In French class we have been doing all sorts of fun things! The most fun has been working on our past tense verbs. Ha ha! Actually, the most fun has been researching amazing things that we could do in Montreal like laser tag, escape rooms, visiting the biosphere, and exploring Old Montreal. We made travel…
Category: 7/8 Blog
Grade 7/8 has been busy!
Hello Lakeshore Families!
January and February were busy months in the Grade 7/8 class despite a few weather-related interruptions! In Science class we conducted investigations into Heat Transfer, Cellular Biology, and Structures and Mechanisms. We have also been preparing for the All Science Challenge, Science Fair, and Heritage Fair. In Math, Algebra ½ students have been investigating equations, fractional word problems, similar triangles, and right geometric solids. The Algebra 1 students have been studying higher order roots, radical expressions, complex fractions, and trinomials. Students also conducted research on important leaders and events as part of Black History Month, dove deeper into world of Python programming, and made significant progress on their Personal Projects! We look forward to some more busy weeks as we near March Break!
Halloween at Lakeshore
Halloween at Lakeshore On Wednesday, October 31st, staff and students at Lakeshore School got into the Halloween spirit. Dressed in costumes, students spent the afternoon participating in a variety of Halloween themed activities. Students from Kindergarten to Grade 8 enjoyed decorating cookies, playing balloon volleyball, reading spooky stories,…
Grade 7/8 Had an Eventful September
Hello Lakeshore Community!
The grade 7/8 class had a very busy start to the School year! In Math class, the students have been working very diligently on the Saxon Algebra program as they learn new skills and activate their prior knowledge. The grade 7’s have been reviewing the basic mathematical operations, order of operations, long multiplication, long division and solving word problems. The grade 8’s have been reviewing math operations involving fractions as well as angles, polygons, perimeter, area and circumference. They are ready for more challenges as move into October!
In Science class, the grade 7 class has been learning about Pure Substances and Mixtures, and different ways to separate mixtures. The grade 8 class has been learning about Fluids and Viscosity, and conducted a rate flow experiment involving household materials. It was a bit chaotic but informative!
We also had a busy month in terms of our Outdoor Experiential education. In addition to having a great time at Lake Ontario Park, and participating in the Terry Fox Run – the grade 7/8 class went on a kayaking trip in Gananoque where the students had an amazing time. Our skills and stamina were put to the test!
We are looking forward to the new learning and challenges ahead!
7/8 French - un bon début!
Dans notre cours de français, nous avons déjà fait beaucoup d’activités amusantes. Nous avons commencé avec un contrat d’apprentissage pour qu’on puisse tous sentir à l’aise en classe et savoir quoi attendre . Nous avons appris beaucoup de phrases utiles pour nous aider à exprimer nos opinions et nous avons pratiqué notre vocabulaire avec de nombreuses discussions et débats intéressants sur la technologie, les cellulaires et l’école. Nous avons joué au bingo, à Quizlet et à Kahoot ainsi qu’à un jeu de Cherche et Trouve dans lequel nous devions poser d’autres des questions. Nous avons présenté nos intérêts à la classe et avons déjà fait un quiz avec de bons résultats ! Nous devenons plus confiants et sommes tous heureux pour un bon départ.
In our French class we have already done many fun activities. We started the year with a learning contract so that everyone could feel comfortable in class and know what to expect. We learned a lot of useful phrases to help us express our opinions and we practiced these in several interesting discussions about technology, cell phones and school. We played bingo, Quizlet and Kahoot as well as a human scavenger hunt. We made presentations to the class to introduce ourselves and have even already had a quiz with good results. Everyone is becoming more confident and glad for a strong start.
- the 7/8 French class
7/8 Geography - Where we are.
Who knew that there was so much to know! We have been spending our social science time looking at geography, specifically how the physical characteristics of Earth affect and are affected by people and communities. We examined a case study about the Ebola virus through a geographic lens to get to know the four key aspects of geographic inquiry: 1. interrelationships, 2. spatial significance, 3. economic / environmental / cultural and political perspectives and 4. patterns and trends. The grade 8’s played Pandemic, a collaborative game exploring the roles and challenges of keeping viruses from spreading across borders, while the grade 7’s began a journey of discovery through a webquest about the world’s landforms.
We even had a special guest: a British volcanologist who Skyped with us from Germany to give us the inside scoop on all things volcano-related!
Goodbyes, Fundraising and Road Racing
These last two weeks a lot happened in our class…and school! Some exciting/sad things that took place included: the Fort Henry Road Race, we organized a car wash for our end of year trip, Raghad one of our international students’ had her last day in Canada and had to travel back to Saudia Arabia, and Claire Schleger got to share her personal project story with a public school class.
Last Monday, Lakeshore’s Track and Field team left to run a race at Fort Henry. They left around 8:45 AM in the morning. Senior Girls (Grades 7 & 8) ran 2.5 km and
Senior Boys (Grades 7 & 8) ran 3.4 km. This was not an easy race because the terrain for this race was very bumpy and there were a lot of uphills and downhill. Everyone did awesome in their race and tried their best, there was A LOT of sweat! After the race, every runner from grade 3-8 got a ride to Mcdonalds and got a Mcflurry, a sweet treat to end the race!
Last Thursday was our Lakeshore Car Wash to raise money for our end of year trip.It was organized by the Grade by the Grade 7-8 class and 5-6 class! At the car wash, there was also a BBQ run by Mr. Schleger, the BBQ was amazing. We had many customers and raised around $700.00 before other costs. We all had different roles and some of us washed the tires, bumpers, windows and more! We had people advertise on the side of the road by holding signs and yelling at cars to come in! Because of the good advertising we had, we managed to draw in many Amy’ Taxis’s and a few of their cars came by and supported us! A lot of parents also showed up to the car wash. It was a pretty busy day and we got all got really wet and grimy.
On Thursday night our class went to Jack Astors to have a farewell dinner with Raghad our international student who is heading back to Saudi Arabia. The entire class came. The teachers that came were Ms. Singh, Ms. Bullock, Ms. Trish, Ms. Tonya and Mr. Schleger. Ms. Singh organized the dinner and the cake and brought gifts that each 7-8 student paid $5.00 dollars each for. I think Raghad really liked the custom-made mug that had pictures of our class on it. Other students also brought gifts for Raghad, it was sad to say good-bye and maybe one day we will get to go to the Middle East to visit her!
Finally, for part of her personal project, Claire Schleger wrote a novella about a young girl who challenged the status quo by trying out for a boy’s baseball team. She contacted different schools about organizing a reading to young classes and her first reading was organized by J.R. Henderson Public School.
She got to read her story to a grade 4 class and they all loved her story and asked her lots of interesting questions! It’s cool to see how different all of our personal projects are and how we get to involved in the community.
In conclusion, that’s been our busy last two weeks at #theshore!
By: Kevin Chen
Busking, LCVI Road Race, All Science Challenge and Court Trials!
“Levitate away from you, Levitate away from us….” These are beautiful lines heard murmuring in the air on the corner of Wellington and Princess St last week. The lines were from the original song “Levitate” written and preformed by Aaron Mason as part of his personal project. As part of his project, Aaron decided to write and perform songs and busk in the streets of Kingston so he could raise funds for the Joe’s Mill Music Lending library. He has already raised $220! Please look out for him on the streets of K-town tomorrow!
Last week students pushed their physical and academic limits in preparing for the LCVI 2.8KM road race AND at the All Science Challenge Quiz Game! Our 7/8 Lakeshore crew ran their best, and many of them came in the top 100 with over 3000 students across Kingston in attendance! At the All Science Challenge, our all female team of Claire Schleger, Quintyn Zuber, Megan Ding and Lily Naaman came in FIRST PLACE and won the gold medal! They rocked their knowledge in the categories of space, engineering, environmental science, physics, chemistry and more…congrats to these STEM focused ladies!
This week, our class danced all our worries away at the annual “Celebration of Dance” festival at Fort Henry! The sun was shining, the birds were chirping, and Taylor Swift was blasting from the speakers…and our class brought their best salsa moves! Special shoutout to Anders and Aaron who insisted they lead the dance celebration festivities next year! Just kidding!
Finally, we ended our week on a suspenseful, controversial, and passionate note with our “Court Trial for the murders of Romeo and Juliet!” Our classroom was transformed into a courtroom, and the jury was carefully selected from the Grade 1 and 2 class. There was shouting. There were tears. There were shocking secrets revealed! The prosecution and defense teams had two weeks to write, prepare, and deliver opening and closing statements, witness statements, and ultimately, prove their opposing team WRONG! The students were incredible in their roles, and their characters came alive through passionate dialogue and memorable costumes! Special thanks to Chris (Noah’s Godmother) for lending us the costumes!
