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BIENVENUE! WELCOME!GRADE 7/8 FRENCH IMMERSION AT MAPLE CREEK MIDDLE 2014-2015

+ 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

+Communication: Home & School

Email

Phone Calls

Notes in Agenda

Classroom Homework Websites

+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

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Merci! Thank You!