Homemade Ice-Cream!

As promised, I will post the recipe for homemade ice-cream that 4/5 Science and 7/8 ELA made today:

In a small Ziploc bag, combine 1 cup milk, 2 tablespoons sugar and 1 teaspoon of vanilla. Squeeze out the air when you close it and put this bag into another small Ziploc bag and seal it.  (Just in case the first bag tears or opens).

Fill a large Ziploc bag with snow (or ice) and add 6 tablespoons of salt to it. Put the small bag into the large bag with snow and seal the large bag. Now....SHAKE SHAKE SHAKE for 15 minutes!
Voila! Soft serve, homemade, better than store-bought ice-cream!

Thanks for a super fun day!

Upcoming Week

This week should be a busy one!

• On Monday, the grade 7/8s are going to MES at 9:15 to attend a presentation called Dying to be Thin, dealing with adolescent eating disorders.
• Safety Services Manitoba will be doing an ATV & Snowmobile Presentation  for Grades 4-8 from 11:15-12:55 on Tuesday.
• Tuesday is also Subway lunch!
• Dress pretty on Thursday, because the entire school will be treated to a Christmas Lunch!

7/8 ELA Weekend Homework

Good evening!
The grade 7/8s have some homework for this weekend if it wasn't finished. First, they have some Christmas similes and metaphors to write. Second, they started a descriptive writing, describing a fantasy room. Their writing must be at least 3/4 of a page, have one metaphor or simile included and 7-10 sensory words (which they are to underline). They were given a sheet with example sensory words to help them out. The room can be as imaginative and creative as they want!
Keep warm this weekend! :)

7/8 Independent Novel Studies

By Friday, students will need to have their entire novel studies finished. 8 responses were to be done for today, by Friday all 10 need to be completed. They will have some time to work on them on Thursday, however, many may need to spend some time on them at home.

7/8 ELA Film Idiom Representations

The grade 7/8 class watched a short film, "My Shoes", about envy and empathy and talked about different idiomatic expressions (such as the grass is always greener on the other side, put yourself in someone else's shoes, count your blessings, etc.). Each student has chosen one to draw and  represent on a picture. These were due today, however, many are not done. These are to be finished, asap!

Today's Assignement

Grade 6/7, today you will doing a reading comprehension on Christmas traditions in France. Ms. Craik will hand you out the reading. When you are done reading it, please respectfully go up to the desk and ask for the assignment. You will use the reading to help answer the questions in the assignment. You must answer each question with a full sentence or more. These assignments are due Wednesday, December 3rd at 12:05. Failure to complete this assignment on time will result in you staying in at lunch hours to complete and a phone call home about homework. Once you are done the assignment you are to choose one of these words and make a 8x11 flash card (regular sized white paper) with a corresponding picture for the word. these will be displayed on one of our french Bulletin boards and are to encourage some of our younger students to use the simple language to express their understanding! Please put your best effort into these! Your vocabulary is:

etoile chandelle Noel Hiver Cadeau Le revellion Un bonhomme de neige il neige un ange de neige une pelle les mitaines une raquette le glacon les ski patiner la glace les patines le chocolat chaud les gants un habit du neige un manteau Have a Great Day! Mrs. Froese