Ms. Gregan Notes

Welcome To Our Page

Notes

Posted: January 27, 2016

Homework Jan. 25- Jan.29

Hello everyone,

We have an exciting week with poetry this week. I sure hope you are enjoying this unit.

This weeks homework is:

Gr. 6-

-Read and collect sparks

- Finish your poetry booklets for Friday

 

Gr. 7

- Read and collect sparks

- Finish your poetry analysis

 

Have a great week!

Mrs. Gregan

 

Posted: January 11, 2016

Homework Jan. 11 - Jan. 15

Hello everyone,

 

I hope that you all had a nice and relaxing weekend!

 

Here is your homework for the week.

 

Grade 6

- Read for 20 minutes each night find sparks (use stickies)

- Find 3 new words from your novels for Friday

 

Grade 7

- Read one chapter of Cowboys Don't Cry (write extra information for your stickies this week)

- Print a poem off the internet (if you haven't already done so in class). Start your analysis.

 

Have a great week!

Mrs. Gregan

 

 

Posted: January 7, 2016

Homework Jan. 5 - Jan. 8th

Hi everyone,

I hpe that you all have had a wonderful relaxing break with family and friends.

Here is the homework for this week.

Grade 6

- Use review sheet and figurative language sheet to study for L.A. test Friday.

- Article of the week (Bungee Jumping) is due on Friday

- The students who did not pass in their journal entry please do so Friday January 8th.

- Read nightly (20 - minutes) and collect stickies.

Grade 7

- Read 1 chapter of Cowboys Don't Cry (use stickies). Be prepared to give input into our discussion each day.

- Article of the week is due on Friday

- Journal entries that were not passed in the week before Christmas are also due on Friday Jan. 28th.

- Review your poetry handout to study theme, mood, tone etc.

Have a great week!

Mrs. Gregan

Posted: November 24, 2015

Homework Nov. 24- Nov. 27

Hi everyone, I hope you are all well rested and ready to dig into the new term. *** Nov. 30 th will be the deadline for donations for our Christmas basket. We certainly do appreciate the support and hope that this fund raiser will be a huge success. Tickets for the basket will be given out to students on Dec. 3rd. **** Homework for grade 7:- Read 20 minutes nightly and mark important parts with stickies. - Pass in your Circle of Viewpoints paragraphs on the Pigman characters on Friday. Homework for grade 6:- Read 20 minutes nightly and mark important parts with stickies- Finish part 2 of your worksheet on run on paragraphs Have a great week!Mrs. Gregan

Posted: November 16, 2015

Monday Nov. 16th - Friday Nov. 20th

Hi everyone,  I hope you all had an enjoyable weekend! Below is the information needed for the upcoming week. Homework Grade 6 and 7:- Read 20 minutes nightly (log and use stickies)- Finsh the Circle of Viewpoints Activity Sheet and write one paragraph on each character to be handed in and marked for Thursday. ( Remember you must provide evidence from the text to support your ideas.) Have a great week everyone!Mrs. Gregan

Posted: November 10, 2015

Homework for week of Nov. 9th - 13th

Hi Everyone, On Thursday November 12th (in the afternoon) we will be having our HMS Annual Student vs. T-WOLVES basketball game. This is a fundraiser for the Red Team, students who like to watch the game and have a chance to win T-Wolves tickets will need to pay $1.00. There will also be a free throw competition ( $1.00) during half time, prizWe would also like to congratulate Robert McAllister and Brianna Aubé for being Purple Team's Students of the Week  for November 2nd-6th, 2015. . Wonderful hard workers, keep up the fantastic job!Skating: Purple Team will be skating Friday November 13th, 2015. First bus run will be leaving at 10:15 (second immediately following), we will be skating until 11:35 ( first return bus will be at 11:40, and second immediately after).Please note students are to have skates and helmet to come to the rink (parents/guardians may bring their child's equipment directly to the rink if they would like).Also, students should be able to tie their own skates, please practices this at home with them. We have 67 students on the team and only 3 teachers to supervise on and off the ice. Parents are always welcome to join us at the rink. :-) Home work for this week is reading only. (Don't forget to log on your brand new log sheets and don't forget to put on your stickies.)Don't forget to get your parent or guardian to sign your book talks or journal entries. You may pass your journal entries in for corrections on Thursday at the latest.  Have a great week!Mrs. Gregan        

Posted: November 3, 2015

Homework Nov. 2- Nov. 6

Hi Everyone,  I hope you all had a safe and fun Halloween! Below is your homework for this week.-Read and log nightly (Don't forget to put your stickies!)- Practice your book talks if you haven't already presented. (Remember to pick a good passage to read, have a clear voice, and restate the plot. Follow the rubric provided in class.)-Corrections on articles or journal entries! (Please hand in by Friday.) House Keeping items:We would like to congratulate Kiersten Hamilton for being Student of the Month for October on the Purple Team! Kiersten can always be observed helping others, she has a big and king heart and we would like to congratulate her for being a fantastic role model for others. Way to Go!.We would also like to congratulate Cody Chiasson and Jenna Taylor for being Purple Team's Students of the Week  for 0ctober 26th-30th . Wonderful hard workers, keep up the fantastic job!Skating: Purple Team will be skating Friday November 13th, 2015. First bus run will be leaving at 10:15 (second immediately following), we will be skating until 11:35 ( first return bus will be at 11:40, and second immediately after).Please note students are to have skates and helmet to come to the rink (parents/guardians may bring their child's equipment directly to the rink if they would like).Also, students should be able to tie their own skates, please practices this at home with them. We have 67 students on the team and only 3 teachers to supervise on and off the ice. Parents are always welcome to join us at the rink :-)Have a great week!Mrs. Gregan

Posted: October 7, 2015

Week of Oct. 13-16

Hi everyone, I hope that you all had a wonderful Thanksgiving long weekend. Here are some things that are happening this week. Oct. 14 - Student vote (We will be holding our own student voting for the federal election right here in the common room.)Oct. 15- Spirit day for LGTBQ (Please don't forget to wear Purple.) Homework for the week: - Read nightly20-30 minutes (Don't forget to log the page you started at and page that you read last. Also don't forgot to use those sticky notes to mark the sparks you are finding in your book. Examples of sparks:  1) if something you wonderd about in the book was answered 2) if you read a part that makes you question something 3) if you make a deep connection with something that is happening 4) if you find a great word that helps you understand the author's intention. 5) if you learned something new about a character. **** Last weeks article corrections need to be handed in tomorrow at the latest. **** *** Sparks collected since the beginning of the year need to be brought to class tomorrow as well. ***- Article of the week is due on Friday. (Please read the questions carefully and make sure you understand what they are asking. Some questions are asking for more than one piece of information. Make sure you answer everything the question in answering. Remember, the answer may not be in the text if it is an inferencing question.  Good luck and have a great week!- Mrs. Gregan

Posted: September 14, 2015

Homework from Sept 14- Sept 18

Read 20 minutes and find sparks.

Posted: June 1, 2015

Homework June 1st - June 5th

- Read 20 minutes nightly6E2  Bring back permission slips and money 8B - Study your test review. *** Your test will be the first class you have with me after assessments. *** Have a great week! Mrs. Gregan

Posted: May 25, 2015

Homework May 25th - May 29th

- Read 20 minutes (find sparks)- Retell (List 3 important parts of your book and describe in detail why they are important.)- Get your article of the week signed and bring it back to class Have a great week!Mrs. Gregan

Posted: May 12, 2015

Homework May 11th - May 15th

- Read 20 minutes (find sparks)- Choose 3 important parts of your book. Write a paragraph on each part and discuss why it is an important part. (Remember I will be focusing on spelling and grammar when marking these pieces.) Have a great week!Ms. Gregan

Posted: May 4, 2015

Homework May 4th to May 7th

- Read for 20 minutes (Find need to know sparks!)- Article of the week (due Friday) Have a great week! Mrs. Gregan

Posted: April 28, 2015

Homework for April 27 - April 29th

- Read 20 minutes nightly (Find need to know passages.) Enjoy your extra long weekend! Mrs. Gregan

Posted: April 20, 2015

Home Work for April 20th - April 24th

Language Arts- Read 20 minutes (find sparks)- Journal Entry (only for those who handed in a typed journal entry last week)   *** Assignments are only to be handed in typed when we are doing a published piece for our class binder. All other assignments are to be hand written/printed when passed in. *** Social Studies - Finish report or poster board for Wednesday Day 2 *** Heritage Fair is Wednesday April 22nd in the common room.****** Friday April 24 this is PJ day and the Drama Dance hosted by the Yellow team with DJ Drew Hunter.*** Have a great week!Mrs. Gregan

Pages