Hello Everyone,
I want to thank everyone for their work this week on the baseline reading and writing tests that we did this week. Having this information will be very helpful for how we plan for students in the future.
In addition this week we started discussion the differences between Narrative and Persuasive writing and how we need to support our thoughts, ideas and arguments with evidence.

This week in history we discussed:

The Mueum fire in Brazil- Does "old stuff from history" matter to us today? Does it affect our lives?

The surrender of Geronimo - the last first nations fighter to abandon resistance to the United States, also discussing the differences and similarities of indigenous peoples in Canada and the United States.

The Fall of the Western Roman Empire - When one of the best names in history, Odoacer (owe-dough-ack-er) over threw the last emperor to name himself King of Italy. The impact of the fall of rome and how it relates to the Renaissance or rediscovery.

Next week we will continue our examination of World View and Friday will be Terry Fox run.

Have a great weekend.