading a short novel called Fatty Legs and be completing a novel study for 6 weeks. 
• Short stories: We will end the school year by reading a collection of short stories and doing mini studies on them. 

ELL Social Studies 

• Canadian Confederation: We will learn how Canada became a country and the different structures of Canadian Government. We will be focusing on Note Taking skills, as well as test writing skills. 
• Canadian Northwest to the Late 19th Century: We will learn about the Red River Rebellion, Louis Riel, John Macdonald, and the Northwest Rebellion. Again, we will be focusing on note taking skills and test taking skills. 
• The Laurier Boom and BC History: How did colonization effect the First Nations Peoples of British Columbia? The CPR comes to BC, but the Chinese pay for it with their lives – as well as the Chinese Head Tax. Laurier closes the door of Canada to immigrants – we will be investigating several human rights issues. We will be focusing on note taking skills and test writing skills.