Learning Community 9

UPCOMING EVENTS:

PAT Schedule:

Wednesday, June 22nd~L.A>

Thursday, June 23rd~ Science

Friday, June 24th~ Math

Monday, June 27th~ Social

Year End Assembly~ Tuesday, June 28th Year-end Celebration 2011

Year End Activity~ June 29th Movie Theatre

Report Cards Handed Out~ June 29th

GRADE 9 FAREWELL | FRIDAY, JUNE 10TH:

Please see the attached information letter regarding Grade 9 Farewell.  It consists of a schedule of the evening’s activities with specific times, guest information, volunteer requests and photography options.  If you have further questions, please contact your child’s homeroom teacher.  Thank you!

Grade 9 Farewell Info Letter:  Download Now

 

KNOWLEDGE & EMPLOYABILITY (Kinney):

Please refer to the following link to access the K & E blog site.  Here you will find learner outcomes, assignments, due dates, etc.

BLOG SITE: K & E LC9 Blog 

 

LANGUAGE ARTS (Tolsma):

Welcome to Mrs. Kathy Tolsma who will be taking over for Mrs. Lang as of June 1st! 

 Study cue cards for Elements of Fiction review are due at the end of class on Thursday, May 26th for LCA,B & D ond Friday, May 27th for LC9C.

Summative Elements of Fiction Quiz: Monday, May 30th.  Use the Elements of Fiction handout (attached below) and the cue cards as study resources.

Elements of Fiction Handout:  Download Now

 

MATH (Bly):

June 13th-24th: Students will be provided with the opportunity to review all outcomes for the final PAT in Math that they will write on Friday, June 24th at 9:00.

June 13th: Probability Practice

June 15th: Shape and Space Practice

June 17th: Numbers/Patterns Practice

June 21: ALL topics Practice

June 6th-10th: Complete all of the Green Booklet. Begin planning the project about data collection that they will carry out during the next few classes.

June 3rd we are beginning the final unit in Math, Probability and Statistics. Complete 9.1 for Monday, June 6th.

May 24th-June 1st: Completion of the golden rod booklet…all Practice Exercises from pages 318-337 and the Extra Practice Handouts are all due on Monday, May 30th.  Unit 8 Test Wednesday, June 1st:)

May 19th: Complete 8.1 up to the end of page 322 of the goldenrod booklet found under the Math Page.

Some students still need to complete their M-Art Project which were due on Monday.

 

Unit 7 Test…Thursday, May 12th.

May 2nd-12th: During these two weeks, the students will be completing all assignments for 7.4-7.7. They also need to complete the Unit Review on pages 313-316 in their purple booklets.

The intergrated M-ART project which is an Art project using Math concepts will be due on Monday, May 16th.

 April 26th-29th: This week the students need to complete 7.5 to 7.7 in their purple booklets AND the cooresponding white handouts.

April 18th-20th: No homework this week since the students have been given the extra time to work on their Social Studies Project.

Any students that were absent last week need to make sure they have their purple booklets and extra worksheets completed up to the end of 7.4.  They will write their quiz for this on Tuesday, April 26th.

 April 11-15th:                 7.1-7.4 Test on Friday, April15th:)

7.1 & 7.2 Worksheet due Tuesday April 12th.April 7th:  Students were given their new unit  PURPLE Booklets

Purple Booklet pages 271-285 due pages 271-285 due Wednesday, April 13th.

7.3 & 7.4 worksheets due Thursday, April 14th.

April 5th:Problem Solving Worksheet due: Wednesday, April6th!

 

SCIENCE (Robert):

Students should continually review inclass assignments and notes for daily review quizzes!

Our current unit is: SPACE!!!! (Started May 25th)

May 31st all ”Planet Posters” must be finished and handed in. 

June 9th all “Space Station” projects must be handed in.

June 15th:  Space Unit Test

 START STUDYING FOR SCIENCE P.A.T! Mrs. Robert will be holding study sessions for Science final exams every day at break and at lunch on Day 3. Your Science P.A.T. is on June 23rd.

 

 

SOCIAL STUDIES (Haggarty): Copies of assignments for download, along with further explanation are all available on the Social Studies tab.

• Chapter 6/7 – Economics and Consumerism Exam RE-WRITE – Wednesday, May 4th at lunch (12:30).  Any students are welcome to rewrite provided they check with Mrs. Haggarty prior to Wednesday.
• Four Corners “Value Clarification” Activity on Social Systems due on Wednesday, May 4th at the beginning of class. Write one or two sentences for each statement about why you chose each position on the Agree / Disagree scale.

This year, the students will be evaluating themselves on the criteria for Citizenship and Social Responsibility.

Together with the students, we created a rubric for performance of the criteria for CSR. Students shared examples with different classes and groups, and we compiled their thoughts and examples into one final rubric. Students will be keeping a journal, reflecting on where they are on our “scale” from Awesome to Awful, citing examples as proof of their performance. They will then do a self-assessment for each term that will be included in their report cards.

Please read our rubric, and feel free to discuss it with your student!

LC9 CSR Rubric

Year-end Celebration 2011 Please find your invitation to attend our Year End Celebration at GCMS on Tuesday, June 28th.

Movie Theatre: Please read and return the permission slip for the Year End Activity on Wednesday, June 29th.  LC9 will be making their way to the movie theatre in Spruce Grove to watch The Green Lantern 3D and then back to GCMS for pizza and final farewells.

 

Welcome to our Community News, designed for citizens of LC9 and their families.  We are looking forward to what we know will be another exciting year of learning! 

As a teaching team, we believe that there are three parties who share the primary responsibility for a child’s learning and development – the parents/guardians, the teachers, and the student.  As students enter into grade nine, the expectations we will have of our students will increase.  We will support our students as they develop skills and habits necessary to become responsible citizens of our school and community, we also expect that students will take more responsibility for their own learning.  You, as a parent, can help support your child’s development in this area by checking in with them each day, to find out about homework, upcoming events, etc.

Communication is Key to the foundation of our Learning Community!!!  Please note the following key elements to our Community News blog:

 

• SUBJECT AREAS:  At the top of the homepage, you will notice that there are separate tabs for each core subject area.  Under each of these tabs will be updated information, handouts, assignments, etc., of what your child will be learning each day.   It is also important that students check this area of the blog consistently for updates, especially if they are going to be away or are at home ill.

 

• BLOG ROLL:  Located on the right hand side of this page are links to some important and interesting web sites.  Sites listed include information about the curriculum, Parkland School Division, GCMS, as well as interactive learning sites for our students.  If you know of any sites that would be beneficial to our students, please let us know!!!!

 

• MAIN PAGE:  What you are currently viewing  is the main page of the blog.  This is where you will find information about upcoming school events, copies of letters and permission forms that your child “should” be bringing home, and any other relevant information throughout the school year.  Most importantly, please pay special attention to the “DAILY HOMEWORK” located at the top of this main page as it will be updated daily with homework assignments and upcoming due dates.

 

9A:  Mrs. Laura Robert | lrobert@psd70.ab.ca

9B:  Mrs. Kathy Tolsma  | ktolsma@psd70.ab.ca

9C:  Mrs. Peggy Bly | pbly@psd70.ab.ca

9D:  Mrs. Christina Haggarty | chaggarty@psd70.ab.ca