Spelling 6:  Th:  environs, encourage, inane, inoculate, indigenous (spelling average last week for grade 6:  53% and grade 7:  54%)


Memory Work 6:  Th:  Ps. 126:3; next Th:  Hy. 47:4; middle-of-next-month text:  Haggai 2:1-9


Church Hist. 6:  Tu:  test; hand in unit


Bible 6:  W:  begin final unit, "Judah is Judged"


Writing 7:  Tu:  suspenseful story is due


Writing 6:  W:  writing from the point of view of a student in a German classroom is due


French 7:  W:  perform oral reading; begin final unit, "Au Secours!" (no quiz this week)


French 6:  W, Th:  practise for oral reading passages "Le Carnaval"  (no quiz this week)


Readers' Theater 6:  M:  perform pieces about ancient China


Social Studies 6 and 7:  budgets, social safety nets


JL


P.S.  Shop Easy Forms and Track and Field permission slips went home today.

Church History 6:  F:  questions on "Marx, Lenin, and Stalin" are due; the test has been postponed to next Tuesday


JL

P.S.  We would like to thank Mrs. Alisa Gelderman for the delicious hotdog lunch today!

Spelling 6 and 7:  F:  bellicose, incorruptible, necessary, alleviates, affinity (both grades have a Spelling Worksheet on "Double Consonants" to finish for Thursday, and grade 7 also has a "Sentence Stretchers" worksheet to finish for Thursday)


Memory Work 6:  Th:   Ps. 68:8; next Th:  Ps. 126:3; end-of-the-month text:  Haggai 2:1-9; end-of-the-month poem:  "Homophones" (we need more time with both "end-of-the-months"!)


Church History 6:  a review sheet went home today for the test on "Missions in China" on FRIDAY


French 7:  W:  using directions to find a place on a map;  Th:  "Do you prefer the big city or the small town?"--no quiz this week (last Wednesday's requiz more than doubled the class average:  68%)


French 6:  W:  the caleche driver of Quebec; Th:  la Carnival


Lit. Circles 6 and 7:  many students were relieved that we ran out of time for Lit. Circles today--please be sure to keep up with the readings!


Book Talks and AR tests:  an updated list has been posted in the hallway--students should be finished at least SEVEN Book Talks and at least SEVEN AR tests by the end of the month of May


Social Studies 6 and 7:  Market and Centrally Planned Economies cont'd


Readers' Theater 7:  Tomorrow (as with most Wednesdays) students will receive another drama to read with expression.  Students should spend more time practicing it aloud, especially if they have weak oral reading skills!




JL


P.S.  Today, students brought home Edu-Pac forms that you may find useful. Youngest students also brought home the latest FVRL magazine for your information.

Star Reading Tests 6 and 7:  Th:  parents are asked to sign the term's new reading range (sorry, they didn't go home yesterday as promised)


Writing 6:  Th:  suspenseful story (first draft) along with three illustrations of the story is due


French 7:  Th:  quiz has been postponed to next Thursday


JL

Spelling 6 and 7:  F:  fusillade, renegade, blockade, cavalcade, lemonade (last week's spelling avg for grade 7:  72%)

Memory Work 6:  Th:  song for Grandparents' Day; next Th:  Hy. 46:2; end-of-the-month poem:  "Homophones"; end-of-the-month text "Haggai 2:1-9

Memory Work 7:  end-of-the-month poem "Homophones"

Church History 6:  syncretism, Matteo Ricci, Robert Morrison, Marx, Lenin, and Stalin

Social Studies:  both groups will work on assignments:  grade 6:  "Nothing to Buy--A Comparison of the Soviet-Era Marketplace with the Present-Day Russian Marketplace" (group assignment), and grade 7:  "Comparative Economic Systems"

French 6:  old and new parts of the city of Quebec

French 7:  extra-curricular activities and clubs in France; last week's quiz avg was 31%, so we will have a requiz on Thursday--students should be able to recognize the basic question beginnings for WHO, WHAT, WHERE, WHO, HOW and be able to respond in either English or French

Reading Levels 6 and 7:  Reading levels will go home tomorrow for signatures.

JL

Our very own NICOLE BYSTERVELD, KIARA LOUWERSE, and REUBEN LOUWERSE took the bull by the horns again, this time in front of the largest and final crowd of the competition!  Congratulations for a job very well done!!

Here is a list of the results:
1st:  Torah Vanderveen (CCE) "Fetal Alcohol Syndrome"
2nd:  Nicole Bysterveld (JCS)  "Laughter"
3rd:  Julia Vandriel (CCS) "Stage Fright"
4th:  Will Dykstra (WO)  "Boston Marathon Bombings"

We thank all the judges for their work, but especially the judge from our catchment, Mrs. Linda Bysterveld!

JL

French 7:  F:  The French quiz was ready to go, but our Literature Circles were so interesting, that it slipped my mind!  Let's try again tomorrow!


JL