Thursday, October 1, 2015.

Ms. Boveys Grade 7/8 News

Its hard to believe that the month of September has come and gone. I have enjoyed my first
few weeks at St. Edward, getting to know the staff and the students. I feel very blessed to have
such a great group of students to teach and to learn from! Thank you to all of the families
who popped in to meet me at the Open House BBQ, it was a pleasure.
Homework/Assignments/
Notes:
Just a reminder from the
September Newsletter that if
you are interested in receiving my newsletters as well
assignment reminders via
email please email me at
boveye@cdsbeo.on.ca and I
will add you to my list. I am
also happy to send electron-

Math consultants and she

will be doing some coplanning and teaching with
me in the upcoming weeks.
We will be using iPads as a
meaningful and engaging
learning tool within our
classroom. Our next strand
of study in Math will be
Patterning and Algebra.
In Language we will contin-

ic files (ie., Assignment out-

ue to review reading com-

have recently launched a

class website. You will find
it at msemilybovey.weebly.com. I will post
due dates for upcoming assignments and tests dates on
this site as well as information about what is happening in our classroom and
at the school. Please check

will finish the novel, Egg-

lines) to you, if requested. I

frequently.

Curriculum:
In Math, students have already begun writing in their
Journals which make a great
study and homework tool. I
will continue to remind the
students to bring them home
with them for reference. I
am extremely excited to say
that I have been working
with one of our boards

prehension strategies and

head. Students have really
enjoyed this novel and have
had the opportunity to analyze some metaphorical poetry in the process. As we
continue our poetry unit,
students will continue to
learn about a variety of poetic devices and have the
opportunity to write more of
their own poems.
In History, students have
been learning how to pick
out important information,

encouraged to do some research at home. In Science,

we will be learning about
ecological footprints; our
individual and collaborative
impact on our environment,
both positive and negative.
In Religion and Family Life
we have been reflecting on
the gifts and talents that
each of us brings to our
school community and students did a wonderful job on
their All About Me projects. I
learned a lot about each of
them in the process. In the
month of October we will be
reflecting on how we can be
the stewards that Jesus
wants us to be. We will also
continue to learn about the
instinctive and difficult
emotions that all humans
face, and which are particularly difficult, during adolescents. We have been discussing strategies for dealing with these emotions in a

Home-School Connection:
If, at any time, you have any
questions or concerns, please,
do not hesitate to contact me at
the school.
Math Homework Help:
Homework Help is a FREE
online math help resource for
students in Grades 7-10.
Homework Help provides FREE,
live one-on-one tutoring from
Ontario teachers. Homework
help is funded by the Ontario
government and administered
by TVO. Students can ask their
math questions during the chat
room hours, Sunday-Thursday
5:30pm-9:30pm. Please go to
the following website:
homeworkhelp.ilc.org. Your
child will need their Ontario
Education Number which you
will find on their last report
card.
Homework Club:
Mrs. Dodge runs homework
club nightly after school from
3pm-3:45pm. If you find that
your child is struggling with a
particular concept and you
would like me to review it with
them, I am happy to attend
homework club with them to
review/assist with homework.
Reminders/Notes:
Oct. 5 at 9:15am we host the
morning assembly & Gr. 7/8 Boys
Soccer at Beckwith

make notes, and summarize

positive way.

their learning. Over the next

Learning isnt
easy

orders are due.

to work on. Though they

Embrace

Oct. 12 Happy Thanksgiving!

will be given some class time

Struggle

Mass at the church.

couple of days, they will be

given a research assignment

to work on this, they are

...and grow

Please visit my website at www.msemilybovey.weebly.com

Oct. 6 October Scholastic book

Oct. 9 Intro. to iPads in our Math
class.

Oct. 16 at 9:30am School-wide

Oct. 20 Cross Country at Mill of
Kintail

Oct. 29 Orange & Black day

Oct. 30 PD Day