R8C DPA

Skating tomorrow!
Yes, it might a bit chilly tomorrow, but we will be outside skating for DPA.

Toonie Tuesday

Tuesday, February 24, is Toonie Tuesday at Greenbank and across the OCDSB.  Students are asked to bring in a donation of $2 in support of the Education Foundation.

As an educator and coach, I cannot overemphasize how helpful the Education Foundation is. Any time the school needs financial support for students in need, whether it be to help pay for field trips, team fees, or other school programs for students in need, the school can turn to the Education Foundation for assistance.

Please help us this Tuesday by having your child donate a toonie. Thank you!

R8C Math

Math quiz on Monday covering the following topics:

• surface area and volume of triangular prisms
• surface area and volume of cylinders

 

R8C DPA

R8C, Tuesday will be a Day 5, so bring your skates!

English Debates

Debates start on Tuesday!

By now I've provided feedback to every planner that was submitted. Some of you still have a lot of work ahead of you. Details in the English tab above.

Make sure you're ready for Tuesday!

R8C Math

UW Problem of the Week

As mentioned to some of you last week, I will be posting the University of Waterloo's Problem of the Week every Monday.

These problems won't necessarily always line up with what we're doing in class, but none of the concepts (at least not the 7/8 ones) should be completely new to you.

There will be two problems posted: one at the grade 7/8 level, and the challenge problem at the grade 9/10 level.

You will have one week to come up with a solution. I'll post the answers at the end of the week.

Here's our first set:

• 7/8 Problem of the Week

• 9/10 Problem of the Week

Mr. Gitter's alma mater

Debates

As part of our unit on persuasive text we will be staging mini in-class debates.

Your debate planner is due on Tuesday, Feb. 10.

Debates will start on Thursday, Feb. 12.

Skating

As part of our DPA program, R8C will be skating on the rink in the school yard each Friday leading up to March Break. We're on again this Friday, so bring your skates and helmet.

We're also looking for size 9 skates for three students in our class. If you have a spare pair you can share for an afternoon, it would greatly appreciated.

 Who's going to be "it" this week?

Report Cards

Yes, it's that time of year again! Term 1 report cards were sent home today. Please return the bottom section of page 3.