Business Fair

Thank you to the students, staff and families at Nottawa who contributed a record, $6,773. 65 to our Montreal trip!  Wow!

Business Fair

A reminder that we will be setting up for Business Fair on Monday night, starting at 8:30pm.

Essay

Polished draft of the Heaven Shop essay is due Friday!

Business Letters

Our business letters will be mailed this week!

Our new T-shirts!

Thanks to Mr. Hunwicks and the CCI alumni for donating our championship T-shirts!

Metaphor Song Video

The class will begin presenting their 'Songs with Metaphor' video presentations on Monday.  Don't forget the speech component!

Montreal Trip Payment

Online payments can now be made for our Grade 8 trip to Montreal.  Please make note of scheduled payments that were sent home with your child's report card.

Parent/Teacher Conferences

Don't forget to sign up for parent/teacher conferences!  If there isn't a time slot next week that works for you, please shoot me an email and we'll work out something else.

Business Letter

Final business letter is due Wednesday

Novel Study

Chapter 20

G: Binti tells Kwasi that Junie “got lost” along the way. What does she mean by this?

G:  How does Binti respond when she first sees Junie? Why?

I:  How does Junie show that she has found herself again?

Chapter 21

 I:  How does Binti react when she sees the photo of herself in the “Youth Times”? Why?

Vocabulary

• Insisted, fastened, overwhelmed, informal, scampered, infatuation.

Geography

Our latest Geography graphing homework is due on Tuesday!

Business Letter

Rough Draft due Wednesday!

County Flag

Congratulations to the Nottawa Nighthawk Flag Football team for finishing 3rd at the County Flag Football Championships in Barrie.  It was an incredibly exciting day and a real team effort.  Way to go, Hawks!

Champs!

Congratulations to the Nottawa Nighthawks who were once again crowned SWAC Flag Football champions!  On to County's!

Flag Update

It looks like Flag is a go for today!  I will update this blog if the situation changes in the next hour.......

Novel Study

Chapter 13/14

Group

1.    Comparing Binti’s environment at Gogo’s house with her environment at Uncle Wysom’s house: How have her circumstances improved? How have they worsened?

2. What life lesson does Binti learn when she struggles through the improvisational play?

Independent:

           3.    Compare Binti’s current relationship with Memory with the relationship Binti used to                have with her sister in Malawi.

           4.    How does Memory feel about Binti? Why?

Vocabulary

• Triumph, wavered, demerits, dispersed, praise, pastor.

Newspapers

Don't forget that your newspaper is due Friday, unless you are a Cross-Country runner!

Area Flag Football is here!

Our Area Flag Football tournament is scheduled for this Monday, October 17th.  Listen to 95.1 The Peak in the morning in case of rain.  All athletes should meet at Klondike Park in Wasaga Beach at 9:00am with their CLEATS!

Flag Tournament

There is a Flag Football tournament scheduled for Tuesday after school.  Don't forget to bring your cleats!

Next Week's Novel Study

Chapter 11

Indep.  

How do Aunt Agnes and Uncle Wysom think Binti and Junie got the money that Mary found?

Group

How do you think Junie will make money? Does she have many options?  Explain.

  

Chapter 12

Group

How does Binti feel when she first gets on the bicycle with Jeremiah?  Explain.

 Vocabulary

Define the following words (as they are used in the novel), indicate the part of speech, and then use each in a full sentence that demonstrates that you understand its meaning.  Be careful of the different parts of speech in your sentences!

• Bottle-shop, misery, Overrun, declared, gravely.

Picture Yourself in Grade 9 Day

On Wednesday November 2nd, the Grade 8's will be heading to CCI to take part in their annual "Picture Yourself in Grade 9 Day".  It's a great chance to see what elective course you might want to take next year!

Are ready for some football?

Nottawa plays its first football game of the year Wednesday after school versus Byng.  Come on out and watch!

Meet the Teacher, tonight!

Looking forward to seeing everyone at the Meet the Teacher Night!

Science Lab

Don't forget that our first Science Lab is due on Friday.  Try to get it done tonight, so you can ask me any questions that might pop up!

Terry Fox Run

Nottawa's Terry Fox Run is this Thursday.  Please check our school website for more information.

Geo Quiz

Our first Geography quiz is tomorrow.  Study your terms!

Graduation!

Our Grade 8 Graduation will take place on Wednesday, June 22nd @ 6:30pm.

Group photo @ 6:00pm.

Field Trips

Skilled Trades:  Wednesday, June 8th

Toronto:  Tuesday, June 28th

Track and Field

Tomorrow!  Remember your sunscreen, water and hat.

Steam Survey

http://fluidsurveys.com/s/SteamS/

Montreal

Pack your shorts next week, kids.  Forecast is hot and sunny!

Graduation Questionnaire

All Grade 8 students must fill out the following survey and twitter quote forms as soon as possible.  You can always go back and edit them prior to Grad if required:

Survey - http://goo.gl/forms/Acl7nzA3Rs

Twitter Quote – please make sure quotes are no longer than 75 characters - http://goo.gl/forms/0j8BgOSsrX

Gauss Math Contest

Just a reminder to all Grades 7's and 8's that this year's Gauss Math Contest will take place on May 11th at C.C.I.

Gauss Math Club

The Gauss Math Club will be meeting today after school in Mr. Bowhey's class.  All Grade 8's are welcome!

Day of Pink!

The Grade 8's will be heading downtown tomorrow to take part in the Day of Pink; an anti-bullying event being held at the Curling Club in Collingwood.

Gauss Math Club

The Gauss Math Club will start this Tuesday, March 29th.  A 2015 test will be sent home this week and the solutions discussed at our first meeting.  Good times!

Gauss Math Club

All Grade 8 students interested in competing in the Gauss Math Test are welcome to join our Gauss Math Club.  The club will meet once a week and discuss and practice Gauss Math tests from prior years.  Please talk to Mr. Bowhey.

Exit Survey

bit.ly/G8ExitSurvey

The Outsiders, Chapter 7

Group

1. Why were the reporters so interested in what had happened to the boys?
2. What was Johnny’s prognosis?

Indep

1. Why did Ponyboy finally understand when Cherry had said, “Things are rough all over.”?  What do you think she had meant by it?
2. How did Ponyboy react when Two-Bit called Randy “Mr. Super-Soc?  Why did he react this way?

 Vocabulary

·         Appeal, radiates, palomino, dig (from the novel, not referring to shovelling), drawled.

LOTNM, Chapters 13-14

Group

1. What do you think is the purpose of this letter from James to Johnny?  Explain.
2. How does the author foreshadow that perhaps the chicken dinner may lead to something more between Aunt Ivy and Mr. Tuttle?

Indep.

1. Compare the author’s descriptions of the sounds of the church bells the moment Johnny finds the broken figurine of his father and then after he and Aunt Ivy glue him back together.
2. Even though Aunt Ivy doesn’t believe that Johnny’s soldiers are foretelling outcomes of the war, she humours him to make him feel better.  What does it mean to humour someone.  How does Aunt Ivy humour Johnny?

Vocabulary

• ambrosia, Angel of Mons, Mourned, gaunt, prophetic.

MSOTM pp.107-131

Indep.

1. Why did Sam go into town?
2. Sam almost made a tragic mistake before the real snow comes.  What is his mistake and what make him think of it?

Group

1. What did Sam like about the winter?
2. Is the reaction of Sam’s mom and dad to his running away, realistic?  Explain.

Vocabulary

·         Dignity, conspicuous, wistfully, sired, sanguine.

The Giver, Chapters 14-15

Indep

1. Jonas continues to feel separated from his family and the rest of the people in the ‘Community’.  What is causing him to feel even more separated than before.  What might the author be foreshadowing?
2. Using the information given in this chapter and some Internet research, what specific war did Jonas experience?

Group

1. Why would the “Community” forbid a Receiver from taking medication to alleviate the pain he/she feels during training?
2. The Giver seems bitter or at least negative toward the rules the community has.  What do you think is the source of this negativity?  

Vocabulary

·         Unendurable, assuage, distended, invigorating, petitioned.

CCI Open House!

CCI will be hosting an 'Open House' on January 19th from 7pm to 8:30pm for our Grade 8 students and parents.  Included will be a tour of the school and a discussion of academic and extra-curricular options.