Inside Earth Webquest

Inside Earth Webquest

Part 1 and 2 due June 4
Part 3 and 4 due June 11
Part 5 and Project due June 18

webpage:

http://www.mrconant.org/webquests/insideearth/index.html


Volcano World Link does not work, use:

http://volcano.oregonstate.edu/education/vwlessons/lessons/Volcanoes/Volcanoes1.html


Continental Drift Link does not work, use:


http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/aso/databank/entries/do12we.html

Website Updated

The website is back up and running!
The h0mework, project, and date section have been updated.

Persuasive Writing Project

Students will be working in Groups of 4 on a Persuasive Writing Project.

They are to create a poster/webpage/commercial about an item (either real or invented) that they would like somebody to purchase.
It must be at least one paragraph long, have pictures, propaganda, etc.

See the following website for the assignment:

http://volweb.utk.edu/Schools/bedford/harrisms/studentpage.htm

Literature Circles

Students started Literature Circles today!

Students are in groups of 4 or 5.

Lit. Circles will meet 3 times a week.
On Tuesday, students must come prepared, in their role, to discuss their 5 questions.
On Wednesday, students will be given time to do an oral read-a-loud for a chapter, will have time to work on their role for Friday, and will have time to work on the project.
On Friday, students must come prepared, in their role, to discuss their 5 questions.

Lit. Circles will be finished on May 14th. At that time, students are to hand in:
Lit. Circles Duo-tang and their final project (100 points).

Criteria: Students have what is required for the Circles as well as the final project in their Lit. Circle duo-tang.

Set-Up:

Each time students have a new role (Discussion Director, Connector, Word Hunter, Friends of the Character, Artful Illustrator), they need to set-up a new page.

Each page should look like:

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Date Role Chapter(s) Read

Students come prepared with notes on their role.
Notes should be in this space.




2/3 or 3/4 of the way down, students should have left space to fill in notes from the other group members questions.

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Science

Check out the new science post at the bottom of the page!

SKSS Meeting

On Wednesday, April 7th, at 7 P.M.
There is a parent meeting in the Upper Campus Gym (JP) for parents of Grade 7 students.

Counsellors, administrators, and teachers will describe your child's program of studies and the opportunities that await him or her in Grade 8.

Grade 7 students are welcome to accompany their parents to the meeting.

AGENDA USE

Some students have decided to quit using agenda's.
We talked about this this morning and I informed everyone that agenda use is not an option.
They are to help students organize themselves.
Students are to write down on the day what they have for homework.
They are also to go ahead in the agenda and write down on the due date what longer-term assignment is due.
Please make sure to check your child's agenda daily.

I will continue with the webpage but I feel that the agenda helps the students organize themselves and be clearer on due dates and activities.

Grade 7 Parent Meeting

Grade 7 Parent Meeting
5:15 pm
Pacific Way Elementary
Tuesday, February 23rd

Late Work

If students have any missing or late work for Term 2, they must have the missed work into Ms. R. by Friday, February 12th!
See the list in the classroom if you're unsure (it's been up for over a week).

Young Author's Conference

Young Author's Conference is fast approaching. If you have anything you would like to submit, please hand in to Ms. Robertson by February 28th.

Over-night sleepover or sleepout?

A challenge has been issued! And we are answering!
Heffley Creek Elementary has challenged other elementary schools in the district to take part in the ONE NIGHT OUT CHALLENGE!

On February 25th, we are hoping to demystify homelessness.
Youth across North America will take one night out to dispel the myths and raise awareness of homelessness in their communities.

Students will be brining home a permission form and asking some of their parents (hopefully you :) to spend the night of February 25th with us in Pac Way's school gym.

Look for the permission form tomorrow....

McQueen Lake Cancelled

Due to the lack of snow and info. sent home, McQueen Lake will be cancelled at this time.
We were going to go snowshoeing and cross-country skiing on February 17th and 18th; unfortunately, there is no snow at this time.

PJ Day

Ms. Robertson's class will be having a PJ Day on February 11th.

We will also be having a 'food' afternoon. In the afternoon, students are going to sign up to bring different food items in (enough for @6 people each) and we'll have a small potluck!

No pop or really sugary foods, please!

Canadian Citizenship Assembly

Pacific Way will be hosting a Canadian Citizenship Assembly on February 9th.
55 people from 17 countries will be becoming Canadian Citizens!! What an amazing event for our students to witness!!!

In order to celebrate this momentous occasion, Pacific Way is having another red and white day!
Students, show your pride of being Canadian, wear Red and White on Tuesday!!!

Student Teacher Candidate

Ms. Staruiala has finished her practicum at Pacific Way and we wish her all the best on the rest of her journey!

Parents - New Drug to be Aware of.....

Marketing Drugs to Kids: From Cheese to Strawberry Quick

By Maggie Lineback

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Dallas Indep. School district police dept.

Seized packets of cheese.

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DALLAS, Texas — Something called “cheese” is killing kids. In August of 2005, no one had even heard of it — so much so, that when a school district police officer first saw a bag of this drug, he thought it was fake. Now officials realize cheese is all too real; at least 21 kids have died from overdosing on it.

Cheese is a combination of black tar heroin and crushed up Tylenol PM tablets and hits of it sell for a buck or two. Like any type of heroin, cheese is highly addictive and deadly. If that’s not enough to scare you, there’s this: drug pushers cooked it up special for kids.

“Traditionally heroin is going to be an adult user drug,” says Dallas Independent School District Officer Jeremy Liebbe. “Black tar heroin is cooked on a spoon, mixed with liquid and injected. Meaning needles. Not many kids are wild about needles, so if you want to market heroin to kids you've got to come up with an alternative to it.”

And that’s exactly what drug dealers in the Dallas area have done — they’ve come up with a form that can be snorted and gave it a seemingly benign name: “cheese.” But cheese is just the start. Have you heard of “Strawberry Quick?” It’s not a kid’s drink — it’s a kid’s methamphetamine. Drug dealers mix meth with Kool-Aid in an attempt to make it look and taste better. And again, there’s the snappy name. While Strawberry Quick hasn’t made a big splash in Dallas, it is gaining ground in other parts of the country.

The DEA says the whole act of marketing drugs to kids is a dangerous and relatively new trend.
“They're looking for a new consumer, ” says James Capra, the Special Agent In Charge of the DEA office in Dallas. “They've taken the tactic that advertising people have taken for years; you want to sell a product, you’ve got do a good marketing approach to it.”

The anecdote for any slick marketing campaign is the truth. Cheese users, if they live, eventually escalate to needle use. And if they try to get off cheese, users have horrible physical and mental withdrawal symptoms. So of course it’s best never to start. As for meth, anyone who’s seen a meth addict, with their scabbed skin and rotting teeth, knows what a con “Strawberry Quick” is.

What can you do? Fernando Cortez is getting involved. He lost his 15-year-old son to cheese earlier this year. Cortez swears his son wasn’t a user and is haunted by what-ifs. What if he had done this versus that? Would his son still be alive? In the end, Cortez has had to put away those thoughts and channel his grief into something that could save lives. He goes to Dallas schools, speaking out about his painful experience and giving out his cell phone number to anyone who needs to talk. He urges parents to do the same — talk to their kids.

Drug experts add this advice: don’t bury your head in the sand. If your child’s grades drop, he loses interest in the activities he once loved, if he changes friends, if he starts to have trouble at school … all of these are warning signs that need to be acted upon immediately. With drug dealers stepping up their efforts to target your kids, police and drug counselors say we should all make as much of an effort to keep them safe.

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Maggie Lineback is a FOX News channel producer.

Indoor Shoes

Please remember your indoor shoes!
Students cannot wear socks on their feet only; it is a safety hazard!

FSA's

FSA tests start next week!
Written tests are from January 18 - 22
Computer tests are from January 25 - 29

Science Fair Dates

Pacific Way's Science Fair is February 23rd, 2010.

SCIENCE FAIR

Hello! This term, our class is participating in the Science Fair. Even though most students have participated in previous years, it is important to ensure that we are all working together to ensure success. Please note the due dates and help to ensure that your child doesn’t fall behind.

Due Dates for Projects:

Wednesday, January 20th

Question (what are you trying to find out)and Hypothesis (what you think will happen; use “if, then, because”) are due

Wednesday, January 27th

List of required materials and steps for conducting the experiment are due.

Thursday, February 4th

Results and conclusions are due (at this point you should have answered your question and know what happened during the experiment)

Thursday, February 18th

Completed poster boards are due

Monday, February 22nd

Set-up for school Science Fair

Tuesday, February 23rd

School Science Fair

Thursday, February 25th

Take down from school Science Fair


We will devote some class time to science fair preparations, but students will have to work at home as well

We will be reviewing each step of developing a science fair project in class. For this reason, I ask that students not rush ahead. If they do rush ahead, they may find themselves having to re-do parts of their project because they do not meet the criteria.

I have attached some information about science fair projects for you to refer to if you have any questions. You are also welcome to ask me!

Our first step is to decide a topic. I have some ideas for students in they are stumped. We will be reviewing and brainstorming some ideas in class.

Students are to work alone for this project.