French 6:  M:  "Super-Papa ou Super-Maman" booklet due


Social Studies 6:  M:  mapping assignment due


Bible 6:  Tu:  "Finding the Book"  questions due


JL

The long awaited Super Speller Study Club is back! 

Each Thursday, students in grade 6 and 7 who wish to practice their spelling skills can meet in Miss Lanting's room (12:30-12:45) for some tips and games.  Then we'll hold the JCS Spelling Bee on Thursday, February 12 which then leads up to the big TRI-SCHOOL COMPETITION on Friday, February 20 in Lynden, Washington!
 
Bible 6:  "Religion in a Blender" question handout is due tomorrow


JL


P.S.  Don't forget your library books tomorrow!
P.S.S.  We'll do a bit more practice of "Super-Papa" before students must read it on Thursday for a pronunciation mark.

Bible 6:  F:  students received a review sheet for Friday's test today


Socials 6 and 7:  M: grade 6 students need to hand in a climograph of Cairo, Egypt (four girls and one boy from grade 7 still need to hand in a climograph that was due today)


JL

Bible 6:  Th:  handout "Immanuel" is due


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Memory Work 6:  W:  Ps. 72:1; next W:  Ps. 70:2; end-of-the-month poem:  "Apostrophe"


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


Spelling 6 and 7:  Tu:  students will receive their new words (spelling test is next F)


Readers' Theater 6:   F:  students are trying hard to finish the book


Bible 6:  Tu:  "Joash, Amaziah, Azariah, Jotham, and Ahaz" handout due


French 6:  NO QUIZ ON 'POUVOIR' THIS WEEK, AFTER ALL (students have a lot of tests already)


JL


P.S.  Shop Easy forms are due tomorrow if you need gift cards.


P.S.S.  Skating forms are needed still from Elayna, Joel, Jordan H., Thomas, Taylor, Caleb, Lincoln, Carrie, Laticia, Alison, Abby, Eric, Lorien, Natalie.

Lit. Circles gr. 6 and 7:  There's a lot to read for next week (Tu. for gr. 6 and F. for gr. 7)

Spelling Test Results:  yesterday's spelling test averages (tests were returned yesterday):  85% for grade 6;  90% for grade 7

JL

CONGRATULATIONS TO THE PARTICIPANTS IN OUR ANNUAL JCS DECLAMATION CONTEST, particularly the grade 5 and 6 students who declaimed for the first time!!

The three finalists were Nicole Bysterveld (1st), Travis Vandeburgt (2nd), and Reuben Louwerse (3rd)!

A big thank you to our three judges:  Mrs. Julia Fennema, Mrs. Jacqui Hoogstra, and Mr. Pieter VanWoudenberg!

JL

A ROUSING APPLAUSE TO ALL OUR BRAVE CONTESTANTS IN THE CLASSROOM DECLAMATION CONTESTS!  

Congratulations to the following grade 6 finalists and runner-up:  Lincoln Louwerse (1st), Lorien Vandergugten (2nd), Taylor Hovius (3rd), and Naomi VanVliet (runner-up).

Congratulations to the following grade 7 finalists and runner-up:  Reuben Louwerse (1st), Nicole Bysterveld (2nd), Travis Vandeburgt (3rd), and Jared de Haan (runner-up).

COME AND SEE THESE VERY FINE DECLAIMERS FOR YOURSELVES AT THE JCS DECLAMATION CONTEST THIS COMING THURSDAY IN THE GYM!  Stay tuned to find out the exact time.

JL

P.S.  In all the excitement, our French requizzes were forgotten....we'll remedy this problem on Monday....

French 6:  requiz NEXT Th:  comique (funny), dynamique (energetic), sérieux (serious, masc.), sérieuse (serious, fem.), sociable (social), tranquille (calm), timide (shy)


French 7:  requiz NEXT Th;  une boulangerie (bakery), une boutique de sport (sports store), un grand magasin (department store), une quincaillerie (hardware store), une boutique de vêtements (clothing store), une boutique d'animaux (pet store), une pharmacie (pharmacy), une librairie (book store), une boutique de musique (music store)


Bible 6:  Th:  "Samaria Falls" handout is due


Memory Work 6:  Ps. 50:8 is actually due for THURSDAY (not Wednesday) due to our field trip tomorrow


JL

Bible 6:  F:  fill in the blanks sheet:  "The Last Kings of Israel"


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Bible 6:  Th:  handout on `Jonah` with three drawings and a sentence to explain each

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French 6:  Th:  NO quiz tomorrow; we ran out of time!


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Library 6 and 7:  W:  Don't forget your library books tomorrow!  (Yes, we are having library.)


Soup Day 6 and 7:  W:  Soup Day tomorrow!


Readers' Theatre 6:  F:  productions of Hammurabi -- in-class enjoyment only and not for guests


JL

Memory Work 6:  W:  Ps. 39:3; next W:  Ps. 49:1; end-of-the-month text:  Amos 9:1-8; no poem to memorize due to the Declamation Contest at the end of the month


Bible 6:  Tu:  "The Day of the Lord" question handout is due; Tu-W:  Hosea; Th-F:  Jonah
Grammar 6 and 7:  W:  quick quiz on adverbs


Spelling Test 6 and 7:  W


Social Studies 6 and 7:  F:  research project is due (grade 6 will have an opportunity to type it on Friday morning; GOOD NEWS:  students will have a chance to show their buddies their projects on Friday; BAD NEWS:  students have a mini-test on Friday (see tomorrow's review sheet)


French 7:  Tu-Th:  work on group projects: "Un Centre Commercial"


French 6:   Th: quiz on prepositions


Writing 6:  F:  autobiographies are due


Reader's Theatre 6:  we'll be practicing for Monday's Remembrance Day Assembly


JL
P.S.  Shop Easy forms went home today.

Grammar 7:  Th:  "Parts of Speech - Adverbs"


JL

SNEAK PREVIEW OF OUR READERS' THEATRE PRODUCTIONS (GR. 6) ON FRIDAY DURING OPEN HOUSE:

 

What He Deserves

A poor farmer gives a very large turnip as a gift to his well-loved king.  The thankful king decides to reward him with a bag of jewels.  As the poor farmer leaves with his bag of jewels, he is met by his rich brother.  The rich brother decides to give the king an even bigger present to see if he will be rewarded with an even bigger bag of jewels.  In the end, the rich brother gets something completely unexpected, but it is WHAT HE DESERVES....

Little Bird in the Tree

A princess needs to find a prince to marry, and her father needs a successor.  Together, they come up with a test to find out who is worthy to be the next king and have the princess’ hand in marriage.  Each contestant man must observe a LITTLE BIRD IN A TREE and tell what he sees.  The king and his daughter will weigh all the answers to see which is most intelligent.  In the end, a quick thinking young man saves the day, but will he also win the princess’ hand in marriage?

The Traveler’s Lantern

A poor widow works day and night in order to earn money to feed herself and her two children.  Despite the cruelty of the villagers, the widow continues to be kind and gracious to everyone, including a stranger who knocks on her door one dark and stormy night.  He asks her to keep his TRAVELER’S LANTERN burning for him.  He tells her that the lantern uses costly oil and that he will reimburse the costs to her afterwards.  She kindly agrees, but when he doesn’t return for a long time, is her promise more important than feeding her children?  

JL

P.S.  Spelling test results from this past Friday and Monday:  gr. 6:  89%; gr. 7:  84%.

Spelling 6 and 7:  Students received their new words yesterday.  After I look at the spelling test results on Friday (next week), I will reassess the groupings (currently we have three groups of abilities:  blue, purple, and yellow).


Bible 6:  W:  "The Massacre" handouts and "Hazael and Athaliah" handouts due


JL


P.S.  Sorry, I forgot to pass out the Lifetouch photos for those who ordered which we received today.  I will try harder tomorrow.

Memory Work gr. 6:  W:  Hy. 35:4; next W:  Ps. 39:3; end-of-the-month poem:  "Linking Verbs"; end-of-the-month 'text':  Books of the Bible


Memory Work gr. 7:  none; students must know which poem they will study by next Mon. (NOT this Mon.)


Bible 6:  Tu:  "The Disease Spreads to Judah" (2 Kings 11); W:  Amos; Th-F:  Hosea


Writing 7:  drafts using generalization statements


Writing 6:  autobiography


Readers' Theatre 6:  F:  performance! 


French 7:  Th:  performance of "Qui est coupable?"; class avg for Th.'s quiz:  46% (students who had 50% or less need to have it signed for tomorrow, and they will do a requiz on Th.); no quiz this week


French 6:  class avg for Th.'s quiz:  89%; no quiz this week; personality traits


JL


P.S.  ALL students went home with a permission form for the Vancouver Symphony Orchestra field trip (Wed., Nov. 19), and the youngest student in each family went home with an information sheet regarding our upcoming Book Week (Nov. 24-27).

Spelling 6 and 7:  F:  spelling test tomorrow!


Readers' Theatre 6:  F:  it's only another practice tomorrow after all


JL

French 6:  Th:  Un graphique


JL